ENGLAND World Cup 1978 Qualification All Matches Highlights | Road to Argentina

[@weetak]

gosh, the camera they used in Finland vs England must have seen service in the American Civil War of 1980s. the abject quality add a mystic quality to it though :-) I really admire and grateful for your work

[@WorldFootballArchive]

Thank you for your comment. We would like to find a better one, but unfortunately. Keep watching us :)

[@andrewjohnston2850]

a camera from the 1980s recording a game in the 70s, time travel does exist!!

[@Mustaine1ify]

@@andrewjohnston2850Lee wee tak is out of his mind

[@M.Robespierre3691]

American Civil War in the 1980s?!

[@Mustaine1ify]

@@M.Robespierre3691 Like I said "Out of his mind" not thinking straight.

[@patmctallica3522]

19:00 England vs Itlay! Incredible, Marco Tardelli didnt even receive the yellow card! Today that would be dark red! ...but Keegan recheived for "nothing" yellow minutes later! 🤦‍♂

[@gwangi64]

Thanks for uploading this footage. England's lack of goals against Finland at home (2-1) and Luxembourg away (2-0) was a major reason they lost out to Italy in qualification for Argentina.

[@merseydave1]

That heartbroken 12 yearold in 1977 agreed with you then, and the 56 year old man still feels the same now!.

[@davidmarchant9386]

2-1 at home is shocking tbh, Revie was a huge failure as England manager. It baffles me how England didn't qualify for tournaments in the 70s consistently

[@merseydave1]

@@davidmarchant9386 Europen championships 1972 and 1976 World Cups in 1974 and 1978.

[@davidmarchant9386]

@@merseydave1 yeah it's bad how we didn't qualify for any of them

[@ITSONLYYOUTUBE-p3p]

​@davidmarchant9386 england have qualified for EVERY euro / world cup since 2010.....that's 8 in a row....and since 1996 that's 14 out of 15

[@rrrraaaacccc80]

Thanks a lot. Excellent channel and videos. That picture is the National English team vs Argentina 1-1 in 1977 in Boca Juniors stadium (La Bombonera)

[@13muller9]

You are right. I still have that picture in my album. It was printed in the middle pages of "Shoot" weekly magazine.

[@garystephenson5278]

I think it was designed as a pre-World Cup Finals familiarisation trip. Gutted they didn't get to re-book their hotel.

[@GL-ek1wf]

@rrrraaaacccc80 Boca Juniors La Bombonera, el club de futbol y el estadio más popular del mundo

[@localbusinessroundtable5532]

England ran the italian defense ragged and had them in sixes and sevens in the wembley match.This was a first class England team , its a shame they missed out on a place in the '78 finals.

[@stuartjinnes1]

so 2nd class then ?

[@dannyvine3605]

It was Ron Greenwood's first game as manager. England were bang average under Revie in the other qualifying games. Barnes and Coppell were outstanding against Italy and Keegan had probably his best game ever for England.

[@vantheman1238]

@@dannyvine3605 imagine if Clough had got the job!

[@liamoneill4706]

Revie completely fouled up his selection in the away game v Italy. Totally overthinking it

[@thedon8772]

Only because Italy just didn't play, I was there, Italy played for the draw. Italy were a great side, the only team to beat Argentina in the 1978 finals.

[@martintaylor1349]

the painful 70's.i was a football mad teenager and had to watch England miss out on 2 World Cups whilst Scotland got there.Poland in Oct 73 was the most painful

[@nigeats65]

But WOW. What a fantastic effort by England. Shot after shot. Attempt after attempt. Crosses into the box. How we would love to see that effort & determination today after the dour piss poor Southgate era.

[@robertmac9057]

@@nigeats65 It was certainly an incredibly exciting game even if it ended in agony for England, pure drama right up until the end! We didn't really know how good Poland were at the time, and they were even better when the 1974 World Cup finals came around with the addition of young players like Szarmach.

[@johnbuggy9121]

Beautiful header from Roberto Bettega, fine Italian goal. England a little unlucky in the qualifying campaign. That was a good Italian team, and qualification in the 70s was an awful lot harder than it is now.

