MPX5147990: English League Division One match at Upton Park West Ham United 0 v Manchester City 4. Action from the matchDecember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147991: English League Division One match at Upton Park West Ham United 0 v Manchester City 4. Action during the matchDecember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5148054: England's preparations for the World Cup finals in July are hotting up. Mr Alf Ramsey, the team manager has gathered 27 players together at Lilleshall, Shropshire, for 12 days of training. He will name 22 next Friday for the Continental tour, and these men, he says, "will be the World Cup squad. " The problem is, which 5 to leave out? Mr Ramsey hopes to find the answer during the training, "although it will be the hardest decision I have ever had to make. " Our photo shows the players being put through their paces during a training session. 9th June 1966 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5148765: English League Division One match at Hillsborough. Sheffield Wednesday 1 v Manchester United 1. United 's George Best leaps up to meet Francis Burns free kick to save a point for United. 16th September 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5148775: English League Division One match at Hillsborough. Sheffield Wednesday 1 v Liverpool 1. Wedneday's Sam Ellis battles Peter Thompson of Liverpool for the ball. 30th August 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5148782: English League Division One match at Hillsborough. Sheffield Wednesday 1 v Manchester United 1. A near miss for Sheffield Wednesday as goalkeeper Peter Springett dives frantically to try and save a Bobby Charlton shot, which ended up going just wide. 16th September 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5148786: English League Division One match at Hillsborough. Sheffield Wednesday 1 v Manchester United 1. Whitham of Sheffield Wednesday jumps up for the ball with Manchester United defender Dunne. 16th September 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147605: English League Division One match at Stamford BridgeChelsea 1 v Everton 1. Action from the matchNovember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147606: English League Division One match at Stamford BridgeChelsea 1 v Everton 1. Chelsea centre-half John Dempsey falls over the back of Everton forward Joe Royle, after a heading duel. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147610: English League Division One match at Stamford BridgeChelsea 1 v Everton 1. Action from the game. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147612: English League Division One match at Stamford BridgeChelsea 1 v Everton 1. Action from the game. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147613: English League Division One match at Stamford BridgeChelsea 1 v Everton 1. Action from the matchNovember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147620: Very handy when you are on stilts - football ground walls might as well not be there. Malcolm Parry, 14, of Gorton, Manchester, who is learning stiltwalking, has a look at a match (They are 10 ft. tall on the stilts). November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147634: 14-year-old Susan Lee surrounded by pictures of her favourite soccer stars wearing her Manchester United football strip. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147635: Jimmy Greaves, of Tottenham Hosppur and England, pictured training for the Daily Mirror World Cup Rally on the BSM "Skid Pan" at Brands Hatch. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147643: Jimmy Greaves, of Tottenham Hosppur and England, pictured training for the Daily Mirror World Cup Rally on the BSM "Skid Pan" at Brands Hatch. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147646: Referees of a local football league in training exercises during a course run for the competition. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147647: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. Action from the match November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147649: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. United players celebrate a goal November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147651: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. Denis Law celebrates a goalNovember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147655: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. Action from the match November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147666: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. United goalkeeper Alex StepneyNovember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147667: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. Troublemaker is escorted out of the ground by policeNovember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147669: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. Troublemaker is escorted out of the ground by policeNovember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147686: Burnley v. Newcastle. Action from match. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147693: English League Division One match. Burnley 0 v Newcastle United 1. Action from the match. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147695: English League Division One match at Highfield RoadCoventry City 1 v Manchester United 2. Action from the match November 1969 John Aston of Manchester United beats George Curtis and Mick Coop of Coventry to the ball. November 1969(photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147697: Burnley v. Newcastle. Action from match. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147701: Burnley v. Newcastle. Action from match. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147702: Sport Amateur Football: Family football match at Christchurch between Goodmans and Bunyans. Teams chair the captains, Percy Bunyan (left) and Arthur Goodman. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147706: English League Division One match. Burnley 0 v Newcastle United 1. Action from the match. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147714: Sport. Football. Everton v. Nottingham Forest. Action from the match. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147726: English League Division One match at Stamford BridgeChelsea 1 v Coventry City 0. Action from the match November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147732: Gordon Charlton, brother of England International Jack and Bobby Charlton. December 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147733: English League Division One match at Goodison ParkEverton 0 v Liverpool 3. Action from the match. December 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5147751: English League Division One match at Goodison ParkEverton 0 v Liverpool 3. Injured player attended to as the referee looks onDecember 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images