A Postcard Home - World Cup Souvenir 1966
Argentina v Switzerland Group 2 First Round game held on 19th July 1966 at Hillsborough, Sheffield.
Argentina won 2-0 courtesy of second half goals from Luis Artime, who with 24 goals from 25 appearances is one of Argentina’s most prolific international goalscorers and Ermindo Onega. Argentina finished second in Group 2 and went on to meet England in the quarter-finals to whom they lost 1-0 at Wembley.
Switzerland finished bottom of Group 2 with the worst playing record of any of the sixteen participating nations. They lost all three group games scoring only one goal and conceding nine.
