The Football History Boys
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Teachers, authors & football historians - @Benny_J + @GJ_Thomas. Winners @The_FCAs 2014/Finalists 2019, 2024. 🏴 Book link below!
Joined January 2013
It's the internationals on their way, as Wales begin their #FIFAWorldCup qualifying campaign! Celebrate the greats of Cymru's footballing history with our fan-voted, greatest XI print! #YWalGoch 🏴
*You voted, we made it!* TFHB's following voted for Wales' greatest ever XI & here it is! We've worked with a Cardiff-based designer to make an incredible version to celebrate Cymru's football history! #YWalGoch #Cymru #YmaOHyd. Check out where you can get your copy below 👇 RT!
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And there we have it!! The TFHB #KitWorldCup winners are…. Universitario!! 🇵🇪 . Thanks to everyone who took part! What a final!
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The best match in Euros history??. Czech Republic 🇨🇿 vs 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 2004.
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Start 2025 with Carlos Alberto’s iconic goal in the 1970 World Cup Final 😍🇧🇷.
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Name a football stadium, any stadium…. We’ll start: La Bombonera!
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TFHB #KitWorldCup Final:. Newcastle United 🏴 v 🇵🇪 Universitario. Vote for football’s best club kit!. RTs appreciated!.
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Is Marco Van Basten’s volley the greatest goal scored in a Euros?. Netherlands 🇳🇱 vs 🚩 USSR
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Is this the greatest football scene in film history? . 🎥 Kes, 1969
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Is this the most iconic celebration in football history?. Marco Tardelli vs West Germany, 1982.
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Is this the greatest save in football history?. Gordon Banks vs Brazil, 1970
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And there we have it!! The TFHB #CrestWorldCup winners are…. Corinthians!! . Thanks to everyone who took part! What a final!
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Is this the best game in football history?. Italy 🇮🇹 vs 🇧🇷 Brazil, 1982
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Is this the greatest save in football history?. Gordon Banks vs Brazil, 1970.
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For our new followers from Peru 🇵🇪 - we thought we would post Teófilo Cubillas’s incredible free-kick at the 1978 World Cup!
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Football History in colour🎨. Stanley Matthews is carried by legendary goalkeepr Lev Yashin and Hungarian icon Ferenc Puskas after his testimonial match. (1965)
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Is this the greatest celebration in football history?. Marco Tardelli vs West Germany, 1982
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Billy McNeill leads out Celtic before the his side's European Cup Final with Inter (1967)
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Is Antonin Panenka’s winning spot-kick at Euro ‘76 the best penalty ever? . Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿 vs 🇩🇪 West Germany, 1976
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Football History in Colour 🎨. Incredible colourised footage of the 1950 World Cup Final ‘Maracanazo’ between Uruguay 🇺🇾 and Brazil 🇧🇷….
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The absolutely incredible Estadio Monumental "U", #Universitario's stadium is up in our #StadiumWorldCup! These fans get right up for our polls, get involved! 🇵🇪 #PERU #PER
@RiverPlate @riverplateshirt @CruzAzul @azul_podcast @MeuTimao @Corinthians @KaizerChiefs @KaizerChiefsTB TFHB #StadiumWorldCup Group H:. Vote for football’s greatest club stadium!. RTs appreciated 👇.
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For those who saw him play…. Just how good was Paul Gascoigne? 🏴
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Football History in Colour🎨. Peru's 🇵🇪 Juan Valdivieso leaps for ball to stop an Austrian attack during his side's shock 4-2 victory at the 1936 Olympics. The result would be declared void after a fan, according to Nazi officials, entered the pitch in extra-time carrying a
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Some of the tackles from the 1970 FA Cup Final replay… 👀
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And there we have it!! The conclusion of the #OldFirm Final in TFHB's #StadiumWorldCup is that your most iconic stadium in football history is #Rangers' IBROX! . A total of 85,925 votes since Friday, thank you all for your interactions!
The TFHB #StadiumWorldCup Final! . Vote for football history’s most iconic stadium. Vote & RT. Let battle commence!.
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Football History in colour🎨. Newcastle captain Jimmy Nelson walks down the Wembley stairs after winning the FA Cup. Nelson is closely followed by two goal hero Jack Allen. (1932)
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Start your weekend with Carlos Alberto’s iconic goal in the 1970 World Cup Final 😍🇧🇷
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The TFHB #KitWorldCup reaches it conclusion!. Vote for football’s best club kit!. VOTE THREAD 🧵 👇
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A reminder of yesterday’s #KitWorldCup Final result!!. The winners were…. Universitario! 🇵🇪
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What an atmosphere! Make sure you vote for #Universitario's arena in our #StadiumWorldCup!.
