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"Last
Fright of the Poms"
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Officials
from France |
England
Squad |
Type |
Australia Squad |
Referee
(black)
Stéphanie Frappart
39 (14 December 1983), Le Pless-s-Bouchard, FIFA-listed
2009 |
9 |
Goal Attempts |
14 |
3 |
Attempts on Target |
4 |
Assistant Referees |
1 |
Hit Bar/Post |
0 |
Mikaël Berchebru 39 (8
March 1984) |
Aurélien Drouet 35 (22
June 1988), Angers |
7 |
Corner Kicks Won |
8 |
Fourth official
Hakim Ben El Hadj
45 (30 May 1978) |
2 |
Offside Calls Against |
0 |
Video
Assistant Officials
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8 |
Fouls Conceded |
13 |
Mathieu Vernice 30 (12 August 1993)
Nicolas Rainville 41 |
66.8% |
Possession |
33.2% |
|
|
England
Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (21
September 2023) 4th
EFO ranking
Group Two ELO rating
6th |
Colours |
The Nike 2022 home jersey -
White crew-necked jerseys
with dark to light blue
fury gradient sleeves, fury/void cuffs, blue shorts,
white socks with fury/void thin hoop. |
Captain |
Jordan Henderson |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 53 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016. |
9th of 9 - W 7 - D 2 - L 0 - F 18 - A 4. |
Kieran Trippier 60:58 |
P 88th of 102, W 55 - D 19 - L 14 - F 194 - A
60. |
England
Lineup |
|
ten changes on the previous match
(Dunk remains) |
league position (5th October) |
|
1 |
Johnstone, Samuel L. |
30 202 days |
25 March 1993 |
G |
Crystal Palace FC
(PL 9th) |
4 |
0ᵍᵃ |
the 19th Palace player to
represent England |
final app
2021-23 |
2 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J. |
25 5 days |
7 October 1998 |
RB/M |
Liverpool FC
(PL 4th) |
21 |
2 |
6 |
Tomori,
Oluwafikayomi O., off
62nd min. |
25 298 days |
19 December 1997
in Calgary, Canada |
RCD |
AC
Milan, Italy
(SA 2nd) |
4 |
0 |
5 |
Dunk, Lewis C. |
31 326 days |
21 November 1991 |
LCD |
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
(PL 6th) |
3 |
0 |
107 |
3 |
Colwill, Levi L.S. |
20 229 days |
26 February 2003 |
LB |
Chelsea FC
(PL 11th) |
1 |
0 |
1274 |
|
34th min. after Keabu Bacchus took exception for his foul on Boyle |
the 55th Chelsea player to
represent England |
only app
2023 |
8 |
Henderson, Jordan B.,,
off 61st min. |
33
118 days |
17 June 1990 |
RM |
Al Ettifaq FC, Saudi Arabia
(SAPL 5th) |
79 |
3 |
10 |
Maddison, James D.,
off 73rd min. |
26
324 days |
23 November 1996 |
CM |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 2nd) |
5 |
0 |
4 |
Gallagher, Conor J., off
62nd min. |
23 249 days |
6 February 2000 |
LM |
Chelsea FC
(PL 11th) |
10 |
0 |
|
35th min. following a number of lunges at Craig Goodwin on the
touchline |
|
|
|
11 |
Bowen, Jarrod |
26 292 days |
20 December 1996 |
RF |
West Ham United FC
(PL 7th) |
5 |
0 |
9
|
Watkins, Oliver G.A.,
off 73rd min. |
27 282 days |
30 December 1995 |
CF |
Aston Villa FC
(PL 5th) |
8 |
3 |
7
|
Grealish, Jack P.,
off 61st min. |
28 33 days |
10 September 1995 |
LF |
Manchester City FC
(PL TOP) |
33 |
2 |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline:
England
1 Australia 0 |
19 |
Rashford, Marcus, on 61st min.
(60:35) for Grealish |
25
347 days |
31 October 1997 |
LF |
Manchester United FC
(PL 10th) |
56 |
24 |
16 |
32 |
12 |
Trippier, Kieran J., on 61st min.
