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Mark Hughes scoring with a spectacular volley for Wales against Spain in April 1985. Wales won 3-0..

“I remember the ball going into the box,” says Hughes, who was 21 at the time. “I didn’t challenge for the initial one – I just stepped out, thinking it might drop. It came into my direction and bounced quite high. I actually thought the referee had blown his whistle. I don’t know whether somebody in the crowd blew a whistle, but I thought there’d been a foul. The ball came up and I thought, ‘Why not just hit it and see where it goes?’

“I used to stand on that terrace as a young lad and cheer Wrexham on, so to do it in front of the Wrexham Kop was a special moment for me.”

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Leonard Piątek (1st from the right) scoring from the penalty spot to put Poland 3-2 ahead in the 73rd minute.

Poland v Hungary. Warsaw on 27th August 1939.

Poland came from 2-0 down to win 4-2. Their first ever win in nine attempts over the Hungarians.

Of the twelve players who were selected for Poland that day .

The starting eleven and the one reserve player, all survived the Second World War. Four would play full internationals for Poland after the end of the War .

On Sunday 3 September 1939, in Warsaw, Poland had been scheduled to play Bulgaria. However, Germany invaded Poland on 1st September. World War Two had started.

A famous Scottish international player, Alex. James, who in the summer of 1939 temporarily helped the Polish coach Josef Kaluza with training of Polish players, had left Warsaw to return to Britain a few days earlier. It is likely he too felt that war was imminent and wanted to escape the country.

He had spent six weeks there, working with the Polish coach and members of the national team. He had taught them modern tactics and led several training sessions. James had also played in one or two friendly games with Warsaw's teams.

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