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North Korea’s fairytale in the 1966 World Cup

North Korea have clinched a place in the World Cup finals for the first time since 1966. That appearance in England remains one of the most extraordinary in the history of the finals perhaps as extraordinary as the fact that the North Korean team of today is almost as much as an enigma emerging from a closed society as that of their predecessor over forty years ago.

Read the full article at Pitch Invasion.

Pitch Invasion @ Jun 17, 2009 8:16 PM EDT | Blog Profile

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