Soccer International England: 3 Yugoslavia: 0 (1956)
Wembley Stadium, London. Start of the international football match between England and Yugoslavia. SV. Billy Wright and Captain of the Yugoslavia team Stankovic, toss up. Billy Wright wins and points the way he wants to kick. GV. Massed crowd. GV. Kick off. Yugoslavia kick from right to left, wearing dark shirts and white trunks. The ball is slipped back to half back Tasic who pushes it upfield and after a tussle between two Yugoslavs and an Englishman the ball is running towards the English goal. SV. Yugoslav player is running through and shoots, but Ted Ditchburn who has left his goal smothers the shot, gets up and kicks upfield. LV. Vladimir Beara waiting in his goal. SV. Tom Finney out on the right wing with the ball. He slips it inside to Stanley Matthews. Matthews sends it across in front of the Yugoslav goal. GV. Yugoslav goal. A Yugoslav defender tries to get it away but it goes onto Johnny Haynes who sends in a scorcher which Beara makes a wonderful save to push it away wide off the post. CU. T
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