Sunday, 20 May 1956 - All five forwards of West Germany's victorious 1954 World Cup Final are among the eighteen players chosen to prepare for Saturday's match.They are Friedrich and Ottmar Walter, Hans Schäfer, Max Morlock and Helmut Rahn. Other forwards are Erwin Waldner, Pfaeff and Schroeder. None of these eight forwards played in the last time these countries met in December 1954. Werner Liebrich, stalwart centre-half of the Final team, who was also at Wembley, is among five half-backs chosen. They include Robert Chlienz, the one-armed player from Stuttgart. Friedrich Herkenrath, who played in that 1954 match, is one of two goalkeepers chosen. Heinz Wewers gets another chance, after last playing for the West German side in 1951. The Germans are all part-timers on a fixed rate of £25 per month. They will get neither fee nor bonus for playing against England.

Thursday, 24 May 1956 - It was ladies' day at the German camp this afternoon. The players had a party under the trees in the grounds of their training centre by Lake Wannsee.
World Cup winning captain, Friedrich Walter, will lead the German side out against England at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Goalkeeper Friedrich Herkenrath is the only member of this team that played England in December 1954. Surprise omissions from the team are centre half Werner Liebrich, who played such a storming game against Wembley eighteen months ago, and the fast, tricky, wingers, Helmut Rahn and Hans Schäfer. Schäfer is apparently unavailable for selection, whereas Liebrich (thigh) and Rahn have doubts over their fitness, having been injured.

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