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Wednesday, 26 September 1973
International Friendly Match

England 7 Austria 0 [3-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Austria Squad

Empire Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 48,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

England - Mick Channon (10, 49), Allan Clarke (28, 43), Martin Chivers (60), Tony Currie (64), Colin Bell (87 - 100th goal at Wembley in the Ramsey era).
 
Results 1970-1975

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Match Summary

Officials from Netherlands

England

Type

Austria

Referee (-) - Charles G. Gorver
x (-).

Linesmen - Jan N.I. Keizer and G.J. Berrevoets

Teams presented to His Grace The Duke of Marlborough (F.A. Hon. vice-President).

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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: Martin Peters, second captaincy Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 53 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
110th match, W 69 - D 25 - L 16 - F 223 - A 96.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 24  18 September 1949 G Leicester City FC 14 11ᵍᵃ
2 Madeley, Paul 29 20 September 1944 RB Leeds United AFC 14 0
3 Hughes, Emlyn W. 26 28 August 1947 LB Liverpool FC 27 1
4 Bell, Colin 27 26 February 1946 RHB Manchester City FC 30 5
5 McFarland, Roy L. 25 5 April 1948 CHB Derby County FC 20 0
6 Hunter, Norman 29 29 October 1943 LHB Leeds United AFC 24 2
7 Currie, Anthony W. 23 1 January 1950 OR Sheffield United 4 1
8 Channon, Michael R. 24 28 November 1948 IR Southampton FC 9 4
9 Chivers, Martin H. 28 27 April 1945 RF Tottenham Hotspur FC 23 13
10 Clarke, Allan J. 27 31 July 1946 LF Leeds United AFC 14 9
11 Peters, Martin S. 29 8 November 1943 OL Tottenham Hotspur FC 63 20

unused substitutes:

Kevin Keegan

team notes:

Manager Alf Ramsey scored his first England goal, a penalty, against Austria in the November 1951 friendly draw. He also played in the friendly victory six months later.
 
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Averages:

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Austria Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 19th
Colours: Red jerseys, white shorts with red sashes on front, red socks
Capt: Hans Eigenstiller Manager: Leopold Stastny
Austria Lineup
  Koncilia, Friedrich   25 February 1948 G     GA
2 Sara, Robert   9 June 1946 RB      
3 Krieger, Eduard F.   16 December 1946 LB      
4 Schmidradner, Johann   26 February 1945 RHB      
5 Eigenstiller, Johann, off 67th min.   17 June 1943 CHB      
6 Hattenberger, Roland, off 46th min.   7 December 1948 LHB      
7 Starek, August   16 February 1945 OR      
8 Ettmayer, Johann   23 July 1946 IR      
9 Kreuz, Wilhelm   29 May 1949 CF      
10 Krankl, Johann   14 February 1953 IL      
11 Jara, Kurt   14 October 1950 OL      
Austria Substitutes
14 Gombasch, Manfred, on 46th min. for Hattenberger 7 January 1952
13 Kriess, Werner, on 67th min. for Eigenstiller   6 September 1947        

unused substitutes:

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Averages:

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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England over-ran an Austrian defence that had no answer to the combined power of Mike Channon, Martin Chivers and Allan Clarke - the 'top Cs', with Tony Currie also getting in on the goal spree. It was Currie, Colin Bell and Martin Peters who dictated the pace and pattern of the match from midfield. Channon scored the first goal in the tenth minute, and Clarke struck twice before half-time. Channon and Chivers added goals early in the second-half, and Currie made it 6-0 in the sixty-fourth minute with a rasping shot from the edge of the area. Colin Bell completed the goal avalanche three minutes from the end.  'England can still teach the world how to play,' said Austrian manager Leopold Stastny. But this was a friendly. The test that mattered was to come in the next match.

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
Kevin Keegan's My Autobiography
Drew Herbertson,
Scottish FA Historian

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