"With Greaves and Hitchens otherwise engaged in Italy and Haynes injured, Johnny Fantham, Ray Pointer and Dennis Viollet teamed up together for the first time in this World Cup qualifier. It was a combination that struggled to get into gear against the part-timers of Luxembourg, who had been swamped 9-0 in the first meeting. The Highbury crowd continually booed and slow-handclapped England, but they were finally silenced by two long-range goals from Charlton - one from his left foot and the other from his right. The following month the same Luxembourg team caused one of the greatest of all upsets in the World Cup qualifying rounds when they beat Portugal 4-2."
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