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As a special festive treat for you all, we've gone back to 1966 (and the years before) to understand how England won their only World Cup. From Alf Ramsey's innovative methods at Ipswich, all the way to fighting the FA over his team selection, this is the untold tactical story of the Three Lions greatest ever moment.Adam Clery breaks down the 1966 World Cup final to show how England were, at the time, one of the most forward-thinking football teams on the planet, and why Ramsey's system remains one of this nation's greatest untold stories.
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00:00Right, hello, ho, ho, everybody. Happy Christmas, which, yep, will sound weird if you're watching this in March,
00:06but regardless, welcome to the Adam Cleary Football Channel and to your Christmas present.
00:12A first ever, insofar as I could find on the internet, tactical breakdown of the 1966 World Cup final.
00:21So go and get yourself another little glass of Baileys, go and stick this on the big telly in the
00:26living room
00:26because your parents might actually really like it.
00:29This is 10 times better than Call the Midwife. It is how England won the World Cup.
00:38So first up, and yes, you might have squinted a little bit, these were your starting 11s for this game.
00:43And while, yes, we are going to be focusing almost entirely on England in this video,
00:48I just wanted to show you the contrast in the two formations.
00:52And that is because I do not think this gets talked about enough in this country, right?
00:57This, from Sir Alf Ramsey, was genuinely a tactical innovation at the time and something the world had never really
01:05seen before.
01:06And I know we do just sort of think of, like, clever tactics as being a thing that Guardiola or
01:12Mourinho brought into football,
01:13but this 4-3-1-2, or 4-3-3 as he was calling it at the time, was genuinely
01:19quite groundbreaking, big brain stuff.
01:22The wingless wonders, as the press rather unkindly started to call it.
01:28And believe it or not, right up until the point it actually won the World Cup, it was not a
01:33popular approach.
01:34So a little important bit of history for you, right?
01:37Alf Ramsey got the England job because, to just somehow shoehorn in football manager again,
01:42he did a real-life version of a challenge save.
01:45In his first ever managerial role, he took Ipswich from the third tier of English football
01:50to Division 1 champions in only six seasons,
01:53and he did it largely by developing a new system of play that he thought would give his team
01:58a major advantage over what everyone else was doing at the time.
02:03Just like you!
02:04Now, it obviously evolved a lot from Ipswich to the England team,
02:08but, as I say, nobody really liked this.
02:11You can see Germany's system here, and that was pretty much the standard at the time, 4-2-4.
02:17And Ramsey's critics, of which there were many, said that by packing the midfield area,
02:23prioritising defensive stability, trying to find ways to win the ball back,
02:28a novel concept at the time, he was too negative.
02:31He was taking the joy out of football.
02:33The FA even wrote to him prior to the tournament to suggest he stop picking Nobby Styles
02:38because he was nothing more than a scrappy, dogged, shit-kicking midfielder,
02:43but Styles, arguably, was the most important player to England in this system.
02:49But what was that system, I hear you ask?
02:52Well, football, globally, had not long moved on from the original popular formation,
02:57which was the W-M.
02:59Basically, just five attackers versus five defenders.
03:03And this is, obviously, a grotesque oversimplification of about 40 years of football history,
03:09but the reason it went out of fashion was the 4-2-4.
03:13Instead of staggering your attackers like this,
03:16if you had a flat group of four in the forward line,
03:20you immediately had an advantage over any team that was playing a back three.
03:24And so, as time went on, back fours became more popular,
03:28so you could mark each one of these attackers individually.
03:31But Alf Ramsey had a good look at this and decided the man-for-man nature of the defending,
03:37especially in these wide areas, was something he could exploit.
03:41So what he liked to do, and we're going the opposite direction now,
03:44please just deal with that,
03:46was have his wingers come into the middle of the pitch
03:49and have one of the midfielders get up and support the forwards.
03:53And immediately, you can see that gives you two very obvious advantages.
03:57First of all, you've got a 3v2 in the middle of the pitch,
04:00making it easier to pass through and also to win the ball back.
