Yes exactly. It was a fantastic experience. There really has never been a tournament like it. Unforgettable.

Preach!

Although too young this tournament, thankfully you can see clips on KZfaq, 1982 tournament in Spain was excellent. Like Holland in 1974 the best team didn't win. That had drama of penalty shoot out, Battiston flattened by Schumacher and some upsets along the way.

Totally agree. And to think, the three most skilled European players at the time: Eusébio, Best, Cruyff, were absent, speaks volumes for that 1970 world cup tournament. Any other world cup tournament's, with that type of brilliant players missing, would have lowered the tournament quality significantly.

@john pacino Two great teams not to win the world cup ?? Holland 1974, total football at its finest. Brazil 1982 superb Brazilian attacking side.

And did not play BANKS and there was two penalty againt England in first Haf and in extra Time ..

I believe Banks was ill, sadly, which was why Peter Bonetti played in goal instead. By all accounts Bonetti was a good keeper, but not up to a game of this magnitude.@@guillermoalvaradoflores8698

Charlton was old and had fitness problems to keep playing in the 2nd half at 1,800 meters and 30° C at 2:00 PM in Leon México. Banks´ absence was more determinant, and also determinant was the very very bad luck in that game. Also, the Argentinian referee did not conceded two penalties.

@@guillermoalvaradoflores8698 Banks was unable to play as he went down with food poisoning. Otherwise he was first name on the team sheet in Sir Alf Ramsay's eyes.

You are very lucky to have watched all this classic games, classic players, classic times and the most wonderful World Cup ever! That was such a thrilling match. I can't imagine your face when England were 2 goals ahead, when West Germany tied the game and when West Germany scored the 3rd goals!

It also broke my 10 year old heart, still unbelievable!

@manzanaresantonio It ended the way Manshaft used to end all and each other legended teams, and the spirit of1954 Bern Miracle had always been a mental case with one question, When Manshaftts gonna transcend

@@hamala7437 I'm from DR Congo, and started to watch this Manchaft since the 1974 World Cup, I was less then 15 years old, and I can approve this you that this team is mentally invincible in cup matches till the final whistle. They often come from behind, no matter the score's margin, and win.

Broke my heart and I was only 11

Amen.

I was a complete fluke

It was a fluke. He was just trying to flick it back across the goal.

I think the 66 team was better. Greetings from 🇩🇪.

Peter Bonetti was the reason we lost, should’ve saved beckenbauers shot and done better with gerd muller effort. But what changed the game was taking Bobby Charlton off. England wouldn’t have won the cup anyway. Brazil were unbeatable.

@@tomukchap3271 England lost because they were knackered, especially the full-backs

Agree , should have been in the final again , this team would have given Brazil a closer game than the Italians 😠

@@mikephillips950 Italy actually matched Brazil in the final until Gerson's goal in the 65th minute. They tired badly because of extra-time against the Germans but the Brazilians were in a different class in 1970.

Germany was lucky to get officiating breaks to beat England.

Safe to say...Germans own English.

@@POW862 After losing 2 World Wars?!! I don't think so!!

Best never was Muller team mate, so he don't know Best.

@@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141 Actually he was: Both Best and Muller played in the same team in North America Soccer League along with Teofilu Cubilas from Peru in about 1978-79 season. Their picture together should be found on internet. But when Ralph Tempel says: " he must know best"; what he means is that Muller must know better than anybody else, unless you meant sarcasm!

Hugh Johns was the commentator, but Gerd Mueller was never called 'Gerdi' in Germany.

@Felix Carpio . Sure, but give them 1970's running shoes, have them running in 1970's playing fields , kicking a heavier and harder 1970's football...etc.

of course not!!

PEDRO RAMÍREZ great point

PEDRO RAMÍREZ not only that heavier ,energy sapping pitches thy were playing on ,uneven surfaces and not the carpets they play on today

Felix Carpio clueless

what a beautiful commentar from you,and yes ,both teams did a great match,but we have uwe,it is a mess,that the greatest forward of all times never reached the world cup,best wishes to you from germany,thanks for youre fair words

+Mr.Shade Cardiff City fans were probably not surprised. They remember his goal against their side in the second leg Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1968. Like this one, a goal of great technique, out of the blue.

