Beckenbauer of course also played at Villa Park in the 1966 World Cup.
Pal Csernai was their manager in 1982 according to Wikipedia.
Quote from: DeKuip on July 14, 2011, 03:51:12 PM Beckenbauer of course also played at Villa Park in the 1966 World Cup.I stood on the German-occupied Holte End for their game against Spain, and was deafened by their air horns and belows of heraus! Good game (2-1 West Germany), though I wanted Spain to win (I'd gone to Penns Hall to get their autographs and was somewhat starstruck), and it was the first time I'd seen anyone dive around as if shot when tackled (Helmut Haller).
Quote from: Rocket Reducer No. 62 on July 25, 2011, 12:36:15 PMQuote from: DeKuip on July 14, 2011, 03:51:12 PM Beckenbauer of course also played at Villa Park in the 1966 World Cup.I stood on the German-occupied Holte End for their game against Spain, and was deafened by their air horns and belows of heraus! Good game (2-1 West Germany), though I wanted Spain to win (I'd gone to Penns Hall to get their autographs and was somewhat starstruck), and it was the first time I'd seen anyone dive around as if shot when tackled (Helmut Haller).My Dad said there were several thousand Germans at the final. He said 20000. He is very old style Irish so lets say 8000-10000RR No 62, were there many foreign fans in Brum for the world cup? My mom was working in Dorothy Perkins and the Argentinian team shopped in there but I think they were the only overseas people she had ever met. I have never met anybody who went to that world cup, even games at Villa Park.