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Wednesday, 15 November 1972
WM 74 UEFA Group Five Qualification Match

Wales 0 England 1 [0-1]

This was Sir Alf Ramsey's one hundredth match in charge
Harold Shepherdson's 150th game as trainer.

 

Match Summary
Wales Squad
England Squad

Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Attendance: 36,384;
Kick-off: tbc GMT

England - Colin Bell (35)
 
Results 1970-1975

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

 

Match Summary

Officials

Wales

Type

England

Referee (-) - William Mullan
x (-), Dalkeith.

Linesmen - Thomas Marshall, Baillieston, and Ray Ballantyne, Dundee

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

Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 44th to 46th
Colours: Made by Umbro - Red round necked jerseys, white shorts with red side trim, red socks.
Capt: Mike England Manager: David Bowen
Wales Lineup
  Sprake, Gareth     G     GA
2 Rodrigues, Peter J., off 60th min.     RB      
3 Thomas, Roderick J.     LB      
4 Hennessey, W. Terence     RHB      
5 England, H. Michael     CHB      
6 Hockey, Trevor     LHB      
7 Phillips, Leighton     OR      
8 Mahoney, John F.     IR      
9 Davies, R. Wyn     CF      
10 Toshack, John B.     IL      
11 James, Leighton     OL      
Wales Substitutes
  Reece, Gilbert I., on 60th min. for Rodrigues            

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

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, eightieth captaincy Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 52 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
100th match, W 63 - D 23 - L 14 - F 201 - A 88.
England Lineup
87 1 Clemence, Raymond N. 24
102 days
5 August 1948 G Liverpool FC 1 0ᵍᵃ
886
2 Storey, Peter E. 27 7 September 1945 RB Arsenal FC 10 0
3 Hughes, Emlyn 25   LB Liverpool FC 19 1
4 Hunter, Norman 29   RHB Leeds United AFC 21 1
5 McFarland, Roy L. 24 5 April 1948 CHB Derby County FC 11 0
6 Moore, Robert F.C. 31 12 April 1941 LHB West Ham United FC 98 2
887 7 Keegan, J. Kevin 21
275 days
14 February 1951 OR Liverpool FC 1 0
8 Bell, Colin 26 26 February 1946 IR Manchester City FC 22 4
9 Chivers, Martin H. 27 27 April 1945 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 13 7
10 Marsh, Rodney W. 28 11 October 1944 IL Manchester City FC 8 1
11 Ball, Alan J. 27 12 May 1945 OL Arsenal FC 58 8

unused substitutes:

-

team notes:

Manager Alf Ramsey also played against Wales three times between 1950 and 1952. He was the captain in 1950.
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Colin Bell cashed in on clever approach work by Alan Ball to score the decisive winning goal in the first-half of this World Cup qualifying match.  Liverpool team-mates Ray Clemence and Kevin Keegan made quiet debuts in what was Sir Alf Ramsey's 100th match as manager. A feature of the game was the way Peter Storey snuffed out the challenge of Wales dangerman Leighton James with a controlled, man-to-man containing role. Keegan, conspicuous with his bubble-permed hair, had a golden opportunity to mark his debut with a last-minute goal, but Leeds goalkeeper Gary Sprake whipped the ball off his toes as he attempted to dribble the ball into the net. It was a memorable night for both Keegan and Clemence, who had each started their careers in the football outpost of Scunthorpe United.

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
Drew Herbertson, Scottish FA historian

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