Horatio Gould

So England get to the final, obviously, the wingless wonders.

And then they're playing Germany in 66 in the final.

And again, the World War II is still casting a shadow

over it still still come on you know go through it in the in the every so Helmut Schoen who's the German coach he had survived the 1945 basketballing of Dresden yeah and so West Germany had beaten the USSR in the semi-final so I guess this is also which is the World Cup where East Germany play West Germany that's not until later is it yeah anyway obviously England England win they think it's all over it is now two World Wars one World Cup exactly

so Pele's kicked out of the game and you know England this is probably the last time that we had any sort of thing to shout about really until the Falklands yeah this is also the birth of can he do it on a rainy Tuesday in Stoke because it's like Pele you came you could do it in Sweden you got kicked to death yeah yeah yeah

Because a foul at this point is, I mean, assault is allowed.

It's not considered a foul.

It's meat and potatoes football.

It's knobbly Englishman called Nobby.

Yeah, it's the high point of the name Nobby actually, isn't it?

Yeah, Nobby style.

Like knobbly knees and comb overs.

Yeah, they're all 20 and they're all bald as fuck.

But then we get to 1970.

So Pele has had, it's been kicked to shit in the last two World Cups.

And in 1970, this is in Mexico, this World Cup.

And this is the first time where it's becoming a real commercial operation because they make all the players play at midday in the height of the Mexican sun for TV audiences in Europe.

So it's also the first World Cup of colour.

So it's the first World Cup in color.

And so this is where like the Brazil are kind of at their pomp.