[Lord Snooty]

May 30:

On this day in 1964, Ray Wilson of 2nd Division Huddersfield Town, played on one of the world's iconic stages, the Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro.

Sadly, he had already played his last game for Town, a 3-2 home win against Scunny. That's because in a few weeks time he would be sold to Everton. But for now he's a Town player, representing England in a mini tournament involving Brazil the hosts, Argentina and Portugal.

This was the 28th of the 30 caps he gained as a a Town player, he went on to total 63, but this one, against Brazil, didn't go very well. England had Bobby Moore as captain, Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves in the team. But Brazil had Pele, Rinaldo, Carlos Alberto, Gerson and Roberto Dias to name just a few of the stars in their line up.

It was 1-0 to the home team at half time, but then Greavsie equalised just after the break to give the Three Lions a bit of hope. That hope was soon snuffed out though with Rinaldo getting his second. Pele than made it three and Júlio Botelho made it four before Dias completed the scoring to finish off the game at 5-1 to Brazil.

They were favourites to win the World Cup in a couple of years time in England. We'll see about that.