| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 19:06 - Nov 26 with 5312 views | bonymine |
Anyone else on here remember this ?
I was a mere lad of 11 years old when my Dad and I were season ticket holders in the old Double Decker at the Vetch just after our re-election season and just before our meteoric rise from Div 4 to Div 1 under Harry Griffiths (God rest his soul what a lovely man) and then John Toshack.
That season my Dad also took me to Ninian Park to see Wales playing Yugoslavia in the European Championships Quarter Final.
I'll never forget that day we were in the old enclosure at Ninian Park just below the main stand and the referee was the East German Rudi Glockner (I'll never forget his name till the day I die).
All I can remember is looking forward to watching the match but the atmosphere soon turned vitriolic when they went 1-0 up and I was mesmerised by what seemed to be the whole of the Welsh crowd baying 'Sieg Heil' accompanied by Nazi salutes towards the Ref. It kicked off all around the ground and the teams were taken off for their safety.
Just watching the Welsh news has brought it all home to me and I've just found this interesting article on that infamous night...not as infamous maybe as Joe 'Handball' Jordan at Anfield in the World Cup Qualifier for Argentina Finals 1978 but still a vivid and eye opening experience of my early years following the Swans and Wales !
The Referee's a Juan Kerr..
http://footballpink.net/2014/01/10/rudolf-rudi-glockner-one-of-the-great-forgott
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| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 18:49 - Nov 17 with 318 views | bonymine |
Bumping this thread from Nov 2015 given the Wales News article posted on here today ;
 1976: Glockner, Yugoslavia and a False Dawn for Welsh Football 17th Nov 2022 08:16We revert back now to one of our favourite writers who has travelled near and far watching and writing about football, and not just Swansea City. Now based in Malaga, Spain, Matt Harrison still follows the swans, Wales and his local club Malaga. Of course his interest in football continues globally and anyone who knows Matt knows he has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the game.  0
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| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 18:57 - Nov 17 with 306 views | KeithHaynes |
Taff punk eh ?
Is he still with us ?
I was at Wrexham. |  |
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| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 19:48 - Nov 17 with 273 views | builthjack |
| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 18:57 - Nov 17 by KeithHaynes |
Taff punk eh ?
Is he still with us ?
I was at Wrexham. |
Me too. A bus load from Builth. |  |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 19:53 - Nov 17 with 268 views | KeithHaynes |
| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 19:48 - Nov 17 by builthjack |
Me too. A bus load from Builth. |
It was one of those days that as a young man you thrived on and will never forget. | |
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| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 19:56 - Nov 17 with 263 views | builthjack |
| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 19:53 - Nov 17 by KeithHaynes |
It was one of those days that as a young man you thrived on and will never forget. |
It’s one of those games that you remember as if it was yesterday.
Loads of games, I just haven’t a clue about, even though I would have been there, | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 19:59 - Nov 17 with 259 views | KeithHaynes |
| Wales in Quarter Finals of European Championship 1976 on 19:56 - Nov 17 by builthjack |
It’s one of those games that you remember as if it was yesterday.
Loads of games, I just haven’t a clue about, even though I would have been there, |
I definitely wasn’t there in 76. 😂 | |
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