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England v Hungary – a football match that started a revolution

Posted by Joseph & Jazmin on November 23, 2013March 22, 2014

BBC News – England v Hungary – a football match that started a revolution

Sixty years ago, a football match shook the foundations of the British Empire and encouraged a previously unthinkable dream of freedom in Hungary.

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