Max Pearson
speaker
1,342 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 11 Apr
Max Pearson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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All those people, it was one of the first times they'd ever been to such a big match.
The Man United players were our heroes.
On paper, we didn't stand a chance.
We wanted to win.
We wanted to prove to everybody that although they were the best side probably in the world, we could go out and give them a game.
In 1970, football was already the global sport, played everywhere on the planet from dusty bits of wasteland to huge stadiums.
But the game had a problem.
How do you settle a match that ended in a draw, even after extra time?
You could have replays, but they weren't practical during short tournaments.
The answer was often to draw lots.
It's hard to believe that games were settled through a piece of paper or tossing a coin.
Everyone could see it was unfair, but one man, Yosef Dagan, an Israeli football official, was convinced there was a better way.
At the Mexico Olympics in 1968, Dagan watched in dismay as his country Israel drew with Bulgaria, but were then cruelly eliminated after the drawing of lots.
Frankie remembers what happened.
To decide the game, there was a sombrero hat that you just have to pick a piece of paper out and if it is the right piece of paper, you go through to the next round.
The Gans' plan to bring in penalty shootouts was taken to FIFA, the governing body of world football, and eventually adopted on the 27th of June 1970.
I asked FIFA to clarify when penalty shootouts were first officially used, but they didn't seem to know.
So I nudged them.
Could it have been that Hull City game perhaps?
We can neither confirm nor deny that claim, they said, as our records don't stretch to domestic tournaments.
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