Posts Tagged ‘European Championships Retrospectives’

European Championships Retrospectives: 1964

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 10th, 2008 • Category: Features, History

The European Championships were very different in the 1960s to today’s extravaganza, as we continue our historical look at past tournaments with Spain 1964.



European Championships Retrospectives: 1964 Qualifiers

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: History

In the second of our historical series looking at previous European Championships ahead of Euro 2008, we now turn to 1964. Last time, we looked at the first tournament held in France, won by the Soviet Union.
1964 European Nations’ Cup Qualifiers

Like four years earlier, the format was vastly different from the extravaganza put […]



European Championships Retrospectives: 1960, France

By Tom Dunmore • Dec 8th, 2007 • Category: History, Politics and Economics

We hail the European Championships as a major tournament these days, but that hasn’t always been the case. In this series, we’ll look at each tournament held since it began in 1960, covering one roughly every two weeks until we get to Euro 2008 next June. As usual on Pitch Invasion, we’ll look at […]