Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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On the back of a recent chat with Mark McGhee who recalled Celtic going through to the Third Round of the 69/70 European Cup on the toss of the refs coin, after a 3-3 aggregate draw with Benfica with two 3-0 results so no away goals and before the days of penalty shootouts.
Which got me thinking, and perhaps an older NSCer might know the answer, what was the contingency plan if England vs West Germany had ended a draw after 120 minutes in July 1966?
Like I said Penalties weren’t a thing, in fact didn’t feature in any major international competition until the 1976 Euro’s (The Panenka), so was it a replay at Wembley the first week in August or would the greatest football show on earth have gone down to heads or tails?
Which got me thinking, and perhaps an older NSCer might know the answer, what was the contingency plan if England vs West Germany had ended a draw after 120 minutes in July 1966?
Like I said Penalties weren’t a thing, in fact didn’t feature in any major international competition until the 1976 Euro’s (The Panenka), so was it a replay at Wembley the first week in August or would the greatest football show on earth have gone down to heads or tails?
