Soccer/Football

... soccer was still eleven vs eleven with no subs allowed. If a player got injured, tough. FA Cup finals were regularly marred by the Wembley Hoodoo - serious injuries that meant players either had to leave the field or hobble on to the end.

In 1953 Stanley Matthews built his legend against a less than half fit fullback, and when England played Scotland in 1967 Jack Charlton broke his toe early on and had to play the rest of the game as an emergency striker whileGeoff Hurst filled in in defence.

As one columnist opposed to substitutes at the time put it: "I want to see fight, not fakes!".