Jonathan Wilson

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The Overlap · 2: Football's Coming Home: How England Won The 1966 World Cup | Part Two · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

So people think, yeah, this 2-2 draw is pretty good.

But then that autumn, they draw 0-0 with Wales.

And then they pick the same team for a game against Austria.

And this is the game that prompts Jimmy Hill's comment that we opened with.

So this is Barry Bridges of Chelsea's partner with Jimmy Greaves up front.

It's a 4-2-4.

You've got Terry Payne and John Connolly on the wings.

And then you've got Bobby Charlton playing in the middle of midfield.

And they're a little bit unlucky, but they lose 3-2 to Austria at Wembley.

And this prompts this outcry.

Now, look, it's only the third time England have ever lost to non-British or Irish opposition at Wembley.

So people weren't... Any defeat at Wembley was a bad thing.

But this Austria side had lost 4-1 to West Germany 10 days earlier.

But this is the sun.

A night of shame.

There's boos and jeers from the stands.

When the final whistle blows with a slow hand clap.

And Donald Saunders in the Telegraph writes, England's World Cup plans, thought to be progressing steadily only a few months ago, stuttered to an untimely halt.

So this is the October of 1965.

So we're talking, what, nine, ten months before the World Cup.

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