This 1962 World Cup match between hosts Chile and Italy has been re-played a million and one times but I’d forgotten just how bad it actually was.

David Coleman starts the ‘highlights’ with the best intro to a game you will ever likely to hear “Good evening. The game you are about to see is the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football, possibly in the history of the game.” and it’s full of classic quotes such as “That’s one of the most cold-blooded and lethal tackles I think I have ever seen” so it’s worth watching at least one more time.

Tensions were already high before the game and from the kick off the first foul was committed within 12 seconds. Italy’s Giorgio Ferrini was then sent off in the twelfth minute after a foul on Honorino Landa but refused to leave the pitch and had to be dragged off kicking and screming by the police. A few minutes later Landa retaliated with another foul , but managed to escape a red card.

The referee was an Englishman, Ken Aston who then overlooked a punch by the Chilean player Leonel Sanchez to the Italian Mario David. When David got his own back and kicked Sanchez in the neck a few minutes later, he also got his marching orders.

As the violence continued, Sanchez then broke Humberto Maschio’s nose with a left hook, which impressed the commentator “I say, that was one of the neatest left hooks I’ve ever seen!”. The two teams continued to engage in further scuffles, raised fists and spitting, resulting in the police having to intervene three more times.

Chile eventually won the game 2-0 (74′ Ramírez; 88′ Toro) with a full eleven men against Italy’s remaining nine. Fantastic er appalling stuff.

Back in the 60′s when men were real men the er “Saint” shows just what happens if you  touch his hair. 

Here’s Ken Furphy again giving what could be the first ever televised teamtalk as his Watford players prepare for their FA fourth round tie against Manchester United in 1969. Watford were a third division side at the time and Machester United were the European champions but Furphy has got them sussed. Geroge Best – “Lay off him until you’ve got two men covering round the back…. then go and have a bite at him”.  Bobby Charlton – “He’ll be wearing number nine on his back, don’t let him have anything round the box”. And it paid off as they earned themselves a 1-1 draw in front of a record home crowd.  Note the player at the back having a fag.

Ken Furphy takes his Watford players to the lake district ahead of the forthcoming 1965 third division campaign. It didn’t help that year but Furphy later won promotion to Division 2 for the first time in the club’s history in 1969, and then reached the FA Cup semi-final a year later. These were clearly pioneering times and set the scene for the modern pre-season booze-up training camp in La Manga.

Before he won just about everything as a player as well as the hearts of football fans the world over Kevin Keegan was an eager 17 year old lad at Scunthorpe just starting out in the game.

Written and performed by Ronnie Hilton in 1964, this cracking West Indian tune was brought out in celebration of Leeds being promoted to division one.

Up until November 9th 1960, Real Madrid had played 15 home ties in the European Cup and had won them all with a combined aggregate score of 66-8. More impressively still they had won the competition outright for five seasons in a row so there was no doubting that Di Stefano, Puskas and co were the greatest club side in Europe.

By taking the chance to end Real’s amazing run and finish their monopoly on the competition this is suerly Barca’s greatest European result.

BARÇA 2 – REAL MADRID 1  (23-11-1960 )

Barça: Ramallets, Olivella, Garay, Gracia, Verges, Segarra, Kubala, Evaristo, Kocsis, Suarez, Villaverde.

Real Madrid: Vicente, Marquitos, Santamaria, Casado, Vidal, Pachin, Canario, Del Sol, Di Stefano, Puskas, Gento.