European Football Championship 1992 ITV opening titles

The opening titles for ITV's coverage of the European Football Championship from Sweden in 1992. For the next tournament, in England, the championships would be renamed the more catchy Euro 96.

[@michaelhall6178]

"Options: Live Match; Highlights; Saint & Greavsie"... love it!

[@ijay22]

had this theme tune in my head for like 25 years or so and couldn't remember where i heard it..................cheeeeeers pal

[@chrisniss91]

ijay22 same here I knew what it was from it couldn't find it

[@alexsosa266]

Jesus you're right...

[@bobbynuttbutter9554]

I've just gad the same experience haha

[@simonread8713]

My absolute earliest football memories are both this intro song and enjoying the football of Jean-Pierre Papin.

[@michaeleverest7631]

I remember my Mum and Dad going to a Parents evening at my School when this was on!!

[@mikeroberts942]

Wow brought back some memories, I haven't heard this since 92.

[@GPHEnterprises]

remember this well 11 years of age at the time now nearly 37

[@melanief8632]

Nice to see they still had the rightful qualifiers flag Yugoslavia on the start graphics

[@gumdeo]

they would have won it.

[@er_die]

They also mixed the USSR and the CIS flags, and the German flag is wrong

[@DanBmthUK]

Had this tune in my head for the Euro 24

[@Nigel4]

First tournament I can remember watching. This song always gives me goosebumps. Did they not also do quizzes at the ad breaks?

[@andrewjoyce9038]

Yes

[@YeOldeFootballChannel]

Wasn't that on Panasonic adverts the following season?

[@Nigel4]

@@YeOldeFootballChannel you could be right. I always thought it was was for Euro 92

[@mikeeyles9635]

Earliest tournament I can remember bit gutted though as italia 90 was class. Remember Platt scuffing it in against Sweden then England doing what they always seem to do in big tournaments and bottle it from winning positions! As a Utd supporter it was great to see Schmeichel win it with Denmark though!

[@toto1999]

Have you started supporting Manchester City yet? Oh, and Italia '90 was not 'class'. One of its semi-finalists only won one game to get there. A losing quarter-finalist's record was P5 W0 D4 L1.

[@neilhamilton5951]

Love this intro

[@DarthCipient]

My favourite tournament intro

[@hensmithers9687]

without a doubt Yugoslavia would have won a tournament - Stoikovic,Pancev, Mijatovic, Jarni, Savicevic, Prosinecki etc - proved by Croatia reaching the semi's in 1998 when many of the players reached their prime

[@makishev904]

Jarni and Prosinecki would not be allowed to participate on the tournament by the Croatian goverment but Pancev would played for Yugoslavia even though Macedonia declared independence in september 1991. Also Darko Milanic and Srecko Katanec form Slovenia.

[@melanief8632]

Thats what Uefa were scared off they didnt want Yugoslavia winning so robbed them of their rightful place in the finals, Stojkovic Savicevic Mijatovic Pancev Mihaljovic etc would have won it

[@pak8606]

Prosinecki was injured, but even if he was'nt he would not have played. Hadzibegic (a Bosnian) was not willing to risk reprisals and Ivkovic, the goalkeeper in Italia 90 would not have played

[@hensmithers9687]

i wasnt talking about this tournament - simply making a point - had Yugoslavia not broken up they would have won a tournament , no doubt in my mind.

[@cmoogster]

Hen Smithers absolute nonsense statement

[@Firthy2002]

Vaguely remember this intro. I guess the intro was already in the can when Yugoslavia got booted from the tournament. A comparatively easy fix these days, not so much in 1992.

[@sarnobat2000]

In the age of amateur youtube montages, it's more evident than ever that you just can't beat professionally selected and cut footage and appropriate background music.

