The Likely Lads Fixture

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The Likely Lads Fixture

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Away to Bulgaria, the episode was about a fictional match away to Bulgaria. The game was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.
There was no mention of it being a competitive match, so it is assumed it was just a friendly.
The Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia was reconstructed in 1966 ,7 years before the episode. It is a fairly modern stadium
with drainage capabilities , so flooding would have been very unlikely. in 1974 Bulgaria qualified for a fourth consecutive world Cup,
so were hardly the pushovers that Terry makes them out to be.
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Just don't mention the Ant and Dec remake. :shock: :roll:
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Carlos J wrote:Just don't mention the Ant and Dec remake. :shock: :roll:



Truly awful. You needed an Ant-sized alcohol session to get through it.
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1 June 1974 International friendly Bulgaria 0–1 England Sofia, Bulgaria The game that is nearest to the Likely Lads timeline.

Frank Worthington got the winner in the 44th minute.

Bulgaria : Rumyancho Radev ,Ivan Zafirov ,Stefan Velichkov ,Bozhil Kolev ,Dimitar Penev ,Dobromir Zhechev ,Voyn Voynov ,
Hristo Bonev (c) ,Atanas Mihaylov ,Krasimir Borisov ,Georgi Denev ,subs Mladen Vasilev ,Pavel Panov

England: Ray Clemence ,Emlyn Hughes (c) ,Colin Todd (Derby),Dave Watson (Sunderland),Alec Lindsay (Liverpool)
,Martin Dobson (Burnley),Trevor Brooking (West Ham),Colin Bell (Man.City),Kevin Keegan (Liverpool),Micky Channon (Southampton)
Frank Worthington (Leicester City)

Lindsay had only 4 caps,Dobson only 5.
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