Hungary defeated England 7-1 on this day in 1954

There was no doubt England wanted revenge for their historic 6-3 thrashing at Wembley the previous November, but somehow there still remained some complacency, a feeling that the first ever victory for a continental team over England on British soil had been a one-off and that with the morale boost of World Cup qualification having been secured (thanks to a 4-2 away win at the 'auld enemy' Scotland), normal service would be resumed.

However, a warning had come earlier in their Eastern European tour with a single-goal defeat against Yugoslavia in Belgrade and despite the return of vastly-experienced Preston winger Tom Finney to a much different lineup, there would be no early return to dominance. Gusztáv Sebes' 1952 Olympic gold medal-winning team, this time with József Tóth II starting in place of László Budai II, started where they'd left off nearly seven months earlier, dominating possession and scoring almost at will.

Defender Mihály Lantos opened the scoring on eight minutes and Puskás and Sándor Kocsis made it three-nil after just half an hour. Kocsis doubled his personal tally 11 minutes into the second half, Tóth II made it five and Nándor Hidegkuti followed up his Wembley hat-trick with Hungary's sixth goal, before Ivor Broadis scored England's only goal in the 68th minute. Puskás scored Hungary's seventh and final goal in the 73rd minute to put the seal on another resounding victory which laid the perfect foundation for Sebes to lead his squad to the FIFA World Cup in Switzerland the following month.