338 vs. Scotland
previous senior match
(143 days)
345 vs.
Wales
previous match
(31 days)
'U23' 28 vs. West Germany
346
356 vs. Scotland
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Saturday,
15 April 1961
Home International Championship 1960-61
(66th) Match
England 9 Scotland 3
[3-0]
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Empire Stadium, Wembley Park,
Wembley, Middlesex
Kick-off (BST): 3.00pm
Attendance:
'97,350', '100,000';
Receipts: '£49,834'. |
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Johnny Haynes won the toss |
Pat Quinn kicked off |
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[1-0]
Bobby Robson volley 9
'Jimmy Greaves found Smith on
the right wing. He was up to take a return pass and when he nudged it
inside, Robson, rushing in, drove into the corner of the net from
outside the area.' [2-0]
Jimmy Greaves 20
'Johnny Haynes sent a long ball goalwards from inside the Scots half, and Greaves passed two defenders
and glided the ball past Haffey.' [3-0]
Jimmy Greaves 29 'tapped
the ball into an empty net, after Smith's shot was pushed out poorly
by Haffey' [3-0] Bobby Smith
drive grazes the post |
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9.0 Records 9.55 Five to Ten
10.0 Saturday Club 12.0 Quiz
12.31 Sports Parade 1.0
Edmundo Ros 1.50 Music 2.30
Trio 2.50 Racing 3.10 Jazz
3.45
Football: England vs. Scotland. 4.45 Piano 5.0 Sports
Report 6.0 Organ 6.30
Transatlantic Bandbox 7.0 News, Newsreel 7.24
Football
7.31 Sporting Chance 8.0
International Startime 9.0 Concert
10.0 Jazz 10.30 News, Sport |
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[4-2] Bryan Douglas 56
'Jimmy
Greaves' free-kick went off a
defender to Douglas, he turned the ball into the goal'
claims for offside were turned
down
(Billy McNeill fouled Smith) 100th goal at the Stadium under Winterbottom
[5-2] Bobby Smith 75
'Haynes
put Jimmy Greaves away on the right, and when he pushed the
ball inside Smith sent a right-foot shot into the far corner'
[6-3] Johnny Haynes 79
'sold a dummy to break away and
from just inside the area shot magnificently across Haffey and into
the far corner.'
[7-3] Johnny Haynes 81
side stepped and placed
right-footed from 16yds, after a Bryan Douglas lay-off [8-3] Jimmy Greaves
82 'waltzed his way through and
beat Haffey once more.' [9-3] Bobby Smith 85
'too advantage of a bad mistake by
McNeill to stride through.'
[9-3] Jimmy Greaves goal
disallowed: handball
89 |
[3-1] Dave Mackay
free-kick 49
'with
Springett moving to his left the ball was deflected by Armfield into
the opposite corner.'
(Law fouled)
[3-2] Davy Wilson header
54 'Jack MacLeod on the right
sent in a high centre over to the far post where Wilson went full
length and headed just inside the upright.'
[5-3] Pat Quinn
76 'Wilson
gained possession inside the area and shot for goal. Quinn, standing
in its path, touched as it went through a crowd of defenders and
rolled over the line.' |
England wore black armbands as mark of respect following the death of former
FA Chairman and FIFA President, Arthur Drewry CBE, who died on Saturday, 25
March 1961. |
♪This
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second half live
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Sunday Mirror |
![](../../images/Misc/RefFlags.png) Officials
from France |
England |
UK ruling on substitutes |
Scotland |
Referee
(scarlet) Marcel Lequesne
50 (31 January 1911), Oissel |
Teams presented to
the Duke of Edinburgh. Whereas, the Guest of Honour, The Queen,
presented the Jubilee Trophy for the first time from the royal box.
"The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were
received by Mr. A. G. Doggart, vice-president and vice-chairman of the
Football Association. Among those presented to them were Sir Stanley Rous,
secretary of the FA, representatives of the Scottish FA and Mr. E. B.
Thommen (Switzerland), vice-president of the International Federation of
Football Associations."
