"Not so much a football match as an international incident," was how legendary sports write Hugh McIlvanney described the 1966 World Cup quarter-final between England and Argentina.  England came into the match after a series of solid but unspectacular performances in the group stages - par for the course for an England team.  Argentina were in an incendiary mood after some robust displays which had led to a FIFA warning.  This warning, combined with the referee-selection process and the so-called "European" style of officiating, stoked a mood of paranoia ahead of the clash with England.  When the match came, there was a massive combustion, with Antonio Rattin (Argentina's captain) and Rudolf Kreitlein (the German referee) at the centre of the drama.  The fallout from the Wembley quarter-final would echo down the years.

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