Hello and welcome to the second episode of 'Good Vibrations'. Thank you so much for joining me on this exciting expedition through the swinging sixties.

On today's episode we are exploring the World Cup of 1966, England's famous victory and what it meant to a country in decline. Football is deeply embedded in working class culture, and this class consciousness of the game stretches back decades, but with England winning their first major trophy this year (2022), I will be asking - what went wrong? Along the way we will be joined by a very special guest, David Kynaston, who's book series 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' charts the post-war British journey, and turned 15 on the day England won the Jules Rimet trophy, so he knows his stuff!

My deepest thanks to David for allowing me to interview him.

During the first Coronavirus lockdown, FIFA livestreamed and subsequently uploaded the full 1966 World Cup Final. It can be found here.

World Cup ‘66

66 on ’66 – Matt Eastley

England and the 1966 World Cup: A Cultural History – John Hughson

Out of Time – Peter Chapman

The 1966 World Cup Final: Minute by Minute – Jonathan Mayo

Memoir/biography

1966: My World Cup Story – Sir Bobby Charlton

This Boy – Alan Johnson

Winning Isn't Everything: A Biography of Sir Alf Ramsey – Dave Bowler

General History

The History of Modern Britain - Andrew Marr

White Heat - Dominic Sandbrook

The Sixties - Arthur Marwick

Waterloo Sunrise: London From the Sixties to Thatcher - John Davis

The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class - Selina Todd

Thinking Black: Britain, 1964-1985 - Rob Waters

All the first team squads have written books at various points in life:

Banksy – Gordon Banks

My Autobiography – George Cohen

The Autobiography – Jack Charlton

Bobby Moore – Bobby Moore (Jeff Powell)

My Life in Soccer – Ray Wilson

After The Ball – Nobby Stiles

Playing Extra Time – Alan Ball

The Ghost of ’66 – Martin Peters

Hunt For Goals – Roger Hunt

The Autobiography – The England Years – Bobby Charlton

1966 And All That –  Geoff Hurst

And the manager…

Talking Football – Alf Ramsey

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Music in this episode:

Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod

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Night on the Docks - Sax by Kevin MacLeod

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