Lemon ball was used. |
flame flag
Linesmen orange flag |
A. Carette |
R. Poncin |
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England
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 6th |
Colours |
The 1959 Bukta
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, white socks with red/white/blue calf hoop. |
P eleventh of 38, W 6 - D 2 - L 3 - F 39 - A 20. |
Captain |
Johnny Haynes |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 47 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
7th of 22, W 5 - D 0 - L 2 - F 32 - A 13. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 120th of 139,
W 68 - D 28 - L 24 - F 339 - A 175,
one abandoned. |
⁴ |
The team chosen by the Selection
Committee, headed by Joe Richards, on Friday, 7 April |
England
Lineup |
|
one change
from the previous match
(Springett>Hodgkinson) |
league position
(7 April) |
|
|
Springett, Ronald D. |
25
267 days |
22 July 1935 |
G |
Sheffield Wednesday FC
(FL 2nd) |
9 |
17ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Armfield, James C. |
25
206 days |
21 September 1935 |
RB |
Blackpool FC
(FL bottom) |
13 |
0 |
5 |
Swan, Peter |
24
189 days |
8 October 1936 |
RHB |
Sheffield Wednesday FC
(FL 2nd) |
8 |
0 |
6 |
Flowers, Ronald |
26
261 days |
28 July 1934 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
(FL 3rd) |
20 |
2 |
the 34th
player to reach the 20-app milestone |
3 |
McNeil, Michael |
21
67 days |
7 February 1940 |
LB |
Middlesbrough FC
(FL2 5th) |
5 |
0 |
4
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Robson, Robert W. |
28
56 days |
18 February 1933 |
RM |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 11th) |
12 |
3 |
10
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Haynes, John N. |
26
180 days |
17 October 1934 |
LM |
Fulham FC
(FL 18th) |
41 |
18 |
the 206th (73rd post-war) brace scored |
7
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Douglas, Bryan |
26 323 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 6th) |
19 |
5 |
8
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Greaves, James P. |
21
54 days |
20 February 1940 |
IR
|
Chelsea FC
(FL 15th) |
12
|
13 |
the 205th (72nd post-war)
brace,
the 55th (18th post-war)
hattrick scored |
9
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Smith, Robert A. |
28
52 days |
22 February 1933 |
IL |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL TOP) |
5 |
8 |
the 207th (74th post-war) brace scored |
11 |
Charlton, Robert |
23
186 days |
11 October 1937 |
OL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 10th) |
23 |
18 |
reserve: |
Brian Miller (Burnley FC
(FL 4th)) |
pre-match
notes: |
England played against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in front of a few
hundred schoolchildren on Tuesday, 11 April, beating them 4-3, after
being 3-1 down (Charlton, Robson, Smith and Douglas for England, a
McNeil own goal, Bridges and Block for Chelsesa), and against Arsenal
on Wednesday at Highbury, the match finished in a three-all draw.
England were again trailing 3-1 with fifteen minutes to go (Charlton,
Smith cutting the lead, and Greaves equalising. Henderson, Groves and
Eastham for the hosts). |
team
notes: |
Jimmy Greaves in the week leading up to the match, was signed by AC
Milan, but because of the embargo on foreign players in the Italian
League, Milan could only sign Greaves from Chelsea as an 'option to
buy', of which they paid £10,000 for the privilege. It allowed
Greaves to remain a Chelsea player until the end of the playing
season. |
stadium
notes: |
Greaves' hat-tick is the fifth by England under the twin towers.
This is the first time the stadium has seen twelve goals in one match.
