History
The 1966 World Cup was held at eight football grounds in England with the final at Wembley on 30 July. All television coverage was in black and white and not all group matches were shown. The BBC and ITV worked jointly: according to the Sports Journalists' Associationmatches in Birmingham, Manchester and Sunderland were covered by ITV with the BBC covering the two venues in London. White City stadium was close to the newly-built BBC Television Centre which was the hub for broadcast operations.At this stage it is not known whether other venues such as Hillsborough (Sheffield) and Goodison Park (Liverpool) were included in the broadcast arrangements - these cities weren't served by permanent vision circuits. Some coverage was available overseas via satellite link (Goonhilly) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU - "Eurovision") circuit connected to the UK at Tolsford Hill, near Folkestone. Delays in completing a permanent link between London and Tolsford Hill had led to various ad-hoc arrangements since 1959 but a new temporary arrangement was put in place for the World Cup. This ran from the BBC at White City via the Post Office site at Fairseat and a further "hop" to Tolsford Hill. We understand this operated in the 7 GHz band used for broadcast links, possibly to avoid conflict with the planned permanent arrangement.
The date when the temporary link became ready for service is unknown, as is whether it was retained until the permanent link became operational in late 1969.