End of BBC coverage: England v Holland, Euro 88

Here's the final Euros-related video for the time being. Not the highlights - they're on the official UEFA channel if you want those: • EURO 1988 highlights: ... - but the final few minutes of the BBC's live presentation of England versus Holland at the 1988 European Championship, dredged from the end of a very old VHS tape. It's interesting to see just how quickly Des Lynam and the team had to get off air after the game finished - no post-match interviews, and there wasn't even time for Terry Venables to offer any analysis. Incredible to think that, within two years, England would almost reach the World Cup final.

[@mariobasler2750]

You can hear the raucous atmosphere at this game. The West Germany- Holland semi was even better. A fantastic tournament with 8 top teams with very little margin of error. Modern football is to dull compared to this.

[@JasonC1782]

The reason for the quick ending is that the coverage preceded the Six O'Clock News - and back then the news bulletins were immovable objects.

[@zokkostenniszone3282]

MVB to me the best striker ever, look at the finishing so clean and clinical.

[@AIJimmybad]

I'd say between him and big Ronaldo. Both diminished by injury but at their peaks at a different level to any strikers I've ever seen.

[@artfulmonkey]

So the BBC just used the MOTD theme for the Euros that year?

[@darren2514fv]

England that year had problems both on and off the pitch the off the pitch problems with England fans fighting on the streets of Stuttgart was unsurprisingly the lead story on the Six O'Clock News that followed

[@andycross9840]

.....and that appalling pre-tournament song they did created for them by Stock, Aitken and Waterman didn't help much either did it?! 'We're Going All the Way'!!!! yeah we are lads......all the way HOME on the plane after 3 bloody games! 🤣

[@shanekelley7682]

The European ban killed the national team 85-91, Lineker was ill also.

[@dorkknight8846]

Thats not true . England are always a nearly team and in 1986 world cup it took a handball to knock us out . in 1990 we were fantastic but lost a swmi final on a penalty shootout

[@Jayfive276]

@@dorkknight8846 No. We weren't fantastic. We were abysmal against Irish, OK against a Holland team that had both Guillit and Van Basten carrying injuries, crap against Egypt, mostly crap against Belgium, most entirely crap against cameroon and good in spots against Germany. We were INCREDIBLY lucky throughout Italia 90. Go watch the FULL games and call me a liar.

[@jlatirl4316]

​@Jayfive276 spot on sir. The false memories of england playing swashbuckling football in 90 always make me laugh.

[@jandekker6008]

Mark Wright would get a pretty penny for that shirt of Koeman's.

[@creynolds094]

Wednesday 15th June 1988

[@Me-ji2pn]

1:33 What does 1:4 and 0:4 for England mean?

[@randolacle]

After 2 matches played. 1 Goal in favor and 4 against ( 0 - 1 and 1 - 3), 0 points out of the possible 4

[@davidbroadley126]

England were out after 2 games

[@kennethmccrindle8886]

2:07 To make matters worse, the BBC decided not to show England's final match against the USSR and opted to show Ireland vs Netherlands instead. Different time, obviously when digital tv wasn't around yet.