The previous record of eleven was set in April 1945 between Greenwich
(10) and Paddington (1). The London Civil Defence Cup Final. It is
the first time England have scored eight goals, then nine goals at the
Stadium. |
records: |
England become the first team since
themselves in 1954-55 to win all three British Championship ties in a
single season. This is England's record defeat over Scotland,
beating the previous record,
5-0 in 1888,
and 7-2 in 1955. |
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4-2-4 |
Springett - Armfield, Swan, Flowers, McNeil - Robson,
Haynes - Douglas, Greaves, Smith, Charlton |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 106
days |
Appearances/Goals |
15.2 |
5.3 |
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Scotland
Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 20th to 22nd |
Colours |
Made by Umbro -
Dark blue continental jerseys with white v-neck collars/cuffs, white shorts, blue socks
with red tops. |
Captain |
Eric Caldow |
Manager |
John Miller
McColl, 33 (7 June 1927), appointed before November 1960. |
Trainer: Dawson Walker (Clyde FC) |
second match, W 1 - D 0 - L 1 - F 8 - 11. |
|
Team chosen by Selection
Committee on Monday, 3 April 1961. |
Scotland
Lineup |
|
Haffey, Francis |
22
138 days |
28 November 1938 |
G |
The Celtic FC |
2 |
10ᵍᵃ |
final app
1960-61 |
755 |
2 |
Shearer, Robert |
29
107 days |
29 December 1931 |
RB |
Rangers FC |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Caldow, Eric |
26
336 days |
14 May 1934 |
LB |
Rangers FC |
28 |
2 |
4 |
Mackay, David C. |
26
152 days |
14 November 1934 |
RHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
15 |
2 |
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the sixth direct free-kick conceded by
England, the third by Scotland. |
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|
|
756 |
5 |
McNeill, William |
21
44 days |
2 March 1940 |
CHB |
The Celtic FC |
1 |
0 |
6 |
McCann, Robert John |
28
182 days |
15 October 1932 |
LHB |
Motherwell FC |
5 |
0 |
final app
1959-61 |
757 |
7
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McLeod, John
M. |
22
143 days |
23 November 1938 |
OR |
Hibernian FC |
1 |
0 |
8 |
Law, Denis |
21
50 days |
24 February 1940 |
IR |
Manchester City FC, England |
11 |
3 |
9 |
St. John, Ian |
22
312 days |
7 June 1938 |
CF |
Motherwell FC |
7 |
1 |
758 |
10
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Quinn, Patrick |
24
354 days |
26 April 1936 |
IL |
Motherwell FC |
1 |
1 |
11
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Wilson, David |
22
95 days |
10 January 1939 |
OL |
Rangers FC |
3 |
1 |
reserves: |
Travelling reserve is Duncan MacKay (The Celtic FC). Full team of reserves are
Haffey; MacKay and Jim Kennedy (The Celtic FC); Paddy Crerand (The Celtic FC),
Willie Toner (Kilmarnock FC) and Jim Baxter
(Rangers FC); Willie Hunter (Motherwell
FC) and Quinn; David Herd (Arsenal FC); Ralph Brand (Rangers FC) and
Davie McParland (Partick Thistle FC). |
team changes: |
Airdrieonians FC's goalkeeper
Lawrie
Leslie was the original chosen goalkeeper. Haffey replaced him on 13
April as he had not sufficiently recovered from an eye injury. He
received ten stitches following a clash of heads against Ayr United,
which resulted him being carried off two minutes from the end of the
game. He was treated with a new drug, but failed to recover. Unlike
captain, Eric Caldow, who received three stitches above his left eye,
and Johnny McCann, who had a stomach injury, all sustained over the
same weekend prior to the Wembley clash. |
team notes: |
The committee that named the team also named another ten
players to make up a 'panel' of players for their World Cup
qualification matches against Republic of Ireland and Czechoslovakia
next month. They were, in fact, the team that made up the 'reserves'. |
records: |
This becomes Scotland's heaviest defeat. Overturning the previous
record, a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Uruguay in the 1954 World Cup
Finals in Basle. |
Manager Ian McColl debuted for Scotland against England in April 1950,
also playing in the 1957 meeting, and earned his fourteenth and final
appearance against England in 1958. |
|
2-3-5 |
Haffey - Shearer, Caldow - Mackay, McNeill, McCann -
McLeod, Law, St. John, Quinn, Wilson |
Averages: |
Age |
24 years 142
days |
Appearances/Goals |
6.8 |
0.6 |
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Just saying.... |
"I PREDICT THAT....Scotland's wee blue Soccer devils of 1961 will
shock England at Wembley on Saturday. Two of the tiny Scottish attack
(Denis Law is tallest at 5ft. 9in.) told me after the victory over the
Football League that if England selected Peter Swan (centre half) and Mick
McNeil (left back) the game was in the bag."
