1984 Tournament

[Rio]

I'm racking my brain trying to think of why I don't have vivid memories of this tournament. As a kid I religiously watched as much football as I could, but I don't seem to recall much about this one, other than watching highlights of games on Sportsnight.

I know England or any if the other home nations didn't qualify but I'm pretty sure this wasn't covered in depth as it is now. Similarly 1980 I remember our game I think against Belguim was live (the tear gas game) but it wasn't wall to wall coverage.

Am I correct in thinking it wasn't until 1988 that the TV companies deemed the Euro's a major event?

[Monkey Mike]

I remember watching France v Portugal as an 8 year old and drooling over the French team at the time.

[Claretdave]

I think you are a few years older than me but I can't recall it at all. I can vaguely recall a few moments from the 1982 World Cup, and the 1984 Olympics, but this is a complete blank.

[Monkey Mike]

I remember loads from Espana 82, but only snippets from 84. 1982 was a brilliant tournament.

[vietnammer]

Remember the crowd trouble in 1980, but nothing about '84 beyond it being when Platini made his mark. Funny how bad news sticks around longer.

[beckton]

There was hardly any live tv coverage of that tournament, maybe the semi-finals and final and that was it. I'm not even sure about that.

I was gutted as I loved watching that French side with Platini, Giresse, Tigana etc and you had to rely on an evening highlights show.