World Cup Winners England Take On Mighty Magyars In Photo Armageddon

WORLD Cup. What World Cup? Mighty England are due to take on Hungary’s Magical Magyars at Wembley Stadium, the world’s most famous football ground. It’s 25 November 1953 and all that versus 1966 and all that. Right now Sky and the BBC are stoking up the intense rivalry for which team holds the title of the more nostalgic team over the post-war years.

Says one source in the Hungarian camp:

“It’s as if football stopped in 1953 when we beat England, one of the top three teams in the British Isles at the time.”

Says the Sky TV into:

“This is the Big One. The Phoney war is over!”

Here’s are pictures of some England footballers who shunted excess exercise and effort in South Africa in order to keep themselves fit for the ultimate test training in a manicured field at Arsenal’s London Colney camp…

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england manager Fabio Capello (centre) with his players during a training session at London Colney, Hertfordshire.

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Posted: 9th, August 2010 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink