Images Dated 2010 March

4 Mar 2010

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Tottenham Hotspur - 1974/75

Football - 1974 / 1975 season - Tottenham Hotspur Team Group Photocall
Back (left to right): Terry Naylor, Keith Osgood, Barry Daines, Martin Chivers, Pat Jennings, Mike England, Cyril Knowles.
Middle: Joe Kinnear, Terry Naylor, Alfie Conn, Phil Beal, Mike Dillon, Chris Jones, Jimmy Pearce, Ralph Coates.
Front: Neil McNab, Jimmy Neighbour, Steve Perryman, Martin Peters, Chris McGrath, John Pratt, Phil Holder

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Hungarys Laszlo Budai and Sandor Kocsis line-up before facing England at Wembley in 1953

Football - 1953 / 1954 season - England 3 Hungary 6
Hungary's Laszlo Budai, left, and Sandor Kocsis, centre, line up before kick-off at Wembley.
The British press referred to it as the "Match of the Century" - the originators of the game, against the finest team in the world at that time, the Magical Magyars'. However England's were defeated at home for the first time to a side from outside of the British Isles, and were shown to be technically and tactically inferior to the Hungarian side. The result led to a review of the antiquated training and tactics used by the England team, and the subsequent adoption of continental practices at an international and club level in the English game.
25/11/1953

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