04:04But also, you've got a 3v2 in the very centre of the pitch,
04:08in the place you're most likely to get a goal from.
04:11And if you go back and read some really old books,
04:14there are a number of quite funny stories
04:17about him turning up to play other countries with this system
04:21and scouting not being what it is today,
04:24opposition full-backs just standing there
04:26and sort of like shrugging at the bench
04:28because for the first time in their entire careers,
04:31they had no idea who to mark.
04:33And actually, as a good aside to all this,
04:36because matches weren't as widely televised back then
04:39and there weren't loads of bad dorks like me
04:41pulling things apart for attention on the internet,
04:44Ramsey actually went back to a classic 4-2-4
04:49for the entire year building up to the World Cup.
04:53And not because he was having any doubts about it,
04:55but because he did not want every other team in the world
04:59to know that that is how England were going to play.
05:02He had enough games, he experimented with it,
05:04he decided that's what he wanted to do
05:06and then he kept it under wraps for over a year.
05:09Which is actually part of the reason why he got so much stick
05:13for continuing to pick Nobby Stiles for England.
05:15Because by putting him in a midfield too,
05:18it meant whoever was in there with him
05:19had to do pretty much everything with the ball
05:22when England had it.
05:24That was not Stiles' game at all,
05:26so it looked like an absolutely mad selection.
05:29But of course, in this three,
05:31which was the idea all along,
05:33he was absolutely perfect.
05:35And how it would work is you had Peters and Ball
05:38alongside him who would both tuck in
05:40to keep England very defensive,
05:42very compact, very combative
05:43in the middle of the pitch when they didn't have the ball.
05:46But crucially, they were both very modern players
05:49for the time and were comfortable
05:51starting in these sort of positions
05:53but then drifting out wider
05:54if that's where the space was.
05:56And just to get to the actual final now,
05:59this is from those first couple of minutes.
06:01Bobby Moore gives it to Stiles
06:02who was at the base of that midfield
06:04but Martin Peters has drifted out onto the wing
06:07and from here, he's got a pass into Charlton
06:10who's been left free
06:11or he can go over the top into Hurst
06:13who has the beating of his marker
06:14but just can't quite beat Germany's sweeper
06:17to the ball on this occasion.
06:18So yes, you're right, at times it can resemble
06:20a bit of a 4-4-2 diamond
06:22but when the ball is coming the other way
06:25as you see here,
06:26England have Charlton, Ball and Peters
06:28all in this central space
06:29against Germany's midfield too
06:32and Stiles gets in to win the ball back.
06:34And if we just look on the table
06:36at the two formations next to each other
06:38it becomes such an awkward thing
06:40for the opposition to try and figure out
06:42in the middle of a game.
06:43Because even if you decide
06:44we have to get another body in this midfield
06:46to go 3-3
06:48which body are you putting in there?
06:50Because if you push one of the centre-backs up
06:52that's a bit risky
06:54you'd be having to tuck both your full-backs in
06:56and that's not really the kind of game
06:57they want to be playing
06:59or if for some reason you're like
07:00oh, let's get a full-back to go all the way in there
07:03well, okay, then that sort of makes sense
07:05but now you can attack that space
07:07with the midfielders
07:08one of the forwards can drift out there
07:10it's almost impossible
07:11to come up with a clever solution
07:13in the middle of a game.
