"HAYNES
LIMPS OUT OF 2 BIG GAMES"
Daily Mirror |
Officials
from France |
England |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
Yugoslavia |
Referee
(black blazer)
Édouard
Eugène Harzic
50 (25
September 1906), Amiens |
The
Continental ruling of allowing a substitute to replace an injured player
prior to the 44th minute, and a goalkeeper at any time, is in place.
The teams were presented
to the Lord Mayor of London.
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flame flag
Linesmen
orange flag |
Marcel Lequesne
45 (31 January 1911), Oissel |
Pierre August Jean Schwinte
34 (6 March 1922), Strasbourg |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, black
socks with white tops. |
P 16th of 43, W 9 - D 4 - L 3 - F 42 - A 19. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 43 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
record 65th of 90, W 38 - D 13 - L 14 - F 163 - A 95. |
P 83rd of 139,
W 51 - D 17 - L 15 - F 237 - A 116,
one abandoned |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee, headed by Joe Mears, on Thursday, 22 November. |
England
Lineup |
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one changes
to the previous match
(Blunstone>Grainger) |
league position
(27 November) |
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Ditchburn, Edwin G. |
35
35 days |
24 October 1921 |
G |
Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL
2nd) |
5 |
7ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Hall, Jeffrey J. |
27
82 days |
7 September 1929 |
RB |
Birmingham
City FC (FL 5th) |
12 |
0 |
3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
27
81 days |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC (FL
TOP) |
25 |
² |
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15th penalty missed
(32nd taken overall) |
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|
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
22
115 days |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2
15th) |
9 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
32
296 days |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 7th) |
80 |
3 |
most apps
1952-56 |
6 |
Dickinson, James
W. |
31
218 days |
24 April 1925 |
LHB |
Portsmouth
FC (FL 20th) |
47 |
0 |
7 |
Matthews, Stanley |
41
301 days |
1 February 1915 |
OR |
Blackpool FC (FL
4th) |
50 |
10 |
oldest outfield player |
the third and oldest player to reach
the 50-app milestone |
8
|
Brooks, John |
24
341 days |
23 December 1931 |
IR/CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL
2nd) |
2 |
2 |
9
|
Finney,
Thomas |
34
237 days |
5 April 1922 |
CF/IL |
Preston
North End FC (FL 11th) |
62 |
27 |
10
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Haynes, John N., injured off 35th min. |
22
42 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC (FL2 11th) |
10 |
5 |
11
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Blunstone, Frank |
22
42 days |
17 October 1934 |
OL |
Chelsea
FC (FL 14th) |
5 |
0 |
final app 1954-56 |
England Substitute |
scoreline:
England 1 Yugoslavia 0 |
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Taylor, Thomas, on 35th min. for Haynes |
24
299 days
|
29 January 1932 |
IR/CF
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Manchester United FC (FL TOP)
|
12
|
11 |
6
|
1 |
the
183rd
(50th post-war)
brace scored |
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third sub to score, second to
score twice |
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"Taylor, in an un-numbered shirt" |
result:
England 3 Yugoslavia 0 |
unused substitutes: |
Ray Wood
and Duncan Edwards (both Manchester United FC (FL
TOP)) and
Don Howe (West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
9th)) |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 45th
consecutive match. "Johnny
Haynes was injured in the 35th minute, damaging a leg as he was
tackled in the penalty area. At first Edwards slipped off his
tracksuit but after discussion among the reserves, Winterbottom sent
on Taylor." "Haynes was carried off the pitch cradled like a babe
in the arms of goalkeeper Vladimir Beara." |
pre-match notes: |
On the Tuesday, 27th, the England players beat Arsenal FC 3-0 in a
40-minute practice match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury. Tom Finney (2)
and Johnny Brooks scoring. Roger Byrne started the session, but was
rested after a while, with Don Howe replacing him.
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substitute notes: |
Tommy Taylor is the
fourth substitute to be used by England since May 1950, but he is
the first to be used at home, and the first England substitute at
Wembley. |
records: |
Not
since October 1928 have England failed to convert four penalty kicks in
a row. England win a record eighth match
in a row at Wembley, extending their tally. It also extends their
record sequence of eight matches unbeaten at the stadium. The
previous player to make the fiftieth appearance milestone was Tom
Finney,
also against Yugoslavia, May 1954. Frank Blunstone is the
fiftieth player in the Winterbottom/ISC era to make five England
appearances. Whereas Roger Byrne is the tenth player to make 25
appearances in the same era. Don Howe is the 130th different
England player to be named on a Winterbottom/ISC teamsheet. |
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2-3-5 |
Ditchburn - Hall, Byrne - Clayton, Wright, Dickinson -
Matthews, Brooks, Finney, Haynes (Taylor), Blunstone.
notes: for the final ten minutes of the
first half, following Taylor's substitution - Finney replaced Haynes
at inside-left, with Brooks in the centre and Taylor on the right.