(60:58) for Henderson |
33 24 days |
19 September 1990 |
RB |
Newcastle United FC
(PL 8h) |
44 |
35 |
1 |
9 |
23 |
Phillips, Kalvin M., on 62nd min.
(61:03) for Gallagher |
27 315 days |
2 December 1995 |
RM |
Manchester City FC
(PL TOP) |
29 |
22 |
1 |
7 |
16 |
Stones, John,
on 62nd min. (61:19) for Tomori |
29 138 days |
28 May 1994 |
RCD |
Manchester City FC
(PL TOP) |
68 |
60 |
3 |
8 |
21 |
Foden, Philip W., on 73rd min.
(72:24) for Maddison |
23 138 days |
28 May 2000 |
CM |
Manchester City FC
(PL TOP) |
28 |
17 |
4 |
11 |
108 |
25 |
Nketiah, Edward K., on 73rd min.
(72:29) for Watkins |
24 136 days |
30 May 1999 |
CF |
Arsenal FC
(PL 3rd) |
1 |
0 |
1275 |
the seventieth
Arsenal player to
represent England |
only app
2023 |
result:
England 1 Australia 0 |
unused
substitutes: |
13-Jordan
Pickford, 14-Harry Maguire,
15-Kyle Walker, 17-Marc
Guéhi, 18-Declan Rice, 20-Harry Kane, 22-Aaron Ramsdale, 24-Jude
Bellingham. |
team notes: |
Harry Kane sits out a match for the first time in two years, Andorra
in October 2021 being the last match he remained on the bench for. Jack Grealish's great great
grandfather,
Billy Garraty, also played for
England in 1903. |
youth notes: |
England and
Australia have met only a few times in
youth level matches,
none of which
featured any of the participating players. |
stadium notes: |
Australia are the 45th
different nation to visit the National Stadium. The first
friendly match at The National Stadium
since
March 2022. A seventh consecutive friendly victory at Wembley
equals a record set in 1954-58. The 130th
friendly match to be held at Wembley and the 75th victory. The
first 80,000+ crowd for a friendly match at the National Stadium
since March 2018. England win with a single goal for
the 34th time at Wembley. A record-equalling feat with 2-0.
Eddie Nketiah is the 150th different England player to grace the
National Stadium turf. |
captain notes: |
Jordan Henderson becomes
England's twentieth oldest captain. Also the first Arab-based
player to be the captain. |
team records: |
This win is England's twelfth consecutive friendly victory,
equalling a
record set in 1908-23. They have also equalled an undefeated
record of eighteen home friendly matches,
set in
1992-97. |
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4-3-3 |
Johnstone - Alexander-Arnold, Tomori (Stones), Dunk, Colwill - Henderson
(Trippier), Maddison (Foden), Gallagher
(Phillips) - Bowen, Watkins (Nketiah),
Grealish (Rashford)
notes: When Trippier came on, he took Alexander-Arnold's position,
allowing him to push up |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27
years 117 days |
Appearances/Goals |
15.7 |
0.8 |
|
|
Australia Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (21
September 2023)
27th
EFO ranking
n/a
ELO rating 28th to 29th |
Colours |
Made by Nike - Yellow crew necked shadowed mottles jerseys
with green cuffs, green shorts, yellow socks. |
Captain |
Maty Ryan |
Head Coach |
Graham James Arnold, 60 (3 August 1963),
appointed 8 March 2018, effective 16 July 2018. |
42nd match, W 26 - D 5 - L 11 F x - A x. |
Australia Lineup |
1 |
Ryan, Mathew D. |
31
188 days |
8 April 1992 |
GK |
Alkmaar Zaanstreek, Netherlands |
83 |
0 |
13 |
Strain, Ryan, off 73rd min. |
26
194 days |
2 April 1997
in Coventry, England |
RB |
St. Mirren FC, Scotland |
3 |
0 |
|
40th min. for pulling back Jack Grealish as he attempted to run away. |
19 |
Souttar, Harry
J. |
24
356 days |
22 October 1998 in
Aberdeen, Scotland |
RCD |
Leicester City FC, England |
