00:03England in white shirts met Switzerland at Wembley in a match generally regarded as a warm-up for the World
00:08Cup series in Chile.
00:13Johnny Haynes won the toss and the visitors kicked off.
00:19Their team included three players new to international football, but you wouldn't have thought so from this confident start.
00:28England made a good start too, though this looks as if they hadn't got their sights lined up.
00:35When England were awarded a free kick, the ball went to Flowers and canadined Orpheus-Swiss defender.
00:44Barely a minute later, centre-forward Hitchens was on the spot to make it 2-0.
00:54Switzerland, never really reckoned to be much opposition, produced some fine football.
00:58Before half-time, they were awarded by a goal from Alleman.
01:06However, at this stage, they couldn't shake England's hold. A header by Connelly made it 3-1.
01:15In the second half, England just seemed to fade away. No more goals were scored, although Switzerland did everything else.
01:22But...
01:27Certainly England will have to do better than this if they want to make the grade in Chile.
01:31Maybe it's a bit.
01:32Maybe it's a bit.
01:34Maybe it's a bit.
01:34Maybe it's a bit.
01:35A few points in the second half, and at all, you should get hit.
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