[@Inglese001]

Yeah common sense to allow two teams to qualify these days.

[@johnbuggy9121]

@@Inglese001 Probably explains the drop in quality!

[@pars4245]

Stan Bowles had been exiled from national team duty since '74, when he walked out on the squad after being subbed by Joe Mercer versus NI. Revie recalled him for the November '76 game v. Italy and then one more time against Holland the next year.

[@rangersasc]

It sounds like he was a handful

[@dannyvine3605]

Yep, he was. There are many stories about Bowles - the one I remember the most is him gambling away a year's wages and having to get an advance from the next year's wages Like many of that era, Bowes could never recapture his club form for his country.

[@jamesvickers5998]

Stan wasn't the answer. Too ill disciplined.

[@beorlingo]

Not a park ranger, more of a queen.

[@Inglese001]

@@dannyvine3605to be fair, he only played 5 times! Future flair players (Hoddle, Barnes, Waddle, Gascoigne etc) all got over 50 caps.

[@frankwells7520]

Tough group...Italy and England both deserved to qualify.

[@marcschramm6958]

England was average. Scotland was way better, had better players, and did lousy in Argentina. Imagine how England would be slaughtered, if they had qualified.

[@iananderson3799]

I think you are confused over the meaning of the word "qualify".

[@tomellis4324]

@@marcschramm6958 No mate, Italy were in fact the best team in 78 and were unlucky to lose to two long range Dutch efforts in the semi. Beat Argentina at home. England had the talent, not the managers though. Clough or Paisley but old Bob didn't want it. Poisoned chalice

[@millwallholdings]

@@marcschramm6958 what shit you skirt wearers chat ALL the sots p;layer were shit Never ever had a world class player ever

[@graziellarigonat2959]

2-1 win against Finland at Wembley combined whit the 5-1 win by Italy was deciseve on goal dufference, given that England was outplayed in italy.

[@mjclark641]

Finland vs England, filmed on Daguerreotype.

[@softlystroll]

Agreed gwangi64. England's 1978 World Cup dreams were dashed in Luxembourg not Rome.

[@pates63]

England v Finland. My first match at Wembley. With my Dad. On a school night as well if i remember correctly. Forgettable match unforgettable experience...

[@guillermobarrio55]

England got screwed by the draws of the qualies in the 70s: in the world cups were eliminated by teams that got in the top 4: Poland and Italy. In the euros they faced the eventual champs: Germany and the Czechs.

[@caeserromero3013]

We should have told FIFA we beat Finland 56-0 in the first game and gone to the world cup on goal difference. There's no way they'd have been able to prove otherwise from that film footage 😂😂😂😂

[@vantheman1238]

When England played Italy and lost 2:0 in Rome I was 8 and watching it with my Dad. Always remember him saying under his breath “goal” before the cross came in for Bettega. He saw it unfold and knew Italy would score. As an 8 year old it was really tough watching England get totally outplayed that Saturday afternoon.

[@DS-od1kb]

No wonder they got outplayed seeing as the game was on a Wednesday night.

[@jamescorlett5272]

No DS mate we lost on the Saturday - nah your right and won on the Wednesday night yeah - Brooking 2 nil 👍

[@guddlom7655]

Wednesday afternoon the Italy 2 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 0 game in Rome,remember it well

[@demirdemirbag3194]

You are lucky. Imagine being Turkish like me and watching your national team get beaten two times by 0-8 against England in a space of 2 years. Not to mention another 0-5 by England, 0-6 by Poland 0-5 by Rep. Ireland... You see, I had a REALLY tough childhood.

[@gary1961]

@@guddlom7655 Yes, definitely on a Wednesday. Five of us bunked off school to watch it in one of the lad's houses while his mum and dad were in work. Guess what. His dad came home early pretending to be sick. He didn't mind us all being there and got cans of Skol lager out of the fridge for us while we watched the game. Well pissed off when we lost.

[@merseydave1]

I was a Heart broken 12 year old then, as I wanted to see England at the finals in Argentina

[@merseydave1]

Well I meant in November 1977, when England played Dirty Italy at Wembley

[@km.civil.2379]

این بی‌رحمی فوتبالِ یک روز خنده و یک روز گریه اما بعضی از بردها و باخت‌ها تا آخر عمر فراموش نمی‌شوند.

