...cheers, that's fascinating given that Ramsey was such a hard liner. I was a footy mad 9 year old in 1966 but I don't remember that at all.
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...cheers, that's fascinating given that Ramsey was such a hard liner. I was a footy mad 9 year old in 1966 but I don't remember that at all.
You'd not see that these days eh?
....I think there's been a few instances of players withdrawing from U21 tournaments, Erik Dier perhaps. As you say, though, i couldn't imagine a player withdrawing from a World Cup these days because they were getting married, especially if the tournament was at home. How times change.
allezlesbleus
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Looks like after the Villa second replay? Or maybe the West Ham semi replay at Elland Road?
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royvernon39
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Not the only one. Alex Stepney never played.
royvernon39
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I always liked the WHU chant after 1966; 'We won the World Cup'.
unfortunately Peter Bonnetti played - known as "The Cat" v West Germany played like Timmy Howard! he was more like the flying pig! that game 2-0 up got beat 3-2
.....yep, if I remember rightly Gordon Banks had food poisoning. Lots of rumours about food being laced. It was around the same time as the Bobby Moore theft accusations.
The recently departed great evertonian DJ Ed stewpot with Joe Royle and Labby 1971 -
royvernon39
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No, I think Banks went home because his dad died.
No food poisoning Eggs was spot on!
it was rumored that his meal had been got at all over the media at that time!