TFHB #StadiumWorldCup Quarter-Final Match 4. Stadium, Team(s) (Year Built) . Monumental U Marathon, Universitario (2000) 🇵🇪 . Mestalla, Valencia, (1923) 🇪🇸
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For our new Peruvian followers…. Who is your favourite Peruvian 🇵🇪 footballer of all-time?
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Football History in colour🎨. Peru's Juan Valdivieso leaps for ball to stop an Austrian attack during his side's shock 4-2 victory at the 1936 Olympics. The result would be declared void after a fan, according to Nazi officials, entered the pitch in extra-time carrying a revolver
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Corinthians fans - we can confirm that this counts as a 3rd World Championship 👍 . If someone wants to change the Wikipedia page - that would be great… 👀 😂
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TFHB #KitWorldCup Final:. Team, Manufacturer (Season). Newcastle United 🏴, Adidas (1995-97) . Universitario 🇵🇪, Umbro (2013). RT for your favourite club!
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Football History in colour🎨. An amazing photo - Stanley Matthews is carried by legendary goalkeepr Lev Yashin and Hungarian icon Ferenc Puskas after his testimonial match. (1965). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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The TFHB #StadiumWorldCup Final! . Vote for football history’s most iconic stadium. Vote & RT. Let battle commence!.
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Football History in colour🎨. Tom Finney splashes through a waterlogged pitch for Preston North End at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge. (1956)
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Our reigning champions are up, Univeristario and their legend Teodoro 'Lolo' Fernández! Get voting & RTing to get him out of the groups in our #ClubLegendsWorldCup! #GrandeHayUnoSolo #Peru #PER 🇵🇪. @MenoresU @embajadurcrema @dalecrema1924 @UPolideportivo @GARRACREMAYROJO
TFHB #ClubLegendsWorldCup Group G:. Vote for football’s greatest club legend!. RTs appreciated 👇.
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Is this the best piece of skill of all-time?. Johan Cruyff vs Sweden, 1974
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Enjoy your Friday with one of football history’s most iconic goals as Ferenc Puskas’ drag-back destroys England at Wembley…(1953) 🇭🇺
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Football History in colour 🎨. Arsenal fans queue outside Highbury before their FA Cup Third Round clash with Bolton Wanderers. (1938). How has spectatorship changed since then?
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Another incredible result for @Universitario as they progress to the Quarter-Finals!!! 🇵🇪
@adidas @ToonPolls @3Retro_Football @Art_of_Football @classicshirts @NUFC360 @OM_English @FansSorare @FrenchFootball @FootballFrance_ @1912Exiles @NCAFCLive @AmberArmyNCFC @ErreaOfficial @TheEuropeanLad @ajaxlife @_Glennmahh @AFCASC @umbro @LeSouness @IbroxEmporium @TheLoudenTavern @IbroxChat @RangersReview55 @palmeirasptd @AnyPalmeiras @sociospalmeiras @cebolinhaaa @sepalmeiras_eng TFHB #KitWorldCup Last 16 Match 7:. Vote for football’s best club kit! . RTs appreciated! 👇.
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📸 England 1-2 Scotland. Wembley Stadium, London. (1977)
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One of the World Cup’s greatest ever goals…. Teófilo Cubillas’s incredible free-kick at the 1978 World Cup vs Scotland! 🇵🇪 .
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Football History in Colour 🎨 . Fantastic colourised footage of THAT drag-back by Ferenc Puskas at Wembley (1953).
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#Universitario are finalists!! They have beaten Aberdeen and will face Newcastle United in the final of TFHB's #KitWorldCup! Congratulations and stay tuned for the final in less than an hour!
@ToonPolls @toondle @ChronicleNUFC @NUFC360 @Magpie24_7 @ginkers @VeneziaFC_IT @Matt_Venezia TFHB #KitWorldCup Semi-Final Match 2:. Universitario 🇵🇪 v 🏴 Aberdeen. Vote for football’s best club kit!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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New YouTube video arriving in 15 mins!!. Stay tuned Peru 🇵🇪 fans!!!
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Our favourite historical goal is the incredible Ferenc Puskas drag-back vs England in 1953 🇭🇺 . What is yours?
