Slide 1: Title
 Slide 2: Contents
 Slide 3: General
Introduction
 Slide 4: 1950’s
 Slide 5: 1966 World
Cup
 Slide 6: 1990’s
 Slide 7: Today
 Slide 8: Bibliography

General Introduction
Sport has changed a lot over some
decades with lots of people over the world
watching different kind of sports. One of
the most popular sport is football
therefore it is on television a lot.
1950’s
1950: Joe Mercer (Arsenal) was voted footballer of the
year. England were knocked out of the World Cup by
USA.
1951: Harry Johnston (Blackpool) was voted the
footballer of the year.
1952: Billy Wright (Wolves) was voted the footballer of
the year.
1953: Nat Lofthouse (Bolton) was voted footballer of the
year. Stanley Matthews helped Stoke beat Bolton 4-3
in the F.A Cup final.
1954: Lester Piggot was 18 when he won his first Derby.
He was a
33-1 outsider.
1955: Don Revie (Manchester City) was voted footballer
of the year.
1956: Ray Booty was the first man to cycle 100 miles in
less than four hours.
1957: Tom Finney (Preston) was voted footballer of the
year.
1958: In tennis, 17 year old Christine Truman beat the
Wimbledon champion Althea Gibson in the Wightman
Cup.
1959: Billy Wright captained England on his 100th cap.
1966 World Cup
Most of the 1960’s was dominated by the World Cup. The 1966
World Cup was a huge success for the England football team. In the
group stages England were drawn in a group with France, Mexico
and Uruguay. England blitzed through the group and advanced into
the quarter finals where they faced Argentina at Wembley Stadium.
90,000 fans watched England win 1-0 with an amazing goal by
Geoff Hurst. After that victory they faced Portugal where they won
2-1. In the final they faced West Germany where they beat them
4-2 after extra time and Geoff Hurst scored a classic hat-trick. It was
an amazing victory for England. The top scorer was Portugal’s
Eusebio with 9 goals.
Sport Quiz
Who was the top scorer in the 1966 World Cup?
Who was player of the year in 1950?
Who scored against Argentina when England won
1-0 in the quarter finals?
Today
Sport has changed a colossal amount
since it started. There have been changes
like it used to be in black and white but
now it is in colour.
Bibliography
Here are some fun sites that I used:
www.andmas.co.uk/sport/1950/1950.htm
www.englandfc.com/nostal/wc/wc1966.
html