Why England Didn't Win the 1970 World Cup (Ep 2)
6/10/202656 min
Could England have won the 1970 World Cup if their star goalkeeper, Gordon Banks, hadn't contracted food poisoning the day before the quarter-final? And could the CIA have had anything to do with England's 60 years of hurt?
David and Gordon are joined by journalist Gabriel Gatehouse to get to the bottom of whether the CIA poisoned England's World Cup ambitions.
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Listen to Gabriel's full investigation, Foul Play: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/foul-play/id1896803199
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First 90 secondsDavid McCloskey· Host0:00
[upbeat music] For exclusive interviews, bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to series, first look at live show tickets, a weekly newsletter, and discounted books, join the Declassified club at therestisclassified.com. [upbeat music] Could a secret CIA team have conspired to destroy the chances of England's football team? And could that secret have been kept until now, or does it belong in the world of conspiracy theories? Well, welcome to The Rest Is Classified. I'm David McCloskey.
Gordon Corera· Host0:42
And I'm Gordon Corera.
David McCloskey· Host0:43
And we are in the second and final part of our exploration of [laughs] as, as Gordon has written in my notes, one of the darkest claims we have ever looked at on the show, which is the idea that the Central Intelligence Agency might have poisoned, might have poisoned, Gordon, England's goalkeeper during the 1970 World Cup.
Gordon Corera· Host1:08
That's right. I mean, what an allegation.
David McCloskey· Host1:11
It is.
Gordon Corera· Host1:11
Of all the things we've looked at, this is, um, amongst the most serious and the darkest. Um, but we are looking at this issue of whether it is indeed possible that, uh, during the 1970 World Cup, England's heroic goalkeeper, Gordon Banks, could