| 50 years on . 18:17 - Jul 29 with 526 views | bwildered |
Fifty years on from England's World Cup win, where did it all go wrong ? |  |
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| 50 years on . on 19:09 - Jul 29 with 521 views | Leadbelly |
Perhaps we should ask "what do other countries do right?" |  |
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| 50 years on . on 23:30 - Jul 29 with 498 views | gerry_us |
| 50 years on . on 19:09 - Jul 29 by Leadbelly |
Perhaps we should ask "what do other countries do right?" |
1966. Ahhh!
It would be interesting to know how many foreign players were playing in the old First Division then. Not many I suspect,
That may give us an idea of the gradual reduction of good English players available for the national team today. |  | | |
| 50 years on . on 00:05 - Jul 30 with 491 views | Leadbelly |
| 50 years on . on 23:30 - Jul 29 by gerry_us |
1966. Ahhh!
It would be interesting to know how many foreign players were playing in the old First Division then. Not many I suspect,
That may give us an idea of the gradual reduction of good English players available for the national team today. |
Albert Johanneson played for Leeds Utd between 1960 and 1970. He was South African and the first black player to represent the club. | |
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| 50 years on . on 00:47 - Jul 30 with 487 views | pwrightsknees |
Bert Trautmann (Germany) played for Manchester City, of course. And the Chilean brothers George and Ted Robledo both played for Newcastle in the early 1950s.
Don't forget, too, that Hungary - the "Magnificent Magyars"- had peaked in the mid-1950s and, like England a decade later, they never again reached great heights, either. Although, in their case, it probably had something to do with the 1956 uprising and the loss of players like Ferenc Puskas to the national team. | | | |
| 50 years on . on 12:46 - Jul 30 with 468 views | wessex_exile |
| 50 years on . on 23:30 - Jul 29 by gerry_us |
1966. Ahhh!
It would be interesting to know how many foreign players were playing in the old First Division then. Not many I suspect,
That may give us an idea of the gradual reduction of good English players available for the national team today. |
Personally, I don't buy the too many foreign players argument - in a country of 53 million we should surely be able to find a squad good enough to challenge the world? Iceland managed it with the population of Leicester. The prima donna culture of our elite players, their apparent lack of any real passion or pride in wearing the three lions, and some very average managers is probably closer to the truth. That being said, there is in my opinion a case for arguing the lack of opportunities for English football managers at the top level damages our national game - though I'm actually not personally bothered what the nationality of our England manager is . |  |
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| 50 years on . on 14:19 - Jul 30 with 462 views | Fruitbat |
I see they've started banging on about a winter break again. Lack thereof didn't appear to hamper Wales to any great extent did it? Even if we had one, you know damn well that all the PL sides would just bugger off to the far east or America to play shirt selling games. |  | | |
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