[@km.civil.2379]

England and the French and... Some European countries are a bunch of bastards who were pirates a hundred years ago and they still are today, only the shape has changed and it's funny that today the people of these countries consider themselves classy, ​​they forgot that until 200 years ago they were killed by cholera and plague and it's funny The fact that the people of the East are backward, these pirates do not know what kind of civilization and culture people had in Iran, Iraq and Egypt thousands of years ago. I said that some people are spreading false news about the lives of people in the East through dirty western media. Shame on you England, you never became a champion because you don't deserve to be a champion, you became a champion in 1966 thanks to a Turkish drug that is worthless. Pirates

[@gwangi64]

softlystroll. Watching this has brought back some childhood memories. Most England games weren't shown live on TV in those days and you had to listen to the BBC radio commentary by Peter Jones, Bryon Butler et al. I particularly remember the stumbling performances against Finland and Luxembourg at home where the frustrated Wembley crowd were chanting "What a load of rubbish" in response to England's uninspiring efforts. England only really gave two good performances in the qualifying campaign, beating Finland 4-1 away and Italy 2-0 at home. It was very disappointing as Liverpool won the European Cup in 1977 with a largely English team so it seemed the talent was there.

[@andysvinyl1565]

To be honest England we’re unlucky to get perennial qualifiers Italy in the same group, FIFA had yet to get their act together with proper weighted qualification groups. Despite some patchy performances they won all their games bar Rome. In the modern era of 6 or 7 team qualification groups they would likely finish top with that record. Loving these reviews, thank you for putting them together.

[@arlcruz465]

Сейчас группы по 5 и 6 команд

[@colmd7680]

Italy failed to get to the 72 and 76 Euros and went out in the group stage in 74. They were going into this qualification as much on a low ebb as England

[@robertoescobarbotero4667]

Muchas felicidades por estos videos, son completos. Me sorprendió ver este video de una selección campeona del mundo eliminada a esta clasificación. Me encantaría por ejemplo la clasificatoria de 🇨🇴 rumbo a 🇩🇪 1974, estuvo muy cerca en este entonces. Muchas gracias.

[@kitsunewhisker]

Wow Tardelli was some player but that elbow to Keegan's face was pure savagery

[@Ruddermeister]

He broke my heart with his passionate goal against us in the 82 final.😢

[@starmersbarber]

Brian Moore about Finland's equaliser at Wembley..."a little toepoke there"...quite condescending really (and reminiscent of Jimmy Hill's comment about Dave Narey's wondergoal v Brazil in '82).

[@tombartram7384]

Qualifying was not easy back then as there were only 14 places, pus hosts, plus holders. Even the highly fancied Yugoslavia, USSR and Czechoslovakia missed out.

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

I wonder if Revie put together a dossier for Luxembourg!

[@carlom8879]

Tardelli and Gentile being tough dudes 😂😂😂

[@Trotskyxx]

Cowardly, in the case of Tardelli.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@Trotskyxx tHAT would be the Brits in WW's

[@Sidneyyoungblood75]

​@@spaniardsrmoors6817think you've got your head up your arse. Cowards of WW2 would be Spain (who were too scared to be involved), Italy and France. The shortest book of all time was "Italian WW2 Heroes". Contained no pages, just the cover and back

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@Sidneyyoungblood75 You're right about Spain, France surrendered in 6 weeks, Italy: An Empire as large as the Nazi/German colonial empires COMBINED. Plus won the Spanish civil war, won territory in France. Q: Why does every piece of British military come equipped with a phone? A: So they can call America, their Commonwealths, the French at Dunkirk, India to save them.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@Sidneyyoungblood75 Over 87,000 Indian troops, and 3 million civilians died in World War II.[2][3] Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, former Commander-in-Chief, India, stated that Britain "couldn't have come through both wars [World War I and II] if they hadn't had the Indian Army."[4][5]

[@caeserromero3013]

0:20 Wow, is that full HD?? I bet it looks great on a 65" OLED screen 🤣🤣

[@LeayMm]