@@kingkane1051 Was the referee Scottish?

8:48 isso foi pênalti .

Bonetti should have saved it. He just stood there and watched it go in.

Don´t forget Beckenbauer !

Seeler has moved into midfield in his twilight years.

Seeler's goal was lucky

@@jamesstevenson7725 No it wasn't...he could score that type of goal. Look at his goal for Hamburg at Cardiff in the '68 Cup Winners Cup semi-final

And Jurgen Grabowski.

You know it’s mad cos I was born a year after the 1986 World Cup but in some ways I wish I was either around To watch either one of these tournaments, you’re a lucky man to have had this experience 🙏

England did not play in Leon, México in the 1986 WC. England played three games in Monterrey City in the group-series, and in the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City the other two games. In 1986 the Stadium of Leon was not used.

Yes and guess what nationality the Ref was? Yep of course Argentinian! There was a clear penalty not sure who the England player was,but absolute stonewalled! Also the West Germans had been playing on that pitch as their home pitch,for 2 games I believe,so had experience and also 2 thirds of the crowd were German! But the decision to save Bobby Charlton for the Semi-Final was disastrous! Alf Ramsey never did know how to use the lone substitute! Best England squad ever!

British Clubs Started to dominate Europe through the 70's and 80's in all fairness. England were always a massive disappointment in tournaments, and it never made a lot of sense. Carries on to this day.

Simple answer England are shite

@@neillp3827 So are Germany!

@@neillp3827 its difficult to disagree with you Neill. My national team have been an embarrassment for years.They went down hill from 1970 onwards. With our depth of talent we should be competing to win every major competition but we just arent good enough. Germany, Holland, France, Portugal etc have all evolved and improved technically over the decades but England, not so. England have been badly coached and organised and never until very recently invested in their youth teams like the other countries have done . The new younger crop do seem very skilled and exciting. Let's see what happens but I'm not holding my breath.

@@douglassimpson5932 not so sure about that.

@@grahamainsley5986 England are bunch 2nd rate ballet dancers with Stirling as the best ballerina, it's only because the rest of the world is so shit; did they get to the semi finals in 2018, and who cares football without a crowd not worth watching!

Not really, wouldn't have got past banks.

@Jefferies - yeah you can see on the slowmotion replay that he meant it.

Uwe Seeler made a lot of goals like this

not in this game though

@@richards1800 Wrong!- Watch the full match. You'd be surprised. He had many stellar saves!

Müller's goal was not Bonetti's fault. Müller was a master at positioning himself and anticipating where the ball would go. Notice how that central defender marking him was mislead. It looks easy for Müller just as it happens with gifted players. I wonder if this frequent blame on Bonetti for that goal was originated in England missing Banks (yes, he may have allowed less goals, but then one could put the blame on the keeper after every English loss without Banks) and Müller not yet demonstrating internationally how great he was.

It was a great England performance ,but the West Germans would not be denied

8:48 isso foi pênalti .

I was the same age as you when I watched it with my twin brother and my dad on a little portable black and white tv with an indoor ariel because mum was watching something boring on the main tv (also black and white). I remember it all so very clearly.

Best world cup ever

8:48 isso foi pênalti .

@@LeownskieR I think 🤔 it was David Coleman on the BBC. But, of course, I could be wrong.

Nev and Craig Gerrard I am sorry that it wasn't a better evening for the two of you back then. At 5 years you were too young to celebrate the '66 victory. Best wishes to you - that you will have the chance to watch a world cup victory of the English team. I'd be fine with a final ENG - GER and England wins.

Beckenbauer's one where he ended up in a cast wasn't a pen because the challenge was outside but his momentum took inside the box .

Iam 63 years old, yes, it was the best soccer I have seen.

It wasn't shown in this footage but Geoff Hurst had a perfectly good goal disallowed in the match. Nobody ever knew why it was even disallowed!

Coin Bell should have started.

​@@christhomson5377 Francis Lee was offside before passing the ball to Hurst

So did everyone in Scotland.