07:14England's first really good effort
07:16comes from Peters
07:17again, going out to the left
07:19but crucially, not the wing
07:21and that means that it is neither the full-back
07:23nor the forward
07:24who really see him
07:25as their responsibility in that situation
07:27so it's Beckenbauer of all people
07:30who has to get out to try and close him down
07:32by which point
07:33he's got all the room he wants to have a shot
07:35and then just a few minutes after that
07:37England get another shot away
07:39because once again
07:40you can see here
07:41they have absolutely baffled the marking structure
07:44like as this comes in
07:45the way they've moved around
07:47has Germany in the shape
07:48you would expect them to be in
07:50but this is the left-back
07:52this is the right-back
07:54this is Beckenbauer
07:55who is in midfield
07:56Charlton moved him out wide
07:58and in trying to cover
08:00they're just all over the place
08:02but just in case you don't know
08:04the actual story of this game
08:06in classic England
08:07in a big tournament fashion
08:09they play really well
08:11they dominate those opening 15 minutes
08:13and then
08:14they give away
08:16a really
08:16really
08:18soft goal
08:19the years continue to go by
08:21my friend
08:22but that song
08:23never changes
08:24Ray Wilson
08:25heads across
08:26back in
08:26instead of away
08:27and Haller here
08:28controls it really well
08:29to give Germany
08:30the lead
08:31which is obviously
08:32if nothing else
08:33quite reassuring
08:35like even when England
08:36are the most innovative team
08:38the most forward-thinking 11
08:40in world football
08:41they are still
08:43England
08:43but the difference with this team
08:45is that they were not behind
08:47for long
08:48now the equaliser is great
08:50quick thinking
08:50from Bobby Moore
08:51who just takes a free kick early
08:53and drops it right on Jeff Hurst's head
08:55but the foul
08:55initially comes from here
08:57Alan Ball here
08:58starts wide
08:59before taking the left-back
09:00inside the pitch with him
09:02and that gives Moore
09:03the space to carry it forward
09:05and now
09:06the German midfielder
09:07again
09:07knowing he's up against somebody
09:09he's not supposed to be marking
09:11backs off
09:12and backs off
09:13before realising
09:14no one's going to sort this out for him
09:16panics
09:16and jumps in
09:17and I would just also argue
09:20that the reason
09:20the German defence
09:21in this situation
09:22are standing around
09:23like death training cones
09:25is precisely because
09:26Alan Ball
09:27the centre midfielder
09:28who keeps popping up
09:29on the left wing
09:30is now on the edge of the box
09:32now that naturally
09:33requires some degree
09:34of reorganisation
09:35and Moore catches them
09:36while they're doing that
09:37now
09:38that is all very interesting
09:39but from this point on
09:41in the game
09:41it all gets
09:43incredibly attritional
09:44Germany are obviously
09:45no mugs
09:46and they realised
09:47they had to change
09:48what they were doing
09:48to adapt to England
09:49so what they did
09:50was they pushed
09:51both their full backs
09:52all the way up
09:53onto Ball and Peters
09:54and then just had
09:55Beckenbauer
09:55basically follow
09:56Bobby Charlton
09:57around the pitch
09:59and from there
09:59you can see
10:00you've matched them up
10:01and if you go back
10:03and you watch the game
10:03as it wears on
10:04and indeed as the half wears on
10:06you can see England's tactical edge
10:08fading all the time
10:10like Charlton is forced
10:11to drop wider and wider
10:13and deeper and deeper
10:13to get on the ball
10:14you can see him here
10:15picking it up on the right
10:16and trying to drive infield
10:18he manages to skip past
10:19Beckenbauer
10:20which should really open things up
10:22for England
10:22but as he gets into the centre
10:24tries to give it to Peters
10:25on the edge of the box
10:26the right back
