My 1966 diary tells me that in the morning of July 26th, it was the school holiday, and I had a haircut at the village barber. I then went, with friends, to a Sussex County Schools U15 cricket match against Northamptonshire at Loder Road, Brighton, a school ground. It rained and the game was never played!! After lunch, we went home and my neighbouring friend was showing on his "telly", the World Cup Semi-final of England v Portugal, Eusebio and all, played at Wembley. Below is a mention of the game, except for the news that we lads had fish and chips for our tea.
Bobby Charlton scored two and Eusébio one as England beat Portugal 2-1 at Wembley in the semi-final of the World Cup.
England would then play West Germany - who had beaten the Soviet Union 2-1 the previous evening at Goodison Park - in the World Cup Final. Eleven years later.....
26th July 1977
Kevin Keegan's £500,000 transfer from Liverpool to Hamburg in June was a record for a British player. He made his debut for his new club on 26th July 1977 in a pre-season friendly against Barcelona and, as the picture shows, Barcelona players seem to be taking the pee out of the Hamburg colour scheme. But Hamburg had the last laugh, Keegan scoring in their 6-0 defeat of the Spaniards.
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