Match of the Century
Match of the Century On 25 November 1953, the footballing landscape was altered forever. What followed sent shockwaves through the very foundations that the sport was built upon. In a mist-shrouded…
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Match of the Century
On 25 November 1953, the footballing landscape was altered forever. What followed sent shockwaves through the very foundations that the sport was built upon. In a mist-shrouded Wembley Stadium, the beautiful game's historic dominant force England met the most exciting team of the 1950s, Hungary.
Hungary, meanwhile, took on football's most venerated team in the knowledge that they had the opportunity to make history by emerging victorious - and that anything less would not be tolerated by their country's brutal Soviet dictatorship. England played with the crushing weight of expectation upon their shoulders, defending their proud unbeaten home record in a year when, after years of crumbling decline, the British Empire seemed to be enjoying one last hurrah after the coronation of Elizabeth II and the summitting of Everest. The newspapers called it 'The Match of the Century' before it had
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