Some legends playing there: Di Stefano, Eusebio, Gento, Kopa, Law, Puskas, Baxter, Charlton, Moore, Greaves, etc etc Great video .. wish they still played games like this.
Incredibly this game was played on a Wednesday afternoon with a 3pm kick off. All the players would have been back at their clubs for the following Saturday.
A fascinating tactical point is that Bobby Charlton was nominally the left winger but Alf Ramsey was using him more & more through the centre of midfield which is where he ultimately played his greatest football.
Amazed to see this BBC coverage in such clarity. I have a DVD of the game with Wolstenholme's commentary but a dreadful picture quality. ITV also covered the game and a tape exists somewhere in their archives.
Thank you for showing old matches, many played before I was born. It’s interesting how the game of football evolved through out the years. I enjoy the content. Where else could one find this type of footage? Right? Nice work!
Centre forward Bobby Smith scored 13 goals for England in 15 internationals and yet just 2 years later he was playing non -league football at the age of 32.He had a very sharp decline in his playing fortunes.
ROW Starting lineup: Lev Yashin Djalma Santos Jan Popluhar Karl Heinz Schnellinger Gento Josef Masopust Svatopluk Pluskal Alfredo Di Stefano (captain) Eusebio Raymond Kopa Denis Law Substitutions: Ferenc Puskás for Eusebio Jim Baxter for Josef Masopust Milutin Soškić for Lev Yashin Luis Eizaguirre for Djalma Santos Uwe Seeler for Raymond Kopa
England Gordon Banks Jimmy Armfield (captain) Bobby Moore Maurice Norman Ray Wilson Gordon Milne Bobby Charlton Jimmy Greaves Terry Paine Bobby Smith George Eastham
Yes, that's correct, Santos wanted £10,000 from the FA before they would let Pele play, he said he would have loved to play, but in those days the clubs had all the power!
Goncalo G, yes Pele was not allowed to play by his club Santos, as they wanted £10,000 from the FA, for his services! So the FA, decided not to pay this enormous amount for those days, apparently he so much wanted to play, but his club said no £10k no play!
I don't think they had the technology for replays until the 1966 world Cup. Hence the famous ball hitting the underside of the bar then onto the goal line and out.
12:56 lol, the ROW player handles the ball but no penalty, then the other ROW player handles it like its a free kick and kicks off, that was a penalty!