Finney remained on the left in the second half. |
Averages:
(start) (finish) |
Age |
29 years 99
days
29 years 189
days |
Appearances/Goals |
27.9
28.1 |
4.0
4.4 |
most experienced starting XI
so far |
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Yugoslavia
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 9th |
Colours |
"The blue
shirted Yugoslavs".
...with wing collars, white shorts, red socks. |
Captain |
Ivan Horvat |
Chief Selection |
Aleksandar Tirnanić, 45 (15 July 1911) since 1955. Team announced Monday, 26 November |
Yugoslavia
Lineup |
1 |
Beara, Vladimir |
28
26 days |
2 November 1928 |
G |
Fk Crvena zvezda |
46 |
61ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Belin, Bruno |
27
312 days |
16 January 1929 |
RB |
Fk Partizan |
16 |
0 |
3 |
Stanković, Branko |
35
28 days |
31 October 1921 |
LB |
Fk Crvena zvezda |
61 |
3 |
final app 1946-59 |
4 |
Tasić, Lazar |
25
237 days |
5 April 1931 |
RHB |
Fk Crvena Zvezda |
7 |
0 |
5 |
Horvat, Ivan |
30
135 days |
16 July 1926 |
CHB |
nk
Dinamo Zagreb |
60 |
0 |
final app 1946-56 |
6 |
Boškov, Vujadin |
25
186 days |
16 May 1931 |
LHB |
Fk Vojvodina |
44 |
0 |
7 |
Rajkov, Zdravko |
28
359 days |
5 December 1927 |
OR |
Fk Vojvodina |
20 |
8 |
8 |
Čonč, Vladimir |
28
315 days |
13 January 1928 |
IR |
Fk Dinamo |
1 |
0 |
only app
1956 |
9 |
Toplak, Ivan |
25
68 days |
21 September 1931 |
CF |
NK Odred |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Vukas, Bernard |
29
211 days |
1 May 1927 |
IL |
Hnk Hajduk Split |
56 |
15 |
11 |
Zebec, Branko |
27
185 days |
17 May 1929 |
OL |
Fk Partizan |
39 |
9 |
unused substitutes: |
not known,
but probably Aleksandar Petaković, Miloš Milutinović (Fk
Partizan) and Tihomir Orgjanov (Fk Crvena Zvezda) |
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2-3-5 |
Beara - Belin,
Stanković - Tasić, Horvat, Boškov -
Rajkov, Čonč, Toplak, Vukas, Zebec. |
Averages: |
Age |
28
years 159 days |
Appearances/Goals |
31.9 |
3.2 |
most experienced post war opposing XI
so far |
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Match Report
by
Mike Payne |
THIS was England's
fourth meeting with Yugoslavia, the first had come some 17 years earlier,
and at last, on a rain-soaked Wembley pitch, they finally gained their
first victory. But for Beara in the visitors' goal, the score might have
been doubled.
Right from the start
England set about the Yugoslavs with an abundance of attacking flair. At
the centre of the inspired play was Stanley Matthews. The England maestro
had played in that first meeting in Belgrade all those years ago and by
the end of this match he had more than exacted revenge for the 2-1 defeat
then. The Yugoslav defenders tried everything they knew to stop him and
resorted to many variations of the 'tackle'. Sometimes it was more suited
to Twickenham than Wembley!
In the
first half-hour England put together some lovely football. With Matthews
and Tom Finney at their brilliant best and Johnny Haynes and Johnny Brooks
setting up some super moves, goalkeeper Beara had every opportunity to
show his class and agility. He made a breathtaking one-handed save from a
Haynes thunderbolt after some brilliant play by Matthews and Finney. Then
a Ronnie Clayton through ball sent Brooks racing clear, only for Beara to
make another fine save from the final shot.
On 13 minutes, though,
England took a deserved lead. A goal-kick by Ted Ditchburn gave Matthews
and Finney the chance to combine down the left. Matthews passed to Haynes,
who immediately turned the ball square for Brooks to ghost in and crash
his hot into the roof of the net.
Straight after the goal Beara
again produced heroics to deny Matthews a goal after another brilliant
burst. Sadly for England their rhythm was upset on the half-hour when
Haynes had to go off injured after being tackled in the act of shooting.
Tommy Taylor came on to replace and Finney moved to inside-right with
Brooks moving over to partner Frank Blunstone.
For a quarter of an
hour either side of half-time, England lost control of the midfield, but
during this stage of the game their half-back line was magnificent. With
Bukas showing all his undoubted skills and Zebec showing tremendous pace,
England had to hold steady. But Billy Wright, Clayton and Jimmy Dickinson
controlled things so superbly that Ditchburn was rarely troubled.
With 25 minutes left the result was finally put beyond doubt. Finney, who
continually left Horvat stranded, set off on a longer run, holding the
ball and evading desperate tackles. He weaved his way to the right-hand
by-line before turning the ball neatly inside where Taylor was left with
the simple task of firing into an empty net.