@@heraldeventsandfilms5970 hahaha

@@heraldeventsandfilms5970 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@heraldeventsandfilms5970 funny how the English always want Scotland to win, but the Scots always want England to lose. 👀

@@derekmullings1507 I find it funny too.

How old are you now?

I did watch it live also, on black & white TV

@Felix Carpio Italy and Sweden had it tough up in Toluca

@Felix Carpio Several of the Italian players struggled with Toluca's thin air, especially Riva.

As a kid, I watched it on L.A.‘s UHF Spanish channel, KMEX TV, while my father and his mates were in Leon. It was played early afternoon for European TV, 95 degrees F (37 C), and humid as fk. He said a few of his anglo German mates didn’t wear hats or sombreros, and got heatstroke. Some of them were in Wembley in ‘66, so the celebratory cervezas in the hotel pools sorted that out pretty quick

Yes Derek remember it well , Ramsey wanted to rest Charlton but all it did was release Beckenbaur and put England on the back foot, Bonnetti replacing a food poisoned Banks was poor to say the least especially with the first German goal

Maybe yes, a tatics misjudgement taking off Charlton, he could easily run the whole game and changing marking the Kaiser with a rested substitute, Bell, to this duty, or alternate marking on the german # 4,freeing Charlton closer to the box since he had chances to shoot far distance. Heat was the same torture for both teams. Somehow, the english tireness unexpctedly collapsed while Schoen made the right changes mostly at right wing. That english squad, against Brazil, showed a effective and different play, from that 66' boring air attack. And to end rant, even the likes of Rivelino, Tostao said England deserved to win Brazil to be fair on that game of luck to one side. Strangely, Hurst did few on both games and the dethroning the previous champion curse followed as well

@@LeownskieR I believe Pele said to Bobby Moore during that iconic, shirt-swapping moment, 'I'll see you in the Final'. Remember Brazil just about beat England; Jeff Astle missed a sitter; Alan Ball hit the bar and Brazil went on to destroy Italy. England and Brazil were by far the two best teams in 1970.

@@traciedavidbate5350 And the other two goals. Bonetti was in no man's land for the back-header and he should have come out and grabbed or punched for the third goal.

@@derekmullings1507 Yes Derek should have -played Brazil in the final which would imo have been one of the great Finals after the earlier game were England very unlucky especially with Astle missing that sitter and remembered by that fantastic save from Pele by the greatest keeper ever Gordon Banks whose absence from the Germany game cost us dearly. Perhaps Bell man marking Beckenbaur saves the game , but hey that's football.

R.I.P. Bomber der Nation

RIP, Greatest Gerhard.

Wow sum goin

He was getting capped for England even when his club Blakburn Rovers were in the 2nd division before his transfer to Everton.. A great player!

Too right Keith Newton is underrated, I'd never heard of him till just. 😳 I'm going to have to look him up. Brilliant match by the way. 👌

Both goals newton to peters relying on telepathic understanding, perfect pace on pass. Both genuinely ahead of their time.

He had a mare..! (the first shot was so savable..!

Bonetti was a good keeper but there were better ones in England at less fashionable clubs. A young Peter Shilton had been Banks' understudy at Leicester and was in the initial squad but left out for the trip and Jim Montgomery at Sunderland was also superb especially at reaction saves. Remember Monty's double save in the FA cup final in 1973? I think either of them would have performed more reliably and saved at least one of the ones that beat Bonetti.

There was very little he could have done about that second goal. That was one in a million

There are those who still blame Peter Bonneti for West Germany's goals. The first one maybe, but not the other two. Just look at the replays and you will see that Englands defence was all over the place. Why Peter Osgood (that seasons top league scorer) never played in any of Englands' games is beyond baffling. Ramsey never liked any real 'flare' players. He even put Geoff Astle on against Brazil, who promptly missed an open goal. It was Ramsey that lost us the world cup.

what mental frame of mind?

Beckenbauer scored while Charton was playing...may be Charlton was getting tired. Secondly the substitutions of Schoen were spot on.

