A Visual Chronology of England in Major Football Tournaments

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Joe Gaetjens scores the only goal as USA beat England 1-0 to eliminate us at 1950 World Cup in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Our first World Cup campaign.

 

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Uruguay score during their 4-2 victory over England at St Jakob's Park in Basel, during the quarter finals of the 1954 World Cup.

 

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Anatoli Ilyin (no. 11) scores the winner against England in a group stage playoff in Gothenberg, 1958. Both the Soviet Union and England finished on the same points total with the same goal difference and goals scored. A playoff was needed to separate the two teams.

 

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Brazilian striker Vava heads home the decisive goal in the quarter finals of the 1962 World Cup. The match took place at Estadio Sausolito in Viña del Mar, home of Everton FC (Chile).

 

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Champions! Geoff Hurst scores a controversial Wembley winner in extra time against Germany in 1966 . Bobby Moore holds the Jules Rimet trophy aloft during a celebratory lap of honour.

 

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Alan Mullery becomes the first player ever to be sent off for England at the semi-final stage of the 1968 European Championships. Yugoslavia went on to win the match 1-0 with a last minute winner in Florence, and earned the chance to play hosts Italy in the final.

 

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Gerd Muller slams home an extra-time winner past Gordon Banks in the quarter finals of Mexico 70 at the Nou Camp in Leon. The Germans staged a remarkable comeback from 2-0 down, taking revenge for the final loss 4 years previously.

 

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Gerd Muller eliminates England again, this time at the final qualifying stage of the 1972 Euros. His goal at Wembley capped off a 3-1 win for the Germans.

 

[dublinbluenose]

Really enjoying this so far

 

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Jan Domarski beats Shilton with a low shot at Wembley. His Poland side hung on for a 1-1 draw to qualify for the 1974 World Cup at England's expense, helped by a terrific display from goalkeeper Tomaszewski, dubbed "the clown in gloves".

 

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It must be wonderful for an Irishman to remember these famous English defeats. I love finding old football photos, even if they aren't exactly positive memories.

 

[Baines' left foot]

I've got a better one.

 

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England fail to qualify for yet another tournament in the 1970s, held 1-1 by Portugal in Lisbon, 1975. The tie allowed Czechoslovakia to take the only qualifying spot for the 1976 European Championships, with a win away in Cyprus.

 

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I've got a better one.

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Save that for this year's failure, when Henderson scores a comical stoppage time own goal against Wales.

 

[Minimeister]

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Gerd Muller slams home an extra-time winner past Gordon Banks in the quarter finals of Mexico 70 at the Nou Camp in Leon. The Germans staged a remarkable comeback from 2-0 down, taking revenge for the final loss 4 years previously.

That's not Banks mate. Me old man always said if he wasn't struck down with food poisoning before the game we'd of won that. Oh and the fact Peter Bonetti was garbage.