COLIN ALLAN RECALLS WHEN ENGLAND MADE AN EARLY ‘EUROS’ EXIT IN 1963 UNDER THEIR NEW MANAGER

On the stretch: Jimmy Armfield playing for England in 1963

RON Flowers, England’s regular penalty taker, has the chance to equalise as he places the ball on the spot.
He can cancel France’s early lead in the first leg of this European Nations’ tie at Hillsborough on October 3, 1962.
The Yorkshire spectators are causing a racket but not for England. It has been a dubious decision by the Danish referee and England’s performance, so far, has been woeful. The 35,000-plus crowd is actually siding...