A sakamakon haka, ba su yi gasa a gasar cin kofin duniya ba har zuwa 1950, inda aka doke su a cikin 1 <unk> 0 da Amurka, kuma sun kasa wucewa zagaye na farko a daya daga cikin mafi girman rashin nasara a tarihin tawagar. Rashin nasarar da suka yi a gida da wata tawagar kasashen waje shi ne rashin nasarar 0 <unk> 2 ga Jamhuriyar Ireland, a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 1949 a Goodison Park. Rashin nasara 6 <unk> 3 a 1953 zuwa Hungary, ya kasance nasarar da suka yi a Budapest ta hanyar tawagar Wembley. A cikin gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1954, Owen Sydner ya ce, "Wannan shine karo na biyu da Ingila ta yi nasara a matsayin zakara daga Hungary, kuma bayan da ta yi nasara a gasar cin kofin duniya, ta yi nasara a karo na biyu a matsayin zakara na biyu daga Hungary".
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