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Sadly I am old enough to been in Italy in 90 as a teenager. Made 96 and 98 and assumed every 2nd year would be like this.

Stayed in a Formule 1 - cheap motel with very small rooms. I think there was 4 of us? In the room next door was some loons from Peterhead. There was maybe 10 of them? They had booked 2 rooms but one of their group had 'got lucky'. They had some kind of pact so the amorous couple got one room leaving the rest to share the other one

I hope I'm right too This is the real question, we don't even know what formation we predominately be be going with next season so it's hard to amswer.

I love Bordeaux their wine festival is tremendous My daughters at the time were 2 and 4 and I think we were in Majorca for the Brazil game

Bryan Ferry -Let's Stick Together

Apparently, Bordeaux matched its annual beer sales on the day of the game. Even by Scotland standards it was a really boozy day. Great city though have been back since though a little more temperate.

Interesting that hearts aren’t that far off the huns proportionally speaking (from 1-2-3), nor would I have expected ‘Well to have as much as that either.

Sounds brilliant mate You are clearly older than I thought though

Flew to Paris the morning of the Brazil game. Watched game in Stade de France . Then next morning hauled my hungover corpse on to a train to Bordeaux. There followed 15 days on the pish wandering across France that my liver has probably never fully recovered from. Only had a SFA ticket for Brazil game but plan of getting to Bordeaux early paid off and got tickets for Norway game plus a contact that got us tickets for the game in St Etienne. Even had it set with work to extend holiday if we got through plus a ticket to get down to Marseille if we got through. Was brilliant trip mixing with fans from all over. Cannot see US being anything like that experience.

I was at the game. Opening ceremony was fckg bizarre - a bit like the drugged-up pre-school stuff on the TV thread I suspect. Fish was selling programmes. (The singer not a fish although that would have fit with the drugged-up theme) Scotland had maybe 5k fans Brazil 10k and the rest was corporate. After the game there was young girls in suits holding up signs with Coca-Cola and Ceba-Geigy etc. for guys in suits to gather at.

Brazil game was closed door event for me at one of my client's pub with bagpipes pre match and free food and bar all day. As I worked for a brewer at the time I'm sure I sent in six kegs of lager f.o.c. as my contribution to the day. Halcyon days Still have no recollection of getting home that day and reckon I must have watched the other two games at home with the kids

I had just left school and was about to turn 18 later that summer. Watched the Brazil game at my pal's with a carry out, the Norway game in the pub with my old fla and the Morocco disaster at another pal's with another carry out. Other than the Morocco result, it was a glorious couple of weeks with nothing else to do but watch football.

Armstrong will back up/rotate with Ronan (assuming that goes through) as the more attack minded centre mid. Briedl, Aremu, Lyons will be the more solid, defensively-minded options. Findlay Marshall gives us the sixth player for a three man midfield, assuming Kjartansson goes on loan and Palaversa departs.

Pished.

What were you doing when France '98 was on? Just out of interest. I was 16 years old and in the middle of my exams. I didn't let anything important like revision get in my way of enjoying the tournament. I remember watching the opening game (v Brazil) and being more nervous for a football match than ever before. I thought we would get battered when they scored early, but we gave a good showing. I don't really recall watching the other two games, but I'm sure I did. I had a wallchart out of the Daily Record, which I diligently filled in after every game.

The Vinnie Jones docu-film-thingy on Netflix is a decent watch. No surprises, but well put together bio of his playing days - and a little beyond.

AWB - Let's Go Round Again

Aye, if ye head doon and ask for Jimmy.

Westlife - Swear It Again

Winners - France Golden Boot - Harry Kane Player of Tournament - Mbappe Scotland - Through to knockout phase as one of best 3rd placed teams then beaten by Mexico in Azteca. Dark Horses - Morocco

Pink Fairies - Do It

Ach, OK, Ah'll hae a go .... Winners: Spain ... errr no ... can never ignore Brazil ... so, ... Brazil. Golden Boot: Fuck knows ... Shankland if we can demolish Haiti thanks tae his hat-trick .... and he picks up a few mair in the one and only knock oot round ... itherwise, fuck knows. Player of Tournament: Some bugger naebody's ever heard o' afore. Scotland: Reach KO stage for first time ever ... the 'Scotland way' .... ie, we scrape a draw wi' Haiti and think ' ... 'at's us fucked'. We get oor airses handed tae us by Morocco and think ' ... 'at's us definitely fucked noo'. Then we get oot o' bed on the right side, get oor proper mannies fitba boots on, and gie Brazil a hidin' they'll nivver forget Dark horse: Mexico

Sounds brilliant. Teelin is down in the South West near Killybegs isn’t it? I’ll be at the opposite end on the Inishowen peninsula. Wife is from Derry. Spent my summers as a student hitch-hiking around Ireland going to festivals, camping, partying. Wonderful times.