Talk:2001 Germany v England football match

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What a complete joke of an article! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.198.187 (talk) 19:18, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

This article is longer than both that for the 1966 world cup final and that for the "Game Of The Century", which is of course totally justified because this World Cup Qualifier group match (second leg) was the most important game ever, and it will be remembered for the next 100 years, not just by some desperate brits but by the whole world! The English shouldn't worry when they're again beaten in some minor World Cup semi-final on penalties -- this single landmark game in the history of football is theirs for good. Multi io 18:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC) (yes I am German :-D)


 * Totally justified? It was a bloody qualifier, not even a tournament match. It only helped the German team to calm down and realize that there would be a lot of work ahead and put the English nation's arrogance over the top. This game ranks under "Games that weren't that good" but not under "Biggest shames ever". Same goes for the 1-4 defeat in Italy. "Single landmark in history"? "remembered for the next 100 years"? LOL. Boy, who cares about that game except the English? It would be worse to lose to Holland. --84.137.229.134 10:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Whoosh! Multi io 22:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

To add to the list of times Germany knocked England out of competitions. Mexico World Cup, 1970, Quarter Finals. England were leading Germany 2-0 with 20 minutes to go, ended up with 3-2 win for Germany. (yes I am English).

Well, I suppose England winning a football match is well worth an article. Not that it happens very often. (not German, French).
 * Like the french winning a war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.153.220 (talk) 19:11, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Why do people have to keep bringing in World War II issues when it comes to international football debates?!. 91.125.116.173 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:16, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Wow, some bitter people on this page... The length of the article has no reflection on the importance of the match. It's jsut the way it's written. The game was a major defeat, against major rivals. So it is seen as more important thna an average world cup qualifier. SO stop complaining.

It would have been worse had the other side been Holland. Unfortunately, against England nobody cares --85.16.239.21 10:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Had some difficulty rememberring what this page was actually called so I have put "5-1" and "Five One" as redirects to it.

The use of rivals is emotive. The english sold videos of that Game, funnily enough. I have yet to see a special video of Germany beating England. Hence the conclusion would be that if one wants to use the word rivals, it would be neccessary to point out that the Germans don't have the same strength of feeling imo. And they got in fact 1966 in .. omfg :) (German living in Scotland) Sancassania 10:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

God! Seeing as there no rivalry you guys seem pretty up tight about this article. If there was no rivalry it wouldnt matter to you so much —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.2.2.25 (talk) 15:07, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Knighting of Owen?
Does anyone else remember this debate. I suggest unless it can be ratified that it should be removed--Thelostlibertine (talk) 14:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I don't remember it either, and why an Arrow FM DJ (a provincial station with a tiny listenership) should be mentioned alongside it is baffling--Atamata (talk) 09:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Position in C4 100 Greatest Sport Moments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Sporting_Moments

According to this (Germany 1–5 England) article, it placed third, according to the above list it placed second - anyone know the truth? Auto98uk (talk) 09:14, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Removal of short sentance
In the 'Aftermath' section it states that the efforts that England put into this game were all in vain as Germany progressed further in the finals in Japan and South Korea. However as the sole objective of that game was to help the team qualify the efforts were not in vain at all. I have removed this short section. Cls14 (talk) 22:28, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Aftermath
Some people seem to think that everything that has happened in football between England and Germany after 2001 counts as the aftermath of the 2001 game, and I have removed a couple of additions - the latest was an account of the 2010 World Cup game. I thought I'd comment here just to say what I've done, and to provide a place to invite anyone who adds similar material and ask them to justify why their addition counts as "aftermath". So if anyone thinks the 2010 game counts, please explain why here. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:08, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress which affects this page. Please participate at Talk:Barbados v Grenada (1994) - Requested move and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 00:21, 9 February 2012 (UTC)