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Wednesday,
27
November 1957
International Friendly Match
England 4
France 0
[3-0]
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Empire Stadium, Empire Way, Wembley Park,
Wembley, Middlesex
Kick-off (GMT):
2.30pm
Attendance: 64,349; Receipts:
'£22,500';
Floodlights after 70 minutes. |
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France kicked-off |
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[1-0] Tommy Taylor header 3
a right-side cross from Bryan
Douglas is met by Taylor and his leaping, looping header from the
six-yard line, sails over the keeper in off the far post. [2-0] Bobby
Robson 24 right-footed
placed strike from 8yds into an empty goal after Bryan Douglas
dribbled into the box, drawing in the keeper [3-0] Tommy Taylor 33
right-footed strike from 12yds that
sailed high into the top left corner, looping over the keeper, from a
Johnny Haynes through ball.
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[3-0] Tom Finney's header hits the
crossbar [4-0] Bobby Robson 84
right-footed placed strike from
7yds into an empty goal after Finney set up a Bryan Douglas
cross from the right
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[3-0] Wisniewksi strike hits the post |
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second half live - commentator: Kenneth
Wolstenholme |
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"ENGLAND—THE
QUIET KILLERS" Daily Mirror |
Officials
from Europe |
England |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
France |
Referee
(black)
Nikolay
Gavrilovich Latyshev
42 (22 November 1913), Moskva, Soviet Union |
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Linesmen orange flag from Netherlands
red flag |
Johannes Heinrich
Martens 43 (1914), Zeist |
Pieter Paulus Roomer
37 (6 April 1920),
Rotterdam |
"A thief got into the dressing rooms at Wembley Stadium during the
match and robbed the referee and linesmen. A return air ticket to Russia and
about £10 in cash was taken from Mr. Latychev's coat" |
According to the Daily News:- First half
shots...England 15, France 3; second
half...23 & 10 (Total 38
& 13). Corners....5 each; and Fouls
13 each. |
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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, white
socks. |
P 24th of 43, W 15 - D 5 - L 4 - F 69 - A 28. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 44 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
rec. 73rd of 90, W 44 - D 14 - L 15 - F 190 - A 104. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 91st of 139,
W 57 - D 18 - L 16 - F 264 - A 125,
one abandoned. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee,
headed by Joe Mears, on Monday, 18 November. |
England
Lineup |
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two changes to the previous match
(Finney & Robson>Kevan & A'Court) |
league position
(18 November) |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
22
29 days |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC (FL
10th) |
3 |
3ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
22 46 days |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
2nd) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Byrne, Roger W. |
28 80 days |
8 September 1929 |
LB |
Manchester United FC (FL
4th) |
33 |
0 |
final app
1954-57 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
23 114 days |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2
TOP) |
17 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
33 294 days |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL TOP) |
88 |
3 |
most apps 1946-57 |
6 |
Edwards, Duncan |
21 57 days |
1 October 1936 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC (FL
4th) |
18 |
5 |
final app
1955-57 |
7
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Douglas, Bryan |
23 184 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2
TOP) |
3 |
0 |
765 |
8 |
Robson, Robert W. |
24 282 days |
18 February 1933 |
IR |
West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
2nd) |
1 |
2 |
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the 191st (58th post-war) brace |
the 33rd Albion player to represent
England |
9
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Taylor, Thomas |
25 302 days |
29 January 1932 |
CF |
Manchester United FC (FL 4th) |
19 |
16 |
the 190th (57th post-war) brace scored |
final app
1953-57 |
10
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Haynes, John N. |
23 41 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC (FL2 3rd) |
16 |
8 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
35 236 days |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC (FL
3rd) |
69 |
28 |
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reserves: |
Reg Matthews (Chelsea FC (FL 14th)),
Maurice Setters (West Bromwich Albion
FC (FL 2nd)),
Jimmy Murray (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (FL
TOP)) |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 53rd
consecutive match. Don Howe was told before the match that his
53-year-old mother had just died. |
goalscoring records: |
Tommy Taylor, for the second successive season, ends the year as top goalscorer, scoring seven goals across
six matches, including one hattrick. |
"Meet the new COOL England . . . slickly efficient but strictly emotionless.