- Sam Leitch, Sunday Mirror, 9 April 1961.
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
HER Majesty, Queen Elizabeth
II and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh were welcome guests at the
England-Scotland clash and if it was goals that the Royal couple liked
best in football, then they could not have picked a better match. Two
records were broken on the day, first by the margin of England's victory
over their old enemy, and also by the fact that never before has Wembley
seen as many goals in a single game.
The sun shone on a
marvellously colourful sight as the fans waited in eager anticipation for
this annual clash. Johnny Haynes won the toss and the England attack
swiftly turned on the style that has been so effective in recent
internationals.
After ten minutes they were in the lead. Brilliant
work by Jimmy Greaves eventually allowed him to feed a pass to Bobby
Robson in a good position. The first-time shot put in by the West Brom
player gave Haffey no chance to save. Greaves himself was the next to
score some nine minutes later, latching on to a Bobby Smith through-ball
to hit a splendid shot accurately placed beyond the unfortunate Haffey.
Scotland, who had started brightly, were now in deep trouble and on
the half-hour it was that man again Greaves again who proved the thorn in
their side. A pin-point pass by the inspirational Haynes — so much of the
game revolved around the England skipper — found Smith. He made
ground down the right wing before putting over a dangerous centre. Haffey
managed a touch but, typically, Greaves was in the right place at the
right time to push home the loose ball. Given half a chance, Greaves would
punish the opposition so lethally.
Mackay had worked so hard for the besieged Scottish team and Law and
Wilson had shown up well. Wilson, in fact, had a goal disallowed by the
French referee Monsieur Lequesne. But that was rare threat to England and
had they showed a little more steadiness in front of goal, then they might
easily have doubled their half-time lead. The army of Scottish fans had
had little to cheer in that first period, but within ten minutes of the
restart they were in a frenzy of excitement.
On
48 minutes they pulled a goal back, not surprisingly through MacKay. His
fierce low free-kick took a deflection of England's defensive wall and
left Ron Springett helpless. It was just the tonic Scotland needed and
seven minutes later Wilson dived horizontally to get his head to McLeod's
cross to close the gap further. Suddenly there was a real match on.
Alas
for the visiting fans, their ecstasy lasted barely a minute as England
went straight up to the other end to score a decisive fourth goal. Again a
free-kick set it up as quick thinking by Greaves saw him flick the ball
through a gap for Bryan Douglas to score off of Haffey's fingertips again.
Scotland protested about the speed the kick was taken but the referee
would have none of it.
Scotland were still able to produce some lovely football at times but they
never had a Greaves to finish off their good approach play. In the last 15
minutes, the Scots were left shell-shocked as England stepped up the pace
to crush them. It began to rain goals!
Haffey's nightmare continued thus. On 75 minutes Smith, who had previously
been kept quiet by McNeill, suddenly popped up to score number five after
a Greaves pass had set him up. Scotland perked up for a minute as Quinn
received a pass from MacKay and fired in a shot. It passed through a
forest of legs before trickling, oh so slowly, past Springett. If that was
the end of Scotland's scoring, it certainly was not the end of England's.
Incredibly, in the last 11 minutes they added a further four goals! Haynes
scored twice in the 79th minute and 81st minutes before Greaves in the
82nd and Smith in the 85th finished the rout.
The
Queen for the first time, presented the Home International trophy to the
winning captain and for Haynes it was the icing on the cake to end a
magnificent afternoon. Meanwhile, spare a thought for poor Haffey in the
Scottish goal. He trudged off, a forlorn figure, devastated by some very
high-calibre finishing especially from the magical Greaves.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
This was the peak performance by Walter Winterbottom's new team. Bobby Robson
started the ball rolling with a 20-yard shot that left goalkeeper Frank Haffey
flapping at empty air in the 9th minute. Greaves struck twice, putting the
finishing touches to moves masterminded by Haynes. The Scots, including
players of the quality of Billy McNeill, Dave Mackay and lan St John, pulled
back to 3-2 early in the second-half before they were sunk under a storm of
five goals in eleven minutes. Haffey was picked on by the Scots as the
scapegoat for the defeat, and he was cruelly dubbed 'Slap-Haffey'. But neutral
observers considered this an exceptional display by England in general and
Haynes in particular.
