What the hell happened? I've read a lot, watched a lot and listened to a lot about the 1978 World
Cup. And I still don't fully understand what happened? How a squad cheered to the rafters on their
departure could return shamed. How a football manager could be blamed for a nation turning down the
opportunity of self government.
We're doing a World Cup team history post for each of the 32 teams at the 2010 World Cup in
South Africa. However, some teams have a little more history than others.
The albiceleste stripes of Argentina have appeared in 14 previous World Cups, stretching all the
way back to the inaugural 1930 edition.
Has there every been a World Cup for drama and intrigue than Argentina in 1978? Â I was 8 years
old and with England failing to qualify, I was beginning to believe that we were above such
tournaments, especially as the Scots were there again. By the age of 8 I was into my football big
time. So much so that I spent every waking hour playing the game.
I've read two different explanations for why France wore green and white shirts in their group game
vs Hungary at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
Explanation #1 is that Argentinean television was to blame:
Argentina was a country still viewing television broadcasts in black and white back then, so all
matches had to feature one team wearing a dark-coloured strip, the other a light-coloured
strip.
After falling out with River Plate over the appalling pitch surface for the recent World Cup
qualifier at home to Colombia, the AFA have submitted a request to FIFA that Rosario Central's
stadium, El Gigante Del Arroyito, be accredited as an alternative venue. It's possible the
qualifier against Brazil could be played there if the [.
With the regular editorial having made way a little while ago for my regular Pitch Invasion column,
I've decided to put the page on HEGS to a slightly different use from now on. Periodically
(hopefully approximately every two weeks) I'll be posting a piece looking back on a segment of
Argentina's long and rich footballing [.
Surprising revelations in Colombia on Wednesday, as a close associate of the Cali drug cartel
revealed his organisation's apparent involvement in one of the most infamous football matches in
World Cup history - Argentina's 6-0 thrashing of Peru to reach the final of the 1978 event, which
they went on to win.
By Puck Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into another Happy Hour—a special GAMEDAY!!! Edition.
This week has been bittersweet for Puck. On one hand, the Champions League Quarterfinal draw
resulted in a very intriguing all-England matchup between Chelsea and Manchester United that
promises to be a "real cracker.
Who doesn't love 1970s football kits? The simple designs are a thousand times more pleasing to the
eye than most modern day shirts. The site footballshirtculture.com has a very impressive page with
photos and renderings of each kit from the 1978 World Cup down to the smallest details. Beautifully
done. The most surprising is what is [...] SHARETHIS.