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🚨 After days of voting, The TFHB #CrestWorldCup Final is about to begin!! . Vote for football’s best club crest!. RTs appreciated! 👇
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Another victory for @Universitario! Their amazing run in the #KitWorldCup continues!! Can they reach the final tomorrow?!. RT if you support! 🇵🇪
@ToonPolls @NUFC360 @Magpie24_7 @nufc4arab @DEalesNUFC @violanews @ViolaNewsOnly @Fiorentinaaraby @DarioNardella @PietroLazze @palmeirasptd @ginkers TFHB #KitWorldCup Quarter-Final Match 4:. Vote for football’s best club kit!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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Football History in colour🎨. An amazing photo - Stanley Matthews is carried by legendary goalkeepr Lev Yashin and Hungarian icon Ferenc Puskas after his testimonial match. (1965). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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Absolutely love this…. The Kop at Anfield singing ‘She Loves You’ in 1964 😍
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In September 1939, the Football League was abandoned following the start of the Second World War. We thought we'd look back at what happened to football during the conflict. A thread. 🧵👇
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RIP Johan Neeskens. An absolute icon of football in the 1970s and so influential in THAT Dutch side! 🇳🇱
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56,000 votes, both teams have led, but we have just 4 hours left till we reach the conclusion of the #KitWorldCup! #Universitario fans get voting & RTing if you want to turn this around! #PER #Peru 🇵🇪 #GrandeHayUnoSolo. @MenoresU @embajadurcrema @dalecrema1924 @UPolideportivo
TFHB #KitWorldCup Final:. Newcastle United 🏴 v 🇵🇪 Universitario. Vote for football’s best club kit!. RTs appreciated!.
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Enjoy your lunch by remembering this insane double save from Jim Montgomery in the FA Cup Final…(1973)
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Football History in colour 🎨. Brazil 🇧🇷 and Wales 🏴 walk out before their World Cup quarter-final in Gothenburg. It would take a goal from 17-year-old Pelé to break Welsh hearts and begin a 64 year wait to qualify again. (1958). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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Football History in Colour 🎨. Incredible photograph from the only Scottish Cup Final to be played outside of Glasgow. Hearts take on Hibs in Edinburgh (1896). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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#Corinthians fans, as #Scotland goes to sleep it's your chance to build a big overnight lead in our #CrestWorldCup Final! I'm sure the Rangers fans are going to come back strong whilst #Brasil sleeps!! Vote & RT! #VaiCorinthians #BRA #Brazil 🇧🇷
The TFHB #CrestWorldCup Final:. Vote for football’s best club crest!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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A huge showing from Newcastle United in our #KitWorldCup as they finish as runners-up! A truly magnificent kit!. Massive credit and praise needs to go to @ToonPolls’ - working tirelessly to gain votes and make this competition truly epic! Thanks!!
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TFHB #ClubLegendsWorldCup Semi-Finals Match 1:. Vote for football's greatest club legend!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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Tonight’s match between Scotland 🏴 and England 🏴 celebrates 150 years of international football! We thought we’d dedicate today to the history of this historic fixture… . A thread… 🧵 👇
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¡Es la FINAL de la #KitWorldCup! #Perú 🇵🇪, ¡apoya a #Universitario y su uniforme 2013 votando y haciendo RT en una dura batalla contra Newcastle! #PER #GrandeHayUnoSolo. @MenoresU @embajadurcrema @dalecrema1924 @UPolideportivo @GARRACREMAYROJO @jpulgarvidal @kioshikubo1924
TFHB #KitWorldCup Final:. Newcastle United 🏴 v 🇵🇪 Universitario. Vote for football’s best club kit!. RTs appreciated!.
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Corinthians fans!!. Ahead of our #ClubLegendsWorldCup - we need your help!. Who should be your club’s legend?. Rivelino or Socrates?
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Football History in colour 🎨. We could look at this picture for hours! Wigan Athletic supporters watch their side face Great Harwood in the Northern Premier League. (1971). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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Peru 3-0 Morocco, Estadio Nou Camp, Leon (1970) 🇵🇪
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Wow!!! With just under 3 hours to go and over 65,000 votes cast - the #KitWorldCup is level at 50/50!!! . What a final!!
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Name a midfielder, any midfielder…. We’ll start: Rui Costa!
