An elegant player one of the best midfielders in the world in his prime. As already mentioned Sir Alf wanted him nullified so instructed ‘Our Kid’ Booby Charlton to man mark him during the 1966 World Cup final which effectively reduced the match to 10 aside and the rest is history.
RIP the Kaiser.
It was working in 1970 as well until Ramsey took Charlton off to rest him for the semi-final! That didn't end well!
An elegant player one of the best midfielders in the world in his prime. As already mentioned Sir Alf wanted him nullified so instructed ‘Our Kid’ Booby Charlton to man mark him during the 1966 World Cup final which effectively reduced the match to 10 aside and the rest is history.
RIP the Kaiser.
It was working in 1970 as well until Ramsey took Charlton off to rest him for the semi-final! That didn't end well!
No mate. Seem to recall I was in the Black Prince at Bexley watching that. We took the lead through Mullery and Bonetti replaced Banks in goal with a stomach problem. Uwe Seeler scored a loopy header and Gerd Muller the extra time winner for a 3-2 elimination 😫.
An elegant player one of the best midfielders in the world in his prime. As already mentioned Sir Alf wanted him nullified so instructed ‘Our Kid’ Booby Charlton to man mark him during the 1966 World Cup final which effectively reduced the match to 10 aside and the rest is history.
RIP the Kaiser.
It was working in 1970 as well until Ramsey took Charlton off to rest him for the semi-final! That didn't end well!
No mate. Seem to recall I was in the Black Prince at Bexley watching that. We took the lead through Mullery and Bonetti replaced Banks in goal with a stomach problem. Uwe Seeler and Gerd Muller scoring the extra time winner for a 3-2 elimination 😫.
That's exactly as I remember - but Ramsey assumed that England 2-0 was job done and even after Beckenbauer scored to make it 2-1 he took Charlton off. Beckenbauer then proceeded to control the game.
I remember every second of that match - and not for good reasons.
People and certainly the media, throw the label "legend" around far too easily for my liking but he was a genuine legend who would have been a world class player in any era. What a player he was.
RIP, I gather his playing style would have appealed to me somewhat
Youd’ve loved him Leuthy, 100 times better than a clone of Nabby Sarr and Michael Hector combined. In fact I shouldn’t really be mentioning them in the same breath but you get my drift 😉.
There's always debate over all time greats, but in my time Beckenbauer, the two Bobby's (Charlton and Moore), Pele and later on Cryuff and Maradona were never in dispute. Sadly all gone now.
Amazingly six of the West German team from 1966 are living given there is just one player from the entire England 1966 squad still alive
Often wondered how many of the Germans are still about; actually I think there’s three of the 1966 England squad apart from Geoff Hurst still alive, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan and George Eastham. The first two played one match, Eastham didn’t get on the pitch at all.
Amazingly six of the West German team from 1966 are living given there is just one player from the entire England 1966 squad still alive
Often wondered how many of the Germans are still about; actually I think there’s three of the 1966 England squad apart from Geoff Hurst still alive, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan and George Eastham. The first two played one match, Eastham didn’t get on the pitch at all.
I think five West Germans from the Final XI are still with us;
Willi Schulz Wolfgang Weber Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Wolfgang Overath Siegfried Held
Amazingly six of the West German team from 1966 are living given there is just one player from the entire England 1966 squad still alive
Often wondered how many of the Germans are still about; actually I think there’s three of the 1966 England squad apart from Geoff Hurst still alive, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan and George Eastham. The first two played one match, Eastham didn’t get on the pitch at all.
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It was working in 1970 as well until Ramsey took Charlton off to rest him for the semi-final! That didn't end well!
RIP Der Kaiser.
Like the others he was a pleasure to watch and even though not England you could not help cheering him on.
RiP.
RIP Kaiser.
A giant of the game and just about as famous as a person could have been throughout his career, deservedly so.
There's one hell of a team playing street football just down from the pearly gates.
RIP.
RIP Franz. You were a credit to the game and your country.
On a private level, not so much.
Willi Schulz
Wolfgang Weber
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Wolfgang Overath
Siegfried Held