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| Denis Law |
Campionato europeo - qualificazioni, gruppo 8
Tabellino | Full match | Altro (in 10 parti) | HL
"For them, the match was the world championship and they claimed they were the new world champions after beating us. That made about as much sense as Berwick Rangers claiming they were the Scottish champions after beating Rangers. But it was a famous victory for the Scots and each member of the team had raised himself to a peak" (Nobby Stiles, vedi)
"They were world champions and they were full of themselves and it was a makeshift Scottish side. I think Jimmy Johnstone fainted or jumped off the train at Edinburgh or something. But we were a good workmanlike side, everybody playing for one another, and things began to go for us. We were so much on top it was unbelievable. People said we could have emulated the 9-3 win England had in 1961. I said: “Take the p--- oot of them, never mind bothering about 9-3.
Ah, we were laughing, Denis Law, myself and Billy Bremner. We just had a great laugh with wee Alan Ball running about daft. He was the hero of the World Cup and Bremner said we should call him Jimmy Clitheroe after the wee comic with the short trousers and the squeaky voice. So I kept calling him Jimmy Clitheroe and trying to give him nutmegs and he was going hairy. Billy gave him pelters all right and Denis... well, of course, Denis was arrogant. “Go away, little man,” and all that. We were never in danger of losing that one" (Jim Baxter, vedi).
Leggi anche l'Euro storia Azzurro è il cielo del 1968
Ah, we were laughing, Denis Law, myself and Billy Bremner. We just had a great laugh with wee Alan Ball running about daft. He was the hero of the World Cup and Bremner said we should call him Jimmy Clitheroe after the wee comic with the short trousers and the squeaky voice. So I kept calling him Jimmy Clitheroe and trying to give him nutmegs and he was going hairy. Billy gave him pelters all right and Denis... well, of course, Denis was arrogant. “Go away, little man,” and all that. We were never in danger of losing that one" (Jim Baxter, vedi).
Leggi anche l'Euro storia Azzurro è il cielo del 1968