10:27has tracked him
10:28all the way inside
10:29and just smashes him
10:31before he can turn
10:33so bottom line here
10:34Germany do manage
10:35to get a good hand
10:37on England's system
10:38but crucially
10:40not entirely
10:41late in the half
10:42quite fittingly
10:43Peters is the one
10:44following up on English
10:45Ball to give England
10:46the lead
10:46but the corner it comes from
10:48is a product
10:49of this midfield system
10:51Charlton again
10:52has the beating
10:53of Beckenbauer
10:54and I do feel
10:54like I'm not going to
10:55talk about these two
10:56as much as I would
10:58really like to
10:58but if you ever do
10:59go back and watch
11:01this game of football
11:02just pretty much
11:03watch this battle
11:04like they are the two
11:05best players on the pitch
11:06by a distance
11:07easily
11:08two of the best players
11:09in the world
11:10and this entire match
11:12swings back and forward
11:13and back and forward
11:14depending on which one of them
11:16is getting the upper hand
11:18it's genuinely remarkable
11:20personal contest
11:21like War France here
11:22has him shackled
11:22for a pretty decent chunk
11:24of the match
11:24but it's in the moments
11:25when he does get the better
11:26of him
11:27that's when England
11:28really come to life
11:29and here
11:30he skips past him
11:31drives centrally
11:32and naturally
11:33the German back four
11:34close the space
11:35off in front
11:36to try and defend
11:37against that
11:38and but crucially
11:39the thing we keep saying
11:40Ball and Peters
11:41were really good at
11:41that narrowness
11:43leaves room for Ball
11:44who has again
11:45floated that little bit wider
11:46to get the run
11:48on the fullback
11:48and Roger Hunt
11:49plays this gorgeous
11:50little reverse pass
11:52to him
11:52on the run
11:53Germany are forced
11:54to concede the corner
11:55and from then
11:56England get back
11:57in front
11:57and I think
11:58in that exact moment
12:00right
12:00if you're Alf Ramsey
12:02you're looking at that
12:03and you're thinking
12:03not only
12:04have I just won
12:06the World Cup here
12:06but I've done it
12:07by pioneering
12:09a new way
12:10to play football
12:11that is literally
12:12yielding results
12:13in the biggest
12:14game in the world
12:15and
12:17how must that feel
12:19quite good
12:20I would bet
12:22and like if England
12:22were using proper
12:23wingers
12:24like every other
12:24team in the world
12:25pretty much
12:26Ball would be stood
12:26on the touchline here
12:28and just sling
12:29a hopeful cross
12:30into the box
12:31but this narrow
12:32attacking three
12:33it puts him in
12:34on goal instead
12:36and the only problem
12:37the only thing
12:38Alf Ramsey could not
12:39foresee or mitigate
12:40for
12:41was that this goal
12:42comes
12:42in the 78th
12:45minutes
12:45and because it's
12:46England
12:46there is always
12:47still time
12:48for some late
12:49potential heartbreak
12:51virtually the last
12:52kick of the game
12:53Germany get the
12:54softest free kick
12:55for climbing
12:56you have ever seen
12:57I don't know
12:58whether they had
12:59the games gone
13:00in the 1960s
13:01but they certainly
13:01would have been
13:02saying it
13:02then smash it
13:03forward
13:04it takes three
13:05deflections
13:05and drops at the
13:06back post
13:07for Weber
13:07and it goes
13:08to extra time
13:10thing is though
13:11right
13:11this is something
13:12I've thought about
13:12a lot
13:13if he hits this
13:14shot
13:14any closer
13:16to Gordon
13:17Banks hands
13:17I think that
13:18changes
13:19the football
13:20culture
13:21in this country
13:22like that
13:23forever
13:24I think if this
13:25ends up being
13:25a save
13:26we become a
13:27country
13:27that eulogises
13:29goalkeepers
13:30forever
13:30as the most
13:31important players
13:32in the team
13:33no they think
13:34it's all over
13:34no Jeff Hurst
13:35hat trick
13:36and when I tell
13:37women in bars