18 |
7 |
3 |
Burgess, Cameron R. |
27
357 days |
21 October 1995 in
Aberdeen, Scotland |
LCD |
Ipswich Town FC, Engtland |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Rowles, Kye F.,
off 83rd min. |
25
111 days |
24 June 1998 |
LB |
Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland |
12 |
0 |
6 |
Boyle, Martin C.,
off 83rd min. |
30
171 days |
25 April 1993 in
Aberdeen, Scotland |
RAM |
Hibernian FC, Scotland |
21 |
6 |
20 |
Baccus, Keanu K. |
25
128 days |
7 June 1998
in Durban, South Africa |
RCM |
St. Mirren FC, Scotland |
9 |
0 |
|
34th min. after shoving Levi Colwill in reaction to his foul on Boyle |
8 |
Metcalfe, Connor,
off 90th min. |
23
342 days |
5 November 1999 |
AM |
FC St. Pauli, Germany |
10 |
0 |
22 |
Irvine, Jackson A. |
30
220 days |
7 March 1993 |
LCM |
FC St. Pauli, Germany |
57 |
8 |
|
79th min. for screaming at the referee after failing to be awarded a
throw-in |
|
|
|
10 |
Goodwin, Craig A.,
off 73rd min. |
31
301 days |
16 December 1991 |
LAM |
Al Wehda FC, Saudi Arabia |
16 |
2 |
15 |
Duke, Mitchell T.,
off 73rd min. |
32
268 days |
18 January 1991 |
CF |
FC Machida Zelvia, Japan |
29 |
9 |
Australia
Substitutes |
scoreline:
England 1 Australia 0 |
9 |
Borello, Brandon J.G., on 73rd min.
(72:54) for Goodwin |
28
80 days |
25 July 1995 |
CF |
Western Sydney Wanderers FC |
8 |
1 |
5 |
Bos, Jordan, on 73rd min.
(72:57) for Goodwin |
20
349 days |
29 October 2002 |
LB |
KVC Westerlo, Belgium |
3 |
0 |
635 |
17 |
Miller, Lewis, on 73rd min.
(72:59) for Strain |
23
50 days |
24 August 2000 |
RB |
Hibernian FC, Scotland |
1 |
0 |
16 |
Behich, Aziz E., on 83rd min.
(82:10) for Rowles |
32
301 days |
16 December 1990 |
LB |
Melbourne City FC |
60 |
2 |
11 |
Mabil, Awer B., on 83rd min.
(82:25) for Boyle |
28
28 days |
15 September 1995 in
Kakuma, Kenya |
F |
Grasshopper Club Zürich, Switzerland |
33 |
9 |
636 |
26 |
Touré, Mohamed, on 90th min.
(89:25) for Metcalfe |
19
201 days |
26 March 2004 in
Conakry, Guinea |
F |
Paris FC, France, on loan from Stade de Reims, France |
1 |
0 |
result:
England 1 Australia 0 |
unused
substitutes: |
2-Miloš Degenek, 7-Sam Silvera, 12-Andrew Redmayne,
14-Aiden O'Neill, 18-Tom Glover, 21-Massimo Luongo, 23-Alessandro Circati. |
team
notes: |
Squad member Cameron Burgess' grandfather, Campbell Forsyth, also
played against England, debuting
for Scotland in April 1964. This is Australia's first visit to
England's national stadium, having played on club grounds (West Ham
and Sunderland) on previous visits. Mohamed Touré was not named on
the teamsheet, or indeed, the squad. |
records: |
|
Head Coach Graham Arnold was centre-forward for Australia when England
visited Sydney in May 1991, losing by a single Ian Gray own goal. |
|
4-5-1 |
Ryan - Strain (Miller), Souttar, Burgess, Rowles
(Behich)
- Boyle (Mabil), Baccus,
Metcalfe (Touré), Irvine, Goodwin (Bos) - Duke (Borello) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
28
years 113 days |
Appearances/Goals |
23.6 |
3.1 |
|
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
I started my last report,
against Scotland, by saying what a difference three days makes, well, I'm
hoping there will be a big difference from this England performance to
when we host Italy in the Euros in our next game. This was pretty dire
from England at times, as Gareth Southgate made lots of changes to his
line-up to give others a chance to stake their claim to a place in the
side. That is understandable, but on this occasion, in the main, it didn't
work.
