ENGLAND expected so much—in vain. And the Hungarian jinx still retain its hold on British Soccer. The Hungarians were unbeaten in their trips here since the war, with a win over England at Wembley and a draw with Scotland in Glasgow.
And now their Under-23 side is the first non-full international team to win over here. With so much to gain—places for them in the full England team wide open—only Chelsea's chirpy Jimmy Greaves showed anything like his normal form.  It was painful to watch this England flop. The partisan Everton crowd was behind them all the way . . . ready tp roar their appreciation if the ball was booted in the direction of the Hungarian goal.
   But it failed to inspire our youngsters, who just fell further away.
Occasionally there was a suggestion that wing halves Maurice Setters and Wilf McGuinness might whip the team into action. Unhappily, their drive had no lasting effect. Bobby Charlton, so often the goal-grabbing genius, seemed to have lost his golden touch. Greaves looked the only likely man in attack, followed by the new boy Eddie Holliday of Middlesbrough. This left winger should have another chance. But as an attacking power England just weren't in it.
   The Hungarian forwards were no better and it was left half Solymoss who snapped their winner in the fifty-fifth minute.
Young England lost—and they cannot complain. The team just did not produce the skill that was expected of them. A foolish failure, for it will be a miracle if they are still together for the next Under-23 match against France in November.
  

FOLLOWING creditable performances by the Under-23 team against Italy and West Germany during the close season, there was some justification for optimism in this opening match against Hungary but, instead, history repeated itself. Nearly six years previously the Hungarians had lowered England's colours for the first time in a Home International, and it happened once again with the Under-23 team. Hungary were lucky this time, however, and owed much to a superb defence. The rest of the team's play lacked the sparkle of their famous predecessors of 1953, and England were fortunate not to equalise in the second half. Holliday on the left-wing made a promising début; Cohen, Scott and McGuinness also did well. Rakosi scored the only goal.