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1966 World Cup |
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The World Cup of
1966 will not just be remembered as
the year of England's greatest triumph. On Teesside it will also be
remembered as the year North Korea re-wrote the history books by beating
Italy in the one of the World Cup's biggest ever shocks. |
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Ayresome Park was chosen ahead of
St. James' Park due to a dispute regarding the lease of the ground,
between Newcastle City Council and Newcastle United.
Boro took advantage of the situation to improve parts of the ground,
adding seats to the East End and the North and South Terraces. Boro
could now boast almost 13,000 seats, which made Ayresome Park one of
the best grounds in the country. Ayresome
Park played host to three games in group four which was made up of
USSR, North Korea, Chile and Italy. The other group games were
played at Roker Park, Sunderland. |
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At Ayresome Park, in the opening game of the group, USSR
beat North Korea 3-0 in front of 23,006 fans. Two goals in a minute,
with half an hour gone, were enough to kill off the plucky Koreans. USSR
added a third in the dying minutes. Up the road Italy beat Chile 2-0 at Roker Park. |
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In the second round of matches Ayresome Park hosted the North Korean's against Chile.
The South Americans dominated the first half and took a deserved lead, after 26 minutes,
from the penalty spot. However, the Korean's were to stage a fight back and earned a draw
with a goal in the dying minutes, from Pak Seung-zin. The following night,
at Roker Park, the Soviet Union
booked their place in the quarter finals with a 1-0 win over Italy.
A draw for Italy in their final game would see them
safely through to the next round. |
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No substitutes were allowed in the tournament, so the
Italian's had to manage with just ten men, when Bulgarelli was
stretchered off after 30 minutes, following a knee injury.
The 18,829 fans inside Ayresome
Park, including more than 3,000 Italian's, sensed that there could be an upset and their belief
was confirmed when Pak Doo-ik put the Korean's ahead just before
half-time |
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Italy had 45 minutes to save
themselves but they failed to make their possession count against a
resolute Korean defence. The Boro crowd had taken the Korean's to
their hearts and gave them a tremendous send-off when the final
whistle blew.
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The Korean's had to wait for the result of
the final match in the group between Chile and USSR. Chile
could pip the Korean's if they won, but even a weakened USSR
side ran-out 2-1 winners at Roker Park.
Disappointingly the attendances at Ayresome Park were the
lowest of all the World Cup venues, but then Boro had just
been relegated to the Third Division for the first time in
their history. |
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Group 4 Results at Ayresome Park |
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Date: 12th July 1966 |
USSR 3
North Korea 0 |
Att: 23,006 |
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USSR: Kavasashvili,
Ponomarev, Shesterniev, Khurtsilava, Ostrovski, Sabo, Sichinava,
Chislenko, Malafeev, Banishevski, Khusainov
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| Scorers: Malafeev (2),
Banishevski |
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North Korea: Chan-myong,
Li-sup, Yung-kyoo, Zoong-sun, Bong-chil, Seung-zin, Seung-hwi,
Bong-jin, Doo-ik, Ryong-woon, Seung-il
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Date: 15th July 1966 |
North Korea 1
Chile 1 |
Att: 13,792 |
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North Korea: Chan-myong,
Li-sup, Yung-kyoo, Zoong-sun, Yoon-kyung, Seung-zin, Seung-hwi,
Bong-jin, Doo-ik, Dong-woon, Seung-il
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| Scorer: Seung-zin |
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Chile: Olivares,
Valentini, Cruz, Figueroa, Villanueva, Prieto, Marcos, Fouilloux,
Landa, Araya, Sanchez
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| Scorer: Marcos (pen) |
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Date: 19th July 1966 |
North Korea 1
Italy 0 |
Att: 17,829 |
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North Korea: Chan-myhung,
Zoong-sun, Yung-kyoo, Yung-won, Yoon-kyung, Seung-hwi, Bong-jin,
Doo-ik, Seung-zin, Bong-hwan, Sung-kook
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| Scorer: Doo-ik |
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Itlay: Albertosi,
Landini, Faccheti, Guarneri, Janich, Fogli, Perani, Bulgarelli,
Mazzola, Rivera, Barison
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Group 4 Results at Roker Park |
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Date: 13th July 1966 |
Italy 2
Chile 0 |
Att:
27,199 |
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Date: 16th July 1966 |
Soviet Union 1
Italy 0 |
Att: 27,793 |
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Date: 20th July 1966 |
Soviet
Union 2
Chile 1 |
Att: 16,027 |
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Final Group 4 Table |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| USSR |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
| North Korea |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
| Italy |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Chile |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
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USSR played Hungary in the
quarter-finals at Roker Park and ran out 2-1 winners, but their
world cup campaign ended at Goodison Park in the semi-finals,
when they were beaten 2-1 by West Germany.
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North Korea went on to play
Portugal in the quarter-finals and almost pulled off another
upset. They shocked the Portuguese by taking a 3-0 lead at
Goodison Park, only for the great Eusebio to
score four, as
Portugal fought back to win 5-3.
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