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Geoffrey Green (12 May 1911 – 9 May 1990) was a distinguished English football writer. Geoffrey Green was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he played football to a high standard. He started writing for The Times in the 1930s when football was not afforded much respectability among the paper's traditional readership. He is considered to be the godfather of football reporting and the world's first anointed ''Football Correspondent'', although he remained anonymous in the paper until 23 January 1967. He also broadcast on football for BBC Radio. ==Match of the Century== Most noteworthy of his work was covering the ''Match of the Century'' on 25 November 1953, wherein the 'Magnificent Magyars' (Hungary) rammed England by 6-3 scoreline under the heading ''"A New Conception of Football"''. It was England's first defeat at Wembley, and the inventors of football were described by him as ''"strangers in a strange world."'' New Conception referred to the middle ground between ''"the hard hitting, open"'' British method and the ''"more subtle, probing infiltration"'' of the continental game. The best goal of the game was scored by Ferenc Puskas; having received the ball from Czibor on the right near the six-yard box when the England captain Billy Wright went towards him for the tackle, Puskas drew the ball back as Wright charged past ''"like a fire engine going to the wrong fire"'' leaving the Hungarian captain free to score from his powerful left-foot. Many football historians in England believe that it was this defeat that made English football thinking again, and the seeds of 1966 World Cup victory were sown. ''"English football can be proud of its past. But it must awake to a new future"''. The venerable Times offers this match-report on their site as part of its dedication to the game and for fans worldwide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoffrey Green」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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