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Wednesday, 16 April 1975
UEFA/FSJ V Prvenstvo Evrope u Fudbalu Group One Qualification Match

England 5 Cyprus 0 [2-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Cyprus Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 68,245;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

England - Malcolm Macdonald (3, 32, 52 HATTRICK, 56, 87)
Cyprus - Christakis Kovis (25)
Results 1970-1975

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Match Summary

Officials from Finland

England

Type

Cyprus

Referee (-) - Martti Hirviniemi
x (-).

Linesmen - A. Mattson and K. Teras

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

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 5th
Colours: The 1974 Admiral home uniform - White collared jerseys with red/blue sleeve trim and red/blue trimmed collar/cuffs, blue shorts with red/white side stripes, white socks with red/blue tops.
Capt: Alan Ball, second captaincy Manager: Donald G. Revie, 47 (10 July 1927), appointed 4 July 1974, 
4th match, W 3 - D 1 - L 0 - F 10 - A 0.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 25  18 September 1949 G Stoke City AFC 21 17ᵍᵃ
2 Madeley, Paul E. 30 20 September 1944 RB Leeds United AFC 19 1
905 3 Beattie, T. Kevin 21 18 December 1953 LB Ipswich Town FC 1 0
4 Bell, Colin 29 26 February 1946 RHB Manchester City FC 43 8
5 Watson, David V. 28 5 October 1946 CHB Sunderland AFC 10 0
6 Todd, Colin 26 12 December 1948 LHB Derby County FC 12 0
7 Ball, Alan J. 29 12 May 1945 OR Arsenal FC 68 8
8 Channon, Michael R. 26 28 November 1948 IR Southampton FC 23 8
9
Macdonald, Malcolm I. 25 7 January 1950 CF Newcastle United FC 9 6
the 68th (31st post-war) hattrick scored
10 Hudson, Alan A. 23 21 June 1951 IL Stoke City AFC 2 0
final app 1975
11 Keegan, J. Kevin 24 14 February 1951 OL Liverpool FC 11 2
England Substitutes
16 Thomas, David, on 65th min. for Channon 24 5 October 1950 F Queen's Park Rangers FC 3 1 0
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unused substitutes:

12-Emlyn Hughes, 13-Ray Clemence, 14-Roger Kenyon, 15-Dennis Tueart.

team notes:

Five goals are scored by a single goalscorer for the first time since George Hall in 1935. It is for the fourth and final time.
Wembley waited six years for its next hattrick - its eleventh.
The first hattrick in the European Championship qualification.

records:

Of the four managers to have sat at Wembley, Revie is the first to have kept four clean sheets in his first four appearances.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Cyprus Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 120th to 119th
Colours: Blue collared jerseys with white collars/cuffs, white shorts, blue socks.
Capt: Andreas Stylianou Manager: Panicos Iacovou
Cyprus Lineup
  Akliviades, Michalakis, off 60th min.   4 January 1944 G     GA
2 Kovis, Christakis   30 November 1953 RB      
3 Kizas, Demetris   6 September 1953 LB      
4 Pantziaras, Nicos   7 January 1954 RHB      
5 Koureas, Kyriakos   6 September 1947 CHB      
6 Savva, Gregory   14 July 1955 LHB      
7 Theodorou. Michalakis   4 September 1947 OR      
8 Mihail, Stefanis   8 November 1946 IR      
9 Markou, Markos   12 August 1949 CF      
10 Charalambous, Nicos, off 46th min.     IL      
11 Stylianou, Andreas   23 January 1942 OL      
Cyprus Substitutes
12 Konstantinou, Andreas, on 46th min. for Charalambous   30 November 1946        
13 Konstantinou, Andreas, on 60th min. for Akliviades   20 August 1956 G      

unused substitutes:

14-Stavros Stylianou, 15-Panikos Efthymaides, 16-Melis Asprou.
 
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Averages:

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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Malcolm Macdonald scored all five goals - four of them with his head - in an extraordinary display of finishing. He became the first player to score five at Wembley and it equalled the five-goal haul by Tottenham's Willie Hall for England against Northern Ireland at Old Trafford in 1938. Macdonald scored his first in the second minute, made it 2-0 in the thirty-fifth minute and added two more early in the second-half against an outplayed, outclassed Cypriot team. He finished off his one-man spectacular with a brilliantly headed goal in the closing stages. Macdonald's team-mates came off at the end wondering how between them they had managed to miss at least six more goals. 'To be honest,' said Macdonald, 'I should have had eight goals. I managed to miss three fairly easy chances. But I suppose I can't complain!'
   

Source Notes

TheFA.com
UEFA.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