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Wednesday, 29 May 1974
Summer Tour of Eastern Europe

GDR (East Germany) 1 England 1 [0-0]
 

 

Match Summary
GDR Squad
England Squad

Zentralstadion, Mitte, Leipzig
Attendance: 95,000;
Kick-off: tbc BST

GDR - Joachim Streich (67)
England - Mick Channon (low driving twenty-yard free-kick 68)
 
Results 1970-1975

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Match Summary

Officials

GDR

Type

England

Referee (-) - György Müncz
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

  Goal Attempts  
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GDR Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 7th to 6th
Colours: White crew necked jerseys with blue collars/cuffs, blue shorts, white socks.
Capt: Bernd Bransch Manager: Georg Buschner
GDR Lineup
  Croy, Jürgen   19 October 1946 G     GA
2 Fritsche, Joachim   28 October 1951 RB      
3 Bransch, Bernd   24 September 1944 LB      
4 Weise, Konrad   17 August 1951 RHB      
5 Wätzlich, Siegmar   16 November 1947 CHB      
6 Pommerenke, Jürgen   22 January 1953 LHB      
7 Irmscher, Harald   12 February 1946 OR      
8 Löwe, Wolfram   14 May 1945 IR      
9 Streich, Joachim   13 April 1951 CF      
10 Sparwasser, Jürgen   4 June 1948 IL      
11 Vogel, Eberhard, off 60th min.   8 April 1943 OL      
GDR Substitutes
17 Hoffmann, Martin, on 60th min. for Vogel   22 March 1955        

unused substitutes:

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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 6th to 5th
Colours: The 1970 Umbro World Cup away uniform - Red crew necked short-sleeved aertex jerseys, white shorts, red socks.
Capt: Emlyn Hughes, fifth captaincy Temporary Manager: Joseph Mercer, 59 (9 August 1914), appointed temporary manager on 1 May 1974. Also General Manager at Coventry City FC.
5th match, W 2 - D 2 - L 1 - F 6 - A 5.
England Lineup
1 Clemence, Raymond N. 25 5 August 1948 G Liverpool FC 3 2ᵍᵃ
2 Hughes, Emlyn W. 26 28 August 1947 RB Liverpool FC 34 1
3 Lindsay, Alec 26 27 February 1948 LB Liverpool FC 2 0
4 Todd, Colin 25 12 December 1948 RHB Derby County FC 7 0
5 Watson, David V. 27 5 October 1946 CHB Sunderland AFC 4 0
6 Dobson, J. Martin 26 14 February 1948 LHB Burnley FC 2 0
7 Keegan, J. Kevin 23 14 February 1951 OR Liverpool FC 6 1
8 Channon, Michael R. 25 28 November 1948 IR Southampton FC 17 6
9 Worthington, Frank S. 25 23 November 1948 CF Leicester City FC 4 1
10 Bell, Colin 28 26 February 1946 IL Manchester City FC 37 5
11 Brooking, Trevor D. 25 2 October 1948 OL West Ham United FC 3 0

unused substitutes:

-(Duncan McKenzie (Nottingham Forest) - squad member/unused sub?)

team notes:

Mick Channon's free-kick was only England's ninth such goal, and the first since 1936, nearly 38 years previously.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England hit the woodwork four times before Streich gave the East Germans a fortunate lead in the sixty-seventh minute. Just sixty seconds later Mike Channon cancelled it out with a free-kick hammered low through the defensive wall from twenty yards. Martin Dobson, Colin Bell and Trevor Brooking dominated the match in midfield. Dobson was winning the second of five caps under three different managers. Mercer, always ready with a quip regardless of the team's performance, said: 'We hit the woodwork more times than a team of lumberjacks.'

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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CG