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Match
Summary |
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  Officials
from Scotland |
England |
Type |
Northern Ireland |
Referee
(black) - John
Robertson Gordon
x (-), Newport-on-Tay, Fife.
Linesmen -
A.S. Harris and J. Thomson
Reserve Linesman - H. Dempsey,
Essex
Teams presented to Walter Winterbottom, C.B.E.
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Offside Calls Against |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Possession |
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flg.jpg) England
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking;
EFO ranking
ELO rating 7th to 6th |
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. |
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Capt: |
Emlyn Hughes, fifteenth captaincy |
Manager: |
Ronald
Greenwood, 56 (11 November 1921),
appointed as caretaker 17 August 1977, permanent on 12 December 1977,
7th match, W 4 - D 2 - L 1 - F 10 - A 4. |
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England
Lineup |
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12 |
Clemence, Raymond N. |
29 |
5 August 1948 |
GK |
Liverpool FC |
35 |
28ᵍᵃ |
15 |
Neal, Philip J. |
27 |
20 February 1951 |
RB |
Liverpool FC |
11 |
1 |
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3 |
Mills, Michael D. |
29 |
4 January 1949 |
LB |
Ipswich Town FC |
17 |
0 |
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14 |
Hughes, Emlyn W. |
30 |
28 August 1947 |
RCB |
Liverpool FC |
52 |
1 |
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5 |
Watson, David V. |
31 |
5 October 1946 |
LCB |
Manchester City FC |
32 |
0 |
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16 |
Wilkins, Raymond C. |
21 |
14 September 1956 |
RM |
Chelsea FC |
13 |
0 |
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6 |
Currie, Anthony W. |
28 |
1 January 1950 |
CM |
Leeds United AFC |
10 |
2 |
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4 |
Greenhoff, Brian |
25 |
28 April 1953 |
LM |
Manchester United FC |
15 |
0 |
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7 |
Coppell, Stephen J. |
22 |
9 July 1955 |
RF |
Manchester United FC |
5 |
0 |
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19 |
Pearson, J. Stuart |
28 |
21 June 1949 |
CF |
Manchester United FC |
15 |
5 |
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18 |
Woodcock, Anthony S. |
22 |
6 December 1955 |
LF |
Nottingham Forest FC |
1 |
0 |
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unused substitutes: |
(Barnes, Latchford and Brooking all injured) |
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4-3-3 |
Clemence
-
Neal, Hughes, Watson, Mills -
Wilkins, Currie, Greenhoff -
Coppell, Pearson, Woodcock. |
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Averages: |
Age |
- |
Appearances/Goals |
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 Northern
Ireland
Team |
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Rank: |
No official ranking;
EFO ranking
ELO rating 29th to 30th |
Colours: |
Made by Adidas - Green v-necked collared jerseys with white Adidas
trim/collars/cuffs, white shorts with green Adidas trim, green socks with
white Adidas trim. |
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Capt: |
Bryan Hamilton |
Manager: |
Robert Dennis Blanchflower, 52 (10 February 1926),
appointed October 1976.
twelfth match, W 2 - D 3 - L 7 - F 10 - A
19. |
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Northern
Ireland
Lineup |
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14 |
Platt, James A. |
26 |
26 January 1952 |
G |
Middlesbrough FC, England |
3 |
2ᵍᵃ |
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12 |
Hamilton, Bryan |
31 |
21 December 1946 |
RB |
Millwall FC, England |
40 |
3 |
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6 |
Nicholl, James M. |
21 |
28 December 1956
in Hamilton,
Canada |
LB |
Manchester United FC,
England |
13 |
0 |
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20 |
Scott, Peter W. |
25 |
19 September 1952
in Walton, England |
RCB |
York City FC, England |
8 |
0 |
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4 |
Nicholl, Christopher J. |
32 |
12 October 1945
Wilmslow, England |
LCB |
Southampton FC, England |
15 |
1 |
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10 |
McIlroy, Samuel B. |
23 |
2 August 1954 |
RM |
Manchester United FC,
England |
28 |
2 |
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8 |
McCreery, David |
20 |
16 September 1957 |
CM |
Manchester United FC,
England |
15 |
0 |
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7 |
O'Neill, Martin H.M. |
26 |
1 March 1952 |
LM |
Nottingham Forest FC,
England |
23 |
4 |
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11 |
Anderson, Trevor |
27 |
3 March 1951 |
RF |
Peterborough United FC,
England |
20 |
3 |
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9 |
Armstrong, Gerald J. |
23 |
23 May 1954 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC,
England |
7 |
2 |
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15 |
McGrath, R. Christopher, off |
22 |
29 November 1954 |
LF |
Manchester United FC,
England |
17 |
4 |
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Northern
Ireland Substitutes |
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Cochrane, Terence G., on for McGrath |
25 |
23 January 1953 |
LM |
Burnley FC, England |
3 |
0 |
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unused substitutes: |
-Bryan Johnston |
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team notes: |
Manager Danny Blanchflower also played for Northern Ireland against England on
twelve separate occasions from 1950 until 1962. |
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4-3-3 |
Platt -
Hamilton, Scott, C.Nicholl,
J.Nicholl -
McIlroy, McCreery, O'Neill -
Anderson, Armstrong, McGrath (Cochrane). |
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Averages: |
Age |
25.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
17.2 |
1.4 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
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Phil
Neal scored his first goal for England seconds before half-time to break
the resistance of a brave Northern Ireland team for whom Middlesbrough
goalkeeper Jim Platt was in outstanding form. The two best chances of the
second-half both fell to Dave Watson, who was twice denied goals by the
brilliance of Platt. It was Watson who had created the opening for
Neal's goal with a clever back heel, and the Liverpool right back drove
through through a forest of legs past the unsighted Platt. Tony Woodcock
made his debut and went close to scoring two goals in the final moments,
each time being prevented from getting on the scoresheet by
man-of-the-match Platt.
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 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)
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Norman Giller, Football Author
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