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mickyhoss
The music was thud like.
Fantastic player, saw him at Filbert Street in 1973
"Chairman Bloor and former chairman Lenny Shipman met Puskas after the training session and offered to take Puskas on a trip out for the afternoon and show him the sights of Leicester in Shipman’s pink Humber Sceptre. Puskas was born in far off Budapest and the bright lights of Leicester certainly turned his head. Puskas and the rest of the Europeans were staying at The International Hotel on Rutland Street. the lavishly decorated hotel was a real eye-opener for Puskas and his former Madrid partner in crime Francisco Gento, never had they stayed in such luxury. They both carried a fair amount of padding though and both were seen at the Chuckie Inn only an hour before kick-off."
"Chairman Bloor and former chairman Lenny Shipman met Puskas after the training session and offered to take Puskas on a trip out for the afternoon and show him the sights of Leicester in Shipman’s pink Humber Sceptre. Puskas was born in far off Budapest and the bright lights of Leicester certainly turned his head. Puskas and the rest of the Europeans were staying at The International Hotel on Rutland Street. the lavishly decorated hotel was a real eye-opener for Puskas and his former Madrid partner in crime Francisco Gento, never had they stayed in such luxury. They both carried a fair amount of padding though and both were seen at the Chuckie Inn only an hour before kick-off."
borebage53
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Went to England v Rest of the World (FA Centenary Match,23rd October 1963) at Wembley Stadium,14.45 kick off. Attendance 87,000. I was 10 years old with my Dad and Grandad.
England;
Gordon Banks
Jimmy Armfield(c)
Ray Wilson
Gordon Milne
Maurice Norman
Bobby Moore
Terry Paine
Jimmy Greaves
Bobby Smith
George Eastham
Bobby Charlton
Substitutes;
Tony Waiters
Ken Shellito
Ron Flowers
Tony Kay
Joe Baker
Manager,Alf Ramsey.
Rest of the World;
Lev Yashin (Russia)
Djalma Santos (Brazil)
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany)
Svatopluk Pluskal (Czechoslovakia)
Jan Popluhar (Czechoslovakia)
Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
Raymond Kopa (France)
Denis Law (Scotland)
Alfredo di Stefano (c) (Argentina,Spain)
Eusebio (Portugal)
FRANCISCO GENTO (Spain)
Substitutes; as promised all were used in the 2nd half,
Milutin Soskic (Yugoslavia)
Luis Eyzaguirre (Chile)
Jim Baxter (Scotland)
Uwe Seeler (W.Germany)
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary,Spain)
Manager, Fernando Riera (Chile)
England 2 (Paine 66, Greaves 90) Rest of the World 1 (Law 82)
Referee, Bob Davidson (Scotland)
Santos FC refused to release PELE for the match, AC Milan refused to release Cesare Maldini.
England;
Gordon Banks
Jimmy Armfield(c)
Ray Wilson
Gordon Milne
Maurice Norman
Bobby Moore
Terry Paine
Jimmy Greaves
Bobby Smith
George Eastham
Bobby Charlton
Substitutes;
Tony Waiters
Ken Shellito
Ron Flowers
Tony Kay
Joe Baker
Manager,Alf Ramsey.
Rest of the World;
Lev Yashin (Russia)
Djalma Santos (Brazil)
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany)
Svatopluk Pluskal (Czechoslovakia)
Jan Popluhar (Czechoslovakia)
Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
Raymond Kopa (France)
Denis Law (Scotland)
Alfredo di Stefano (c) (Argentina,Spain)
Eusebio (Portugal)
FRANCISCO GENTO (Spain)
Substitutes; as promised all were used in the 2nd half,
Milutin Soskic (Yugoslavia)
Luis Eyzaguirre (Chile)
Jim Baxter (Scotland)
Uwe Seeler (W.Germany)
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary,Spain)
Manager, Fernando Riera (Chile)
England 2 (Paine 66, Greaves 90) Rest of the World 1 (Law 82)
Referee, Bob Davidson (Scotland)
Santos FC refused to release PELE for the match, AC Milan refused to release Cesare Maldini.
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borebage53
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……PELE also failed fitness for the England 1 Brazil 1 friendly match also in 1963 which I went to. The only games I was going to see PELE play live and he pulled out both times!
Bradnor
Roofer
That's one hell of a front 5 for RoW
borebage53
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RoW were resplendent in Royal Blue shirts and White shorts. Lev Yashin had to forego his usual famous all black kit and wear a Yellow jersey. The first half highlights featured a ‘personal duel’ between Greaves and Yashin with the Russian pulling off a string of fantastic saves. A fantastic Greaves “goal” was disallowed after he rounded 3 defenders and Yashin to put the ball in the net. Only for the ref to have whistled earlier for a trip on Greaves on the edge of the area that hadn’t stopped him.Greaves later saying, “I don’t remember hearing any whistle and I don’t remember the ref either which usually means that he must have had a good game”!
In a 2003 Autobiography Greaves speaks in awe of a second half move involving Seeler,Law,Puskas and Di Stefano that was a thing of stunning beauty!
In a 2003 Autobiography Greaves speaks in awe of a second half move involving Seeler,Law,Puskas and Di Stefano that was a thing of stunning beauty!
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Alex Elder the Burnley and N.Ireland full back had been selected to play for the Rest of the World team but suffered a broken leg,in a Football League game,only one week prior. At 80 years of age he still treasures his ‘Invitation Letter’ to this day!