13:37that I'm a
13:38goalkeeper
13:38they'd go
13:40ooooh
13:41instead of
13:42oh
13:43anyway though
13:44that doesn't
13:45happen
13:45it is a goal
13:46and in what
13:46is still
13:47the only
13:48time
13:49this has
13:50ever
13:50happened
13:50in this
13:51country
13:52there's a
13:53happy ending
13:53and you can
13:54say whatever
13:55you like
13:55about the
13:55infamous
13:56crossbar
13:56goal
13:57right
13:57but when
13:57you actually
13:58sit
13:58and watch
13:59the 1966
14:00World Cup
14:00final
14:01as I have
14:02had to
14:02multiple
14:03times to
14:04make this
14:04video
14:04England
14:05are honestly
14:06brilliant
14:07in extra
14:08time
14:08they absolutely
14:09blow Germany
14:10away
14:11in those 30
14:12minutes
14:12with both
14:13the system
14:13and their
14:14fitness
14:15see here
14:15ball gets
14:16running up
14:16the middle
14:17early on
14:17nobody remembers
14:18whose problem
14:19that is
14:19and he forces
14:20a really good
14:21save
14:22the space
14:22they're making
14:22down the flank
14:23sees Jack
14:24Charlton of all
14:24people overlap
14:25outside his
14:26brother
14:26he sticks a
14:27great cross
14:28into the box
14:29and Hurst
14:29nearly gets
14:30on the end
14:30of it
14:31from the
14:31resulting
14:31throw in
14:32Bobby Charlton
14:33then hits
14:33the post
14:34and then right
14:34after that
14:35Martin Hunt
14:36does the
14:37old outside
14:37to in trick
14:38and narrowly
14:39misses himself
14:40and the main
14:41catalyst behind
14:42all of this
14:42is actually
14:43not the system
14:43or the fitness
14:44it's that
14:45Bobby Charlton
14:46finally has
14:47the beating
14:48regularly
14:49of Franz
14:50Beckenbauer
14:50he dominates
14:52him in extra
14:52time
14:52like any time
14:53he gets on
14:53the ball
14:54you just see
14:54this exact
14:55situation
14:56the two of
14:56them in
14:57this personal
14:581v1
14:59right in the
15:00middle of the
15:00pitch
15:00and almost
15:01every single
15:02time now
15:02Charlton is
15:03either past
15:04him or can
15:05find someone
15:05who is
15:06like honestly
15:07that exact
15:08face off
15:09like two kids
15:09in a park
15:10I could show
15:11you so many
15:12examples of
15:13that across
15:13the game
15:14and in extra
15:15time it's
15:15pretty much
15:16entirely what
15:17this match
15:17comes down
15:18to
15:18like just
15:19honestly man
15:20that is
15:21that isn't
15:21just football
15:22is it
15:22that's cinema
15:23now based
15:24on every
15:25single thing
15:26we have talked
15:27about in this
15:28video
15:28where do you
15:29think that
15:30third goal
15:31comes from
15:32well if you
15:33think it comes
15:33from one of
15:34England's
15:34midfielders
15:35going from
15:35inside to
15:36out dragging
15:37the German
15:37defence out
15:38of position
15:39and then
15:39England
15:39profiting
15:40from the
15:41space
15:41that then
15:41makes
15:43you'd be
15:44right
15:44now it's
15:45annoyingly
15:45really hard
15:46to show
15:46you this
15:46exactly
15:47because of
15:47the way
15:48the camera
15:48crops the
15:49lower bit
15:49of the
15:49frame
15:50but just
15:50here
15:50in this
15:51incredibly
15:52blurry shot
15:53when the
15:53ball is
15:54cleared
15:54you've got
15:55England's
15:55attacking
15:56three
15:57marshalled
15:57by the
15:58two
15:58midfielders
15:59and the
16:00left back
16:01Schnellinger
16:02who must
16:02just be
16:03so sick
16:04of the fact
16:05the ball
16:06has had him
16:06on chips
16:07for the
16:08better part
16:08of two
16:09hours now
16:09that he
16:10just jumps
16:10all the
16:11way forward
16:12to try
16:13and sit
16:14on him
16:14Charlton
16:15wins the
16:15header
16:15the ball
16:15drops
16:16to
16:16Stiles
16:16who is
16:16totally
16:17free
16:17because
16:18the
16:18midfield
16:18two
16:18are
16:19tied
16:19up
16:19man
16:19marking
16:20and
16:21in
16:21absolutely
16:23perfect
16:24slow motion
16:25you can
16:26see
16:26the exact
16:27moment
16:28Schnellinger
16:29realises
