7th June, 1970

[sluffy]

Another World Cup classic game - Sluffy's Date's gives you the day that England played probably the greatest football team there as ever been! -

1970 Mexico World Cup - England 0-1 Brazil - 7th June, 1970

England's World Cup meeting with Brazil has passed into the game's annals of legend.

Jairzinho's winning goal, Bobby Moore's masterly tackle on Pele, Jeff Astle's miss and that save from Gordon Banks marked their 1970 meeting as one of football's great matches.

England went into the game as World Cup holders. Brazil were the favourites.

It was a group match billed as the final that never was - and it lived up to its billing.

Brazil eventually swept to a third World Cup victory which won them the Jules Rimet trophy for keeps.

But England proved, in the searing 98-degree afternoon heat, that they were possibly the only team that could have stopped them.

In 1970, England had the best defence in the tournament - and they were pitted against the most potent attack.

The defence was built around Bobby Moore. Gordon Banks proved himself the world's best goalkeeper with what is hailed as the greatest save of all time, scooping Pele's downward header out and up over the bar.



The game was settled by Jairzinho, a player who scored in every round of the finals.

The late Geoff Astle missed England's best chance, firing a low shot wide with only the keeper to beat.

Details -

GOALS 60' 1-0 Jairzinho (assist - Pelé)


REFEREE Abraham Klein (Israel)
LINESMEN Arturo Yamazaki (Mexico)
Roger Machin (France)

YELLOW CARDS 30' Francis Lee (ENG)

RED CARDS -

ATTENDANCE 66,843


BRAZIL AGE D.O.B. CLUB
1 GK FELIX Mieli Venerando 32 24 Dec 1937 Fluminense
2 DF Hercules BRITO Ruas 30 09 Aug 1939 Flamengo
3 DF Wilson da Silva PIAZZA 27 25 Feb 1943 Cruzeiro
4 DF CARLOS ALBERTO Torres (c) 24 17 Jun 1945 Santos
16 DF EVERALDO Marques da Silva 25 11 Sep 1944 Gremio
5 MD CLODOALDO Tavares Santana 20 26 Sep 1949 Santos
18 MD PAULO CESAR Lima 20 16 Jun 1949 Botafogo
7 FW JAIRZINHO Ventura Filho 25 25 Dec 1944 Botafogo
9 FW TOSTAO Goncalves de Andrade (-68 ) 23 25 Jan 1947 Cruzeiro
10 FW Edson do Nascimento PELÉ 29 23 Oct 1940 Santos
11 FW Roberto RIVELINO 24 01 Jan 1946 Corinthians

Substitutes
13 MD ROBERTO Lopes Miranda (+68 ) 25 31 Jul 1944 Botafogo

Coach: Mario Zagallo 38 09 Aug 1931



ENGLAND AGE D.O.B. CLUB
1 GK Gordon Banks 32 30 Dec 1937 Stoke City
3 DF Terry Cooper 25 12 Jul 1944 Leeds United
5 DF Brian Labone 30 23 Jan 1940 Everton
6 DF Bobby Moore (c) 29 12 Apr 1941 West Ham United
14 DF Tommy Wright 25 21 Oct 1944 Everton
4 MD Alan Mullery 28 23 Nov 1941 Tottenham Hotspur
8 MD Alan Ball 25 12 May 1945 Everton
9 MD Bobby Charlton (-64) 32 11 Oct 1937 Manchester United
7 FW Francis Lee (-64) 26 29 Apr 1944 Manchester City
10 FW Geoff Hurst 28 08 Dec 1941 West Ham United
11 FW Martin Peters 26 08 Nov 1943 Tottenham Hotspur

Substitutes
19 MD Colin Bell (+64) 24 26 Feb 1946 Manchester City
22 FW Jeff Astle (+64) 28 13 May 1942 West Bromwich Albion

Coach: Alf Ramsey 50 22 Jan 1920



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup20 ... 047709.stm

[Mich Caine]

That is before my time, but images of Bobby Moore and Gordon Banks from this game always seem to appear on tv in world cup years.

It did look a fantastic game to watch and especially be at, I remember how sunny it was and great atmosphere there was at the game.

That Brazil team in 1970 was just unbelievable, was it the greatest team ever?

[Batman]

'That' save was OK

[Mich Caine]

'That' save was OK

OK? Are you crazy? That was like the hardest skill to master for a goalkeeper, I should know, it took me a week to learn how to make saves like that.

[Batman]

Week?

Pfft, I taught him that.