Talk:Match of the Century (1953 England v Hungary football match)

message: *I believe you'll find the first international football match ever took place between England and Scotland in 1872.  Therefore the assertion that it was the first time the England National Football team had lost to a side from outside since 1863 is misleading and incorrect.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.110.249.85 (talk) 20:55, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No, and less than 30 years.  The first 2 internationals at Wembley were against Scotland: 1-1 in 1924 and 1-5 in 1928.  Joestynes 11:12, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. (The "30" I should have found myself). Is the 1-5 mentioned in Scottish history? ;-) -DePiep 11:49, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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message: Can I invite people please to look at the quality of this article. Someone has actioned a major re-write of this article and packed it with unreferenced POVs written in poor quality English (by that I mean when you read it a lot of it is unclear and doesn't make sense).
Decide for yourself.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.181.14.50 (talk) 20:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks - wanted to get away from my real name a bit, and I'm a geek at heart :-) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:50, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
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message: An example, possibly my favourite:
This highly successful system mated to a hardy, open, spontaneous and industrial style with its usually high quality personnel, united by a wondrous unmistakable English competitive spirit... - Dudesleeper talk 02:02, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
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message: Whether Ireland is part of "the British Isles" is debatable, but I think that the Football Association are still trying to label the defeat by Hungary as the first on English soil by a non-British team. It was not. England lost to Ireland in 1949, at Liverpool. Ausseagull (talk) 19:29, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no ambiguity that British Isles is a purely geographical term than includes the entire island of Ireland.  The term may be controversial in the Republic of Ireland, but that doesn't make its meaning ambiguous.  You can replace by "Britain and Ireland" if you feel strongly. Grover cleveland (talk) 04:35, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
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message: This article cites the BBC as stating that, prior to this match, England had been unbeaten at Wembley for 90 years. Wembley, however, was not built until 1923. The relevant section of the source is clumsily written, so it is unclear whether the author was unaware of when Wembley was built or whether he meant to imply that the record predated the stadium. Either way, I have amended the article to clarify the point. 81.178.218.109 (talk) 01:14, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the correction, and well done. Coopuk (talk) 22:17, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unbeaten at Wembley for 90 years. 

message: There is a move discussion in progress which affects this page. Please participate at Talk:Barbados v Grenada (1994) - Requested move and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RM bot 00:21, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
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message: This page has been moved a number of times since it was created. The current title is very clunky. I'd welcome comment about what it should be called. --Dweller (talk) 12:13, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd suggest 1953 England v Hungary football match ("Match of the Century"). Make the title exactly what it is, but include the common moniker so it is easily found by search. --John, AF4JM (talk) 12:59, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

text: Either 1953 England v Hungary football match, for consistency with several others, or England 3–6 Hungary (1953 association football friendly), for consistency with Hungary 7–1 England (1954 association football friendly). If anyone really does search for this game as Match of the Century, there's the dab page. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:07, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with Sturway2, though really Hungary 7–1 England (1954 association football friendly) should be moved back to 1954 Hungary vs England football match and this should then go to 1953 England v Hungary football match. I'd suggest opening up requested move for both of these articles --Super Nintendo Chalmers (talk) 09:52, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
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