Wembley, 25 November 1953. The scoreline is the whole title of the match in England: people say six three and everyone knows.
What England believed
England had invented the game and had not lost at home to a team from outside the British Isles. That record had held since international football began. The domestic view was that continental sides played neatly and would not cope with English pace.
England had also never entered a World Cup until 1950, and had lost to the United States when they did.
What Hungary were
Hungary had won the 1952 Olympic tournament and had not lost since May 1950. Gusztav Sebes was the coach. The side is remembered as the Aranycsapat, the Golden Team.
Their innovation was positional rather than physical. Nandor Hidegkuti wore the number nine but played behind the forwards, in the gap between the opposition centre half and midfield. English defenders marked by number, so the centre half followed him out and left the space, or stayed and let him have the ball.
The match
Hidegkuti scored in the first minute and had three by the end. Puskas scored twice, including the one where he pulled the ball back with the sole of his foot as Billy Wright slid past him and finished into the roof of the net.
England scored three, which in most accounts is forgotten.
The rematch
England went to Budapest on 23 May 1954 for the return. It finished seven one. It is still England's heaviest defeat.
What became of them
Hungary went to the 1954 World Cup as favourites, beat West Germany eight three in the group stage, and lost to them three two in the final.
In November 1956 Soviet tanks entered Budapest. Puskas, Kocsis and Czibor did not go home. Puskas was thirty one before he played for Real Madrid, where he scored four goals in a European Cup final.
The team that changed how the game was taught existed for about six years.