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66 And 74 World Cups Fixed
Topic Started: Jun 26 2008, 10:30 PM (364 Views)
Monty
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The 1966 World Cup held in England has been the centre of a number of conspiracy theories over the years. These include England’s quarter final victory over Argentina when the hosts won 1-0 after the South Americans had seen their captain Antonio Rattin controversially handed a straight red card for arguing with the referee.

It has been claimed that there was a plot for England to win the World Cup, and the referee from this game was German, while the official in Germany’s quarter final win over Uruguay was English. The controversy continued in the final with Geoff Hurst’s famous ‘was it over the line?’ goal.

Joao Havelange, who was FIFA President from 1974 until 1998 is certain to have further fuelled these conspiracy theories by openly stating that the 1966 and ’74 World Cups were fixed.

"In the three matches that the Brazilian national team played in 1966, of the three referees and six linesmen, seven were British and two were Germans," Havelange told Folha de Sao Paulo.

"Brazil went out, Pele ‘exited’ through injury [following some rough defensive play], and England and Germany entered into the final, just as the Englishman Sir Stanley Rous, who was the President of FIFA at the time, had wanted.

"In Germany in 1974 the same thing happened. During the Brazil-Holland match, the referee was German, we lost 2-0 and Germany won the title," said Havelange.

"We were the best in the world, and had the same team that had won the World Cup in 1962 in Chile and 1970 in Mexico, but it was planned for the host countries to win.”

World Cup hosts have been at the centre of many conspiracy claims over the year. In 1978 Argentina needed to beat Copa America holders Peru by four clear goals to reach the final ahead of Brazil. They won 6-0 but their were dark rumours that Peru, who had an Argentine-born goalkeeper, had thrown the game. Meanwhile in 2002, minnows South Korea were at the centre of similar claims as they finished fourth after seeing a host of dubious decisions go their way in the victories over Italy and Spain
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66 was not a fix :angry: 2018 will be ;)
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Monty
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Jun 26 2008, 10:32 PM
66 was not a fix  :angry:  2018 will be ;)

Dirty cheats, tut tut.
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Monu
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G00NER4LYF
Jun 26 2008, 10:32 PM
66 was not a fix :angry: 2018 will be ;)

What have you got to worry about, that 66 win has been rinsed.
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makethat10
Jun 26 2008, 10:33 PM
G00NER4LYF
Jun 26 2008, 10:32 PM
66 was not a fix  :angry:  2018 will be ;)

Dirty cheats, tut tut.

If you say so :P
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roo86
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just people looking to much into things..just coincidences or are they :S
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roo86
Jun 26 2008, 10:37 PM
just people looking to much into things..just coincidences or are they :S

It may just be unfair influence which does border fixing :S
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The 1978 WC was believed to be fixed, not by FIFA, but by the junta in charge of Argentina at the time and their President Videla (i think his name) who paid off ppl and also put pressure on some officials.

But if we're going to look at all dubious decisions then I think the 1986 WC was a fix too, i'm sure i remember there was a little fella sticking the ball in the goal with his hand, now what was his name :S
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Definite cheats :fishing: That "goal" was never over the line
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treble
Jun 26 2008, 11:10 PM
The 1978 WC was believed to be fixed, not by FIFA, but by the junta in charge of Argentina at the time and their President Videla (i think his name) who paid off ppl and also put pressure on some officials.

But if we're going to look at all dubious decisions then I think the 1986 WC was a fix too, i'm sure i remember there was a little fella sticking the ball in the goal with his hand, now what was his name :S

No way Treb, a player used his hand to score a goal and got away with it???
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lol, well that's my point you can use any incident in certain world cup finals and say oh it was fixed. I don't believe the 86 WC was fixed, but that also applies to the others, except the argument for 1978 because that was influenced by the host nations dictatorship not FIFA or any footballing agenda.
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It's a sad state of affairs when tournaments are accused of being fixed.
Simmer...
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Had to be a fix in 66 england won it :cheeky:
F**k Damien Duff
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