A world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and a leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966. at 20 for west germany he played in every match. they lost to the final to england but beckenbauer was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him der kaiser, the emperor, and as captain he made them serial winners, first in 1972 as european champions, then two use later in a world cup on home soil. it wasjust the later in a world cup on home soil. it was just the first piece of his extraordinary career. at his club bayern munich he won three european cups. bayern munich he won three european cus. ., bayern munich he won three european cus. . he bayern munich he won three european cops- he ended i cups. franz beckenbauer! he ended his -la in: cups. franz beckenbauer! he ended his playing days cups. franz beckenbauer! he ended his playing days in cups. franz
He was one of only three men to have won the world cup as both a player and a manager. joe lynskey looks back at his life. a world cup winning captain, a world cup winning coach. franz beckenbauer was the defender and the leader in football s most exclusive club. his first time at the tournament was in 1966, when at 20 for west germany he played in every match. they lost the final to england, but he was emerging as the man at the back who could glide up the field. his country called him the kaiser the emperor and as captain he made them serial winners first in 1972 as european champions, then two years later in a world cup on home soil. with his club bayern munich he was also the captain. he led them to three european cups in a row. franz beckenbauer! he d end his playing days
Union s premiership were both beaten last night. with second place sale throwing away a 14 0 half time lead to lose 20 14 to newcastle. leaders saracens suffered their first defeat of the season, beaten by london irish 29 20. both were down to 14 men by the time irish sealed their win with a late try from chandler cunningham south, converted by paddyjackson, whose five penalties made the difference. sir geoff hurst has led the tributes to his england world cup winning team mate george cohen, who has died at the age of 83. hurst called cohen a dear friend who everyone without exception says was a lovely man cohen played in every game of the world cup on home soil 56 years ago as the england team s right back, including in the 4 2 win over west germany in the final. he spent his entire club career with fulham and was also awarded an mbe in the year 2000. george was pure class. he was a gentleman. he had big standards and passed that
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Well, i spoke to adam a short time ago, as the dust settled on that loss for england in dramatic fashion. a real hush descending around the emirates, apart from the odd sound of the groundsman s miller, a silence that descended second after stephen crichton drop that golden point drop goal, many england fans could not believe what they had witnessed. the only noise coming from the samoan fans who were absolutely delirious. they knew they had just witnessed probably the greatest moment in their nation s sporting history. the england players absolutely devastated, sinking to their knees, head in hands, they knew they let slip the opportunity to win the world cup on