Not until Euro 2000 did England again beat (west) Germany in a competitive fixture. Netzer himself, the architect of the victory at Wembley, soon faded from the international stage, but for ...

How West Germany won Euro 1972: ... West Germany defeated England in the quarter-finals over two legs to reach the four-team final tournament, ... West Germany’s best player was Gunter Netzer, ...

West Germany of the cold-war 1970s, with long-haired Gerd Mueller, lank-haired Gunter Netzer and afro-haired Paul Breitner, won almost everything under the command of "Der Kaizer", Franz Beckenbauer.

Playmaker and playboy, rebel and realist, multi-faceted businessman and prize-winning television pundit: Günter Netzer, who has turned 80, was the first true Bundesliga superstar.

FIFA recounts the fascinating battle between Gunter Netzer and Wolfgang Overath for a place in West Germany's XI at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.