The 1930 World Cup

I’ve always felt that the three world cups before the war shouldn’t really “count” though. At that point England would have been easily the best side in the world. Plus there was all the black shirt shenanigans with Italy.

Even 1950 was a bit mad with no knockouts. Uruguay claim to have been world champions 4 times, but in my honest opinion it’s basically zero.
 
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atypical_boro said:
I’ve always felt that the three world cups before the war shouldn’t really “count” though. At that point England would have been easily the best side in the world. Plus there was all the black shirt shenanigans with Italy.
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I was about to reply to the thread but went and had my dinner instead. But my reply would have been that drawing attention to the early days of tournaments is a bit dangerous in that it gives some people the opportunity to discount those tournaments. Well, there you go.
 
Capybara said:
I was about to reply to the thread but went and had my dinner instead. But my reply would have been that drawing attention to the early days of tournaments is a bit dangerous in that it gives some people the opportunity to discount those tournaments. Well, there you go.
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Well, if you were Italian would you be especially proud of those first two titles?
 
Jedi boro said:
I thought you were implying the win was tarnished as implied by the poster in regards to the Italian one
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Not at all. Other than watching the 1966 final and wanting England to win and being pleased when they did I had nothing to do with it so I don't see anything to be proud about.
 
Capybara said:
That's an odd question. I'm English and I'm not especially proud of the one England won.
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Ok, but then why would it matter if the first few editions of the tournament were fully recognised or not then?

I don't think the question is that odd. I was insinuating that I wouldn't be too fussed, if I was Italian, if the world quietly 'forgot' about 34 and 38.
 
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