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England @ The Empire Stadium
1965 to 1974
Wembley Index

Venue Index

 

Season 1965-66

Friendly
393 20 October 1965 - England 2 Austria 3 [2-3] (65,000) R.Charlton, Connelly
 Flögel, Fritsch (2)		 Lost
 

British Championship
394 10 November 1965 - England 2 Northern Ireland 1 [1-1] (70,000) Baker, Peacock
Irvine		 Win
 

Friendlies
397 23 February 1966 - England 1 West Germany 0 [1-0] (75,000) Stiles Win
399 4 May 1966 - England 2 Yugoslavia 0 [2-0] (55,000) Greaves, R.Charlton Win
 

World Cup Finals
404 11 July 1966 - England 0 Uruguay 0 [0-0] (87,148)   Draw

This is the first scoreless draw at Wembley, in this, the 59th match.
405 16 July 1966 - England 2 Mexico 0 [1-0] (92,570) R.Charlton, Hunt Win
406 20 July 1966 - France 0 England 2 [0-1] (92,500/98,270) Hunt (2) Win
407 23 July 1966 - England 1 Argentina 0 [0-0] (90,584) Hurst Win
Rattin
408 26 July 1966 - England 2 Portugal 1 [1-0] (94,463) R.Charlton (2)
 Eusébio (pen)		 Win
409 30 July 1966 - England 4 West Germany 2 [1-1] AET (93,802/96,924) Hurst (3), Peters
 Haller, Weber		 Win

Season 1966-67

Friendly
411 2 November 1966 - England 0 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0] (75,000)   Draw
  British Championship and European Nations Cup Preliminaries
412 16 November 1966 - England 5 Wales 1 [3-1] (75,380/76,000) Hurst (2), R.Charlton, Hennessey OG, J.Charlton
W.Davies		 Win
413 15 April 1967 - England 2 Scotland 3 [0-1] (98,283/99,063) J.Charlton, Hurst
Law, Lennox, McCalliog		 Lost
 

Friendly
414 24 May 1967 - England 2 Spain 0 [0-0] (97,500) Greaves, Hunt Win

Season 1967-68

European Championship Preliminary/British Championship
417 22 November 1967 - England 2 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] (83,969/85,000) Hurst, R.Charlton Win
 

Friendly
418 6 December 1967 - England 2 USSR 2 [1-2] (93,000) Ball, Peters
Chislenko (2)		 Draw
 

European Championship Preliminary
420 3 April 1968 - England 1 Spain 0 [0-0] (94,586 to 100,000) R.Charlton Win
 

Friendlies
422 22 May 1968 - England 3 Sweden 1 [2-0] (72,000) Peters, R.Charlton, Hunt
R.Andersson		 Win
Season 1968-69
427 11 December 1968 - England 1 Bulgaria 1 [1-1] (80,000) Hurst
Asparoukhov		 Draw
428 15 January 1969 - England 1 Romania 1 [1-0] (80,000) J.Charlton
Dumitrache (pen)		 Draw
429 12 March 1969 - England 5 France 0 [1-0] (85,000) O'Grady, Hurst (3 (2 pens)), Lee Win
 

British Championships
431 7 May 1969 - England 2 Wales 1 [0-1] (70,000) R.Charlton, Lee
R.Davies		 Win
432 10 May 1969 - England 4 Scotland 1 [2-1] (89,902) Peters (2), Hurst (2 (1 pen))
Stein		 Win

Season 1969-70

Friendlies
437 10 December 1969 - England 1 Portugal 0 [1-0] (100,000) J.Charlton Win
438 14 January 1970 - England 0 Netherlands 0 [0-0] (75,000)   Draw
 

British Championship
441 21 April 1970 - England 3 Northern Ireland 1 [1-0] (100,000) Peters, Hurst, R.Charlton
Best		 Win

Season 1970-71

Friendly
449 25 November 1970 - England 3 GDR 1 [2-1] (30,000) Lee, Peters, Clarke
Vogel		 Win

The East German's goal was the 100th goal that England have conceded at Wembley.
 

European Championship Preliminaries
451 21 April 1971 - England 3 Greece 0 [1-0] (53,859 to 56,000) Chivers, Hurst, Lee Win
452 12 May 1971 - England 5 Malta 0 [2-0] (38,500 to 41,534) Chivers (2), Lee, Clarke (pen), Lawler Win
 

British Championships
454 19 May 1971 - England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] (70,000)   Draw
455 22 May 1971 - England 3 Scotland 1 [3-1] (91,469) Peters, Chivers (2)
 Curran		 Win

Season 1971-72

European Championship Preliminaries
457 10 November 1971 - England 1 Switzerland 1 [1-1] (90,423 to 100,000) Summerbee
Odermatt		 Draw
459 29 April 1972 - England 1 West Germany 3 [0-1] (96,800/100,000) Lee
Hoeneß, Netzer (pen), Müller		 Lost

This Wembley loss ended a run of 19 matches unbeaten at the stadium.
 

British Championship
462 23 May 1972 - England 0 Northern Ireland 1 [0-1] (64,000) Neill Lost

Season 1972-73

Friendly
464 11 October 1972 - England 1 Yugoslavia 1 [1-0] (50,000) Royle
Vladić		 Draw
 

World Cup Preliminary
466 24 January 1973 - England 1 Wales 1 [1-1] (62,273) Hunter
Toshack		 Draw

This is the first World Cup match at Wembley since the 1966 World Cup Final.
 

British Championships
469 15 May 1973 - England 3 Wales 0 [2-0] (38,000) Chivers, Channon, Peters Win
470 19 May 1973 - England 1 Scotland 0 [0-0] (95,950) Peters Win

Season 1973-74

Friendly
475 26 September 1973 - England 7 Austria 0 [3-0] (48,000) Channon (2), Clarke (2), Chivers, Currie, Bell Win
 

World Cup Preliminary
476 17 October 1973 - England 1 Poland 1 [0-0] (100,000) Clarke (pen)
 Domarski		 Draw
 

Friendly
477 14 November 1973 - England 0 Italy 1 [0-0] (88,000) Capello Lost
 

British Championship
480 15 May 1974 - England 1 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] (45,500/48,500) Weller Win
 

Friendly
482 22 May 1974 - England 2 Argentina 2 [1-0] (68,000) Channon, Worthington
 Kempes (2 (1 pen)		 Draw

 

England's Empire Record 1924-1974
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
World Cup 10 7 3 0 20 6 +14 0 1 2.00 0.60 85.0 +7
Euro Championship 8 5 1 2 20 8 +12 0 4 2.50 1.00 68.8 +3
British Championship 41 26 7 8 108 54 +54 3 10 2.634 1.317 72.0 +18

Three matches were both British Championship and European Championship, these results have only been added once to the final total.
Friendlies 41 24 13 4 107 48 +59 3 14 2.61 1.171 74.4 +20
Total 97 60 24 13 246 112 +134 6 28 2.536 1.155 74.2 +47

Three matches removed from total - P3 - W2 - D0 - L1 - F9 - A4;

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