In 1966, England famously beat West Germany 4-2 to win the World Cup. Here are some photos of the crowd. Notice anything?
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I think I see one brown person.
aug 27, 2025, 10:50 am • 0 0 • view
Who needs Photoshop when you’ve got nail clippers and glue?
aug 27, 2025, 11:05 am • 0 0 • view
No women. No brown or black people.
aug 27, 2025, 11:30 am • 1 0 • view
no womens toilets = no women
aug 27, 2025, 11:37 am • 3 0 • view
People dressed better and were well groomed back then as well. They still cheat us on the toilet supply. 😂🤷♀️
aug 27, 2025, 11:40 am • 0 0 • view
well the UK got piss equality in 1992 ;-) nominally, the throughput difference between standing up and sitting down still affects it though should be like the Germans and everyone sits down to piss
aug 27, 2025, 12:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Bottom right photo has young black men. Standing at the front.
aug 27, 2025, 11:40 am • 2 0 • view
Yes, I saw a few women 500:1 ratio and a black man. USA baseball or hockey in 1966 would have looked pretty much the same.
aug 27, 2025, 11:42 am • 0 0 • view
The most popular sport for Carribbean people would have been cricket. So you would have a very different view for a crowd at an England v West Indies match.
aug 27, 2025, 11:44 am • 2 0 • view
Apologies top right.
aug 27, 2025, 11:40 am • 2 0 • view
Union jacks and suits. Tally ho!
aug 27, 2025, 11:36 am • 0 0 • view
No mobile phones, living in the moment... /sarc
aug 27, 2025, 11:14 am • 3 0 • view
Mixed crowd, not segregated by support?
aug 27, 2025, 11:50 am • 1 0 • view
English "flags" since 1996, not a single one before
aug 27, 2025, 11:48 am • 0 0 • view
England played Scotland in the groups, possibly relevant
aug 27, 2025, 12:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Crowd composition seems a bit different also
aug 27, 2025, 1:47 pm • 0 0 • view
I think England playing Scotland early on at Euro 96 might have been a factor. Wouldn't make sense to take a Union flag to that game
aug 27, 2025, 12:06 pm • 3 0 • view
Same would apply to 'God Save The Queen / King' then?
aug 27, 2025, 12:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Well that's an interesting rabbit hole. Since the early 90s 🏴 sing Flower of Scotland with GSTQ/K being the specifically 🏴 anthem for sporting events. There's a view that 🏴 should have their own anthem so GSTK can be reserved for events where GB/UK compete as such
aug 27, 2025, 12:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes, indeed - I guess I was trying to say that it still happens nonetheless. Similarly the England v Scotland group game might have been *a* factor in the prevalence of St George's Cross flags at Euro 96, but, to the best of my recollection, I dont think it was a particularly huge one.
aug 27, 2025, 1:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh yes, I'm not saying it was the only factor (or even a main factor)
aug 27, 2025, 5:09 pm • 1 0 • view
I was thinking about this the other day, I'd definitely pin Euro '96 as a turning point. When growing up, it was as a Brit with the Union flag to the fore. That Euros was the first time that the George Cross became a big thing
aug 27, 2025, 1:37 pm • 1 0 • view
I know that a lot of people are noticing the suits thinking that it meant people were more buttoned up and formal, but in fairness, suits were more fashionable then.
aug 27, 2025, 11:38 am • 0 0 • view
widespread use of the St George cross is new and fash adjacent
aug 27, 2025, 10:44 am • 4 0 • view
Yes to the first, no to the second.
aug 27, 2025, 1:41 pm • 1 0 • view
How strange. I have never seen a union Jack at a football game. Excluding Ibrox, obviously.
aug 27, 2025, 12:03 pm • 0 0 • view