england played west germany in the 1966 world cup.
who did england play in the 1966 world cup?
west germany
alf ramsey took control of the team in 1962, but unlike winterbottom, ramsey had been a club manager, winning the league championship with ipswich town. upon his appointment, he declared england would win the 1966 world cup. his first match in charge resulted in a 5–2 loss at parc des princes against france. england automatically qualified for the 1966 world cup as hosts and, after a goalless draw in the first match against uruguay, four consecutive victories saw england through to the final against west germany. a 4–2 victory, after extra time, won england the world cup for the only time. as a result of his and england's achievements, ramsey was awarded a knighthood in 1967. the following year england finished third at euro 1968 in rome, but ramsey reflected "we are world champions. third place is not our real position."
england national football team manager
leeds reputation was built on strong organisation, professionalism, physical robustness (at a time when football was more physical than it is today), as well as free flowing attacking wing play and patient, possession based football. the team was built around a core of technically adept, intelligent and versatile players, who were willing to play in multiple positions and indeed could interchange positions and roles around the pitch. most of revie's team went on to become internationals; in 1970 the squad contained 17 full internationals. this was at a time when squads never had more than 20 players, when players from outside the british isles were rare in english football, and international players correspondingly more rare. two of revie's players would feature in england's 1966 world cup winning squad, with jack charlton playing a pivotal role at the heart of defence, a further four leeds players would feature in england's 1970 world cup squad (two more missed out through injury and fatigue), and five leeds players featured in scotland's 1974 world cup squad. in the early 1970s the leeds team could boast the captain of the ireland, john giles, the captain of scotland, billy bremner and the captain of wales, terry yorath. leeds would also loan their first team coach les cocker to the england national team throughout this period; as one of the first holders of an fa certificate in coaching, he would combine his responsibilities to leeds with that of the national team and play a pivotal role to the success of england in the 1966 world cup as team trainer.
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