England began sluggishly on a very wet night at Wembley,
although they did come close when Jarrod Bowen fired in a cross-cum-shot
that goalkeeper Matt Ryan just managed to divert away from Ollie Watkins
feet. On 12 minutes Sam Johnstone was forced into a good save when Keanu
Baccus's shot clipped the head of a defender and the goalkeeper pushed the
ball around the post. After that the match slipped into the usual England
mode of passing the ball across the back, back to the keeper, and then
doing that all over again! Is it me, because I find that so boring and
negative?
To be fair to Australia, they played well, chasing,
harrying and pressing England at every opportunity, and that did make it
difficult for England to find any rhythm. Having said that, all the team
changes made England look disjointed and struggling to find any decent
attacking moves.
On 22 minutes Mitchell Duke hit a volley just
wide, and then two minutes later, James Maddison cut inside well and his
shot landed in the Royal Box, and yes, it was that bad! Six minutes later
Australia had another chance as, following a corner, with the ball
bouncing loose, Kye Rowles shot over when it seemed easier to hit the
target. Ironically, this led to the best chance for England, so far, at
the other end. A good break down the middle saw a fine pass by Maddison
played right into the path of Watkins. The striker took it round the
keeper, but then just mishit his shot slightly, and the ball trickled
across goal, hit the far post and was cleared.
Shortly after that
incident the referee, the wonderful Stephanie Frappart, brandished two
yellow cards in quick succession, as Levi Colwill and Baccus came
together. The ref was quite right and she celebrated this honour of being
the first female referee to take charge of an England Men's game at
Wembley with an impressive no nonsense display. She then booked Conor
Gallagher for a reckless challenge, and when she shows a card, she really
means it!
Those incidents did enliven a very poor game, okay, there
were chances, but there was no real pattern to England's play as the
players struggled to come to terms with playing with each other so few
times before.
Just before the break Bowen had a header saved from a
corner and then right at the end of the half Australia had the best chance
of the game so far. A fast attack saw the influential Martin Boyle lay the
ball perfectly into the path of Ryan Strain. He seemed certain to score
and although his shot beat Johnstone's dive, Lewis Dunk made a goal saving
block on the line. And that was half-time. Australia really should have
been comfortably in the lead to be honest, but England were still in it.
The second-half started in a similar fashion as the first had ended
although England were trying to get the ball forward a little quicker, at
last! After a couple of pieces of desperate clearances by the Aussie
defence, it was England who made the breakthrough. Jack Grealish was
brought down by Baccus, not for the first time, and when the free-kick
came into the box the ball was cleared out to Trent Alexander-Arnold and
this time the Liverpool player did his one good thing of the game by
sending the ball back into the middle with a peach of a cross. Grealish
took control well, and shot across goal. It probably would have missed the
target but in came Watkins to touch it home to give England a lead they
hardly deserved.
For the rest of the match there was plenty of
effort from both sides, a whole swathe of substitutions and chances at
both ends. The introduction of John Stones and Kieran Trippier gave
England more assurance at the back, although replacing Gallagher with
Kalvin Phillips made little difference to the poor midfield showing by
England.
Alexander-Arnold had a shot deflected wide, Baccus shot
wide after an awful pass from Dunk had set him up for a shot, and a good
move involving Trippier and Bowen came close to producing a second. But
generally play was more and more scrappy, and there was one funny moment
when Jackson Irvine was pulled up for a foul and let rip at the ref. She
was not going to stand for that, quite rightly, and the way she brandished
the yellow card to him reminded me of John Wayne making a point in a
western film!!
On 80 minutes Australia had another great final
chance to score. They won a corner and from the kick Conner Metcalfe had a
clear header, but instead of hitting the net the ball struck the outside
of a post and went wide. Australia will certainly look back on this match
and rue all those missed chances, especially that last one.
England
then saw the game out fairly comfortably from that point and although they
finished with a win, they do have much work to do when they face Italy in
their next important match. Quite frankly, this game was one they will
quickly want to forget.
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
BBC Sport Socceroos.com.au |
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UEFA.com Mike Payne - football historian and contributor |
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