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Teodoro 'Lolo' Fernández is up in the Last 16 of our #ClubLegendsWorldCup! He needs your votes Univeristario fans to stay in the competition! #GrandeHayUnoSolo #Peru #PER 🇵🇪. @MenoresU @embajadurcrema @dalecrema1924 @UPolideportivo @GARRACREMAYROJO @jpulgarvidal @kioshikubo1924
@MilanMatters @milanmania @NoContextNapoli @NapoliSansone @NapoliTalk @Joe_Fischetti5 @Carloalvino @MilanTMN @MicallefPhilip @MilanPosts TFHB #ClubLegendsWorldCup Last 16 Match 7:. Vote for football’s greatest club legend!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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Here we go #Corinthians fans, you overturned Newcastle in the last seconds, now you take on the mighty Rangers supporters in our #CrestWorldCup Final!! Get voting & RTing! #VaiCorinthians #BRA 🇧🇷. @meutimao @sobretimao1910 @loucosdobandoo @sccpcavalo @centraldotimao @povotime1910
The TFHB #CrestWorldCup Final:. Vote for football’s best club crest!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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Football History in Colour 🎨. Absolutely love crowd shots, this time Wigan v Great Harwood in 1971, you can keep looking and keep finding new characters!. Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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Football History in Colour 🎨 . Fantastic colourised footage of THAT drag-back by Ferenc Puskas at Wembley (1953)
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Football History in colour 🎨. Glasgow Rangers face Vancouver St Andrews on their North American tour. Athletic Park’s usual baseball pitch has been changed to suit the football! (1930). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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@porto_depre @FCPortoGlobal @FCPortoCentral @FCPortoPodEng @FCPortoEnglish @IbroxChat @IbroxEmporium @LeSouness @OldRangersVideo @oldrangerspics The TFHB #CrestWorldCup Semi-Finals Match 2:. Vote for football’s best club crest!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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Football History in Colour🎨. An amazing photo - Stanley Matthews is carried by legendary goalkeepr Lev Yashin and Hungarian icon Ferenc Puskas after his testimonial match. (1965). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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Today’s classic stadium is Filbert Street, Leicester - what are your memories of this brilliant ground?
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Just 4 kits remain in the #KitWorldCup!. 🚨 Today’s Schedule 🚨 . 10am - @NUFC vs @VeneziaFC_EN . 12pm - @Universitario vs @AberdeenFC . RT for your club! 🔁. 🏴 🇮🇹 🇵🇪 🏴
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Enjoy your lunch with football’s most famous drag-back from Ferenc Puskas… 🇭🇺 (1953)
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One of football’s greatest robberies? . Leeds vs Bayern Munich, 1975 European Cup Final
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Happy Birthday Ferenc Puskas! 🎂 . In 1953, he would score one of football’s greatest goals…the drag-back! 🇭🇺
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#Universitario it is midnight in the UK, as we sleep let's see what you can do overnight to close the gap! Newcastle will come back strongly in the morning! #Peru 🇵🇪 #PER #GrandeHayUnoSolo
TFHB #KitWorldCup Final:. Newcastle United 🏴 v 🇵🇪 Universitario. Vote for football’s best club kit!. RTs appreciated!.
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The absolutely incredible Estadio Monumental "U", #Universitario's stadium is up in our #StadiumWorldCup! These fans get right up for our polls, get involved! 🇵🇪 #PERU #PER
@RiverPlate @riverplateshirt @CruzAzul @azul_podcast @MeuTimao @Corinthians @KaizerChiefs @KaizerChiefsTB TFHB #StadiumWorldCup Group H:. Vote for football’s greatest club stadium!. RTs appreciated 👇.
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Sir Stanley Matthews was born in this day in 1915. Here he is running on Blackpool Beach in 1961. Absolutely glorious picture!
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What an incredible image of footballing icon Stanley Matthews training on Blackpool beach. (1961)
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Football History in Colour 🎨. Billy Wright and Ferenc Puskas lead out Wolves and Honved at Molineux. The match, played under floodlights, was massive for football history with Wolves proclaimed by the press as ‘champions of the world’ after a 3-2 win!. Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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#Peru 🇵🇪 unite! It's #Universitario's #KitWorldCup Semi-Final clash with Aberdeen and they need your votes & RTs to make tonight's final! #PER. @MenoresU @embajadurcrema @dalecrema1924 @UPolideportivo @GARRACREMAYROJO @jpulgarvidal @kioshikubo1924 @ViejosTablones @SoyHinchaDeLaU
@ToonPolls @toondle @ChronicleNUFC @NUFC360 @Magpie24_7 @ginkers @VeneziaFC_IT @Matt_Venezia TFHB #KitWorldCup Semi-Final Match 2:. Universitario 🇵🇪 v 🏴 Aberdeen. Vote for football’s best club kit!. RTs appreciated! 👇.
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Football History in colour 🎨. Absolutely love this one! Wigan’s John Rogers celebrates a goal against Lancaster in the FA Trophy 3rd Round (1975). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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Football History in colour 🎨. Rangers and Dynamo Moscow talk with the referee during their 2-2 draw at Ibrox. The result saw the Russian side end their postwar tour of the UK as unbeaten. The tour was later described as ‘war minus the shooting’ (1945). Colourised: @Garswoodlatic
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Football History in Colour 🎨. Incredible colourised footage of the 1950 World Cup Final ‘Maracanazo’ between Uruguay 🇺🇾 and Brazil 🇧🇷….
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71 years ago - one of football history’s most important matches…. 🏴 England 3-6 Hungary 🇭🇺 . An iconic game with an iconic Puskas goal!
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