I saw my first World Cup match from the Kop 60 years ago, at Hillsborough, Sheffield. I was 15, and the match was between Switzerland, at that time the minnows of world football, and West Germany. I The Germans trounced the Swiss 5-0. In those days, the Swiss were the l. Their tourist board handed out small Swiss flags stapled to sticks the length of your forearm to spectators to encourage a below average team to perform better. The current Swiss team is much better.