England's Calamity?: A New Interpretation of the 'Match of the Century'

England's Calamity? challenges the standard view that England's famous 6—3 loss to Hungary in 1953 kick—started a revolution. The crushing defeat has long been seen as the watershed moment when England cast off its training methods and tactics of the past to embrace new continental practices. Author Chris Jones takes a different view: that the 6—3 trouncing was not a revolutionary moment but one key part of an evolutionary process. The England side of '53 had a fascinating mix of football a...