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9 unusual facts about 1970 FIFA World Cup


1969–70 Bundesliga

The situation was impaired by the upcoming World Cup, which was to begin only three weeks after the end of the season.

1979–80 British Home Championship

Apart from disappointing Scottish performances in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, no British side had been represented at a major football tournament since England were knocked out by Germany at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Caracol Radio

In 1970 it would acquire exclusive broadcasting rights for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Horst-Dieter Höttges

He was further a member of the squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup (third place finish) and was a starter for his country in the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final against in Brussels on 18 June.

Kurt Tschenscher

He was appointed to quarter-finals at both Euro 1968 and Euro 1972, and a semi-final at Euro 1968, as well as the opening group stage game between Mexico and the Soviet Union at the 1970 World Cup, which saw him become the first referee to show a yellow card in a match.

Pra Frente, Brasil

It tells the fictional story of a man mistakenly arrested by a group linked to the military dictatorship during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Ralph Coates

He was a member of the initial squad for the 1970 World Cup but was not selected for the final squad which travelled to Mexico.

SSV Markranstädt

Rudi Glöckner worked as a referee in East Germany's top flight DDR-Oberliga from 1959–1977 and officiated in the final of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

Wolfgang Overath

As well as the World Cup victory in 1974, he was at the heart of the West German midfield when they reached the final in 1966 and achieved third place in 1970.


América Televisión

While the station carried both the 1970 and 1978 World Cups, in which the Peruvian national team was highly competitive, and the station added a news program in Quechua in the early 1970s (before its revival as an official language of the country), a major change came about when the military government of the time expropriated 51% of the shares in the station.

Carl Gentile

He then played three 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification matches, all three wins, the first over Canada and the next two over Bermuda.

Mauricio Manzano

José Mauricio Manzano López (born 30 September 1943 in San Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Midfielder

One of the foremost practitioners of playing from either flank was German winger Jürgen Grabowski, whose flexibility helped Germany to fourth place in the 1970 World Cup, and the world title in 1974.

PFC Akademik Sofia

In this period two players from Akademik have played for the Bulgarian national squad during at FIFA World Cup: Ivan Dimitrov in 1970 and Mladen Vasilev in 1974.

Salvador Mariona

Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera (born 27 December 1943 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador) is a retired soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Willie Henderson

In an interview with the Scotland on Sunday newspaper in April 2006, Henderson admitted that Scotland's failure to qualify for the 1966 and 1970 World Cups was a great disappointment to him as Scotland at that time had one of the best teams in Europe.


see also

Zé Maria

José Maria Rodrigues Alves (born 1949), footballer, 1970 FIFA World Cup champion