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Wednesday, 17 February 1988
I.F.A. Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration Match

Israel 0 England 0 [0-0]
 

The National Stadium, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv
Attendance:
5,000/6,000;
Kick-off: tbc BST
Live on BBC (UK) -
Commentator: John Motson

  Match Summary
Israel Squad
England Squad
 
Results 1985-1990

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

 

Match Summary

Officials

Israel

Type

England

Referee (-) - Alphonse Constantin
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

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

Israel Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 64th to 63rd
Colours: Made by Puma - White v-necked jerseys with sky blue shoulder panel and sky blue/white striped sleeves, sky blue shorts with white pinstripes, white socks.
Capt: Uri Malmilian Manager: Miljenko Mihic
Israel Lineup
1 Ginzburg, Ben-Zion S.   12 December 1964 G     GA
2 Cohen, Avraham 12 June 1962
3 Cohen, Eli   6 April 1961        
4 Klinger, Nir   25 May 1966        
5 Cohen, Avraham   14 November 1956        
6 Shimonov, Menashe   3 April 1963        
7 Alon, Nir   6 August 1963        
8 Malmilian, Uri   24 April 1957        
9 Driks, Eli, off 88th min.   13 October 1964        
10 Ivanir, Motti, off 84th min.   18 March 1964        
11 Tikva, Shalom, off 46th min.   8 May 1965        
Israel Substitutes
12 Brailovsky Poliak, Daniel A., on 46th min. for Tikva   18 November 1958
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
       
14 Ovadia, Avinoam, on 84th min. for Ivanir   27 February 1960        
15 Eisenberg, Moshe, on 88th min. for Driks   19 August 1967        

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 1st
Colours: The 1984 Umbro away uniform - Red v-necked jersey with shadow pin-stripes, red collar/cuffs with white/blue trim and thin white stripe along shoulder, white shorts, with red seams with blue trim, red socks with white Umbro diamond trim.
Capt: Peter Beardsley, only captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 54 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
61st match, W 32 - D 16 - L 13 - F 112 - A 35.
England Lineup
1 Woods, Christopher C.E. 28 14 November 1959 G Rangers FC, Scotland 10 1ᵍᵃ
2 Stevens, M. Gary 24 27 March 1963 RB Everton FC 19 0
3 Pearce, Stuart 25 24 April 1962 LB Nottingham Forest FC 4 0
4 Webb, Neil J. 24 30 July 1963 CM Nottingham Forest FC 4 1
5 Watson, David 26 20 November 1961 RCD Everton FC 8 0
6 Wright, Mark, off 74th min. 24 1 August 1963 LCD Derby County FC 17 0
7 Allen, Clive D., off 68th min 26 20 May 1961 RF Tottenham Hotspur FC 5 0
final app 1984-88
1001 8 McMahon, Stephen 26 20 August 1961 CM Liverpool FC 1 0
9 Beardsley, Peter A. 27 18 January 1961 LF Liverpool FC 19 4
10 Barnes, John C.B. 24 7 November 1963
in Kingston, Jamaica
LM Liverpool FC 35 6
BME most apps
11 Waddle, Christopher R. 27 14 December 1960 RM Tottenham Hotspur FC 30 4
England Substitutes
1002 15 Harford, Michael G., on 68th min. for Allen 29
5 days
12 February 1959 CF Luton Town FC 1 0
14 Fenwick, Terence W., on 74th min. for Wright 28 17 November 1959 CD Tottenham Hotspur FC 20 18 0
2
final app 1984-88

unused substitutes:

-

substitute notes:

Mick Harford is the 42nd player to make his England debut as a substitute.
Tottenham Hotspur FC have continued to provide a record number of England substitutes - now at 22.
 
4-4-2 Shilton -
Stevens, Watson, Wright
(Fenwick), Pearce -
Waddle, McMahon, Webb, Barnes -
Allen
(Harford), Beardsley

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Steve McMahon and Mick Harford won their first caps in a match that was in danger of being called off as driving rain turned the ground into a quagmire. The waterlogged pitch made decent football an impossibility, and the game developed into farce. Peter Beardsley was made captain in place of the absent Bryan Robson.  Stuart Pearce went closest to breaking the deadlock with a fizzing left foot shot from fifteen yards that was hacked off the Israel goal-line with the goalkeeper beaten.

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