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May 2002

100 Greatest World Cup Moments

Channel 4 18th May 2002

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With the World Cup approaching, the telly's gone Football Crazy. And tonight there was 2 hours of football bliss thanks to Channel 4's regular '100 Greatest' series. The public was asked to vote on World Cup great moments and the programme reviewed the outcome with a bit of added background and comments made by the players today.

We saw modern interviews with Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, Norman Hunter, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Bonetti, Pat Jennings, and Archie Gemmill.

Also, filmed in February there was great moment, as just a month before his sad death Kenneth Wolstenholme repeated on camera one final time his famous line 'They think it's all over it is now !'

Bob Mortimer provided the links and it was all smoothly done. I'm not entirely sure why the World Cup did not exist before 1958 - I suspect the public were not granted the intelligence of being trusted to vote for anything before then.

And certainly the Top 3 vote did have a contemporary bias, including one game that didn't even occur in the Finals - which is a bit of a cheat in my book. Nevertheless the 1970 competition did have 4 entries in the Top Fifteen, which can't be bad.

Catch it on the rerun, it's a great evening of popular football history fun. I swear you cannot watch it without adding your own memories of what you were doing that day.

Here's the full list of 1970 nominations, followed by the final Top 100 with Bob 70-71 Pages interest highlighted. Why not Choose your own Top Mexico '70 Moment at Quizlet ?


1970

11. Jeff Astle shoots wide from six yards against Brazil.

12. Brazilian Jairzinho cross, Pele header, time stands still, Banks' save.

13. Bobby Moore dispossess Jairzinho before calmly playing the ball out of defence to Terry Cooper.

14. Pele's attempted lob form the halfway line against Czechoslovakia misses by a foot.

15. Brilliant control as Pele chests the ball down and scores from the volley against Czechoslovakia.

16. Jairzinho beats 4 Czech defenders before scoring.

17. Bonetti's blunder from Beckenbauer allows the Germans back into the game.

18. Pele's masterful dummy which left the Uruguayan goalkeeper sprawled.

19. A brilliant move begun by Clodoaldo ends with Pele barely glancing up before weighting a pass for Carlos Alberto to lash the ball into the Italian net.

100 One man and his dog (Greaves) 1962
99 Amokachi scores vs Greece 1994
98 Alf Ramsey loses it vs Argentina 1966
97 English hooligans riot in Marseille 1998
96 Norwegian commentator goes mental 1981
95 Gerd Muller scores the winner vs Holland 1974
94 Clive Thomas disallows a Brazilian goal 1978
93 Helmut Haller nicks the hat-trick ball 1966
92 Prince Fahid of Kuwait stops the game against France 1982
91 Butcher's blood 1989
90 Scotland on collision course for disaster 1982
89 The World Cup first Celebrity Couple: Bobby and Tina Moore 1966
88 El Loco goes on the rampage 1978
87 The World Cup's greatest hair 1998
86 Dr Socrates 1982
85 Alartichoechea's impossible save 1986
84 Bad offical world cup song:Austria 1998
83 Gerry Armstrong scores for N Ireland 1982
82 Pickles finds the cup 1966
81 Ally's Tartan Army 1978
80 Pele bursts onto the scene 1958
79 Welsh rarebit 1958
78 Waddle nearly changes the course of history 1990
77 Bobby Moore on a charge (bracelet) 1970
76 Pak Do Ik sends Italy home 1966
75 Bryan Robson scores the fastest goal 1982
74 Bonetti's blunders 1970
73 Iran beat the Great Satan 1998
72 Bobby Charlton's screamer against Mexico 1966
71 Klinsmann scores against South Korea 1994
70 Pele: the wilderness years 1962-66
69 The Reggae Boyz finest hour 1998
68 All Italian hero Toto Schillaci 1990
67 Keegan's fluff 1982
66 Worst unofficial world cup song: Dutch 1986
65 Ray Wilkins goes butch 1986
64 Germany's nemesis Letchkov 1994
63 Unlikely Irish hero Jack Charlton 1990
62 Accidentally on purpose: John Robinson's free kick 1982
61 Negrete's scissor kick vs Bulgaria 1986
60 Paolo Rossi beats Brazil 1982
59 They call it soccer: USA 1994 1994
58 Klinsmann dives for his country 1990
57 Hagi's magic 1994
56 The Mexican Wave 1986
55 Jairzinho runs rings around the Czechs 1970
54 A matter of life and death (Escobar) 1994
53 The Portugese Man O'War: Eusebio 1966
52 Underdogs Cameroon nearly beat England 1990
51 Arie Haan goes for broke 1978
50 Michael Owen, England's youngest scorer 1998
49 The worst foul ever: Schumacher on Battiston 1982
48 Kempes picks the path to glory 1978
47 Lineker's hat-trick vs Poland 1986
46 Graham Taylor does not like that 1993
45 Zico silences Scotland 1982
44 Germany records the worst ever official song 1994
43 The great Brazilian bender, Nelinho 1978
42 Bobby Charlton gets England to the final 1966
41 Battle of the giants: Rivaldo beats Schmeichel 1998
40 The ultimate spat: Rijkaard vs Voller 1990
39 The best world cup song - World in Motion 1990
38 Solo Said Owairan 1994
37 Josimar deceives Jennings 1986
36 Narey scores against Brazil 1982
35 Bobby Moore's tackle on Jairzinho 1970
34 David Beckham's first goal for England 1998
33 Halfway to paradise: Pele's lob vs Czechoslovakia 1970
32 Can we fix it? Germany and Austria collude 1982
31 David Batty misses his penalty 1998
30 Duck! Rivelino vs E Germany 1974
29 The Battle of Santiago 1962
28 Eder's sweetest dummy lest Falcao score 1982
27 Will he? Won't he? The mystery of Ronaldo 1998
26 The divine pony tails misses vs Brazil 1994
25 Maradona's disgrace 1994
24 Higuita over-reaches himself 1990
23 Did it cross the line? (Hurst) 1966
22 Maradona beats Belgium 1986
21 Beckham flips vs Argentina 1998
20 Platt's wonder goal 1990
19 Tardelli's over the moon 1982
18 Houghton's goal vs Italy 1994
17 Zaire's charge 1974
16 Better than sex: Gemmill's goal against Holland 1978
15 Pele reaches the summit 1970
14 Water water everywhere (Charlton pitchside row) 1994
13 The greatest ever save: Banks from Pele 1970
12 The Cruyff turn 1974
11 Gazza's tears 1990
10 Ireland's greatest moment: penalty shout out vs Romania 1990
9 Pele's dummy vs Uruguay 1970
8 The Hand of God 1986
7 Only Bergkamp can do this 1998
6 England's worst moment: Pearce/Waddle miss 1990
5 The greatest team goal: Brazil's last vs Italy 1970
4 Some people are on the pitch 1966
3 Germany 1-5 England (Owen hatrick) 2001
2 Michael Owen's goal against Argentina 1998
1 Maradona's second goal against England 1986

List from channel4.com - one hundred greatest world cup moments

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Bob Dunning
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