The F.A.'s "Cut out the caressing" decree was obeyed to the letter by
England's rampaging players at Wembley. Hugging and dancing was OUT. Curt
nods, fleeting grins. These—plus surreptitious backslaps to mark Bobby
Robson's first international goal—were the only on-field celebrations." - Ian Wooldridge, Daily News, Thursday, 28 November 1957 |
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2-3-5 |
Hopkinson - Howe, Byrne - Clayton, Wright, Edwards -
Douglas, Robson, Taylor, Haynes, Finney. |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 284
days |
Appearances/Goals |
24.5 |
5.3 |
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France
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 11th to 12th |
Colours |
Blue collared jerseys, white shorts, red socks. |
Captain |
Roger Piantoni |
Selection |
International Selection Committee. Team chosen on
Tuesday night, 19 November. |
coach:
Albert Boiteux |
France
Lineup |
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Abbes, Claude |
30 187 days |
24 May 1927 |
G |
AS de Saint-Étienne Loire |
2 |
4ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Zitouni, Mustapha |
29 39 days |
19 October 1928 in
Algiers, Algeria |
RB/ CHB |
AS de Monaco FC |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Kaelbel, Raymond |
25 300 days |
31 January 1932 |
LB |
AS de Monaco FC |
14 |
0 |
4 |
Domingo, René |
28 334 days |
28 December 1928 |
RHB /RB |
AS de Saint-Étienne Loire |
1 |
0 |
only app
1957 |
5 |
Tylinski, Richard, injured 54th minute. |
20 70 days |
18 September 1937 |
CHB /OL |
AS de Saint-Étienne Loire |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Bollini, Bruno |
24 74 days |
14 September 1933 |
LHB |
RC de Paris |
1 |
0 |
7 |
Wisniewksi, Maryan |
20 299 days |
1 February 1937 |
OR |
RC de Lens |
6 |
1 |
8 |
Ujlaki, Joseph |
28 48 days |
10 October 1929
in Budapest,
Hungary |
IR |
OGC Nice Côte d'Azur |
15 |
9 |
9 |
Douis, Yvon |
22 195 days |
16 May 1935 |
CF |
Lille Olympique SC |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Piantoni, Roger |
25 336 days |
26 December 1931 |
IL/ CHB |
Stade de Reims |
23 |
12 |
11 |
Vincent, Jean |
26 363 days |
29 November 1930 |
OL |
Lille Olympique SC |
19 |
11 |
reserves: |
Dominique
Colonna (Stade de Reims), Marcel Nowak (AS de Monaco FC) and Stephane Bruey
(SCO Angers). |
team notes: |
In the 54th minute, Tylinksi hurt his ankle and took
'a commission as roving forward'. Goalkeeper Claude Abbes "had been bleeding internally from a blow in
the kidneys when colliding with Johnny Haynes—and spent last night in
hospital under observation." |
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2-3-5 |
Abbes
- Zitouni (Domingo), Kaelbel - Domingo (Zitouni),
Tylinski (Piantoni), Bollini -
Wisnieksi,
Ujlaki, Douis, Piantoni, Vincent (Tylinksi).
notes: reformed after 54 minutes following
the injury to Tylinski. |
Averages: |
Age |
25 years 271
days |
Appearances/Goals |
7.8 |
3.0 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
ENGLAND
came back from their home defeat against the Irish with a superb victory
over France which sowed the seeds of promise for the following year's
World Cup finals in Sweden. Everyone felt that this England team must
surely provide the nucleus of the Party for that tournament unless there
was a major lapse in fitness or form.
The big success in
this game was the outstanding play of Bryan Douglas. Since the great
Stanley Matthews left the international arena there had been a void which
nobody had yet been able to fill. But the great man himself would have
been proud of Douglas' performance against the French. He teased and and
tormented the visiting defenders from the start and in the first half
England were able to build up an impregnable 3-0 lead, thanks mainly to
the wing wizardry of the Blackburn star.