He pulled the
Scottish defence apart with a procession of precise passes, and was chaired
off the pitch by team-mates at the end of the nine-goal slaughter. Hat-trick
hero Greaves (12) and Smith (7) had scored nineteen goals between them in five
matches at the start of a partnership that was later to flourish for 'Super
Spurs' who (minus Greaves) were on their way to becoming the first team of
the 20th Century to complete the League and FA Cup double.
|
Match Report
by Glen Isherwood |
England needed only a point for their
tenth successive British Championship. Scotland had to win to gain their
second successive share of the title but had lost on their three previous
visits to the stadium. A
shot from Bobby Robson, from a pass by Greaves, gave England the lead in
the ninth minute. Ten minutes later Jimmy Greaves added a second from
Haynes' exquisite pass and Smith's lob. By the half-hour mark they were
three up when Greaves again profited as the floundering Haffey failed to
gather Haffey's shot. Scotland fought bravely back at the beginning of the
second half. Dave Mackay struck a powerful shot which was deflected past
Springett and five minutes later Davie Wilson headed in for the second
from Mackay's back header. It was a false dawn. Within two minutes
England quelled the revival. From a Greaves free-kick, Bryan Douglas
restored England's two-goal lead and subsequently fell part. In the last
17 minutes England scored five more goals. Haynes and Greaves provided
Bobby Smith with a shooting opportunity for England's fifth. Scotland
briefly replied, with Mackay giving Pat Quinn the opportunity to beat Springett
from close range following a corner, but with 11 minutes left, a superb
run by Johnny Haynes ended with a shot from the edge of the box. Two
minutes later Haynes scored again, finishing a move involving Douglas and
Charlton. Within a minute, Greaves ran from his own half to complete his
hattrick and Haffey's nightmare was complete when Smith scored England's
ninth. It was England's biggest ever victory over Scotland, who had
never before conceded more than seven, and their goalkeeper never again
played for his country. Wembley had also never seen as many goals in one
match at the stadium. Denis Law, European Footballer of the Year in 1964,
had a traumatic Wembley debut. There was a dramatic transformation the
following year as Scotland gained their revenge with a 2-0 win over
England at Hampden Park. It had been 11 years since they had last
beaten England, Scotland failed to qualify for their third successive
World Cup, however. Czechoslovakia beat them in a play-off in Brussels.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1961-62 page 39 |
On a bright and sunny April afternoon
England scored their biggest win against Scotland since the series began
in 1872. The brilliant display of the forward-line against a suspect
Scottish defence was one of the finest seen at Wembley in post-war years,
recalling memories of the great Hungarian line of 1953. In the ninth minute
Robson scored with a magnificent volley from twenty yards, following a
neat pass from Greaves. Ten minutes later a combined movement between
Armfield, Robson, and Haynes whose through-pass split the Scottish
defence, was pounced on by Greaves, who slipped away from two defenders
and flicked the ball into the net past the helpless Haffey. England were
three-up after half-an-hour when Greaves scored after Haffey had partially
saved a drive from Smith. Scotland's hopes of saving the game were now
remote but they attacked on the resumption and Mackay reduced the lead
from a free-kick awarded for a foul just outside the penalty-area. Five
minutes later Wilson dived full-length to head past Springett and England
were a little fortunate to make it 4-2 when Douglas scored following a
controversial free-kick. From that point England took complete command and
goals came at frequent intervals. Greaves made his tally 3; Smith and
Haynes each scored 2; and only Quinn could reply for Scotland.
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Source
Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports Official Matchday
Programme
The Complete Book of the British Charts |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author
British Pathé |
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