16:30he has
16:31over committed
16:31here
16:32because
16:32ironically
16:33while he's
16:34been ball
16:34watching
16:35he's
16:36not
16:36been
16:37watching
16:38ball
16:38he's
16:39already
16:39gone
16:40into
16:40the
16:40space
16:41his
16:41little
16:41misadventure
16:42has left
16:43down that
16:43right hand
16:44side
16:44Stiles
16:45finds him
16:46over the
16:46top
16:46and again
16:47England
16:48are in
16:49now this
16:50quite obviously
16:50ends up pulling
16:51one of the
16:52central defenders
16:52across to try
16:53and close him
16:54down and by
16:54doing that
16:55that means
16:56the man
16:56left marking
16:57Hurst is
16:57behind him
16:58not in
17:00front
17:00which of
17:00course is
17:01absolutely
17:02crucial because
17:02when the
17:02attacker is in
17:03front of the
17:04defender
17:04as we all
17:05know that
17:06means the
17:06cross can
17:07be low
17:07and into
17:09feet
17:09which it
17:10is and
17:11Hurst
17:11controls it
17:11he swivels
17:12and he
17:13lashes it
17:13as he
17:14falls down
17:15now of
17:15course
17:15yes what
17:17happens next
17:17has gone
17:18down in
17:18the annals
17:19of football
17:19history and
17:20still to
17:21this day
17:22quite rightly
17:22means that
17:23Germans don't
17:24like getting
17:24Russian officials
17:25in big games
17:26of football
17:27but what I
17:28think is an
17:28incredibly
17:29underrated
17:30part of this
17:30goal that we
17:31seem to
17:31ignore because
17:32of the
17:32controversy about
17:33whether it
17:34crossed the
17:34line or
17:34not right
17:35is this
17:36Weber who
17:37clears the
17:38ball after
17:38it bounces
17:39back out
17:39attempts to
17:40get it
17:40ruled out
17:41by stopping
17:43Bobby Charlton
17:44from celebrating
17:45like I know
17:47celebrations and
17:48everything was
17:49different back
17:49then right but
17:50why why does
17:51he think that
17:52the thing that's
17:53going to swing
17:54this decision
17:54is whether or
17:56not Bobby
17:56Charlton
17:57has his arms
17:58in the air
17:59why is that the
18:00important bit
18:01but anyway that
18:02obviously doesn't
18:03matter now you
18:03can go look at
18:04the history books
18:04if you like and
18:05they say that
18:06ball crossed the
18:07line and from
18:08there England
18:08just defend
18:10really really
18:11well the narrow
18:12four in midfield
18:13do really well
18:15at screening the
18:15defence with
18:16Ball and
18:16Peters in this
18:17example working
18:17really hard from
18:19in to out the
18:20same way they
18:20were attacking
18:20but you can see
18:21that the defence
18:22they're all very
18:23compact to deal
18:24with crosses
18:24meaning that they
18:25had to graft out
18:26into the wide
18:27areas when the
18:29ball came out
18:29there that's
18:30actually something
18:30you see in
18:31modern football
18:32quite a lot
18:33now but just
18:34one last time
18:36my friends
18:37if you will
18:37humour me
18:38can we just
18:39give it up
18:39for this
18:41system because
18:42as this game
18:43wears on
18:43everybody's
18:44starting to
18:44get really
18:45leggy the
18:46pitch is all
18:46cut off and
18:47muddy the
18:47kits probably
18:48weigh twice
18:49what they did
18:50when the game
18:51started and the
18:51ball has the
18:52same mass as
18:53a modern car
18:54right having
18:55three players in
18:56the middle of the
18:56pitch here
18:57against two
18:58just absolutely
19:00kills Germany
19:01like this is a
19:02loose ball that
19:03they should be
19:04able to scrap
19:04but Beckenbauer
19:05has to challenge
19:06styles for the
19:06header meaning
19:07over off is
19:08stuck between
19:09Charlton and
19:09ball it just
19:10has them chasing
19:12shadows it gives
19:13England more time
19:14they play it up
19:15the left win a
19:16free kick and
19:17take all the
19:17pressure off
19:18like this right
19:19here right I
19:20would honestly say
19:21this is the best
19:23chance Germany
19:24managed to make
19:25in the entirety
