RIP Johan #Cruyff. Some reflections... I saw him play once, England vs Holland 1977.
RIP Johan #Cruyff. Some reflections... I saw him play once, England vs Holland 1977.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxwPULhEGGU
My Dad took me to see this international friendly match at Wembley in 1977.
I don't remember a lot about it other than a classy Holland were a lot better than a plodding England side.
I remember the England supporters booing and chanting "What a load of rubbish" at the England team... and I think I realised then, as a 12 year old, that many football fans don't actually understand the game very well. A point that has become more obvious over time :)
England weren't poor, Holland were very, very good.
A year later Holland were again runners up to World Cup hosts but without Cryuff, who didn't take part.
After 30 years, the truth behind Cruyff's World Cup absence
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/17/newsstory.sport
Now 30 years on, Cruyff has finally broken his silence to reveal the real reason for his no-show on football's biggest stage
The former Ajax and Barcelona player has revealed that he and his family had been the victims of a kidnap attempt a few months before the tournament.
He said several criminals entered his house in Barcelona at night and tied him and his family up at gunpoint.
The experience changed his attitude to life and was part of the reason he decided not to play in the World Cup.
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=-YloS9gzxbo&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMxwPULhEGGU%26feature%3Dshare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxwPULhEGGU
My Dad took me to see this international friendly match at Wembley in 1977.
I don't remember a lot about it other than a classy Holland were a lot better than a plodding England side.
I remember the England supporters booing and chanting "What a load of rubbish" at the England team... and I think I realised then, as a 12 year old, that many football fans don't actually understand the game very well. A point that has become more obvious over time :)
England weren't poor, Holland were very, very good.
A year later Holland were again runners up to World Cup hosts but without Cryuff, who didn't take part.
After 30 years, the truth behind Cruyff's World Cup absence
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/17/newsstory.sport
Now 30 years on, Cruyff has finally broken his silence to reveal the real reason for his no-show on football's biggest stage
The former Ajax and Barcelona player has revealed that he and his family had been the victims of a kidnap attempt a few months before the tournament.
He said several criminals entered his house in Barcelona at night and tied him and his family up at gunpoint.
The experience changed his attitude to life and was part of the reason he decided not to play in the World Cup.
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=-YloS9gzxbo&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMxwPULhEGGU%26feature%3Dshare
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