[@darren2514fv]

Did the war in Yugoslavia also effect the 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign with teams switched to other groups at the last minute

[@sikinder0341948]

Probably. They were banned from taking part in USA '94. Huge shame cos they would have had a cracking tournament in '92 and who knows in '94. Which was why it was awesome when Croatia finished third in France '98

[@mercifulzeus01]

The qualifying draw had already taken place (in December 1991), so the group into which Yugoslavia had been drawn ended up with only five teams by the time the campaign began. Although there were originally 5 groups of 6 and one group of 7, UEFA (who were responsible for drawing the European section) decided against moving one team from the group of 7 to the group vacated by Yugoslavia, as this would have created major problems for that team, who would already have made substantial match arrangements, as would all of their opponents.

[@makishev904]

And also Euro 1996. for Serbia and Montenegro with Mijatović, Stojković, Savićević, Jugović, Mihajlović...

[@pak8606]

Yugoslavia were banned from USA 94 on 1st October 1992, by which time the qualifying competition had already started. Their first game (I think) was due to be played on 2nd September 1992 at home to Iceland was postponed and subsequently cancelled.

[@melanief8632]

Double standards by Uefa for euro 96 they banned Yugoslavia yet let croatia bosnia and slovenia take part as if the war was only Yugoslavia's doing

[@admiralsven576]

Still confused. Not sure what ITV were thinking when they commissioned this.

[@strzxgvnuvwvfld3597]

It was in Sweden, so I'm presume it's supposed to be some kind of Europop/Eurovision-esque anthem

[@obamadonald5052]

Love the tune, is it an actual song?

[@cupcakefairy87]

It's by a band called Union.

[@DiseaseShaker]

I'm guessing they didn't have time to re-do that sequence when Yugoslavia were kicked out...

[@Firthy2002]

Time and expense no doubt.

[@DuderinoDeux]

Like an advert for a DIY depot.

[@YeOldeFootballChannel]

Have you noticed that the German flag has the wrong colour order?

[@sikinder0341948]

Yeah, Oops...

[@Abnsdllnnlosnfd]

LOL

[@pak8606]

Yes, and the flag of Yugoslavia is still there, not that of Denmark

[@echarts3710]

Looks like Belgian flag

[@davidhoughton6073]

Probs did it on purpose for a laugh. Love the Germans.

[@rurickthewolf]

The sega ad is just peak marketing

[@kflem80]

mine too. shame they never had the eventual winners flag in the intro

[@pak8606]

Yes, Yugoslavia's flag is there. Denmark replaced them at just 10 days notice

[@kflem80]

i enjoyed that tournament just a shame england were so poor

[@melanief8632]

right and just that the Yugoslav flag was in the titles, we had no chance with turnip taylor in charge leaving waddle and beardsley at home and taking tony daly and carlton palmer instead

[@trancemadmaz]

The best team in the World at the time player for player was Italy. But they screwed up massively in qualifying and the USSR/CIS qualified instead. For me the strongest team to have failed to qualify for a major tournament

[@adriantownsend2317]

...Those were the days, the fun of SEGA football games before X Station PlayBox and their silky smooth flashy real time graphics and when footballers did what they were paid to do, play the game not make statements about taking the knee or wearing white shirts and getting publicity for third rate actors! Oh and the title music was better too!

[@daveannan2577]

It sounds more like Going For Gold

[@123brownjames]

Good one this

[@richardandrews5972]

No Doubt Yugoslavia would have had a great chance to win Euro 1992 in Sweden but we just will never know its always sad that politics gets involved in sport and it should never but always does .

[@toto1999]

To be fair, politics and sport clashing is less annoying than illiterate, ill-informed bedwetters commenting on KZbin videos.

[@toto1999]

@@richardandrews5972If you aren't ill-informed, why can't you spell ill-informed? Is there a long history of inbreeding in your family that explains your monumental ignorance? Or are you merely English?

[@toto1999]

@@richardandrews5972 Oh, and in the context of claiming that you aren't ill-informed, being unable to spell ill-informed is not "a minor mistake", you inbred moron.

