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Wednesday, 15 December 1982
1984 UEFA European Championship Group Three Qualification Match

England 9 Luxembourg 0 [4-0]
 

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance:
30,000 to 35,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm GMT

England - Jeannot Moes (Bossis hit Blissett's cross against his own keeper 18), Steve Coppell (22), Tony Woodcock (34), Luther Blissett (44, 62, 86), Mark Chamberlain (71), Glenn Hoddle (87), Phil Neal (89). Match Summary
England Squad
Luxembourg Squad
 
Results 1980-1985

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Match Summary

Officials from Iceland

England

Type

Luxembourg

Referee (-) - Hreidar Jonsson
x (-).

Linesmen - Gudmundur Haraldsson and Eysteinn Guðmundsson.

Reserve Linesman - G.R. Rigby, Surrey.

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

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd
Colours: The 1980 Admiral home uniform - White v-necked jerseys with royal blue/red shoulder panels, royal blue shorts with red side stripe and white seam, white socks with red/blue tops.
Capt: Bryan Robson, second captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 49 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
4th match, W 2 - D 1 - L 1 - F 15 - A 4.
England Lineup
1 Clemence, Raymond N. 34 5 August 1948 GK Tottenham Hotspur FC 60 51ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 31 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 42 4
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 24 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 31 0
4 Robson, Bryan 25 11 January 1957 M Manchester United FC 26 6
5 Martin, Alvin E. 24 29 July 1958 CD West Ham United FC 6 0
6 Butcher, Terence I. 23 28 December 1958
in Alexandra Park, Singapore
CD Ipswich Town FC 11 0
7 Coppell, Stephen J., off 66th min. 27 9 July 1955 RM Manchester United FC 41 7
8 Lee, Samuel 23 7 February 1959 M Liverpool FC 2 1
9 Woodcock, Anthony S. 27 6 December 1955 F Arsenal FC 27 11
10
Blissett, Luther L. 24 1 February 1958
in Falmouth, Jamaica
CF Watford FC 2 3
the 69th (32nd post-war) hattrick scored
11 Mabbutt, Gary V., off 74th min. 21 23 August 1961 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 3 0
England Substitutes
six 15 Chamberlain, Mark V., on 66th min. for Coppell 21
26 days
19 November 1961 F Stoke City FC 1 1
962
14 Hoddle, Glenn, on 74th min. for Mabbutt 25 27 October 1957 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 14 12 5
2

unused substitutes:

12-Tommy Caton, 13-Gary Bailey, 16-Paul Goddard.

BME notes:

Luther Blissett is the first BME player to score for the England senior side, and therefore the first to score a hat-trick.

substitute notes:

Wembley witnessed its fourth and fifth goals by a substitute. The first time two goals have been scored in a match by two different substitutes.
Mark Chamberlain, the 24th player to mark his debut as a substitute, becomes the third player to score on his debut. The second and third goals scored by a substitute in qualification history.
Stoke City FC are the 31st different club to provide an England substitute.

hat-trick notes:

The twelfth hattrick to be scored at Wembley.
Manager Bobby Robson played for England against Luxembourg twice, in October 1960 and September 1961.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Luxembourg Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 146th
Colours: Made by Adidas - Red crew neck jerseys with white Adidas trim/cuffs, white shorts with red Adidas trim, blue socks with white Adidas trim.
Capt: Jeannot Moes Manager: Louis Pilot
Luxembourg Lineup
1 Moes, Jeannot   11 May 1948 G     ᵍᵃ
2 Girres, Jean-Paul   6 January 1961        
3 Meunier, Hubert   14 December 1959        
4 Bossi, Marcel   14 January 1961        
5 Rohmann, Nico   23 November 1952        
6 Clemens, John   30 September 1958        
7 Hellers, Guy   10 October 1964        
8 Weis, Carlo   4 December 1958        
9 Dresch, Gilbert   14 September 1954        
10 Reiter, Jeannot   14 October 1958        
11 Di Domenico, Marcel, off 46th min.   17 June 1955        
Luxembourg Substitutes
14 Nurenberg, Alain, on 45th min. for Di Domenico   23 March 1961        

unused substitutes:

12-Jean-Paul Defrang, 13-Romain Michaux, 15-Romain Schreiner, 16-Théo Malget.
 
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Averages:

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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England struggled to find their rhythm in the goalless first twenty minutes of this European championship qualifier, but the floodgates opened with a Luxembourg own goal. A minute later Steve Coppell headed in a Bryan Robson cross and Tony Woodcock and Luther Blissett made it 4-0 by half-time. The first twenty minutes of the second-half were, as in the first-half, barren but then England stepped up the pace and Blissett completed his hat-trick and substitutes Mark Chamberlain and Glenn Hoddle found the net before, in the final seconds, Phil Neal netted the ninth goal to equal the haul when England - including Bobby Robson - beat Luxembourg in 1960. Blissett's opening goal of his hat-trick was the first scored by a black player in a full England international.

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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