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509 vs. Northern Ireland
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511 vs. Scotland

Tuesday, 31 May 1977
Home International Championship 1976-77 (82nd) Match

England 0 Wales 1 [0-1]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Wales Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance:
48,000;
Kick-off: 8.00pm BST

Wales - Leighton James (penalty 44 Shilton fouled James)
 
Results 1975-1980

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

 

Match Summary

Officials from Scotland

England

Type

Wales

Referee (-) - John Robertson P. Gordon
x (-), Newport-on-Tay, Fife.

Linesmen - W. McLeish, Stonehouse and H.L. Stevenson, Paisley

Reserve Linesman - P.C. Wrennall, Burnham, Buckinghamshire

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

  Goal Attempts  
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  Corner Kicks Won  
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  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 5th to 9th
Colours: The 1974 Admiral home uniform - White collared lightweight 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: Kevin Keegan, seventh captaincy Manager: Donald G. Revie, 49 (10 July 1927), appointed 4 July 1974,
25th match, W 14 - D 5 - L 6 - F 47 - A 22.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 27  18 September 1949 G Stoke City AFC 23 19ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 26 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 3 0
3 Mills, Michael D. 28 4 January 1949 LB Ipswich Town FC 12 0
4 Greenhoff, Brian 24 28 April 1953 RHB Manchester United FC 8 0
5 Watson, David V. 30 5 October 1946 CHB Manchester City FC 21 0
6 Hughes, Emlyn W. 29 28 August 1947 LHB Liverpool FC 43 1
7 Keegan, J. Kevin 26 14 February 1951 OR Liverpool FC 29 7
8 Channon, Michael 28 28 November 1948 IR Southampton FC 41 20
9 Pearson, J. Stuart 27 21 June 1949 CF Manchester United FC 8 3
10 Brooking, Trevor D., injured off 72nd min. 28 2 October 1948 IL West Ham United FC 18 0
11 Kennedy, Raymond 25 28 July 1951 OL Liverpool FC 6 2
England Substitutes
15 Tueart, Dennis, on 72nd min. for Brooking 27 27 November 1949 OL Manchester City FC 5 3 2
2

unused substitutes:

-Brian Talbot.

substitute notes:

Of the 85 England substitutes, Manchester City FC have provided eleven players.
Manager Don Revie's penultimate appearance for England was against Wales on 22 October 1955.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 25th to 22nd
Colours: Made by Admiral - Red collared jerseys with yellow/green Admiral tramlines, red shorts with yellow/green Admiral tramlines, red socks with yellow/green striped tops.
Capt: Terry Yorath Manager: Michael Smith
Wales Lineup
1 Davies, W. David   1 April 1948 G     GA
2 Thomas, Roderick J.   11 January 1947        
3 Jones, Joseph P.   4 March 1955        
4 Mahoney, John F.   20 September 1946        
5 Phillips, Leighton   25 September 1949        
6 Evans, Ian   30 January 1952
in Egham, England
       
7 Sayer, Peter A.   2 May 1955        
8 Flynn, Brian   12 October 1955        
9 Yorath, Terence C.   27 March 1950        
10 Deacy, Nicholas S.   19 July 1953        
11 James, Leighton   16 February 1953        
Wales Substitutes
14 Roberts, David F., on for Phillips   26 November 1949
in Southampton, England
       

unused substitutes:

-Alan Curtis
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Wales scored their first victory in England for forty-two years and their first ever at Wembley. Leighton James netted the only goal of the game from the penalty spot a minute before half-time after Peter Shilton had pulled him down following a mistake by Emlyn Hughes. The calls for Don Revie to be replaced were now reaching a crescendo, and the England manager seemed to have lost all the confidence and enthusiasm that were such vital ingredients of his days as manager at Leeds. Unsubstantiated rumours were flying around Fleet Street that Revie was ready to throw in the towel, and it was many months later before it emerged that round about this time he had been making overtures to the Football Association hierarchy about settlement of his contract.

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