World Cup
Preliminary Competition |
15 November 1972 |
Wales 0 England 1 [0-1]
Ninian Park, Cardiff (36,384) |
Bell |
24 January 1973 |
England 1 Wales 1 [1-1]
Empire Stadium,
Wembley (62,273) |
Hunter
Toshack |
6 June 1973 |
Poland 2 England 0 [1-0]
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (73,714/100,000) |
Banaś, Lubanski |
Alan Ball |
17 October 1973 |
England 1 Poland 1 [0-0]
Empire Stadium,
Wembley (100,000) |
Clarke (pen)
Domarski |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
FMax |
AMax |
Pts% |
W/L |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
0.75 |
1.00 |
1 |
2 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
1972-73 |
|
World Cup
Final Competition |
For the first time since England entered
the World Cup back in 1950, they have failed to progress from the
preliminary competition and to qualify for the Finals Tournament.
|
1974 |
|
Goalscorers |
1 - Colin Bell, Norman Hunter and Allan Clarke
|
3 |
Team Ranking |
Rank |
Team |
Stage
Reached |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
1 |
West Germany |
Final |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
4 |
+9 |
12 |
2 |
Netherlands |
7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
+12 |
11 |
3 |
Poland |
Semi-final
and 3rd place match |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
5 |
+11 |
12 |
4 |
Brazil |
7 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
+2 |
8 |
5 |
Sweden |
Second round |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
+1 |
6 |
6 |
GDR |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
6 |
7 |
Yugoslavia |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
12 |
7 |
+5 |
4 |
8 |
Argentina |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
4 |
9 |
Scotland |
Group |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
4 |
10 |
Italy |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
3 |
11 |
Chile |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
2 |
12 |
Bulgaria |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
2 |
13 |
Uruguay |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
-5 |
1 |
14 |
Australia |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
1 |
15 |
Haiti |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
-12 |
0 |
16 |
Zaïre |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
-14 |
0 |
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