Sir Alf Ramsey was sacked by the Football Association on this day in 1974 after eleven years in charge of the England national team. Ramsey will forever be known as the man who guided England to World Cup glory, but after failing to qualify for the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, the FA decided […]
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On This Day – 2nd December
Alf Ramsey made his England debut on this day in 1948 in a 6-0 win over Switzerland at Highbury. He is better known for his managerial career but this was the first of 32 caps that he would win as a player. The match against Switzerland was played on a Thursday afternoon at Highbury. It […]
On This Day – 23rd July
England manager Alf Ramsey (c) tries to prevent England’s George Cohen (r) exchanging shirts with Argentina’s Alberto Gonzalez (l) after the match “We have still to produce our best football. It will come against the right type of opposition, a team which comes to play football and not act as animals.”These were the words from […]