Official report sent to FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous from Ken Aston of the Referee's Committee regarding the near abandonment of the Uruguay v Swed
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Official report sent to FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous from Ken Aston of the Referee's Committee regarding the near abandonment of the Uruguay v Sweden match at the 1970 World Cup, the furore was over the late change of a Brazilian referee to a USA referee, which the Uruguay delegation read as a plot against them and South American countries in the tournament, file carbon copy, 2 pages of typescript