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Wednesday, 4 May 1966
International Friendly Match

England 2 Yugoslavia 0 [2-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Yugoslavia Squad

Empire Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 55,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

England - Jimmy Greaves (9), Bobby Charlton (34)
Results 1965-1970

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Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

Yugoslavia

Referee (-) - Johannes Mailka
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 4th
Colours: The 1965 Umbro home uniform - White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks.
Capt: Jimmy Armfield, fourteenth captaincy Manager: Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 46 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
34th match, W 20 - D 8 - L 6 - F 83 - A 48.
England Lineup
  Banks, Gordon     G Leicester City FC 25 29ᵍᵃ
2 Armfield, James     RB Blackpool FC 43 0
3 Wilson, Ramon 31 17 December 1934 LB Everton FC 42 0
844 4 Peters, Martin S. 22 8 November 1943 RHB West Ham United FC 1 0
5 Charlton, John     CHB Leeds United AFC 13 0
6 Hunter, Norman     LHB Leeds United AFC 3 0
7 Paine, Terence L. 27 23 March 1939 OR Southampton FC 17 7
8 Greaves, James     IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 48 39
most goals 1964-66
9 Charlton, Robert     CF Manchester United FC 65 37
10 Hurst, Geoffrey C.     IL West Ham United FC 3 1
11 Tambling, Robert V. 24 18 September 1941 OL Chelsea FC 3 1
final app 1962-66

unused substitutes:

-

team notes:

Manager Alf Ramsey captained England against Yugoslavia in the November 1950 friendly draw.

records:

For the third time, England have kept two clean sheets in a row at Wembley.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Yugoslavia Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 27th
Colours: Blue jerseys, white shorts, red socks.
Capt: Joško Skoblar Manager: Aleksandar Tirnanić
Yugoslavia Lineup
  Šoškic, Milutin     G     GA
2 Cuzzi, Vinko     RB      
3 Jevtić, Živorad     LB      
4 Bečejac, Radoslav     RHB      
5 Rašović, Branko     CHB      
6 Vasović, Velibor     LHB      
7 Samardžić, Spasoje     OR      
8 Mušović, Džemaludin     IR      
9 Melić, Vojislav     CF      
10 Skoblar, Joško     IL      
11 Džajić, Dragan     OL      

unused substitutes:

-
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Jimmy Greaves, back in the England team after his hepatitis-forced five-month lay-off, scored the first goal in the ninth minute. Bobby Charlton celebrated being elected 'Footballer of the Year' by wrapping up England's victory with another of his screaming long-range shots. Martin Peters, the player who would be described by Ramsey as 'ten years ahead of his time', twice went close to marking his debut with a goal against a highly skilled Yugoslav side. It was England's last home game before the World Cup and they responded with a powerful performance that sent a mood of optimism shooting through the country.

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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