Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Why Africa boycotted the 1966 World Cup...

Ghana's Osei Kofi was once described as being the equal of the legendary George Best by Gordon Banks, a World Cup winner in 1966.

Given the Northern Irishman's status as one of football's greatest ever players, that was some claim.

But the odds are you've never heard of Kofi, who put four goals past Banks when they met in two club friendlies.

This would largely be because a player nicknamed "One Man Symphony Orchestra" or, less poetically, "Wizard Dribbler" never got to unfurl his wing play at a World Cup.

He was denied the chance when Africa dramatically boycotted the 1966 finals.

At the time, Ghana's "Black Stars" were back-to-back African champions, having won in 1963 and 1965. Full story...

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