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Wednesday, 17 November 1982
1984 UEFA European Championship Group Three Qualification Match

Greece 0 England 3 [0-1]
 

Kaftanzoglio Stadio, Saranta Ekklisies, Thessalonica
Attendance:
41,434 to 45,000;
Kick-off: 2.00pm local time, tbc GMT

England - Tony Woodcock (2, 64), Sammy Lee (68) Match Summary
Greece Squad
England Squad
 
Results 1980-1985

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

 

Match Summary

Officials from West Germany

Greece

Type

England

Referee (-) - Adolf Prokop
x (-).

Linesmen - Siegfried Kirschen and Klaus Perschel

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

Greece Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 44th to 48th
Colours: Made by Puma - Blue collared jerseys with white collar and broad trim, white shorts with blue trim, blue socks with white tops
Capt: Anthimos Kapsis Manager: Vasilis Arhondidis
Greece Lineup
1 Sarganis, Nikos   13 January 1954 G     ᵍᵃ
2 Gounaris, Ioannis   6 July 1952        
3 Iosifidis, Konstaninos   14 January 1952        
4 Foiros, Giorgos   8 November 1953        
5 Kapsis, Anthimos   3 September 1950        
6 Livathonis, Spiros   8 January 1955        
7 Michos, Petros   17 February 1959        
8 Mitropoulos, Anastassios   23 August 1957        
9 Anastopoulos, Nikolaus   22 January 1958        
10 Ardizoglou, Christos, injured off 41st min.   25 March 1953
in Jerusalem, Israel
       
11 Mavros, Thomas, off 78th min.   31 May 1954        
Greece Substitutes
12 Kostikos, Giorgos, on 41st min.   26 April 1958
in Tashkent, USSR
       
16 Kofidis, Savvas, on 78th min. for Mavros 5 February 1961
in Kazakh, USSR

unused substitutes:

13-Hristos Dimopoulos, 14-Ioannis Gravanis, 15-Georgios Plitsis.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 5th to 3rd
Colours: The 1982 Admiral away uniform - red v-necked jerseys with white collars/cuffs with blue/red trim and royal blue/white shoulder panels, white shorts with royal blue side stripe and red seam, white socks with red/blue tops.
Capt: Bryan Robson, first captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 49 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
3rd match, W 1 - D 1 - L 1 - F 6 - A 4.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 33 18 September 1949 G Southampton FC 45 32ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 31 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 41 3
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 24 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 30 0
4 Thompson, Philip B. 28 21 January 1954 CD Liverpool FC 42 1
final app 1976-82
5 Martin, Alvin E. 24 29 July 1958 CD West Ham United FC 5 0
6 Robson, Bryan 25 11 January 1957 M Manchester United FC 25 6
961 7 Lee, Samuel 23 7 February 1959 M Liverpool FC 1 1
8 Mabbutt, Gary V. 21 23 August 1961 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 0
9 Mariner, Paul 29 22 May 1953 CF Ipswich Town FC 29 11
10 Woodcock, Anthony S. 26 6 December 1955 F Arsenal FC 26 10
11 Morley, W. Anthony 28 26 August 1954 OR Aston Villa FC 6 0
final app 1981-82

unused substitutes:

12-Danny Thomas, 13-Ray Clemence, 14-Tommy Caton, 15-Ricky Hill, 16-Luther Blissett.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Tony Woodcock, playing in borrowed boots, put England on the way to a first victory under Robson with a goal in the second minute, and he made it 2-0 in the sixty-fourth minute of this European championship qualifier. Five minutes later Sammy Lee made his debut memorable when he crashed the ball into the net after Bryan Robson had transferred a Woodcock free-kick into his path. Lee and Gary Mabbutt were exceptional in midfield in place of injured Ray Wilkins and Glenn Hoddle in a hard-fought game played on a difficult rain-saturated surface.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
UEFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Original Greek Teamsheet
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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