Rewind to 1966

Chollima upset Italy

July 19, 2012
By Jon Carter
(Archive)
Italy have been one of football's most successful teams since winning back to back World Cups in 1934 and 1938. However, they fell to one of the most shocking defeats in history on July 19, 1966, when they lost 1-0 to World Cup debutants North Korea.

Middlesbrough seems an odd place for one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history to take place but, with England on their way to their only win in the competition in 1966, Teessiders' attentions were momentarily diverted by a true underdog ...

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