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Saturday, 1 June 1974
Summer Tour of Eastern Europe

Bulgaria 0 England 1 [0-1]
 

 

Match Summary
Bulgaria Squad
England Squad

Stadion Vasil Levski, Sredets, Sofija
Attendance: 60,000 to 70,000
;
Kick-off: 6.30pm local, 5.30pm BST

England - Frank Worthington (44)
 
Results 1970-1975

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Match Summary

Officials

Bulgaria

Type

England

Referee (-) - Rolf Nyhus
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

  Goal Attempts  
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Bulgaria Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 19th
Colours: White jerseys, white shorts, white socks.
Capt: Hristo Bonev Manager: Hristo Mladenov
Bulgaria Lineup
  Goranov Radev, Rumyancho   17 March 1950 G     GA
2 Zafirov, Ivan G.   30 December 1947 RB      
3 Velichkov, Stefan K.   15 February 1959 LB      
4 Kolev, Bozhil N.   12 January 1949 RHB      
5 Penev, Dimitar D.   12 July 1945 CHB      
6 Zhecev, Dobromir G.   12 November 1942 LHB      
7 Voynov, Voyn Y., off 79th min.   7 September 1952 OR      
8 Bonev, Hristo A.   3 February 1947 IR      
9 Mihaylov, Atanas H.   5 July 1949 CF      
10 Borisov Georgiev, Krasimir   8 April 1950 IL      
11 Denev, Georgi N., off 61st min.   18 April 1950 OL      
Bulgaria Substitutes
  Panov, Pavel G., on 61st min. for Denev   14 September 1950        
  Vasilev, Mladen A., on 79th min. for Voynov   29 July 1947        

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 5th
Colours: The 1970 Umbro World Cup away uniform - Red crew necked short-sleeved aertex jerseys, white shorts, white socks.
Capt: Emlyn Hughes, sixth captaincy Temporary Manager: Joseph Mercer, 59 (9 August 1914), appointed temporary manager on 1 May 1974. Also General Manager at Coventry City FC.
6th match, W 3 - D 2 - L 1 - F 7 - A 5.
England Lineup
1 Clemence, Raymond N. 25 5 August 1948 G Liverpool FC 4 2ᵍᵃ
2 Hughes, Emlyn W. 26 28 August 1947 RB Liverpool FC 35 1
3 Lindsay, Alec 26 27 February 1948 LB Liverpool FC 3 0
4 Todd, Colin 25 12 December 1948 RHB Derby County FC 8 0
5 Watson, David V. 27 5 October 1946 CHB Sunderland AFC 5 0
6 Dobson, J. Martin 26 14 February 1948 LHB Burnley FC 3 0
7 Keegan, J. Kevin 23 14 February 1951 OR Liverpool FC 7 1
8 Channon, Michael R. 25 28 November 1948 IR Southampton FC 18 6
9 Worthington, Frank S. 25 23 November 1948 CF Leicester City FC 5 2
10 Bell, Colin 28 26 February 1946 IL Manchester City FC 38 5
11 Brooking, Trevor D. 25 2 October 1948 OL West Ham United FC 4 0

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Frank Worthington won the match in the forty-fourth minute with a classically constructed goal. Kevin Keegan flicked on a Ray Clemence goalkick and Worthington brought it under control and then rifled it into the net all in one sweet movement. Colin Todd and Dave Watson were outstanding in a fine all-round team display, with Keegan, Channon and Worthington pulling the Bulgarian defence inside out with their pace and clever inter-changing of passes and positions.

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