I would say the 1954 World Cup final between West Germany and Hungary was the greatest comeback. The Germans were 0-2 down, but that Magyar team had not lost a match in years. And had players such as Puskas and Kocsis that were legendary.

Felix Carpio how do you know that the press was saying this We're the proof ? Send the links so I could verify this for myself

so did Colin Bell yesterday..

Bobby Charlton's shooting was terrible.

Absolute cast iron pen.

Yeah for such a famous match - no-one talks about that moment. 9 times out of 10 that would have been given.

Stone cold penalty

Absolutely. There´s another one at 1:13 on Franny Lee. England were denied progression to the semi-final because of a poor referee. West Germany were very lucky to have won this. Had Lee´s penalty been given, the game might have been wrapped up in the first half. This match was arguably the start of the decline and fall of England as an international force. The tantalising thought remains that had they gotten to the final, the future of English football might have been so different. I say that as an Irish man.

That was a clear trip by Beckenbauer on Clarke in 1975. Imo the ref didn't give it because the Kaiser was regarded as a 'gentlemanly' player and such a player couldn't possibly ever resort to needing to foul an opponent.

he was 33 born November 36

@@dlamiss Born November 36th, wow!

Best header I've ever seen at a WC. Unbelievable.

Yes as an English man, probably the best header ever.

Two years earlier Seeler scored a similar goal, out of nowhere - this time with his foot - for Hamburg against Cardiff City in the Cup Winners' Cup semi-final so he had form.

It was one of those headers where you just knock it in the danger area and hope . Great foresight Seeler was a fine player but it was fortunate . I believe Gordon Banks was the reason for why we lost , coupled with bad decisions by ramsay , the ref and bonetti .

Seeler knew what he was doing. It wasn't luck or a fluke. It was a clever header by a world-class player. You can go on about Banks and Ramsey but England lost because they were knackered, especially the full backs.

Spot on. The Germans hadn't created one decent chance until Bonetti's error.🙈

As a German I must say this game has a special place in our Football History as a legendary win, but considered objectively the outcome was rather lucky. England were the better team and missed some great opportunities. And there was at least one clear penalty for England. All in all this game was a fine example for what we call "Deutsche Tugenden". Fighting spirit till the final whistle and never giving up.

The German right winger Grabowski definitely swung things their way , but people tend to forget that Bobby Charlton was substituted AFTER Beckenbaur's goal. Moreover , it seemed a logical change at the time as Colin Bell was the form box-to-box midfielder at the time and contributed fully as i recall. Bonnetti gets a lot of stick for this performance but , again , didn't Banks let a very similar shot squirm under him in the 66 final ? Ultimately two great teams slugging it out - shame one had to lose.

@@nicholasflay8819 Bonetti was caught coming forward when he should have stayed back for the second, and stayed back when he should have come for the third.

England are the unluckiest team in the world and Germany are the luckiest!

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Simply not true. You need more than luck to reach countless semifinals, finals, to win 3 Euros and 4 World Cups.

One of the worst substitutions in football history

Charlton was considered too old to stand the temperature and altitude conditions of Leon City in the 2nd half. Bad luck and the referee were reasons more determinant for the defeat. And of course, Gordon Banks absence.

The whole English squad collapsed, it seemed german side was best prepared or had better cold beer on the bench, at 90° F 😎

Perdió para Italia 4-3 despues!

@@juansilveira465 son humanos...

@@juansilveira465 Pero cualquiera lo pudo ganar.

@@juansilveira465: Italia llegaba sin despeinarse contra México a la semifinal mientras Alemania llegaba desgastada luego de este partido contra Inglaterra. Aún con ese handycap Italia necesito suplementario para vencerla. Ese mismo desgaste lo pagaría en la final, donde Italia salio goleada 4-1 contra Brasil.

Alemania nunca se rinde.........

Peter Bometti with a horror show helped the Germans , quite a bit if I don’t say so myself .

Only in the first goal you can blame the keeper. The other two was a total disorganized defense.@@seduxtive776

2021 maybe starting to recover! We'll see what happens in the next 8 years.

@@Inglese001 lost again...