A Kevin Keegan recién lo conocí en 1980, cuando jugaron contra Argentina en el estadio Wembley cuando ganó Inglaterra 3x1, y después lo ví en el mundial España 1982, en mi país Chile 🇨🇱 no había mucha tecnología 😢en aquellos tiempos de los 70's

[@Bian0696]

Ni democracia también

[@JuanPablo_81]

​@@Bian0696Y qué tiene que ver el vídeo de fútbol de la selección de Inglaterra en las eliminatorias europeas con la democracia? 🤦

[@LeayMm]

@@Bian0696 En ese tiempo salía a divertirme hasta tarde, hoy con la crisis de seguridad todos viven encerrados gobernados por un insurrecto que quiso desestabilizar el gobierno anterior democráticamente elegido.

[@waadauri9351]

The best time ever 💓 💖 💕 ❤️

[@patrickfitzgerald409]

Italy should've been down to 9 men!

[@robertmac9057]

Yes Tardelli and Benetti should both have gone for their assaults on Keegan.

[@richardhawkins4621]

No matter what team we put out we never win anything😢

[@frankwells7520]

England - Italy should have ended 11 vs. 9

[@nunzio-m.8460]

Why?

[@gwangi64]

@@nunzio-m.8460 Tardelli elbow on Keegan, then Benetti taking Keegan out after his pass for the second goal.

[@anthonyjohnson8672]

gentile might as well have played with a machine gun on the pitch,ruthless the italians in that era

[@oliverbayley3509]

This remains the last time England beat Italy in a competitive match. The next seven meetings - 3 draws, 4 Italian wins.

[@oliverbayley3509]

Actually, this is the ONLY time England beat Italy in a competitive match.

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

And it was a “dead rubber”. England needed to beat Italy 5-0 to get to Argentina. Not sure Zoff and co were worried when Brooking made it 2-0.

[@robertmac9057]

It took a while for another competitive win but England have now beaten Italy home and away in the Euro 24 qualifiers.

[@paulwilliams8389]

@@PHDiaz-vv7yo Even 5-0 probably wouldn't have been enough as Italy would then have needed a 6-0 win over Luxembourg in their final game to qualify, a result I would have fancied them to get had it been necessary.

[@gary1961]

It was only winning 2-0 in Luxembourg that done for England in this group. I can remember the newspapers before the game saying England needed to win 10-0 to rack up the goal difference over Italy. The following morning, they were saying things like 'Oh No England. A Terrible Performance. 2 out of 10.' They were correct though as it did go on goal difference seeing as England and Italy beat each other in the home games by 2-0, therefore, the victories against the two minnows were going to matter in the end. Italy ended up with their goal difference three better off than ours.

[@r4h4al]

Very unlucky to miss out through goal difference.

[@alanprior7650]

The late,great Trevor Francis in the game v Luxembourg 🇱🇺

[@jamesvickers5998]

Never understood why a manager as good as Revie got it wrong at international level. The all conquering Liverpool team of the time had 8/9 English men in. Just pick them and three others.

[@jamescorlett5272]

Ron Greenwood gave it ago ìn his first match Switzerland 0 - 0 friendly at Wembley - but yeah 74 - 75 stick sniffer Clarke ìn there - just sayin Jimmy Case never got a cap and Ian Callaghan first cap June 66 last one that Switzerland game his 4th and Last .

[@iainclark5964]

Some of the dates are very suspect. The 2-0 defeat to Italy in Rome was in the summer if 76, the return at Wembley that England won 2-0 was in Nov 77.

[@gwangi64]

The Italy-England World Cup game in Rome was in November 1976. There was a game between the two in the US Bicentennial Tournament in summer 1976 when England won 3-2.

[@brianmorley7165]

Good job for Italy they didn’t have VAR in those days there’s at least 2 players who would have been red carded

[@marvinbrando722]

Italian, they kicked you out big time and then, they act like nothing happens or "are you ok, or, sorry, it wasn't my intention... " lol hahahahaha. Terrible. But to all fairness, I saw I interviewed to Kevin Keegan and said in those years, football was rough in Europe, Yellow cards were very rare.

