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209 vs. Norway
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211 vs. Finland |
Monday,
17 May 1937
Stadium Inauguration End-of-Season Tour Match
Sweden 0
England 4
[0-4]
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Råsunda
Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms Iän Attendance:
34,199;
Kick-off: 2.00pm CET, 3.00pm BST |
Match
Summary
Sweden Party
England Party |
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England - Freddie Steele (opened the scoring 7,
seized the ball after Galley had his shot blocked and drove in his
shot 13, from a Goulden pass 33 hat-trick), Joe Johnson
(raced between the backs and shot into the corner 35) |
Results 1930-39 |
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Sweden won the toss,
England
kicked-off. |
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Match
Summary |
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Officials |
Sweden |
Type |
England |
Referee -
John L. Langenus
45 (8 December 1891), Berchem, Belgium
Linesmen - Herbert
N. Mee, Nottingham, and not known
Introduced to King Gustav V, who officially opened the stadium.
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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Sweden
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
22nd |
Colours: |
Yellow shirts with blue collars, light blue shorts, black socks with
yellow/blue hoop |
Capt: |
Sven Andersson |
Selectors: |
International Selection Committee, led by Ceve Linde |
Sweden
Lineup |
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Sjöberg, I. Gustav A. |
24 |
23 March 1913 |
G |
Allmänna IK |
1 |
4 GA |
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Axelsson, Nils A.A. |
31 |
18 January 1906 |
RB |
Hälsingborgs IF |
23 |
0 |
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Sköld, Walter |
27 |
12 February 1910 |
LB |
Allmänna IK |
6 |
0 |
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Berg, Fritz, injured off second half |
nk |
not known |
RH |
IFK G�teborg |
12 |
0 |
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Andersson, Sven O.A. |
30 |
14 February 1907 |
CH |
Allmänna IK |
26 |
3 |
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Andersson, Ernst |
28 |
26 March 1909 |
LH |
IFK G�teborg |
26 |
0 |
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Joséfsson, K. Gustaf R. |
21 |
16 February 1916 |
OR |
Allmänna IK |
6 |
1 |
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Persson, Erik |
27 |
19 November 1909 |
IR |
Allmänna IK |
23 |
13 |
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Jonasson, Sven G. |
27 |
9 July 1909 |
CF |
IF Elfsborg |
23 |
14 |
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Grahn, Karl-Erik V., injured |
22 |
5 November 1914 |
IL |
IF Elfsborg |
14 |
2 |
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Nilsson, Axel B. |
25 |
12 November 1911 |
OL |
Allmänna IK |
7 |
7 |
reserves: |
reserves not known |
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2-3-5 |
Sjöberg - Axelsson, Sköld
- Berg, S.Andersson, E.Andersson
- Joséfsson, Persson, Jonasson, Grahn, Nilsson.
The Swede's changed positions after the
injury to Grahn. They then played with four forwards after Berg
left the field. |
Averages: |
Age |
26.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
15.2 |
3.6 |
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England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating
9th to 6th |
Colours: |
The 1935 home
uniform -
White collared jerseys, navy blue shorts, black socks topped with
two white hoops |
Capt: |
George Male, fifth captaincy |
Selectors:
In charge: Frederick W. Rinder
Attendant: Tom
Whittaker |
The
fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee selected a sixteen man
Party on 26 April 1937, team chosen on day of match.
