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Wednesday, 12 May 1971
URBSFA/KBVB Championnat d'Europe de Football Coupe Henri Delauney Group Three Qualification Match

England 5 Malta 0 [2-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Malta Squad

Empire Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 38,500 to 41,534;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

England - Martin Chivers (1, 47), Francis Lee (41), Allan Clarke (penalty 46), Chris Lawler (74)
England - Alan Mullery (missed penalty)
 
Results 1970-1975

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).

 

Match Summary

Officials from Norway

England

Type

Malta

Referee (-) - Einer Røed
x (-).

Linesmen - Egil Bergstad and Kjell Wahlen

Teams presented to Lieut-General Sir Thomas Pearson, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. (F.A. Hon. vice-President).

  Goal Attempts 0
  Attempts on Target 0
  Hit Bar/Post 0
  Corner Kicks Won 0
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd
Colours: The 1965 Umbro home uniform - White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks.
Capt: Bobby Moore, 69th captaincy Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 51 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
87th match, W 56 - D 19 - L 12 - F 184 - A 79.
Ramsey has equalled Winterbottom's record (38) for matches managed at Empire Stadium.
It is also Ramsey's 25th win at the stadium.
England Lineup
1 Banks, Gordon 33 30 December 1937 G Stoke City FC 65 51ᵍᵃ
873 2 Lawler, Christopher 27 20 October 1943 RB Liverpool FC 1 1
3 Cooper, Terence 26  12 July 1944 LB Leeds United AFC 14 0
4 Moore, Robert F.C. 30 12 April 1941 RHB West Ham United FC 87 2
5 McFarland, Roy L. 23 5 April 1948 CHB Derby County FC 3 0
6 Hughes, Emlyn 23   RHB Liverpool FC 10 0
7 Lee, Francis H. 27 29 April 1944 OR Manchester City FC 20 9
8 Coates, Ralph 24   IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 0
9 Chivers, Martin H. 26   CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 3
10 Clarke, Allan J. 24   IL Leeds United AFC 3 3 (2)
34th penalty kick scored
11 Peters, Martin S., off 62nd min 27 8 November 1943 OL Tottenham Hotspur FC 46 17
England Substitutes
15 Ball, Alan J., on 62nd min. for Peters 26 12 May 1945   Everton FC 35 33 7
2

unused substitutes:

12-Peter Shilton, 14-Tommy Smith, 16-Geoff Hurst, 17-Peter Storey.

substitute notes:

Everton FC have now provided five substitutes for England, equal with Manchester United FC.

records:

England have gone a record sixteen matches unbeaten at the Empire Stadium.

team notes:

Gordon Banks did not have one save to make.  He touched the ball only four times throughout this match, and they were from back-passes.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Malta Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 127th
Colours: Red crew necked jerseys, white shorts, red socks with white/red striped tops.
Capt: Ronnie Cocks Manager: Karm Borg, 39
Malta Lineup
  Bonaci, Vincent Borg, off 62nd min.     G     GA
2 Pace, Louis     RB      
3 Grima, Joseph     LB      
4 Camilleri, Anthony     RHB      
5 Darmanin, Edward     CHB      
6 Delia, Alfred     LHB      
7 Cocks, Ronnie     OR      
8 Vassallo, William     IR      
9 Bonnett, John     CF      
10 Theobald, Edward     IL      
11 Arpa, Louis     OL      
Malta Substitutes
16 Mizzi, Alfred, on 62nd min. for Bonaci     GK      

unused substitutes:

12-Francis Mifsud, 13-George Faure, 14-Charles Micallef, 15-Joseph Cini.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Allan Clarke scored one penalty and missed another and Martin Chivers netted twice and might have had five goals. Francis Lee was on the mark, and Chris Lawler decorated  his debut with a spectacular long-range goal from thirty yards. But it was not enough to please the 36,500 spectators who jeered and slow-handclapped England's performance in this return European championship match.  It was so one-sided that Gordon Banks did not have a single shot to save, and touched the ball only from back passes aimed to him by colleagues.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
UEFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official matchday programme
Rothman's Yearbooks
News of the World Football Annual 1994-95
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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CG