19:26of extra time
19:28and just I
19:29don't want to
19:29get away with
19:29playing the
19:30audio here right
19:30but just just
19:31listen to this
19:36and is there not
19:37just something so
19:39comforting about
19:41that sound like
19:42in 60 years of
19:44societal changes of
19:45cultural shifts if
19:46you shank a ball
19:48in a game of
19:49football a crowd
19:50of tens of
19:51thousands make
19:52the exact same
19:53noise today as
19:55they did in the
19:5660s and probably
19:57long before that
19:58just once more
20:01and I don't think
20:02there's too much to
20:04say about that
20:04final Hurst goal
20:06right aside from
20:06the fact that
20:08England nearly
20:08scored that exact
20:10goal twice before
20:12they actually get
20:13it Germany throw
20:13everything forward
20:14so England get a
20:15long ball down the
20:17left into Roger
20:18Hunt but cannot
20:19convert it on this
20:20occasion so it was
20:21the very definition
20:23of it's been
20:24coming when it
20:25finally does arrive
20:26though it is still
20:27the absolute ultimate
20:28in late breakaway
20:30times class finish
20:32oh and just while
20:33we're on the subject
20:34of Roger Hunt
20:34because I'd never
20:35ever seen this
20:36before until I
20:37watched the game
20:38right have a look
20:39at this absolute
20:40ankle breaker he
20:41pulls off on the
20:42edge of his own
20:43box with about
20:44five minutes left
20:46I had no idea
20:48what a baller
20:49Roger Hunt was
20:51and if you are
20:52sitting there
20:53watching this with
20:53your parents please
20:54do now explain to
20:55them what a
20:56baller is
20:57so yes they have
20:58it England won
20:59the 1966 World
21:00Cup final primarily
21:01because they
21:02absolutely deserve
21:03to on the day
21:05itself but also
21:06because Alf
21:07Ramsey went and
21:08won it about two
21:10to five years
21:10beforehand on a
21:12training ground
21:13with a notepad
21:14and we have
21:15quite rightly
21:16made legends
21:17out of Jeff
21:18Hurst, Bobby
21:19Chartland, Bobby
21:20Moore for their
21:20individual contributions
21:22to this World
21:23Cup win but I
21:24also think it's a
21:25really nice very
21:26early reminder of
21:28just how important
21:29it is to have
21:30dedicated system
21:31players like
21:32Ball, like
21:33Styles, like
21:34Peters who make
21:35the whole team
21:36function as a
21:37team and get the
21:38best out of those
21:40individuals at the
21:40same time and
21:41on top of that I
21:43had an absolutely
21:44unbelievable amount
21:45of fun
21:46watching that game
21:47back and putting
21:48this video together
21:49for you and
21:51yours so I hope
21:53you enjoyed it.
21:54So yes that is
21:54how England won
21:55the 1966 World
21:57Cup final, your
21:58Christmas present
21:59or half of it
22:00anyway from the
22:01Adam Cleary
22:01football channel
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22:24also in the
22:24comments down below
22:25why don't we all
22:26do a fun game
22:27of commenting
22:29like it's 1966
22:31I see that on the
22:32internet a lot
22:32I should have said
22:33at the start
22:33I probably ruined it
22:34now but if you
22:36would like to
22:36comment down below
22:37like a chap who's
22:39just watched a video
22:40on the telly box
22:41seeing England win
22:42that bloody
22:43ruddy jolly
22:44world cup
22:45then feel free
22:46to do that
22:47that would give me
22:48a big old laugh
22:48as I say if you're
22:49watching this in like
22:51February, March, April
22:52or literally any point
22:53then the Christmas
22:53stuff's going to be
22:54a little bit weird
22:54but if you are
22:55watching this
22:56on the day it goes
22:57out or there or
22:58thereabouts
23:00have a wonderful
23:00Christmas from me
23:02have a lovely
23:02new year
23:04what a 2025 eh
23:06who saw all this
23:08coming
23:09goodbye
23:10bye
23:10bye bye bye
23:11mwah
23:11mwah
23:12mwah
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