Hello and welcome to the second episode of 'Good Vibrations'. Thank you so much for joining me on this exciting expedition through the swinging sixties.
On today's episode we are exploring the World Cup of 1966, England's famous victory and what it meant to a country in decline. Football is deeply embedded in working class culture, and this class consciousness of the game stretches back decades, but with England winning their first major trophy this year (2022), I will be asking - what went wrong? Along the way we will be joined by a very special guest, David Kynaston, who's book series 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' charts the post-war British journey, and turned 15 on the day England won the Jules Rimet trophy, so he knows his stuff!
My deepest thanks to David for allowing me to interview him.
During the first Coronavirus lockdown, FIFA livestreamed and subsequently uploaded the full 1966 World Cup Final. It can be found here.
World Cup ‘66
66 on ’66 – Matt Eastley
England and the 1966 World Cup: A Cultural History – John Hughson
Out of Time – Peter Chapman
The 1966 World Cup Final: Minute by Minute – Jonathan Mayo
Memoir/biography
1966: My World Cup Story – Sir Bobby Charlton
This Boy – Alan Johnson
Winning Isn't Everything: A Biography of Sir Alf Ramsey – Dave Bowler
General History
The History of Modern Britain - Andrew Marr
White Heat - Dominic Sandbrook
The Sixties - Arthur Marwick
Waterloo Sunrise: London From the Sixties to Thatcher - John Davis
The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class - Selina Todd
Thinking Black: Britain, 1964-1985 - Rob Waters
All the first team squads have written books at various points in life:
Banksy – Gordon Banks
My Autobiography – George Cohen
The Autobiography – Jack Charlton
Bobby Moore – Bobby Moore (Jeff Powell)
My Life in Soccer – Ray Wilson
After The Ball – Nobby Stiles
Playing Extra Time – Alan Ball
The Ghost of ’66 – Martin Peters
Hunt For Goals – Roger Hunt
The Autobiography – The England Years – Bobby Charlton
1966 And All That – Geoff Hurst
And the manager…
Talking Football – Alf Ramsey
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Music in this episode:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
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Night on the Docks - Sax by Kevin MacLeod
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