What's wrong with this sequence from Goal Post, The New Republic's special purpose World Cup blog?
The Suez Canal conflict of 1963 was Great Britain’s last attempt to bring back the Empire by trying to forge a stronghold in the Arab countries. However as the history books show, the Brits were humiliated and sent packing (as where the French) ... And this helped usher in a new era of football violence. The massive celebrations that took place after England won the World Cup three years later in 1966 was not, as the papers suggested, a celebration of the beautiful game. It was the emasculated male population expressing a sense of relief that victory was once again
UPDATE: He finally got the word that Suez was in 1956.
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