177th match, W 112 - D 30 - L 35 - F 524 - A 202. |
England
Lineup |
1 |
Woodley, Victor R., injured |
27 |
26 February 1910 |
G |
Chelsea FC |
3 |
3 GA |
2 |
Male,
C. George
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27 |
8 May 1910 |
RB |
Arsenal FC |
15 |
0 |
3 |
Catlin, A. Edward |
27 |
11 January 1910 |
LB |
Sheffield Wednesday FC |
5 |
0 |
5 |
Britton, Clifford S. |
27 |
27 August 1909 |
RH |
Everton FC |
9 |
1 |
9 |
Young, Alfred |
31 |
4 November 1905 |
CH |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
5 |
0 |
6 |
Copping, Wilfred |
29 |
17 August 1907 |
LH |
Arsenal FC |
12 |
0 |
13 |
Kirchen, Alfred J. |
24 |
26 April 1913 |
OR |
Arsenal FC |
2 |
1 |
10 |
Galley, Thomas,
injured |
21 |
4 August 1915 |
IR |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC |
2 |
1 |
16
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Steele, Frederick C., injured |
21 |
6 May 1916 |
CF |
Stoke City FC |
5 |
6 |
11 |
Goulden, Leonard A. |
24 |
9 July 1912 |
IL |
West Ham United FC |
2 |
1 |
12 |
Johnson, Joseph A. |
26 |
4 April 1911 |
OL |
Stoke City AFC |
4 |
1 |
reserves: |
4-Eddie Hapgood (Arsenal FC),
7-Harry Betmead
(Grimsby Town FC), 8-Ken Willingham (Huddersfield Town AFC),
14-Joe Payne (Luton Town
FC), 15-Jack Robinson (Sheffield Wednesday FC). |
team notes: |
Hapgood had replaced Manchester City FC's
Sam Barkas on 27 April. Betmead was then invited
to join on 29 April, he replaced West Bromwich Albion FC's
Teddy Sandford, who had been struggling with a knee injury.
Stoke City FC's
Stanley Matthews was
also part of the original sixteen man
Party, he withdrew and his place went to Kirchen on 5 May. Although
the team was unchanged from that which beat Norway, there were doubts
over the fitness and availability of Vic Woodley and Tom Galley. If
Woodley was unavailable, Eddie Hapgood would have replaced him in
goal, as it was, he played with his right knee bandaged up. Galley
too, spent the second half with his knee bandaged. Freddie Steele left
the field after he hurt his right foot, but he did return worse for
wear. |
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2-3-5 |
Woodley - Male, Catlin - Britton, Young, Copping -
Kirchen, Galley, Steele, Goulden, Johnson. |
Averages: |
Age |
25.8 |
Appearances/Goals |
5.8 |
0.5 |
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Match Report
STOCKHOLM, MAY 17.--Playing
with the same determination that marked their match against Norway,
England revelled in the mud at the Raasunda Stadium and beat Sweden by
four goals to none here to-day.
Although Steele, Stoke's
centre forward, scored three goals, the real hero of the match
from the crowd's point of view was G. Sjoberg, the goalkeeper, who
was making his first appearance for his country...
Johnson,
the other scorer, did not have a good match...
The KIng
of Sweden, who came back specially from Copenhagen to open the new
Rassunda Stadium congratulated both teams on the fine sporting
spirit in which the game was played.
The
referee, M. John Langenus, of Belgium, who has refereed
international matches in England, had a simple task.--Reuter.
- The Times -
Tuesday 18th May, 1937
SCANDINAVIAN
TOUR
F.A. Players Numbered in
Matches
Only a few friends and relations
saw the departure yesterday [11 May] of the London group of the F.A.
team to tour Scandinavia. Among those accompanying the party were Mr.
[Stanley] F. Rous, secretary of the F.A.; Mr. [Henry] J. Huband, the
treasurer; and Mr. George Allison, manager of Arsenal. The rest of the
team joined their colleagues in the North. Mr.
[Stanley] F. Rous said, "All the players are fit and well and looking
forward keenly to the trip. In all matches the players will be
numbered." - Yorkshire Post, Wednesday, 12 May 1937
IN OTHER NEWS...
It was on 16 May 1937 that a 29-year-old widow, born and raised in
Italy, Laetitia Toureaux, mysteriously became the first person to die on the Paris Métro
underground service. She was stabbed in the neck and found alone in a
first-class carriage. The murderer would have had less than a minute to
commit the crime between stations and disappear, the carriages had
windows all around and only the staff had keys to pass between
carriages. Nobody had seen anyone else in that carriage. When it was
revealed that she had worked as a spy and had links to a far-right
organisation, it was thought that it may have been an assassination, but
in 1962, a doctor anonymously confessed to the crime in great detail in
a letter to police. He had been in a relationship with the woman and
when she told him that she would see another man, he secretly followed
her into the carriage, stabbing her, and then stepping off the train and
back onto it in a second-class carriage. His identity was never
discovered and he almost certainly got away with the perfect crime.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com Svenskfotboll Rothmans
Yearbooks Original newspaper reports Cris Freddi's England Factbook ____________________
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