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Colourising the 1966 World Cup has brought new life to the glorious game
To mark the iconic final s 55th anniversary, the first-ever full-length colour version is being released to set our patriotic pulses racing
30 July 2021 • 5:00am
The restoration project is a labour of love that has cost £300,000 to complete
Credit: Film and stills courtesy of Final Replay
If you thought the summer of football was all over now the Olympics have replaced Euro 2020 as the nation’s preferred fix of sporting pride, then think again. As we mark, today, the 55th anniversary of English soccer’s finest hour, the first-ever full-length colour version of 1966 World Cup Final is being released in the hope of setting our patriotic pulses racing.
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You should never dance to the enemy’s tune! That applies even to the Taliban, who hate music and don’t have any tunes. After five minutes of glorious soccer, during which Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw scored the fastest ever goal in a Euros final, England went on to the defensive. That was absurd. The Eyeties got deeper and deeper into our half and then, disaster of all disasters, equalised in the second half! Three England players, the Tory-bashing Marcus Rashford, who wasn’t even fit, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, missed their penalty kicks, giving Italy the trophy.
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The emotional events at Wembley Stadium last Sunday inevitably stirred personal memories of a similar happening with a different outcome 55 years previously in the summer of 1966.
To put things into context Harold Wilson was UK prime minister, A Man For All Seasons and Alfie starring Michael Caine were the box office hits and the TV series Till Death Do Us Part had just been launched. The BBC announced bold plans for the introduction of colour television, the Beatles were top of the hit parade with Paperback Writer and Time magazine had officially declared London The Swinging City .