World Cup Tales: This Little Bird (1962)

Chile, 1962 As in 1930 and 1950, the first World Cup of the 1960s was held in South America, after pressure from the two American federations persuaded FIFA to take the competition back across the Atlantic following consecutive tournaments in Europe. Argentina were the favourites to be awarded hosting rights, but eventually lost out to […]

World Cup Tales: The Gentle Giant (1958)

Sweden, 1958 Between the second and third World Cups of the 1950s, FIFA was struck by tragedy as Jules Rimet, Henri Delauney and Rodolphe Seeldrayers all passed away. Englishman Arthur Drewery took the reins as head of FIFA, though his most notable contribution to the game by this point had been selecting the England team […]