[@markellis6413]

Why is the Finland vs England film so poor? This game was shown live on BBC1.

[@mohdazmi10]

it is now Italy not England who will miss the WC twice on the trot.

[@Inglese001]

Worse stat than England’s cos two qualified - and yet still missed out.

[@LeoLynch-yg7vo]

Don Revie take note. That's what all the old football annuals would say. This lad is an England prospect Don Revie take note. Things like that.

[@grahamrogers3345]

What???

[@LeoLynch-yg7vo]

@@grahamrogers3345 Jimmy Hill said it. Barry Davies and Motty may have too. Don Revie take note.

[@grahamrogers3345]

@@LeoLynch-yg7vo Okay. Context was required.

[@Sam-gw5pl]

The Italian taking out Keegan off the ball for England’s second.

[@gwangi64]

And Tardelli had already elbowed him in the face in the first-half.

[@gary1961]

By today's standards, Italy would have had three red cards in that game.

[@pars4245]

All of this channel's videos are great, but there's a small mistake in this. The first match versus Italy was in '76, not '77.

[@WorldFootballArchive]

Thank you for your comment and feedback. We apologize for this mistake.

[@pars4245]

@@WorldFootballArchive it happens, keep up the good work!

[@nigeats65]

Nothing wrong with those penalties from the 70's by England. Must be a 90's onwards issue...!

[@doddy_bj_miko]

Camera 1976 or 1948?😅😅😅

[@koko2bware]

Don Revie, should never have left Leeds United for that England job. Jack Charlton, Malcom Alyson, Terry Venables, Brian Clough, Ron Greenwood or Bobby Robson should have got the job instead. Don Revie's departure brought terrible disaster to Leeds United for many years. FA always hated Leeds United !!

[@r4h4al]

I think it made sense for Don Revie to get it given his success at Leeds. Revie was unlucky here as it was a hard group with Italy who were a very very good side and could have won that WC and only 1 could qualify.

[@koko2bware]

@@r4h4al Picking coaches from winning clubs was the problem. Some players like Keegan, Macdonald and Hughes could not adapt to Don's style of play!! Germany's Helmet Schoen, Italy's Enzo Bearzot , Poland's Kazimierz Gorzki were not from winning clubs, but were part of a long term coaching plan ascending from youth to national teams. Anyway, Don Revie was not an England man. He was more suitable for club like Leeds where he had long lasting excellant relationship and trust with the players. Bremner left for Hull when Don left for England in 1975. The continuity was broken. No smooth transition. Brian Clough was no Don Revie, was sacked after 40 days!! Leeds got relegated in 1982!!. A very Sad Day for such a Top Club in the World!!!

[@r4h4al]

@@koko2bware Excellent post. Helps explain why Gareth Southgate has been the success he has.

[@koko2bware]

@@r4h4al Southgate was a good player then.. But he can't do much because he lacks quality players like Terry Venables had in Euro 1996 Gaza, McMahon, Shearer, Tony Adams.They were of a different class!!! The current lot plays fast but lacks imagination and consistency. They are not good as Spain, Belgium or Italy. Too many foreign players in EPL caused this. Italy faced this in 1980s but Italian FA quickly restricted the number of foreign players and emerged players like, Zola, Barresi, Baggio, Paulo Maldini. Many national teams have declined terribly due to too many foreign players. Even Germany and Netherlands have declined!! Germany went home after round 1 in 2018. That's unheard of!! Every 2-4 years we see a drop in quality. Its a different game now with emphasis on theatrics and faking injuries frequent divings!! And WAR is only helping gambling syndicates to fix matches !!!

[@r4h4al]

@@koko2bware Some excellent points.

[@harrycross3467]

Shame u cudnt get a better Finland away game..the drag back,dummy,dummy goal from Channon was Roy of the Rovers stuff,lad

[@valeriaferreira6479]

Finlândia x Inglaterra parece imagens da copa de 30

[@eliasmarchetti4324]

ma chi era Mozzini? mai sentito nominare

[@frankwells7520]

Giocava nell'Inter

[@carlosmendes2034]

PHIL NEAL, EMELYN HUGHES, DAVE WATSON, TREVOR CHERRY, RAY WILKINS, RAY CLEMENCE (standing) STUART PEARSON, BRIAN TALBOT, KEVIN KEEGAN, MICK CHANNON, BRIAN GREENHOFF (under). One of more unlucky team of England in 70´s. Good players but lacked some class in decisive moments

[@jamescorlett5272]

Oh yeah Every Decisive Moment except the Ities at the Beloved old Wembley .

