1966 World Cup: The Finals
After a prolonged build-up to the eighth World Cup, the 1966 finals kicked off on 11 July – later than any edition since the very first in 1930. With Sunday football prohibited, England’s opening Wembley stalemate with Uruguay took place on a Monday evening (followed by tedious goalless draws in the next three World Cup…
Mexico 1970 World Cup: 50 years ago
Mexico 1970, the ninth World Cup, is widely regarded as the greatest in living memory, won by its finest team. Though before my time, it is referenced by a generation as the finals where ‘the beautiful game’ triumphed, and casts a shadow over the World Cups which followed. It is chiefly remembered for Brazil’s historic…
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