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Match
Summary |
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  Officials |
Bulgaria |
Type |
England |
Referee
(-) - Antoine Blavier
x (-).
Linesmen -
tbc
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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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 Bulgaria
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 22nd to 21st |
Colours: |
White jerseys, white shorts, white socks. |
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Capt: |
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Manager: |
Georgi Pachedzhiev |
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Bulgaria
Lineup |
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Naydenoc, Georgi |
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G |
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GA |
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12 |
Zhechev, Dobromir |
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RB |
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3 |
Dimitrov, Ivan |
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LB |
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13 |
Velichkov, Petar |
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RHB |
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5 |
Kostov, Dimitar |
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CHB |
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6 |
Kovachev, Nikola |
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LHB |
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16 |
Kostov, Aleksandar |
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OR |
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8 |
Dimov, Dimitar |
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IR |
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15 |
Asparuhov, Georgi |
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CF |
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10 |
Kolev, Ivan |
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IL |
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19 |
Dermendzhiev, Dinko |
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OL |
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unused substitutes: |
- |
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- |
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Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
- |
- |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 6th to 7th |
Colours: |
The 1962 Bukta
away uniform -
Red v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, red shorts, red
socks. |
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Capt: |
Johnny Haynes, twentieth captaincy |
Manager: |
Walter Winterbottom, 49 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
135th match, W 76 - D 32 - L 27 - F 374 - A 191,
one abandoned |
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England
Lineup |
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Springett, Ronald D. |
26 |
22 July 1935 |
G |
Sheffield Wednesday FC |
24 |
33ᵍᵃ |
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2 |
Armfield, James |
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RB |
Blackpool FC |
28 |
0 |
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3 |
Wilson, Ramon |
27 |
17 December 1934 |
LB |
Huddersfield Town AFC |
14 |
0 |
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16 |
Moore, Robert F.C. |
21 |
12 April 1941 |
RHB |
West Ham United FC |
4 |
0 |
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15 |
Norman, Maurice |
28 |
8 May 1934 |
CHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
4 |
0 |
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6 |
Flowers, Ronald |
27 |
28 July 1934 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
35 |
9 |
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17 |
Douglas, Bryan |
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OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
32 |
6 |
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8 |
Greaves, James |
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IR |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
21 |
20 |
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19 |
Peacock, Alan |
24 |
29 October 1937 |
CF |
Middlesbrough FC |
2 |
0 |
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10 |
Haynes, John N. |
27 |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
55 |
18 |
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11 |
Charlton, Robert |
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OL |
Manchester United FC |
38 |
25 |
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unused substitutes: |
- |
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- |
- |
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Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
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This was without question the most boring, sterile match England
had ever contested. They needed only a draw to qualify for the quarter-finals
ahead of Argentina, and as Bulgaria showed no inclination to win the match
England were content to sit back and make sure they made no mistakes. The
result was that the ball hardly left the midfield area and neither goalkeeper
was tested. A crowd of barely 6,000 watched the non-event, most of them
Argentineans willing the Bulgarians to win, because it would have meant their
team progressing through to the quarter-finals. But the Bulgarians did not
manage a single serious goal attempt, and England were little better. It did
little to raise hopes for the next match against defending world champions
Brazil.
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 Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
(Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller, Football Author
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