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Wednesday, 13 June 1979
End-of-Season International Friendly Match

Austria 4 England 3 [3-1]
 

 

Match Summary
Austria Squad
England Squad

Praterstadion, Prater, Wien
Attendance: 31,000/60,000;
Kick-off: tbc BST
Live on ITV (UK) -
Commentator: Brian Moore and Jackie Charlton

Austria - Bruno Pezzey (19, 70), Kurt Welzl (26, 41)
England - Kevin Keegan (27), Steve Coppell (47), Ray Wilkins (64).
 
Results 1975-1980

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

 

Match Summary

Officials

Austria

Type

England

Referee (-) - Alexis Ponnet
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

  Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
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  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Austria Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 13th to 12th
Colours: Made by Puma - White v-necked collared jerseys with bold black sleeve trim/collar/cuffs, black shorts with white side trim, black socks with white/red trim.
Capt:   Manager: Karl Stotz
Austria Lineup
1 Koncilia, Friedrich   25 February 1948 G     GA
2 Sara, Robert   9 June 1946        
3 Obermayer, Erich   23 January 1953        
4 Pezzey, Bruno E.   3 February 1955        
5 Baumeister, Ernst R.   22 January 1957        
6 Hattenburger, Roland   7 December 1948        
7 Kreuz, Wilhelm   29 May 1949        
8 Jara, Kurt   14 October 1950        
9 Welzl, Kurt, off 55th min.   6 November 1954        
10 Prohaska, Herbert   8 August 1955        
11 Jurtin, Gernot   9 September 1955        
Austria Substitutes
  Schachner, Walter, on 55th min. for Welzl   1 February 1957        

unused substitutes:

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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 4th to 5th
Colours: The 1976 Admiral away uniform - Red collared jerseys with white/blue sleeve trim and white/blue trimmed collar/cuffs, white shorts with blue/white side stripes, red socks with white/blue stripes on top.
Capt: Kevin Keegan, fifteenth captaincy Manager: Ronald Greenwood, 57 (11 November 1921), appointed as caretaker 17 August 1977, permanent on 12 December 1977,
19th match, W 12 - D 5 - L 2 - F 36 - A 14.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L., off 46th min. 29 18 September 1949 G Nottingham Forest FC 28 24ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 28 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 20 3
3 Mills, Michael D. 30 4 January 1949 LB Ipswich Town FC 26 0
4 Thompson, Philip B. 25 21 January 1954 RHB Liverpool FC 15 1
5 Watson, David V. 32 5 October 1946 CHB SV Werder Bremen, Germany 44 3
6 Wilkins, Raymond C. 22 14 September 1956 M Chelsea FC 24 1
7 Keegan, J. Kevin 28 14 February 1951 OR SV Hamburger, Germany 46 15
8 Coppell, Stephen J. 23 9 July 1955 RM Manchester United FC 16 6
9 Latchford, Robert D., off 46th min. 28 18 January 1951 CF Everton FC 12 5
final app 1977-79
10 Brooking, Trevor D. 30 2 October 1948 IL West Ham United FC 31 1
11 Barnes, Peter S., off 76th min. 21 10 June 1957 LM Manchester City FC 14 4
England Substitutes
  Clemence, Raymond N., on 46th min. for Shilton. 30 5 August 1948 GK Liverpool FC 43 42 33ᵍᵃ
1
  Francis, Trevor J., on 46th min. for Latchford 24 19 April 1954 AM Nottingham Forest FC 15 11 2
4
  Cunningham, Laurence P., on 76th min. for Barnes 23 8 March 1956 OR West Bromwich Albion FC 3 2 0
1

unused substitutes:

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substitute & BME notes:

-Laurie Cunningham, the second BME player to play for the senor team, is the first to be a substitute.

substitute & goalkeeper notes:

Ray Clemence is only the second goalkeeper to be an official substitute. Discounting the very first swap in 1872, this is the first substitution of a goalkeeper since June 1976. Since Corrigan did not concede then (or indeed, no goals were scored in 1872), Clemence is the first substitute goalkeeper to concede a goal.

records:

Bruno Pezzey's goal is the first friendly goal conceded by England in over a year.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England had just a Kevin Keegan goal to show at half-time in reply to three first-half goals by the Austrians in a match littered with defensive errors. Goals by Steve Coppell and Ray Wilkins brought England battling back to 3-3, only for them to lose to a late goal headed past substitute goalkeeper Ray Clemence by Pezzey following a free-kick. It was England's  first set-back since the 2-1 defeat by West Germany back in February 1978, and the first time they had conceded more than three goals since the 5-1 defeat by Brazil back in 1964.

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