1981 (June 6) Hungary 1-England 3 (World Cup qualifier).mpg

June 6, 1981
World Cup Qualifier
Hungary 1-England 3

[@cashcrop70]

Amazing commentary by Brian Moore: so much detail and enthusiasm. You hardly needed a tv then. Compare it to today's.

[@cashcrop70]

@peter burry I think he complemented the action. much like David Coleman did with athletics.

[@vargheseporthur4048]

I so miss Brian Moore....he was a favourite of mine in Big League Soccer.... 😎

[@elshadjafar2437]

Watched and enjoyed. Like from Baku city. Bravo!

[@bazd7415]

Watched this when I was 7, my dad let me stay up late to watch this. I will never forget Brookings great goal

[@LPCLASSICAL]

It's not plural. You mean "Brooking's great goal" you just forgot the apostrophe.

[@bigbadjohn07]

Me too.saturday night i think.

[@Keithbarber]

​@LPCLASSICAL If you are so exacting about punctuation, you deserve a prize, and you will win a/posh/trophy for pointing out missing apostrophes

[@bazd884]

@@LPCLASSICAL. Really? That’s what you took from my story.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@bazd884 My apologies. I was a bit pedantic 4 years ago.

[@markgarduno8997]

I was 16 when this game came on. I remember that goal right on the corner of the net like it was yesterday. Keegan was my hero and it's sad to know the new about Kenny Sampson, truly hit me in the gut. Come on Kenny, you can beat fucking alcohol, and I'm saying this, because I was there when my wife left me with the kids. But I came out and now I've put my life together, do you can to my brother 😎

[@IztokGolob-Naklo]

This is about the time I started supported England as a kid. I can't remember why, since I was from the former Yugoslavia. I just liked the English clubs and players. What never seized to baffle me was how often the tournaments or important matches came and there would be several very good English players injured.

[@merseydave1]

Always remember that Trevor Brooking goal!.

[@richardnewton2631]

Hard to believe this is from 40 years ago... the pace of the game isn't much different from today and the Hungarians even have their names on the backs of their shirts

[@johngibson6597]

This was my wedding day and for our evening 'do' I arranged for a TV behind the bar so when we went up for a drink we could sneek a peak!

[@pj5517]

great tackle on Keegan. They were so unfancied in this game yet on paper had a great side

[@DJCoachCookie68]

Trevor Brooking's classic 2nd goal, sweet left foot strike!

[@staffstaff9149]

Hungary was unbeatable at home at time and England did well that night

[@ionionescu6777]

True

[@Sanctified57]

Great commentary from “right in there” Brian Moore

[@geoffjones4285]

John Bond He took more out the game than what he put into it

[@michaelmuldowney8]

John Bond is in commentary box with Brian Moore.. Man City manager 49 managers ago.

[@geoffgeoffgeoff6149]

Thank you! Was driving me mad trying to think who 'John' was, knew his voice was familiar

[@kevinstoneham1245]

First full England game I ever watched.

[@tigertony2716]

Brian Moore - a proper football commentator

[@holdfast453]

I watched this game from behind the Iron Curtain in black and white. Our commentator was so biased against England that when Brooking scored, there was a solemn silence in the studio and nobody new where the ball had gone

[@barryalken4733]

My favourite england years ..copple..robson keegan brooking neal mariner butcher shilton clemense woodcock etc..my earliest memory of watching a worldcup ...spain 1982

[@Caskchap]

I think you should have had more English lessons, no capitals on names and Clemense and Copple? FFS

[@jamescorlett5272]

I was there with a band of brothers - lucky ( seriously ) to get in òut and away from the Nep - we had around 3000 and had a infamous battle on the underground ‐ crazy lot the Hungarians Crazy days loved Keegan Buying that pen we went Bonkers 😜 - To Right .

[@fabioartoscassone9305]

a picture from this match was the cover of Subbuteo Game in 80s. by the way: names of player on hungarian shirts.

[@jinkertsun]

Great tackle on Keegan. Where’s VAR when you need it?

[@kirtimunhajabi363]

Forgotten what a dive that was

[@klausguntherfischer]

It was very unusual by those times to get players'name flocked on shirts. Hungarian experimentation was 10 years earlier.

[@nascot10]

Dirtbox from Gavin and Stacey would have been proud of Brooking's 2nd goal: 'Right in the Stanchion'.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Marriner tucked away those chances week in week out in Div1 shame he bottled it.

[@johnm2631]

2-01, not Brian Moore, but other commentator, "oh oh brilliant" no emotion, gold.

