News about Henry Cockburn

The World Cup's humiliation, failures, and goalkeeper clangers are all telling the tale of humiliation, shaming, and goalkeeper clangers

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 24, 2022
You end up with an embarrassing combination of ritual crucifixion, comical blunders, and goalkeeping last rites when you cross England with the USA and the World Cup. The FA's approach in 1950, perhaps the most notable defeat in Belo Horizonte, when the FA's strategy was so casual, they sent Stanley Matthews through a goodwill tour of Canada, allowing Jack Aston and Henry Cockburn to tour the USA with Manchester United on the way.