The Austrian city of Klagenfurt is hosting three EURO 2008 Finals matches. Germany beat Poland 2-0 there last Sunday, Croatia played Germany last week and Poland clash with Croatia there today.

Klagenfurt is Austria's sixth largest city and has a population of 90,000. It is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia.

It is also the place where an England match was once abandoned, a rare case at any international level.

The match in question was a 'B' international in 1979, with England lining up at the start like this: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Kenny Sansom, Steve Williams, Bill Wright, Terry Butcher, Glenn Hoddle, Bryan Robson, Kevin Reeves, Tony Woodcock and Graham Rix.

The evening began with rain clouds gathering and ended amid a spectacular electric storm as the Yugoslav referee took the players off for their own safety. A power cut had earlier knocked out the floodlights and extended the half-time interval to 30 minutes.

England had dominated play before the match was abandoned on the hour. The only goal was scored after just five minutes, Hoddle pushing a neat pass to Robson who turned to rifle a left-foot drive past Saria in the Austrian goal. Then Anderson headed into the 'keeper's arms and Rix fired narrowly over the bar.

The protracted interval and some torrential rain did little to help the players maintain concentration. Then came the lightning and the decision to stop play was the only possible one as players nervously removed rings and metal chains.