It was worth recording that for
the first time Douglas had a proper inside-forward alongside him and Bobby
Robson's performance was almost as impressive. The partnership certainly
promised a great deal.
The rout began as early as the third minute.
Robson fed Douglas and the winger cleverly went round Kaelbel to centre.
Tommy Taylor, under pressure from Tylinksi, timed his jump perfectly at
the near post to beat Abbes superbly with a looping header to the far
corner.
In the 24th minute England notched a second. Again it was
Douglas the provider as he received a good pass from Don Howe and then
jinked his way past several challenges before only Abbes blocked his path
to goal. The 'keeper dived one way and Douglas went the other before
pulling the ball square, giving Robson the easiest of chances to score.
Johnny Haynes was also in top form and he sprayed passes all over the
lush Wembley turf. On the half-hour he sent a glorious through-ball for
Taylor to run on to and the game was virtually all over at 3-0 to England.
The French tried bravely to rally themselves early in the second half
and Wisnieski was unlucky with one effort which struck the base of Eddie
Hopkinson's post. This attempt at a revival was short-lived, though, and
England soon regained control to dominate the rest of the game.
They missed many glorious chances and Abbes leapt across his goal like a
demented frog, getting in the way of several close-range attempts. Taylor,
Haynes, Tom Finney, Robson and Douglas all missed straight forward chances
and Abbes was by far the busiest player on the field. In the last 23
minutes, no less than 18 shots rained in on the French goal but
miraculously for them only one more counted.
That came with five
minutes to go and was the icing on the cake. A superb seven-man move began
with Duncan Edwards. Eventually, and inevitably, Douglas made the final
pass, once again setting up Robson for goal number four. A damp and grey
November dy had definitely been brightened up by a splendid England
performance that augured well for the future and excited the crowd.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Bryan Douglas had a storming game, and three
of the four England goals came from his crosses. Bobby Robson, winning his
first cap, scored two goals as did Tommy Taylor. Tragically, they were to
be his last for England. The game was so one sided that it was almost
reduced to French farce, with England hammering in twenty shots to none
from France in the last twenty minutes. Only one of them produced a goal,
Bobby Robson hitting the back of the net at the end of a seven-man
movement to underline his arrival as a force in international football.
Three months later England lost three of their major players, Roger Byrne,
Duncan Edwards and Tommy Taylor, to the Munich air crash that devastated
the Manchester United team.
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Match Report
by Glen Isherwood |
Like England, France had qualified for the following year's World Cup. In
1954 they had failed to progress beyond the first round. They did,
however, have two victories over England and had drawn 2-2 at Wembley in a
victory international. The two more recent meetings had ended in a 2-2
draw at Highbury in 1951 and a 1-0 French victory in Paris in 1955.
England had not beaten them since 1949 in Paris.
They began redressing the balance very early when Tommy Taylor beat
Tylinski to a Bryan Douglas cross to head England in front. Douglas also
created the second. Going round Abbes, he pulled the ball back for Bobby
Robson to score the second. Nine minutes later an inch-perfect pass across
the field from Haynes let Taylor in to score his second (and sadly his
last for England). There was no further scoring until a neat passing move
ended with Douglas supplying Robson with his second and England's fourth.
France finished third in the 1958 World Cup and did not return to Wembley
until the 1966 competition. Byrne, Edwards and Taylor died at Munich less
than three months later.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1958-59 page 31 |
Three week after the shock defeat by
Ireland, England put on a match improved performance in their victory over
France. Two changes were made - Robson was included for the first time at
inside-right and Finney returned to the left wing. Outstanding in a good
England team was Douglas, whose dribbling, passing and shooting proved to
be too much for the French defenders. Only a great game by the French
goalkeeper Abbes prevented the Blackburn winger from scoring himself, but
three of England's goals were scored direct from his passes. The first
came after only five minutes, when Taylor headed in a Douglas centre.
