Почему Битлз никак не отметились на чемпионате мира по футболу 1966 года?

2Евгений Соколов:

>Битлз тоже не были поклонниками футбола и спорта
>вообще. Это у Хантера Девиса написано. Лично мне
>тоже ВЕСЬ спорт глубоко безразличен.

Did the Beatles like football: the official verdict

Let it be? Not if we can work it out, we won't. Many moons ago, it all kicked off in the Knowledge over whether or not any of the Beatles were football fans. Furthermore, legions of readers wanted to know in particular whether they were Everton or Liverpool fans, or steered a wide berth of this touchy subject for fear of alienating fans.
After much bickering, it was finally established that nobody seemed sure whether Paul and John were Reds or Blues, while it seemed that if George and Ringo had any interest whatsoever in football, they hid it well. Thankfully, author and chronicler of all things Scouse, Andy Thompson, has finally emerged from the woodwork and claims to have the definitive answer.

"I'm three years late, but I'm replying to the question 'Did the Beatles like football?' which appeared on December 11 2003" he says. "I interviewed Ringo a couple of years ago for a book on Liverpool FC - only to find he was an Arsenal fan! His stepfather was from London apparently and would take Starkey Jr to Anfield or Goodison whenever the Gunners were in town. Having said that, he's pretty knowledgeable on the Reds these days and both his sons have season tickets at Anfield.
"Paul was (and maybe still is) definitely an Evertonian, as was his dad. He attended the 1968 FA Cup final - there is a photo of him outside Wembley. His brother Mike is a massive Red - and part of his band The Scaffold's promo film for Thank You Very Much was filmed in front of a packed Spion Kop at his behest (fellow band member Roger McGough, a Blue, refused to attend and is missing from the clip).
George and John were not keen football fans, although George's son Dhani is a big Liverpool fan.
But the biggest fan of all the Beatles' extended family is Neil Aspinall, the former Beatles road manager who attended Anfield regularly before the band left Liverpool for London and has attended games when possible ever since."

So now you know. Let this be an end to the matter ... unless you know better, of course.

Я думаю, потому, что такое тупое занятие, как игра в футбол у умных и ироничных битлов, кроме стёба не могла вызвать никой другой реакции.

видел хронику финального матча англия-германия. На трибуне крупным планом показали пола маккартни

Пришлось достать с полки номер From me to you: в книге Footbal: The Golden Age, на странице 274 имеется фотография, на которой изображен Пол, присутствующий в 1968 году на финале Кубка Футбольных Ассоциаций между командами West Brom и Everton. Далее идет рассказ какого-то мужика, которого Пол угостил сигаретами и виски на стадионе. Есть вероятность, что Джон и Пол в 1966 году смотрели финал кубка между Everton и Sheffield (это из журнала) и небольшая, что Пол смотрел финал кубка 1986 года между Liverpool и Everton.
На обложке Сержанта Пеппера изображен среди прочих Альберт Стаббинс - центральный форвард клуба Liverpool.

Маккартни как то признался что не особо любит футбол и ничего в нём не понимает,но иногда ходит на матчи.

Кто не знает, на чемпионате мира лучше не отмечаться, а смотреть его по ящику, лежа на диване, под дурь и пивко.

Потому что футбольный матч превратился бы в истерческие крики сумасщедших фанаток битлов.

..потому что они не были футболистами! :))

А вообще помню, что видела Мика Джаггера во время трансляций ЧМ-98. И даже в 2006м..
Кстати, почему - Полу Маккартни футбол не безразличен, он болеет за "Ливерпуль".
но тогда для битлов не то что на матч, даже за газетой выйти из дома было проблемой! :)

А почему бы не задать этот вопрос самим битлам? При нынешних возможностях и средствах связи!Думаю,что Ринго и Пол ответили бы.

В википедии, на странице Пола Маккартни, про его пристрастие к футболу помоему - ясно всё написано!)

The Beatles made few comments about the football clubs they supported, in case they alienated fans of the group, although McCartney is a supporter of Everton Football Club (his father and relatives used to take him to matches) but his allegiance later encompassed Liverpool F.C. (both clubs being from the same city; Liverpool). Linda McCartney said: "We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now". This seems slightly at odds with McCartney's assertion in an interview with the Observer newspaper in 2008 that he supported both clubs but would lean towards Everton in a Merseyside derby game.

Both Lennon and McCartney watched the 1966 FA Cup Final between Everton and Sheffield Wednesday, and McCartney attended the 1968 FA Cup Final (18 May 1968) which was played by West Bromwich Albion and Everton. After the final whistle, McCartney shared cigarettes and whisky with other fans. Liverpool player, Albert Stubbins, was the only footballer shown on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover. On 28 July 1968, The Beatles were photographed in a photographer's studio at 192-212 Gray's Inn Road, with McCartney wearing a Liverpool F.C. Rosette on two photos.

McCartney tried to listen to the Liverpool v Manchester United 1977 FA Cup Final on a radio, while sailing in the Caribbean. The video for McCartney's Pipes of Peace (1983) recreated the 1914 football game played between German and British troops during WWI. McCartney was seen at the 1986 FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Everton, and in 1989, McCartney contributed to the "Ferry Cross the Mersey" charity single that was recorded to aid victims of the Hillsborough Disaster, which happened during a match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.