LOOKING BACK
ROSS KILVINGTON REFLECTS ON THE LEGACY OF HOLLAND’S 1974 WORLD CUP FINALISTS…

SOMETIMES in sport, we think of the runners-up in a more vivid sense than the eventual winners for varying reasons. Think back to Greg Norman at the Masters in 1996 blowing a six-shot advantage. Or Jimmy White finishing runner- up in six World Snooker finals. And who can forget the Magical Magyars, one of the very best teams in the history of football, throwing away the World Cup in 1954?
But, for me, the greatest runner-up in the history of not just football, but sport in general, is the...