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COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND BEAT REIGNING WORLD CUP WINNERS WEST GERMANY TWICE IN THE MID-1950S

Shake on it: England captain Billy Wright, left, and his West Germany counterpart Josef Posipal

INTEREST in England’s match against recently crowned World Cup winners West Germany in December 1954 was sky high.
A sell-out Wembley crowd of 100,000 was assured despite it being on a Wednesday afternoon. In fact, the gate receipts of £51,716 would constitute a new England home record.
Thousands of German supporters were making the trip to add to the occasion. It was West Germa...

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