60th anniversary of a football lesson.

The Magical Magyars and Manchester United managers.
Hungary thrashed England at Wembley in November 1953.

Monday is the 60th anniversary of England's infamous 6-3 defeat by Hungary at Wembley. You might not expect the 'Magical Magyars' and former Manchester United managers Ron Atkinson and Tommy Docherty to have much in common, but they were actually all inspired by the same remarkable Englishman.

Jimmy Hogan was his name and he was a pioneering coach across Europe in the first half of the 20th Century.

His favoured tactics, which demanded versatility and the ability to pass the ball on what he always called "the carpet", were a forerunner of what would become known in the 1970s as 'Total Football' but he paid a heavy price back home for being a few decades ahead of his time, and was largely ignored.