By this time the rain
was lashing down and in the last 15 minutes it was all England. Matthews,
for the upteenth time, was scythed down by Stanković. This time though it
was in the penalty area and Roger Byrne stepped up for the spot-kick. Once
again it was Beara to the rescue as he leapt like a salmon to save the
ball a foot inside the post. But England were not to be denied and they
kept ip the pressure. The floodlights came on five minutes from the end to
lift the gloom and soon Frank Blunstone was heading just wide from yet
another Matthews cross.
Then, with the last minute ticking away,
Matthews again passed to Blunstone and this time the Chelsea winger gave
Taylor a second chance to fire into an empty net.
It was an
excellent victory with Matthews brilliant throughout and Finney
outstanding. The only blot came with the news that Haynes' injury looked
like keeping him ot of the side for the following week's World Cup match
against Denmark at Molineux.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Johnny Haynes was heavily tackled by Yugoslav
right-back Belin in the thirtieth minute, and was unable to continue. It
had been agreed beforehand that substitutes would be allowed in the case
of injury and Tommy Taylor came on in place of the limping Fulham player.
England had taken a thirteenth minute lead when Johnny Brooks fired the
ball high into the net after taking a neat pass from Haynes. England
dominated throughout the second half and Taylor scored twice, while his
Manchester United team-mate Roger Byrne had a penalty saved by world-class
Yugoslav goalkeeper Vladimir Beara. Stanley Matthews ran the Yugoslav
left-back into such a state of confusion that he finally resorted to rugby
tackling him in a bid to stop his dribbling runs. England would have had
half a dozen goals but for the magnificent goalkeeping of Beara. The
Yugoslavs had no idea how to contain Stanley Matthews, and after he had
been rugby tackled he said "For a minute I thought the game had been
switched to Twickenham."
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Match Report
by
Glen Isherwood |
Yugoslavia were unbeaten in their three
previous meetings with England. England had lost twice in Belgrade and
there had been a 2-2 draw at Highbury in 1950. Yugoslavia had beaten Great
Britain in the 1948 Olympic semi-final at Wembley before losing the final.
They had also lost the 1952 final 2-0 to Hungary in Helsinki and six of
that side were appearing at Wembley, In the 1954 World Cup they had
reached the quarter-finals, like England, but lost to eventual winners
West Germany.
England took the
lead in the 13th minute. From a pass by Haynes, Johnny Brooks ran in and
found the target with a well-hit shot. In the 65th minute Finney expertly
drew the defence with a mazy dribble and then passed to substitute Tommy
Taylor who scored the second. Ten minutes later Matthews was upended by
Stankovic (who had been sent off in the 1948 Olympic final) but Beara
saved Byrne's penalty kick. England's fourth Wembley miss in just under 12
months. But in the dying seconds Taylor scored again, this time from
Blunstone's pass.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1957-58 pages 32-33 |
England defeated Yugoslavia at Wembley
before 70,000 as comfortably as the score suggests. Both teams showed
skill and artistry in mid-field but, while England created the final
openings from which their goals were scored, the attacks of the Yugoslavs
petered out as they reached the England penalty area. After good work by
England's forwards, Brooks scored the first goal after 12 minutes. The
England attack became somewhat disorganised after Haynes was compelled to
leave the field because of an injury, but Taylor, who came on as
substitute, scored twice in the second half and, in spite of some
acrobatic saves by the Yugoslav goalkeeper, England fully deserved their
victory.
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Football League Division Three (South):
Norwich City 0 Southampton 3
Carrow
Road, Norwich
(8,094)
Mulgrew, Reeves, Day |
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Southampton used their game
in hand to good advantage and went four points clear under the
floodlights at Norwich, but they began 1957 with seven defeats
from their first eight league games and finished fourth at the end
of the season. |
Division Three (South) Top Three: |
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
₧
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W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
Southampton |
20 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
36 |
16 |
30 |
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Torquay United |
20 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
38 |
31 |
26 |
Colchester United |
20 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
41 |
25 |
25 |
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Friendly match:
Portsmouth 2 MTK
Budapest 1
Fratton Park,
Portsmouth
(22,008)
Henderson, Harris
~ Palotás |
Scottish champions, Rangers lost 3-1 to Nice in a European Cup
first-round play-off in Paris. |
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In
Other News....
It was on 27 November 1956 that the American play, 'The
Diary of Anne Frank' was performed for the first time in the
Netherlands, before Queen Juliana, in Amsterdam, the city in
which Anne wrote her diary between the ages of 13 and 15 whilst hiding
in a secret annexe from the Nazi persecution of the Jews. She died in a concentration
camp in 1945. The play moved on to London's West End for the
first time, two nights later, at the Phoenix Theatre. |
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Yugoslavia thrashed the United States, 9-1 in Melbourne in
the Olympic quarter-finals, and went on to reach the final,
but only picked up silver medals for the third successive
tournament. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports Official matchday programme
Reprezentacija.rs
The Complete Book of the British Charts
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author Glen
Isherwood's Wembley: The Complete Record Drew Herbertson, Scottish FA historian
British Pathé |
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