1970 England World Cup Squad & Their 1600E Cortina's
Discussion
lotus72 said:
So, how can we actually order the book?
There is a lot about Football & Footballers before Page 223 when the 'E' stuff kicks in. For me though £8.99 well spent as the 1970 World Cup and eventually a 1600E were a part of my life.I got my PAPERBACK copy through The Daily Express, £8.99
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Although he wasn't on the publicity shots in the first post, Paul Reaney, Leeds UTD and England player, had one of these Cortinas. He lived in the street that I grew up in, and as a car mad 7 year old I was more interested in his car than his football, he also had a Red Cortina GT, my dad had a Silver fox one. These Cortinas were a common sight in Garforth where a number of the Leeds squad lived in the '70s, in fact there was a party at his house and there were 4 or 5 of the world cup cars parked in the street, when the Leeds team came to the house, if only I had a smart phone then.
A teacher at my junior school had a brand new MK1 Escort Mexico in Daytona Yellow, she never taught me.
A teacher at my junior school had a brand new MK1 Escort Mexico in Daytona Yellow, she never taught me.
wobblyprop said:
As a 19 yr old at the time I managed to clock up a few thousand miles in it whilst he was away in Mexico for a few weeks! Petrol was also free via Esso as they were running the World Cup Player Coins promo at the time
Yup. I still have 2 complete sets of those coins. One set in the red flimsy fold out holder you got free from Esso, and another set in the blue hardboard that you had to send off for.How sad am I?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Great thread.
We were a far better team in 70 than 66. We should have met Brazil in the final. We played them earlier on and lost 1-0, but were unlucky to lose.
We were certainly a better team than W Germany who knocked us out in the quarters. Cruising 2-0 up with 20 mins to go, Sir Alf takes of Bobby Charlton to save him for the semi that we never reached. Shocking decision. I always thought Sir Alf was a vastly over rated manager. And arrogant with it.
That game we lost to the Germans on 14/6/70 was the last game we'd play in the finals for 12 yrs.
As for giving the squad 1600Es, you'd think they'd have stretched to the Lotus Cortina.
Absolutely, Bobby had Beckenbauer in his pocket up until that point and was a fit as anyone in the squad.We were a far better team in 70 than 66. We should have met Brazil in the final. We played them earlier on and lost 1-0, but were unlucky to lose.
We were certainly a better team than W Germany who knocked us out in the quarters. Cruising 2-0 up with 20 mins to go, Sir Alf takes of Bobby Charlton to save him for the semi that we never reached. Shocking decision. I always thought Sir Alf was a vastly over rated manager. And arrogant with it.
That game we lost to the Germans on 14/6/70 was the last game we'd play in the finals for 12 yrs.
As for giving the squad 1600Es, you'd think they'd have stretched to the Lotus Cortina.
Gemaeden said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Great thread.
We were a far better team in 70 than 66. We should have met Brazil in the final. We played them earlier on and lost 1-0, but were unlucky to lose.
We were certainly a better team than W Germany who knocked us out in the quarters. Cruising 2-0 up with 20 mins to go, Sir Alf takes of Bobby Charlton to save him for the semi that we never reached. Shocking decision. I always thought Sir Alf was a vastly over rated manager. And arrogant with it.
That game we lost to the Germans on 14/6/70 was the last game we'd play in the finals for 12 yrs.
As for giving the squad 1600Es, you'd think they'd have stretched to the Lotus Cortina.
Absolutely, Bobby had Beckenbauer in his pocket up until that point and was a fit as anyone in the squad.We were a far better team in 70 than 66. We should have met Brazil in the final. We played them earlier on and lost 1-0, but were unlucky to lose.
We were certainly a better team than W Germany who knocked us out in the quarters. Cruising 2-0 up with 20 mins to go, Sir Alf takes of Bobby Charlton to save him for the semi that we never reached. Shocking decision. I always thought Sir Alf was a vastly over rated manager. And arrogant with it.
That game we lost to the Germans on 14/6/70 was the last game we'd play in the finals for 12 yrs.
As for giving the squad 1600Es, you'd think they'd have stretched to the Lotus Cortina.
uk66fastback said:
wildcat45 said:
When did the mega bucks come in? When did the Cortinas get swapped for Bentleys?
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