Thrills, spills and stomach trouble: a history of England’s World Cup openers

Tom Finney sparred with the Soviets, the ‘golden generation’ raised hopes – and the heroes of ‘66 were booed off at Wembley

Goals from Stan Mortensen and Wilf Mannion helped England secure a comfortable victory over Chile in Rio, only for them to lose their next two matches against USA and Spain and head home early.

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