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BME Players Used by Ron Greenwood
 

Ron Greenwood, since Match no. 526, has used 3 different BME players, Viv Anderson, Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis.  He used them on 19 different occasions.  Since the 12 players he used against Czechoslovakia on 29 November 1978, Ron Greenwood has used 547 players in his 44 matches in charge. Greenwood's usage of BME players made up 3.47% of his players used.

Season 1978-79
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
526 07-Sep-1978 England 1 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr 1/12 8.33
Notes Viv Anderson became the first BME player to be capped.
529 16-May-1979 England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1/13 7.69
Notes Laurie Cunningham became the first BME forward to be capped.
532 24-May-1979 Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] R�sunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms l�n Fr 2/14 14.29
Notes Viv Anderson and Laurie Cunningham win their second caps.
533 24-May-1979 Austria 4 England 3 [3-1] Praterstadion, Wien Fr 1/14 7.14
Notes Laurie Cunningham became the first BME substitute, after 70 minutes.

Season 1979-80
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
536 22-Nov-1979 England 2 Bulgaria 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 1/11 9.09
Notes Viv Anderson became the first BME player to be capped in a major tournament.
537 06-Feb-1980 England 2 Republic of Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 1/12 8.33
Notes Laurie Cunningham became the first BME player to be capped while playing for a foreign club side, Real Madrid.
538 26-Mar-1980 Spain 0 England 2 [0-1] Nou Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona, Barcelona Fr 1/13 7.69
Notes Laurie Cunningham wins his fifth cap as a 77th minute substitute.
Euro Champs Finals 1980

Italy
546 18-Jun-1980 Spain 1 England 2 [0-1] Stadio San Paolo, Napoli ECF 1/13 7.69
Notes Viv Anderson became the first BME player to be capped at the finals of a major tournament.  Also the first to be substituted after 83 minutes.

Season 1980-81
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
547 10-Sep-1980 England 4 Norway 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 1/11 9.09
Notes Viv Anderson became the first BME player to play in the World Cup qualifying stages.
548 15-Oct-1980 Romania 2 England 1 [1-0] Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti WCP 1/13 7.69
Notes Laurie Cunningham comes on as 65th minute substitute.
551 29-Apr-1981 England 0 Romania 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 1/13 7.69
Notes Viv Anderson wins his sixth cap.
553 20-May-1981 England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1/12 8.33
Notes Viv Anderson wins his seventh cap.
554 23-May-1981 England 0 Scotland 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1/13 7.69
Notes Viv Anderson wins his eighth cap.

Season 1981-82
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
559 23-Feb-1982 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 2/13 15.38
Notes Viv Anderson started.  Cyrille Regis becomes the third BME player to be capped, as a 65th minute substitute.
560 27-Apr-1982 Wales 0 England 1 [0-0] Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff BC 1/13 7.69
Notes Cyrille Regis wins his second cap as an 80th minute substitute.
563 02-Jun-1982 Iceland 1 England 1 [1-0] Laugardalsv�llur, Reykjavik Fr 2/13 15.38
Notes Viv Anderson & Cyrille Regis both start the match, Regis is substituted in the 40th minute.

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