[@craigbarnes9862]

John Bond ex Norwich manager was the other guy.

[@seanbonella]

he commented like his manager skills, boring

[@johnm2631]

@@seanbonella As boring as you, took a while mate.

[@robinevans1293]

That Trevor booking goal.....

[@diptastik5651]

Brooking's 2nd goal is indelibly printed in my mind .

[@lajahunhun]

I was in the stadium and I couldn't beleive it. It was a nightmare for us... The ball stayed there in the corner! Magic! I've never see so this kind of goal. 8-)

[@paulhirst7602]

England played well in this game. Then several days later played in oslo against norway and looked like a load of muppets as they lost 2-1.

[@iainclark5964]

Actually this came a week after the 2-1 loss to Switzerland and was in the summer. The defeat in Oslo came in Sept and the final game the return against Hungary was in November. The only reason why we qualified was that Romania suffered a catastrophic implosion.

[@paulhirst7602]

@Iain Clark yes...Switzerland did us a huge favour in that group beating Romania in Bucharest. Otherwise, England wouldn't have gone to Spain WC

[@leerusz5032]

Probably Trevor Brooking’s best game for England. We’d have won the 82 World Cup if both he and Keegan had been fit. In my humble opinion.

[@kailashpatel1706]

Surely Greenwood should have seen this was the template for Espana 1982?...1. Quick balls through the midfield via Robson to the England frontmen of Keegan and Mariner feeding off each other and supplying ammo for Brooking...and the midfield and wide men like Coppell pushing up to support the attacks...Howe would later reorganise the defence following the Norway defeat and there was a case for Wilkins as a holding midfielder which Greenwood was interested in...but the general plan was here..

[@barnbersonol]

This was an absolutely massive result because it came on the back of no wins and just 2 goals in thr previous six matches

[@michaelwinter7136]

At this stage of the qualification process,England had 2 wins against Switzerland and Norway at Wembley,a draw against Romania at Wembley,followed by a defeat in Bucharest,and two surprising on the road defeats to both Switzerland and Norway.....with Hungary,Which started its' schedule behind England(meaning that Hungary had the advantage of knowing exactly what They had to do to win the group)being favorite to win this match as well after England's team was ridiculed in the Hungarian press.... England also won the return at Hungary(Their only defeats were the two to England)so that England finished second in the group and qualified for WC 1982.

[@user-qh9dt2bc1l]

so many great names; keegan,brooking,robson,coppell... only marina a little not up to standard. is it the match(Or the home game vs Hungary) that coppell injured his knee badly which led to his early retirement

[@jj9749]

yes - knee shattered by a Toth tackle. Retired 2 years later at the age of 28.

[@GVike]

This I never saw... Hungary had names on the back??? In 1981??? WHOA

[@Wolvesfan-oz6yh]

Looking back...I’ve never seen Clemence dive correctly,let alone make a good save!!

[@bazd884]

Harvey Dean. Probably a bit harsh, I only saw him play for spurs when he was clearly passed his best. By all accounts he was absolutely incredible for Liverpool. Also don’t forget he got 60 odd England caps, which is amazing when you consider that Shilton was the best keeper in the world.

[@simondelaney2734]

@@bazd884 Shilton the best keeper in the world? You are having a laugh

[@harryf1ashman]

@@simondelaney2734 funny but I remember at the time the debates about Shilton and Clemance. All the Liverpool groupies thought Clemance was the best but he made so many mistakes in goal for England he could have been Scottish. Shilton every day.

[@kevinhanson4703]

This was the game I think which pretty much finished Coppells career. He was almost crippled

[@kailashpatel1706]

It actually was the home match against Hungary several months afterwards..

[@marcus237]

Was Shilton injured? Not on the bench either

[@charliepeebles2531]

Greenwood was alternating the two keepers at the time.

[@jj9749]

Legend says that Michael Owen watched Keegan's dive as a baby, and the rest is history

[@zolischneider3216]

Az egyik legjobb kapus volt Magyarországon,a legjobb,aki kifutni tudott és a csatárok elé vetődött a legjobb ütemérzékkel!Sajnálom,hogy a Mezey nem rakta vissza a válogatottba,mert a Disztl Petinél sokkal jobb volt!

[@01robbietaylor]

Katzirz Bélát még a csepeli Kovács Attila szorította ki a válogatott kapujából. Mezey őt favorizálta! Disztl csak Kovács bunádzása és eltiltása után jött.

[@andreasstuck3484]

Kovacs Attila fantasztikus kapus volt

[@andreasstuck3484]

Meszaros Ferenc sem volt piskota

[@superconnie5003]

No.9 P Mariner?