This game had no bearing on Englsnd teams at Italia 90, Mexico 86 l, Euro 96 etc. It was a totally different era so please explain how it is related?

@@richardwallace5226 good point but if you are old enough English football is still in the dark ages as regards to tactics/managers not quality of players. To win one needs a lot of luck like Greece or have possession of the ball with key players. We have had decent players over the years but incompetent managers Taylor, Keegan, Hodgson or lucky ones like Robson or too safe like Greenwood or in it for the money like Capello or Erickson. Only decent ones were Venables and Hoddle but they had external issues. Imo every England fan and current player should watch the whole match to learn where it all went wrong and work forward.

@@larrywildman7008 Yes I agree we have not produced enough good coaches WHY?

Watch the game. Beckenbauer scored while Charlton was still on the pitch & no disrespect to Bobby, but his replacement Colin Bell was more effective.

I agree with that

and with Gordin Banks England never ever lose this game

@@helltopo Beckenbaur goal is a gift of goalkeeper.....with G Banks Germany never ever could win.

@@alfonsoalfonso3576 Thank you alfonso I agree. Peter Bonetti obviously a good goalie but the Beckenbauer goal should not have been scored, went under the keeper. And really the second one, backheader by Seeler, saw Bonetti out of position way off his line. And sadly the last one he is stuck on his line.

Paul Reynolds Ramsey should never take Bobby Charlton off

alex kanyima Bringing in Norman Hunter was not exactly enterprising.

To be fair, England's second goal was just as lucky as Beckenbauer's...Maier should have saved it comfortably. Ramsey's changes had logic. Germany were starting to overrun England even with Charlton on the pitch. Charlton was on the field when Beckenbauer scored. Wasn't it Charlton's job to track Beckenbauer and vice versa? Bell did very well when he came on. Hunter came on to bolster a defence that was wilting badly. I just think Ramsey's hard-running 4-4-2 system took too much out of his players in the heat and thin air of Mexico.

Perfect analysis@@hugodrax71

It was the best world cup event of all time

+alex kanyima Thanks , To me and I'm sure to many others it was too . That magic has gone now . I think 78 and 82 had it , but nothing could ever compare to 70 .

johnny honey number 1:1970 number 2 : 1986 Number 3 : 1982 Number 4 : 1990 Number 5: 2006

That iconic image of Bobby Moore and Pele swapping shirts. Apparently Pele said, 'I'll see you in the final.'

Brings me to tears - I was same age as you, approaching 13yo

Probably England's best ever squad, but watch the whole game. Despite the 2-0 lead, England were never as in control as the highlights suggest. By 1970 West Germany were the better side & I think they would have won even if Gordon Banks was in goal.

I think vordman hits the nail on the head, but would go slightly further and say that this was UNarguably the last time England were a major force. Personally I think the 1970 team was better than that of '66. But so much went wrong for them in Mexico. Conspiracy? Quite possibly, yes - particularly with Bobby Moore and the bracelet incident. Banks getting the 'runs'? He wasn't the only one - Charlton and Ball had similar ailments earlier in the campaign and recovered within 48hrs (as did Banksy). But the arrangements made beforehand weren't too clever... apparently it was Ramsey who vetoed the local food, and it was stuff like this which cast England as the villains of the piece. City centre hotel in busy, noisey Guadalajara? Bad move. The substitutions against West Germany? Beckenbaur admitted years later that this what changed the match. Peter Bonetti? Yes, bad game and he admitted as much himself. All in all, I personally think England were good enough to reach the final. But by then, Brazil, probably the best international side ever, were on fire, and I don't think England could have lived with them. Sadly, especially after the latest embarrassing WC campaign, I think it will be a very long time yet before England are serious challengers again.

Stuart S the 70 team was better than 66, no question...the football against Brazil is arguably the best ever produced by an England side...yet we forget they were heavily criticised for most of their performances in Mexico (notably the game against Czechoslovakia) and Ramsey's approach - never questioned post-66 - was put under scrutiny...they were pretty dull in their group games aside from Brazil and their collapse against West Germany is the stuff of nightmares

vordman how about the 1990 squad?

