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The draw for the 2010 World Blind Football Championship was held on Monday 12 April 2010 at Wembley Stadium in London and overseen by Sir Trevor Brooking, the Football Association's Director of Football Development, and George Cohen, who was part of England's winning team at the 1966 World Cup.
During the 1966 World Cup it was used by the Portuguese national team as a training ground and has also had the honour of hosting a soccer school run by Brazilian legend Jairzinho during the summer of 1993.
An international for 12 years, Hilário represented the Portuguese national team at the 1966 World Cup.
Later he was selected as one of the English referees at the 1966 World Cup, gaining some notoriety there for his handling of the Uruguay versus West Germany quarter-final in which he sent off Horacio Troche and Héctor Silva.
José Carlos represented the country at the 1966 World Cup in England: he appeared twice in the tournament, against England in the semifinals and the Soviet Union in the third-place match, the latter ending in a 2–1 triumph.
Kreitlein is perhaps best known for having refereed the 1966 World Cup quarter-final match between England and Argentina in which he dismissed Antonio Rattín from the field of play in the 35th minute of the game for dissent.
Following a drunken celebration at a bar with other expatriates over England's 1966 World Cup victory, Lane excitedly tells the other SCDP partners that he has arranged a lunch meeting with a fellow Englishman he met at the bar, Edwin Baker, over possible representation for Jaguar Cars in America.
The commentary was done by Kenneth Wolstenholme who is famous for the words “some people are on the pitch, they think its all over, it is now” at the end of the 1966 World Cup Final.
He was nicknamed "Banks" after 1966 World Cup winner and former Hellenic goalkeeper Gordon Banks, when he saved a fierce penalty kick from the British XI's Rod Marsh.
English player Alan Ball (1966 World Cup winner) played for the Club during 1982/83 season.
Benfica prepared for the final at Harlow's Sportcentre; their team included the top scorer from the 1966 World Cup, Eusébio.