England 7 v 0 Austria..1973 International Friendly (Wembley Stadium) 

As a boy of 4 when this was played I never knew much about soccer then I only ever read about these games in books and magazines in subsequent years so it's fascinating to see this footage all these years later (aged 52 in 2021 - both may 1969)

Brilliant. My dad took me to this when I was 9 - we left with 10 mins to go. We heard the cheer for 7-0 as we got to the car...😆

This was the friendly international arranged by the England FA just before England faced Poland in the all important crucial World Cup qualifier at Wembley on 17 October 1973. It was Austria who had shocked England 3-2 at Wembley the last both teams met in a friendly in 1965 just before the 1966 World Cup. But this around,England had sent a strong message to Poland ahead of the Wembley clash with a crushing 7-0 win that must have alarmed the latter. The England team minus skipper Bobby Moore who was relegated to the subsititute just he would a few weeks again at Wembley for the crucial World Cup qualifier dominated the proceedings throughout.This same XI was to face Poland in that World Cup cruncher that eventually ended in a 1-1 draw.

Thanks for uploading these videos. I find watching old football very calming!

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This was a great England side - well balanced, good individual players, lots of pace and great movement. What a pity they failed to qualify in 74!

Simon, Thanks for comprehensive highlights of this friendly international. For once an easy night for England against an overwhelmed Austria for whom Starek seemed to be the most effective performer. England prompted well from the back by Hunter and Hughes and well served up front by Currie and Clarke.

Not going down the "oh football was so much better back then" road, but I think we appreciated the game more, to see England play was a treat before the T.V glut came along, to see overseas stars like Krankl was so rare to us, he only existed in our Pannini sticker books, highlights were often shown on Sportsnight which if my ever faltering memory serves me right was on a Wednesday at about 9.30, way past our bedtime, but if England were on we got to stay up late to watch, then on Thursday the game was the talk of the playground among the boys (not them girl things, they became interesting a few years later), so this channel takes many of us back to our little boy (oh and girl) stage of life, when things were so much simpler and the biggest worry was would Joyce Henderson go to the Xmas party with me or should I skip it and go play footie in the park and pretend to be Krankl

Topping game. I'm 11 and my grandfather flew there from China to see the match as he was in the area.

Thank you🙏🙏. Upload eng vs holland and Portugal 1969.

Mecz bardzo podobny do spotkania z 17.10.1973 z Polską - Anglia efektownie atakuje, Austria, a później Polska rozpaczliwie się broni, ale Austria inkasuje 7 bramek. a Polska nawet prowadzi 1:0. Mecz jest bardzo czysty, właściwie bez fauli, ale z Polską - według dzisiejszych standardów - co najmniej 4 Anglików wyleciałoby z boiska za niesportowe zachowanie.

The month before that infamous game v Poland 😩

Nessun altro Campo di Calcio mi è parso emettere "vibrazioni" più di questo......

The ITV theme of the time nicely edited in at the beginning,I thought.....

thank you friend

Prefer the old wembley.

Just a few weeks before the ill fated 1-1 Draw with Poland. Sir Alf Famously quoted that we played better Against Poland than this Hammering of Austria...l Agree with him. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😎

You also realise the BBC only had one fixed camera position which has almost no zoom - just a couple of useful settings.

The right kit (maybe) but not quite the right test for playing Poland....oh dear. 🤔

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Really makes you wonder how England missed out on the 74 World cup with the names they could put on the field ?

Imagine if they'd played like that versus Poland the same year...

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