Twenty minutes later Robson scored after Douglas beat the entire defence
before pulling the ball back; then, ten minutes from half-time, Taylor
crashed in a third from Hayne's pass. The second half was more even;
France nearly scored on one or two occasions, but England's superiority
was confirmed when Robson made it 4-0 from Douglas's centre.
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Football
League Division Two:
Liverpool
2 Rotherham United 0
Anfield, Liverpool
(37,518)
Wheeler, Liddell |
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Liverpool had gone top by
beating Blackburn, four days earlier, and forged ahead with their
eighth successive home win without conceding a goal, but they were
to fall short of promotion, finishing fourth. |
Division Two Top Six: |
Team |
P |
Home |
Away |
F |
A |
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D |
L |
W |
D |
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Liverpool |
19 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
41 |
21 |
26 |
Blackburn Rovers |
18 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
29 |
18 |
24 |
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Charlton Athletic |
18 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
39 |
28 |
22 |
West Ham United |
18 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
37 |
27 |
22 |
Stoke City |
20 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
41 |
30 |
22 |
Middlesbrough |
18 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
38 |
30 |
22 |
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Friendly matches:
Middlesbrough 0 Hibernian 5
Ayresome Park,
Middlesbrough
(28,000)
Harrower
(2), Preston (2),
Ormond |
Newcastle United 2 Heart of
MIdlothian 0
St James' Park,
Newcastle
(10,260)
Eastham, White |
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In
Other News....
It was on 27 November 1957 that further evidence was heard
for the corruption charges against three Brighton police
officers, including the chief constable, Charles Ridge, plus
a pub licensee and a bookmaker. The case revealed a number
of offences committed over an eight-year period, including
businessmen paying for police to turn a 'blind eye' to
illegal betting, after-hours drinking and the receiving of
stolen goods. Two detectives and the bookmaker were found
guilty, with the police officers being sentenced to five
years in prison. The chief constable and the licensee were
acquitted. Ridge was dismissed from the police force, though
he successfully appealed and had his pension reinstated by
the House of Lords, six years later. |
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After leading at half-time, Rangers went down 4-1 at home to
AC Milan in the first round first leg of the European Cup.
Bolton Wanderers beat Feyenoord, 3-0 in a friendly in
Rotterdam. Scorers were Stevens and Lofthouse (2). |
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The Last Word......
a compilation of 'final paragraphs'
written about Duncan Edwards, Tommy Taylor and Roger Byrne
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"Joseph
Uljaki and Roger Piantoni, two of Europe's finest
inside-forwards, were shut out of this match completely
by Duncan Edwards and Ron Clayton, the two foundation
stones of English victory." -
Ian Woodridge |
"Just ten minutes later it
was all over. Taylor scored again after a bout of short
passing between outside left Tom Finney, Haynes and
right half Ronnie Clayton."
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Bill Holden |
"The momentum slackened,
but even then further successes must have greeted the
forwards had they taken just a little more care. Taylor
was the chief culprit. Despite his two goals, I would
say, without hesitation, that England now has a forward
line into which the Manchester United centre-forward
does not fit. Great player as he is in the Manchester
shirt. Taylor is not the tactician England requires, and
the time has come for one of his competitors to get an
opportunity."
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CyrillChapmanChapman |
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"Yet
Haynes and Taylor, like all their colleagues, played a
full part in wiping out the memory—and the criticism—of
the defeat against Ireland here three weeks ago" -
Ian Woodridge |
"THE
PLAYERS - ENGLAND Byrne...8 Edwards...9
Taylor...8"
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Ian Woodridge |
"Duncan Edwards played as
though Manchester United's fate in the European Cup hung
in the balance."
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Cyril
Chapman |
"Taylor was happy in
everything except his finishing, He had the chances to
hit his critics for six."
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George Follows |
"Tommy Taylor - Red Devil
or White Elephant?."
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George Follows |
"That's what makes Tommy
Taylor such a good centre-forward. He is never an Idle
Tom. He is always looking for the ball; coming back
challenging . . . and in the air he has few equals."
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Tom Finney |
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Source
Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
The Complete Book of the British Charts
Allezlesbleus.free.fr FFF.fr |
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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
British Pathé |
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