The locations of some of the greatest goals are identifiable not by the players who scored them, but the nets the ball ended up in
Saturday, June 2, 2018
FIFA World Cup - Mexico 1970
The 1970 finals were the first to be broadcast live in colour and they're rightfully remembered for the champions Brazil's kaleidoscope of 19 goals from 6 games - including the four in the final against Italy, into the L supports at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
Brazil scored 15 goals in their five games at the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara - 16 if this one had gone in!
Away from the fiesta in Guadalajara there were notable net supports in Puebla:
Thursday, May 31, 2018
FIFA World Cup - England 1966
Considering England were awarded the 1966 finals for forming the FA a hundred years before; that their side became champions with no-wingers and a formation that firmly turned its back on Hungary and the lessons of '53; and most importantly that the goalnets were hung on stanchions as English as World Cup Willie then the '66 finals could be seen as the empire's last hurrah.
But with journalists from a greater diversity of countries than ever before attending the tournament, the matches broadcast live to the world for the first time and these Continental D's supporting the nets at Hillsborough, Sheffield -
the 1966 finals could as easily be seen as the first of the modern tournaments.
Games for the 1966 finals were held at seven other venues, including:
Wembley
Goodison Park
White City Stadium, London - used only because Wembley refused to cancel the scheduled greyhound racing for the same night as Uruguay v France, hence the temporary look of the goalposts
But pride of place goes to the awesome 1966 hardware at:
Ayresome Park
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