[@zolischneider3216]

Igazad van!De még rengeteg válogatottság maradt Benne!Sajnos a Mezey nem szerette!

[@tarkora1742]

5:26

[@qasion]

Such memories, Brooking goal :-) then at the WC 82 they performed so poorly.

[@CIMAmotor]

Got knocked out without losing a game.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

The France game shows a lot of promise. History might have been different had Keegan buried that sitter in his last game.

[@slider3215]

@@LPCLASSICAL indeed Stuart...my fucking cat would have scored that

[@mannym7849]

England more like struggled to qualify from this group (below) Losing games to Switzerland away, Romania away and Norway away in our 8 games and as usual we left qualification for Spain'82 right to the last game a 1-0 win at home vs Hungary. Europe Group 4: Hungary 🇭🇺 Pld 8, Pts 10 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 8, 9 Romania 🇷🇴 8, 8 Switzerland 🇨🇭 8, 7 Norway 🇳🇴 8, 6. Hungary 🇭🇺 and England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 qualified for World Spain'82. World Cup Spain '82: Group 4: 16/6: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England 3-1 France🇫🇷 20/6: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England 2-0 Czechoslovakia🇨🇿 25/6: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England 1-0 Kuwait 🇰🇼 ENG🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pld 3, Pts 6 FRA🇫🇷 3, 3 CZE🇨🇿 3, 2 KUW🇰🇼 3, 1 Second round group stage, Group 2: 29/6: 🇩🇪West Germany 0-0 England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 5/7: 🇪🇸Spain 0-0 England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 FRG🇩🇪 2, 3 ENG🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2, 2 ESP🇪🇸 2, 1

[@stevephillips6309]

@@CIMAmotor Indeed - they outplayed Spain but couldn't score.

[@chelsblue7370]

How in the bloody hell did England manage to lose to Switzerland and Norway but comprehensively outplay and defeat the leaders???

[@LPCLASSICAL]

England were like that then - played badly against minnows and well against the better teams.

[@justineagle6176]

Keegan should have deliberately missed that penalty as it was a perfectly good tackle , Clemence poor handling for their goal

[@jjvigatto1431]

If I had the VAR at that time it wouldn't be a penalty. (Se tivesse o VAR nessa época não teria sido pênalti).

[@DannyBoy777777]

no way was that a pen

[@beorlingo]

Clean Hysén tackle in the box.

[@charliepeebles2531]

Agreed. It wouldn't even be a penalty in modern times.

[@adamweishaupt2846]

7:15 Quickly Kevin, Will he score?

[@davidcooke1972]

That Hungarian goal: clearly Baines and Jagielka's fault.

[@seanbonella]

i havent seen Brookings 'goal' in years..... ps it wasnt......

[@HandleGF]

Clemence howlers keep coming in this group ... Switzerland, Norway, Romania, Hungary ... he was atrocious

[@ameldancalippo6912]

Never a penalty. Oh well, will always remeber the Brooking goal.

[@CharlieVane21]

How could you tell?

[@Claggyt]

Never a penno. Sterling and Kane will have admired Keegan's shot-in-the-back style dive there!! Brookings second goal was one to stick in the memory.

[@hayataka104014]

トレバー・ブルッキング！！

[@Sameoldfitup]

I was 16

[@stephenreeds3672]

Why on God's name was McDermott playing?

[@geoffgeoffgeoff6149]

Because he was different class pal

[@headgroundsman1650]

never a pen

[@MyPaul70]

There no english fans in Budapest cos It was strictly soviet Communist regime

[@jamescorlett5272]

Bullshite we had 2- 3 000 I should know mate .q

[@Sameoldfitup]

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[@thischannelhasnoname5780]

dodgy penalty

[@MrDaiseymay]

I thought the play was aweful, from both sides. Just groups of player's running up and down the centre, and crap shooting, like a sunday match in my local park

[@gunternetzer9621]

@@MrDaiseymay Don't be silly the Hungarians played very skilfully down the middle - Toroczik's chipped through ball for the goal a classic example.

[@rc2869]

Clemence was shit for England

[@rabbieburns2501]

England been diving for dodgy penalties for years ;0)

[@ArchStanton45]

If it upsets the Jock's that's fine by me

[@petarpetrovic2051]

kakvo zakucavanje u raslje Brukingovo...:)

[@HandleGF]

Bassett Time ... the early Eighties when England's footballing fortunes turned from tragicomedy to pure farce. A hundred years of luck got pawned in getting out of that group.