A Brief History of the European Championships - 1996
Days before their semi-final against Germany, Engalnd punks Gareth Southgate and Stuart Pearce join the Sex Pistols onstage at their Finsbury Park reunion gig
May 27, 2008
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1992
Peter Schmeichel shouts Denmark to the trophy. Then shouts some more...
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1988
The Dutch manage to suspend their legendary in-fighting long enough to actually win a trophy at last
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1984
England didn't qualify, so the exciting Euro 84 wasn't deemed interesting enough to be broadcast on British TV
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1980
England went into the tournament with a strong team, but Italy's manager Enzo Bearzot had spotted a weakness which could turn the game...
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1976
Sepp Maier uses his vast knowledge of 'body language' and attempts to read the direction of Antonin Panenka's penalty
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1972
Gerd Muller scores the third goal for West Germany in their 3-1 win over ENgland at Wembley and permanently changes the balance of power in European football
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1968
After the drawn semi-final against the USSR, it goes down to tossing a coin. Italy's captain Giacinto Facchetti calls correctly and his team go on to be the eventual champions.
May 13, 2008
A Brief History of the European Championships - 1964
With Cold War logic, General Franco had refused to let Spain play the USSR in 1960. Four years later he gloated when hosts Spain beat the Societs in the final.
May 12, 2008
World of Skill - Putting on your alice band while running, with Torsten Frings
The modern midfield player cannot rest on his laurels. Not only does he now have to score goals, track back and run all day, he also has to do other less glamorous tasks. Germany's Torsten Frings says "You've just got to have faith. If your alice band comes off in the middle of the game you can't be crying to the ref, you've just got to get on with it."
If done properly, this procedure can also act as a blocking movement to an oncoming opponent.