1982 were unbeaten

All the best for England in the future.

Anthony McGann the English establishment is still doing the same today. Leadership has always been an issue since the empire broke up after WW2.

I used to think like that , not anymore .Clough was good but he wasnt that good . Look what he did at Leeds . He wasnt a Revie , revie won more than Clough . He was his own worst enemy.

Alf Ramsey was not a yes man - in 1966 he chose Hunt & Hurst over Greaves & unfashionable players like Jack Charlton. Don't mention Clough without Peter Taylor - the pair of them may have been a success at England, but Clough on his own would have been an even bigger disaster than he was at Leeds.

Forest.aston villa.all parking the bus in European cup finals

@@helltopo Greaves was injured.

Stonewall pen on Colin Bell.

The Mexicans were pro-German first because there was a Volkswagen factory in the outskirts of Mexico City, and second because all Latin Americans were against England due to the facts of '66 ("Animals"): in Bogotà, Colombia, where the English team went in approach of the 1970 World Cup, Bobby Moore was charged with theft in a shop

Most blatant penalty on Colin Bell ever !! Shocking decision !!

Bringing their own english food and water sounded as a insult to the mexican supporters

I hope you aren't offended by my commentary, but Germans liked to mix with Mexicans, even liked our food, while U.K.'s team even brought their own cooks. That, I think says it all.

Yes agreed. And in the first half K-H Schnellinger's challenge on Francis Lee. Both are stonewall penalties

Its a clear penalty all day long..

Guess the oxigen run out of their lungs...

Lucky to come back from 2-0 to 3-2 ? No dear, typical German attitude: cohesion and combativeness. They believe in themselves and always fight until the very last second of the game. They are extremely hard mentally, nothing to compare to England which is very weak mentally and cannot win anything important since many decades.

I agree, England were a very good team in 1970 and the final should have been Brazil v England who i think were the only team capable of beating Brazil in that tournament!! We didn't have any luck at all in that WC plus our finishing was pretty poor! The amount of chanced created v chances taken was very average indeed!! The South Americans hated England as well including the Argentinian referee who i suspect wanted revenge for WC66 v Argentina!

@@butzee You were too dependent on Bobby Charlton . It seems like he must of been like your Gazza back then . But Bobby was only one player ,. Brazil had a team full of stars. No way are you beating them .

Under Ramsey, they had a system (4:3:3) and every player was chosen to fit the system and knew their role in the system.

Why didnt Banks play that game ? If he plays , england probably goes through

@@rrrrr767 Food poisoning

I think it's harsh how bonetti was blamed,sure he should have stopped the first but where was the defenders for the other two

Yeah, knock yourself out.

Aye yet when Scotland went to Argentina in 78 all of us in NE England cheered for Scotland. We don't do it now though.

Glaringly at fault for Seeler's goal. He stood still and just watched it go in.

He was at fault for all three. Dived over the first,came when he should have stayed and staying when he should of challenged Mueller. Agree about Charlton going off and Grabowski killed Cooper.....

Yep. totally agree.

Just maybe like 66 the match was fixed from the Higher-Ups,

I'd got over it long ago until just now when I saw the blatant penalty against Colin Bell.

Stan Tastic Germany got very lucky with refereeing decisions. In the semis , the ref carried on the match a lot longer than he should’ve, isn’t if a coincidence the red blowed the whistle just after Gerd Muller scored .

@@seduxtive776 It was actually Schnelliger that scored .

Didn't you knock the Italians out on penalties at Euro '16?

Steve Boshboy England were poor

@@SuperVinceybaby Bonetti was woeful

@@SuperVinceybaby I think the game could have gone either way, we didn't have Banks in goal either don't forget !

@@Cassidy127 He made some decent saves, the one against Mueller especially !

Good lol

lmao why do you give a shit anymore this game was 50 years ago

Especially the Colin Bell one. But after 66 Rattin sending off the Argentinian Referee was never gonna give it. Plus the anti English sentiment was as hostile as ever

@@NealeTurner LOL. Keep on crying

@@barfuss2007 who's crying????