[@alanprior7650]

Only one team in England's group qualified and Italy was in the same group,oh dear. No wonder England didn't make it to Argentina 🇦🇷

[@rodrigobrandao9559]

You should have picked Clough up, not Revie.

[@butzee]

People don't realise these days that we failed in two successive World Cup campaigns and the 1976 Euro's!! Now we're peed off if we lose in the 1/4s semis or final?

[@AD65]

Exactly

[@robertmac9057]

Yes I grew up in the 70s, it was just a series of heartbreaks being an England fan. We didn't qualify for a single tournament for 10 years from 1970 until 1980.

[@ITSONLYYOUTUBE-p3p]

​@robertmac9057 and yet English teams dominated the European Cup in that era....winning it 7 times out of 8 ( including 6 in a row )

[@robertmac9057]

@@ITSONLYKZbin-p3p Yes it was very frustrating the difference between the success at club and international level. The Liverpool team that won the European Cup in 1977 had nine English starters, and Ron Greenwood picked seven of them for a friendly against Switzerland at Wembley. He abandoned this experiment after the game ended in a drab 0-0 draw. After that Liverpool built their success around the three Scots Dalglish, Souness and Hansen and became less reliant on English players.

[@ITSONLYYOUTUBE-p3p]

@robertmac9057 a few forest players in the england team aswell ...shilton . anderson. francis woodcock..llyold...clark...birtles

[@creampuffwar]

1-0 by Antognoni, was an auto-goal, actually... :-)

[@Jose-sy1je]

That was the World Cup we Scottish were supposed to win. We had the finest players in the world and the English were supposed to watch us on tv winning it all after our disastrous 1974 failure

[@Dinobaburas.]

78 engerland were watching it on TV they weren't there 😂

[@stevebloomer7027]

Luxembourg played well. Ref was bent.

[@Mustaine1ify]

Thing is "They didn't get to Argentina"

[@indrocahyono7074]

That was Finland vs England in 1876

[@stevebloomer7027]

Francis was a good outside right but not a great centre forward.

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

7:16 Fabio Capelli... jogador e mais treinador

[@businessmonitor6939]

It wasn't a road to Argentina - we didn't qualify.

[@yossiallen3316]

The English were always technically inferior to the Italians

[@Gary-le7dz]

Keegan was a brilliant player , the Italians obviously shit themselves when he got the ball …. Thankfully disgusting dirty play like that now Italians would have been down to 9 men

[@wakeup2133]

.....and then 40 years later they totally ruined the World Cup won't be watching it in December too busy stuffing my Turkey, see ya FIFA 😉

[@jscottyrolls2702]

How confusing. They all look English and have English names. Why are they on the English team ? 😮

[@sockington1]

brian moore worst sporting commentator ever - 'it's in there', 'it's played in there', he's in there', 'in there again', garbage

[@jamescorlett5272]

Oi Mooro Always put the garbage in their bin - and still kept us informed - Get in there Brian 👀 .

[@davedoogan6650]

The GD is BS

[@kevingeorge9727]

Absolutely nothing was a free kick in the 70's. 😂

[@acustomer3518]

hahaaaa remember the eyeties were always dirty cheats growing up and my dad going barmy at the tv and the ref every time they played them and shouldve had 7 players left on in this game

[@paulopaulino3344]

Italian been italian

[@paulhiggins8662]

Road to Argentina....NOT

[@slider3215]

Another garbage England team

[@extremathule982]

England teami is garbage forever

[@chefblanc]

wow nothing much changes with the ities cheatin does it..

[@bm-wt3zf]

Who cares… they are awful

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

Big with Finland and Luxembourg and micro with Italy they didn't win trophies yesterday and he doesn't win trophies today.

[@activateryan7949]

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