1: Football's Coming Home: How England Won The 1966 World Cup | Part One | It Was What It Was
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Episode 1: Football's Coming Home: How England Won The 1966 World Cup | Part One | It Was What It Was
This week on The Overlap, Rob Draper and Jonathan Wilson begin a four-part series revisiting England’s 1966 World Cup win.
Part one focuses on Sir Alf Ramsey’s background - and the conservative England setup he inherited, including the FA selection committee and a poor early World Cup record. We'll look at how a trip to Brazil in 1964 helped to change things for Ramsey - and we'll see the emergence of his core players - who would go on to become England legends.
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00:00 Meet Alf Ramsey
01:49 Ipswich Miracle Title
03:28 Ending Selection Committees
05:20 England World Cup Woes
06:50 Dour Yet Radical
09:23 Xenophobia And Origins
14:14 Was 1966 A Curse
17:28 Ramsey Playing Roots
20:36 Ipswich Tactical Experiments
24:38 Brutalism And Football
27:27 Brutalism Meets Football
31:21 Ramsey Blueprint Emerges
33:02 First Camp Shock Therapy
36:43 Early Results and Doubts
40:05 Brazil Trip Reality Check
40:43 Curfew Crackdown
46:16 Tactics Shift and New Spine
47:51 Jack Charlton and Stiles Debut
53:19 Foundations of 1966
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