[@scotthood3706]

I don’t think the Yugoslavs would have done as well as Denmark. I do realise a lot of the Red Star Belgrade European Cup team from 1991 would have played but just feel the Danes had a weird situation and managed to really bind as a team for the tournament in the crazy circumstances.

[@richardandrews5972]

@@scotthood3706 yes your right in a way just was sad we didn't get a chance to see Yugoslavia

[@shane-irish]

First division highlights monday night itv

[@robfinlay8058]

The Euros really weren't a big deal until Euro '96 when it expanded to 16 teams and started to become like a European World Cup. It probably helped that the events of the late 80s/early 90s produced about 12 more countries to be able to compete for it.

[@aftabyusaf944]

Thomas Hassler

[@strzxgvnuvwvfld3597]

As a kid I thought that free-kick was awesome. I remember trying to do something similar in my back garden. I was definitely not awesome

[@daisyb5646]

He lit up that tournament

[@JA-Q28]

What’s the name of the commentator please?

[@darren2514fv]

England were very lucky to be in Sweden but if Ireland had not drew 3-3 away to Poland (the Irish were 3-1 and on the verge of going to Sweden instead of England but conceded 2 late goals to make it a 3-3 draw) and Ireland could have ended up qualifying on goal difference and it was Poland with the 0-0 draw against Ireland in Dublin both cases England played Turkey on the same days and won both 1-0 while the Irish drew their games against Poland (had the Irish shut up shop at 3-1 away to Poland the last 2 England games could have been dead-rubbers because England would not have been able to qualify as it would have gone to goal difference as Ireland scored more goals than England)

[@hensmithers9687]

ireland had their chances and were pish in qualifying for Euro'92

[@strzxgvnuvwvfld3597]

Conceeding three goals in a match is rarely just bad luck. Mistakes are costly in a group as tight as this. Also, if England had gone to Poland needing to win, they may have thrown the kitchen sink and come away with 2 points. Similarly, they may have been caught on the break and lost 2-1. There are so many ifs. Not sure how "lucky" England were anyway. Three very forgetable performances and a first round exit. It wouldn't have been a massive loss to have stayed at home!

[@Randomlista12]

what is “Saint & Greavsie?”

[@solojinglesradio1]

you'll never know

[@omegaman6494]

ITVs 1986-1992 version of Football Focus. RIP Saint and RIP Greavsie

[@roblloyd6082]

Please help who’s the presenter at the end ?????

[@garethhope1155]

Elton Welsby.

[@stoney2000]

Awful theme! ITV ditched the classic 88-92 Match theme for this dross. They then kept it, without the words, for their coverage of The Ensleigh League. Equally as bad. This theme resulted in the end for the glory days of ITV’s football coverage.

[@The69ersFCTV]

That SEGA crap at the start!

[@henriqueepauloo07]

0:29

[@DuderinoDeux]

apart from the Sega bit which was good. theme tune sounded like an advert for dogfood or coffee lol. Hence I nominate this for worst opening / intro to any football tournament.

[@kenco22]

This is awful.Sounds like an ad for a supermarket or some crap like DFS

[@whipchorus3726]

Crap opening for a crap tournament - no Yugoslavia, still only 8 teams (why?), ‘big’ teams generally not that great; the sense that the WC - as an event - was still miles ahead and the general anticlimactical feel

[@hensmithers9687]

Yugoslavia was barred for human rights abuses ye feckin clown

[@RW-nr6bh]

I actually liked the 8 team format but then each to their own. Qualifying for this was a real achievement. Nowadays half of Europe gets to go each time. Still the world moves on.

[@whipchorus3726]

@@RW-nr6bh Of course now it’s gone too far in the other direction; I think once upon a time 8 team was fair enough but I think as time went on it held the tournament back and made the WC seem like a much bigger event, even if by limiting the EC to 8 it preserved a level of quality. However, sometimes many of those 8 don’t turn up and the way Europe was expanding and opening up for ex Soviet states, the former Yugoslavia, Czechs etc the move to 2 qualifiers per group was imo well overdue