Gdzie zniknęła koszulka, w której Polska wybiła Anglię z mundialu

Jan Domarski was the striker who, on October 17, 1973, knocked England out of the World Cup with a single shot at Wembley and secured Poland's qualification for the World Cup in West Germany. This is the story of a man from the Podkarpacie region whose goal became legendary, while the scorer himself remained in the shadows for decades. That night in London, England had dozens of shots, Poland only two on target—and it was the hosts who lost the tournament. After a pass from Grzegorz Lato, Domarski struck first-time, and the ball went under goalkeeper Peter Shilton. A one-on-one draw was enough for Kazimierz Górski's team to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. Jan Tomaszewski, previously ridiculed in the UK, saved the Polish goal a dozen times that night. Behind his success, however, lies a life full of blanks. Domarski was born a year after the war in Drabinianka near Rzeszów. For twelve seasons, he held Stal Rzeszów's record—205 matches and 55 goals—yet the national team invited him only twice. Only a transfer to Stal Mielec and the club's first-ever Polish championship opened the door for him to the national team. After winning bronze at the World Cup, clubs in the Netherlands and France wanted to sign him, but a move to the West was blocked. He didn't join Nîmes Olympique de France until he was in his thirties, after his prime had passed. This is a story about selective memory: a goal honored with an award, the documentary "Golden Gate," and a scene in Wojciech Smarzowski's "The Wedding"—and about a man whose face few people still recognize. The film leads through archives where dates diverge, names get confused, and numbers disappear, until it reaches the calm voice of the protagonist himself, who, in his seventies, finally told his side of the story. Music: • "Origami" by Scott Buckley - CC BY 4.0 - scottbuckley.com.au Images - attribution required (CC BY), via Wikimedia Commons / Openverse: • 16mm metal reel - mannyisdead on Deviantart (CC BY 3.0) • 2012 Olympic Football - Old Trafford (4) - Daniel (CC BY 2.0) • 5658-Old luggage display at the Phenicia Trai… — Gail Frederick (CC BY 2.0) • Abandoned concrete factory mechanism - Diacritica (CC BY 3.0) • Advent tape recorder with Dolby noise-reductio… — Votpuske (CC BY 4.0) • Balance scales cum weights - Unbekannter Hersteller (BY 4.0) • Bright Japan Premiere Red Carpet- David Ayer, ... - Dick Thomas Johnson (CC BY 2.0) • Bronze Age socketed gouge - North Lincolnshire Museum,… (CC BY 2.0) • Building in Changsha Sany Industrial Town 2025… — Huangdan2060 (CC BY 4.0) • Clock End, Emirates Stadium 2024-04-26 - Matt Brown (CC BY 2.0) • Derelict Newport Football Ground, Isle of Wigh… - ITookSomePhotos (CC BY 4.0) • Elderly man walking with a cane on the street - Pedro Ribeiro Simões (CC BY 2.0) • Fenway Parks "Lone Red Seat - David (CC BY 2.0) • Gola Speedster soccer shoes 20200501 001 — Methem (Mikko J. Putkonen) (CC BY 4.0) • Heavy Door - zeevveez (CC BY 2.0) • Journalistenes og kunstmalernes fotballkamp 12… — Trondheim byarkiv (BY 2.0) • Kazimierz Greń 2024 - What's up, Doctor?! (CC BY 3.0) • Longs, SC - 05/05/18 - trevormarron (BY 2.0) • Man drinking coffee, holding an acoustic guit… — Shixart1985 (CC BY 2.0) • Martin Peters - Christophe95 (CC BY-SA 3.0) • Medal, order – not researched (BY 4.0) • Medal, prize - William Maud (CC BY 4.0) • Mirosław Bulzacki Lesław Ćmkiewicz Jan Domarsk… — Lukasz2 (CC BY 4.0) • Okayama-Night view of the industrial plant in … — Yudai_photography (BY 4.0) • Old Wembley - Ben Sutherland (BY 2.0) • Olive Glass - Penguin - Hypnotica Studios Infinite (CC BY 2.0) • Palace of Culture and Science, 2026, Warsaw, P… — Igor123121 (CC BY 4.0) • Phone Screen Under Diffraction Lense - Jeffreywang23 (CC BY 4.0) • Polish sporting medal - quinet (BY 2.0) • Quarter Past Ten - tom.snaps (BY 2.0) • Regional data and international commutation ce… — Press Service of the Presi… (CC BY 4.0) • Soccer goal - ewiemann (BY 2.0) • The All Morning Affair - TheFeldmanExposure (BY 2.0) • Wellington vs Stoke City, Basin Reserve, 1973 - Archives New Zealand (BY 2.0) • Wet Beaver Creek — SonoranDesertNPS (CC BY 2.0) • Wojciech Smarzowski — Artur Balana (CC BY-SA 3.0) • Write Your Story Blank Lined Notebook Paper Cr… — Pink Sherbet Photography (CC BY 2.0) • Włodzimierz Lubański — Piotr Drabik (CC BY 2.0)