1966 FIFA World Cup - Host Selection

Host Selection

England was chosen as host of the 1966 World Cup in Rome, Italy on 22 August 1960, over opposition from West Germany and Spain.

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Famous quotes containing the words host and/or selection:

    “The host is rushing ‘twixt night and day,
    And where is there hope or deed as fair?
    Caoilte tossing his burning hair,
    And Niamh calling Away, come away.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “When you consider the radiance, that it does not withhold
    itself but pours its abundance without selection into every
    nook and cranny”
    —Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)