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Sun's shining, week and a half till it all starts
Panini sticker albums
David Coleman commentating down a dodgy phone line from Latin America
Scotland taking some pretty good squads with them and still falling flat on their face
Lazy stereotyping of teams/players ('naive' Africans, 'samba football' etc etc ad bleeding nauseam)
West Germany playing panto villains every single time
Playing out with your mates recreating the matches you've just seen. Bagsy me Chris Waddle
Des keeping it all in perspective
Staying up late for kick offs at daft o'clock
Having no idea who half the players were, nor had you heard of the clubs they played for
Finding out what words like 'altitude' and 'dehydration' meant
Discovering far out concepts such as the sweeper system or anything else that wasn't 4-4-2
Comedy Brazilian goalies
Have I missed anything?