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It was sixty years ago that England played Mexico in the group stage of the 1966 World Cup at Wembley Stadium. It was the only England game I missed seeing live, as it was the twenty-first birthday party of one of my work friends, Rowena Higgs. I have to say that I sat on my own in her family's living room watching it on their TV. That is to say, except for her father, who joined me on numerous occasions. (It was he who gave me the season ticket in the main stand at Chelsea for the second half of the 1964/5 season). England won 2-0, which included that wonderful goal from Bobby Charlton.
Fast forward sixty years, and England once again beat Mexico in the World Cup, this time at their iconic Estadio Azteca. No, I didn't stay up to watch the game. I didn't even record the match, as I knew it was on iPlayer. I was not convinced they would win, but as one report on the BBC website confirmed, maybe this was England's best victory since 1966.
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