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"Geoff Hurst scored his first goal for England in the nineteenth minute to start a spree that excited the 133,000 crowd but made purists wince at the procession of defensive blunders by both teams. Hunt added a second goal for England before Denis Law threw himself forward in typical dare-devil style to head Scotland's first goal just before half-time. Hunt made it 3-1 early in the second-half, and then Celtic's jinking winger Jimmy Johnstone pulled it back to 3-2 before a thunderbolt shot from Bobby Charlton restored the two-goal lead. This was Charlton in imperious form as he reveled in his role as midfield orchestrator. Johnstone, turning the England defence inside out with his dribbling runs, scored the final goal six minutes from the end with a delicate curling shot that deceived goalkeeper Gordon Banks. A press reporter said to Alf Ramsey immediately after the match, 'A great game to watch, Alf.' The cold blue eyes became a burning glare on the journalist. 'For you maybe,' said Alf, 'but I thought there was some appalling football played. We must be much, much tighter.' Seven-goal thrillers did not belong in the Ramsey textbook. Once a perfectionist right-back, always a perfectionist right-back."
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00:02That's England, Hunt, to ball, oh surely Hurst must score, he has done, Hurst has scored for England, 18 minutes
00:19gone, and Hurst puts England in the lead, one goal to nil.
00:30Johnstone, Wallace, what about a shot from Wallace, and England charged back in defence, no challenges of course until near
00:48the penalty area.
00:53Oh, pull back by Stiles, and that could well be a penalty, but Stiles got away with that.
01:08Finding England, much too good for them, now back come England, and it's Hurst, to Hunt to his onside, and
01:17that's the second goal, and 35 minutes gone, and Hunt has made it 2-0 for England.
01:32Connelly to ball, and Connelly's onside again.
01:42Jack Charlton with the free kick for England, 5 minutes from half time, England cruising along comfortably, 2 goals to
01:51nil in the lead.
01:53This is Hurst, ball there with him.
01:57On, Connelly, corner to Scotland, and Scotland not going to use the short quarter this time.
02:09Law, a great goal, beautiful goal by Law.
02:18Dennis Law, the man that so many of the Scots criticise so often, has scored for Scotland, 4 minutes from
02:26half time.
02:32And Baxter having a sad match at left half.
02:35And here's Bobby Charlton.
02:37And a penalty, surely.
02:43And Hurst is looking absolutely amazed that the referee didn't get that, but it seemed to be farmed away by
02:50a defender.
02:51But the, oh, play on, so that's, both sides can claim they should have had a penalty in this match.
03:00Now, Johnstone.
03:04And that was Johnstone.
03:06Jackie Charlton's had his name taken, no doubt, for going to the referee and asking about penalty incident.
03:11They say young Johnson then getting the ball across quickly.
03:15He was more, much more effective than he was at all in the first half.
03:20Now, and now, here comes Hunt and he scored the third for England.
03:25Once again, as Scottie's defence has been wide open and ball making the pass.
03:32So, in two minutes of the second half, England now are in the lead by three goals to one.
03:45This is Gemmell.
03:51Johnstone having to come back for it, which slows up the momentum of the attack.
03:57Law now to Johnstone, he should score, he has done.
04:01A beautiful ball from Law to Johnstone.
04:05And it's three goals to two now, with eleven minutes of the second half gone.
04:13Scotland really come out fighting in the second half, putting up a much better show than they did in the
04:18first.
04:19It's Johnstone and Jack Charlton there.
04:27Bremner the first time, I think, in the second half.
04:29We've seen him moving up with the attack up to Johnstone.
04:33Number seven.
04:35It's a beauty!
04:36And how did Law miss it?
04:38He could only have been an inch away.
04:41That's to Charlton.
04:43Not had one full-blooded shot from Charlton yet, so that'll do.
04:47And what a goal!
04:51Well, that's Charlton at his most menacing.
04:57Seventeen minutes left for play, and it's 4-2 for England.
05:02Look at the pack system in work now for England.
05:05This is Ball, he's got Hunt there with him.
05:12And is that inside, or is it outside?
05:17And...
05:18I only hope that...
05:21And if the referee thinks that is an indirect free kick...
05:25And it's been...
05:29But it is an indirect free kick.
05:33Well, the Scots can always claim that they've been trying for years to get this...
05:36Perhaps the worst law in the football law book changed, and do away with indirect free kicks.
05:43Charlton...
05:45To Scotland, trail 4-2.
05:50Baxter...
05:51Johnstone...
05:52He's scored!
05:56And Jimmy Johnstone has scored Scotland's third with ten minutes to go.
06:05Well, these are the moments when the spot of desperation can creep into the play of both teams.
06:10The team that keeps the coolest will win it.
06:13It's number seven, Johnstone.
06:18Outside the area.
06:20In.
06:24Who's gonna take it?
06:26Johnstone, number seven.
06:27No, Baxter.
06:31That was Greg touching that one when he was going straight for law.
06:40England now clinging on to their 4-3 lead.
06:44The cameraman masked behind the English goal.
06:47England don't look ten yards.
06:49In goes law.
06:52Corner.
06:54Tremendous pressure by Scotland now in these dying five minutes.
07:00England, eleven men back in defence.
07:05This is now tremendous stuff.
07:07It's been a great second half, but these last few minutes have been stupendous.
07:13Johnstone.
07:15Bremner.
07:15That's a penalty.
07:20That is a penalty, I would say.
07:23Well, without a doubt, I would have said that was inside.
07:28So the score now reads that it should have been two penalties each.
07:38And it's off the line by Styles.
07:42Well, those lucky enough to have seen this game will talk about it for years.
07:47Is he offside?
07:48No, he's not.
07:50No, he's not.
07:50And a chance for Kanelli.
07:53And a fine tackle.
07:55That's by McKinnon, who's almost out on his feet.
07:59No, he's not.
08:08No.
08:14No, no.
08:16No.
08:18No.
08:20over England have beaten Scotland by four goals to three after this tremendous match
08:28and so one of the greatest battles between England and Scotland ends with the traditional
08:34changing of shirts and a match which no one will forget a tremendous match won by England
08:42for three a match in which Scotland were outclassed in the first half and then came back in the second
08:48inspired by law and by Bremner making England go flat out

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