Totally Extra: Euro 2000 - the best tournament ever?

The Totally Football Show with James Richardson

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Soccer, Unknown, Soccer,, Sports, Football

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🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo is joined in the studio by Charlie Eccleshare, Michael Cox and James Horncastle as they open up the Totally Almanac at the turn of the millennium and Euro 2000.

16 teams, two host nations and some of Europe's greatest ever no 10's were all on show in the summer of 2000, and don't forget all of those iconic kits.

Spain's 4-3 comeback against Yugoslavia was the highlight of the group stage, followed by two iconic semi-finals and a stunning golden goal winner from Trezeguet in the final to round off the highest scoring Euro finals to date. But was this the best ever tournament?

Plus a fiendish millennial brainteaser from Producer Charlie and some of your questions.

Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Jimbo’s Spanish pilgrimage and Corsican voyage (00.40)

• PART 1b: Rotterdam & Bruges travel advice (05.05)

• PART 1c: 2000 quiz question (07.10)

• PART 1d: The Totally Extra Almanac (07.45)

• PART 2a: The year was 2000... (11.30)

• PART 2b: Euro 2000, the greatest ever tournament? (12.30)

• PART 2c: England and Germany crash out (16.05)

• PART 2d: Yugoslavia 3-4 Spain, the greatest game of the century? (24.05)

• PART 3a: Italy spoil Netherlands' party (32.20)

• PART 4a: France’s route to the final (47.25)

• PART 4b: Julien Laurens joins to discuss the final (50.10)

• PART 4c: The answer to the quiz question (01.09.00)

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC.
0:09.2	Totally extra.
0:10.6	Today, let's all meet up in the year 2000 for the best international tournament ever.
0:16.6	Euro 2000.
0:18.0	France with the golden goal.
0:19.7	Holland with the orange crush. England with the meat
0:22.1	with the pair of eyes. It was the tournament that saw more goals than any before or since,
0:26.8	but whose perhaps most famous game finished nil-nil. We relive the millennial magic in this
0:32.3	totally extra. Unbelievable.
0:40.3	Unbelievable this is the 30th of October.
0:45.6	We gathered together with Charlie Echo Cher.
0:48.8	Hello.
0:49.3	Hi Charlie.
0:50.4	And also James Horncastle.
0:52.1	Hello.
0:52.5	Good day to you, James.
0:53.7	And Michael Cox. Hi, James. And Michael Coggs.
0:54.8	Hi, James.
0:55.4	Hi, Michael.
0:56.8	Excellent.
0:57.2	It is a totally extra.
1:00.4	Basically, for us to have a chat about Euro 2000, of which some people are very big fans, Michael.
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