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329 vs. Scotland |
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Saturday,
19 April 1958
Home International Championship 1957-58
(63rd) Match
Scotland 0 England 4
[0-2]
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Hampden Park, Kinghorn Drive,
Mount Florida, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Kick-off (BST):
3.00pm Attendance:
'127,857' |
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Jimmy Forrest kicked off |
Billy Wright won the toss |
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[0-1] Jackie Mudie headed
against the crossbar |
[0-1] Bryan Douglas header
22 nodded the ball from 8 yards past Younger from Bobby Charlton's
right-sided free-kick
(Docherty obstructed Charlton)
[0-2] Derek Kevan
35 sweeping ten-yard
right-footed shot in off
the post from a Bryan Douglas low pass through two defenders from the right |
In England, The BBC chose to show Motor Racing, Horse Racing,
then International Swimming |
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There appears to have been confusion when
Charlton's goal was scored with some reports stating the first half.
However, Wolstenholme's commentary and match reports confirm the 66th
minute. |
[0-3] Bobby Charlton
volley 66 twelve-yard right-footed volley from a
Tom Finney left-sided
cross [0-4] Derek Kevan 74
cracked the ball past Younger with a right-footed drive
from an acute angle from a Johnny Haynes pass |
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(Scotland
only) -
Commentators:
Kenneth Wolstenholme and Peter Thomson |
second half live only on The Light Programme -
Commentator: tbc |
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"SCOTLAND
MEET THEIR SOCCER FLODDEN" Daily Mirror |
Officials
from West Germany |
Scotland |
UK ruling on substitutes |
England |
Referee
Albert Dusch
45 (6 December 1912), Kaiserslautern |
Teams introduced to the Guest of Honour,
the Duke of
Gloucester.
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Linesmen |
K. Karlie
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Karl Tschencher
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Scotland Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 15th to 19th |
Colours |
Made by Umbro -
Dark blue continental jerseys with white v-neck
collars/cuffs,
white shorts, blue socks with red tops. |
Captain |
Tommy Docherty |
Selection |
The International Selection Committee chose a team on Wednesday,
9 April 1958. |
Trainer: Dawson Walker (Clyde
FC) |
Due to be
Alexander Matthew Busby, appointed 17 January 1958, hospitalised 6 February, only returned to Manchester the day
before this match. |
Scotland
Lineup |
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Younger, Thomas |
28
9 days |
10 April 1930 |
G |
Hibernian FC |
20 |
30ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Parker, Alexander H. |
22
269 days |
2 August 1935 |
RB |
Falkirk FC |
14 |
0 |
3 |
Haddock, Harry |
32
267 days |
26 July 1925 |
LB |
Clyde FC |
6 |
0 |
final app 1954-58 |
4 |
McColl, John Miller |
30
316 days |
7 June 1927 |
RHB |
Rangers FC |
14 |
0 |
final app 1950-58 |
5 |
Evans, Robert |
30
277 days |
16 July 1927 |
CHB |
The Celtic FC |
32 |
0 |
6 |
Docherty, Thomas H. |
29
360 days |
24 April 1928 |
RHB |
Preston North End FC, England |
22 |
1 |
727 |
7 |
Herd, George |
21
348 days |
6 May 1936 |
OR |
Clyde FC |
1 |
0 |
728 |
8 |
Murray, James |
25
74 days |
4 February 1933 |
IR |
Heart of Midlothian FC |
1 |
0 |
9 |
Mudie, John K. |
28
9 days |
10 April 1930 |
CF |
Blackpool FC, England |
12 |
7 |
729 |
10 |
Forrest, James |
31
19 days |
31 March 1927 |
IL |
Motherwell FC |
1 |
0 |
only app 1958 |
11 |
Ewing, Thomas |
20
352 days |
2 May 1937 |
OL |
Partick Thistle FC |
2 |
0 |
final app 1957-58 |
travelling
reserve: |
Hugh Baird (Airdrieonians FC); The team was chosen
alongside the initial forty-man 1958 World Cup Party. |
pre-match notes: |
"The Scots were at Girvan
[on Thursday, 17th], under their
trainer, Dawson Walker. Senior members of the side held a long tactics
talk with Walker. The Scots trained in drizzling rain although the
three Rangers players, McColl, Caldow and reserve Baird, did not join
in. They played for the Light Blues against Raith Rovers last night." |
team changes: |
Harry Haddock replaced the original left-back choice, Rangers FC's
Eric Caldow, a day before this match, because of an ankle injury. And debutant
Jimmy Forrest replaced Luton Town FC's Allan Brown at inside-left
after it was reported on 14 April that Brown's injury to his ankle
ligament had not sufficiently improved. |
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2-3-5 |
Younger - Parker, Haddock - McColl, Evans, Docherty -
Herd, Murray, Mudie, Forrest, Ewing. |
Averages: |
Age |
27 years 177
days |
Appearances/Goals |
11.4 |
0.7 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th to 3rd |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, royal blue shorts,
red socks with white calf hoop. |
P 25th of 43, W 16 - D 5 - L 4 - F 73 - A 28. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
rec. 74th of 90, W 45 - D 14 - L 15 - F 194 - A 104. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 92nd of 139,
W 58 - D 18 - L 16 - F 268 - A 125,
one abandoned. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee,
headed by Joe Mears, on Wednesday, 9 April. |
England
Lineup |
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four changes to the previous match (Byrne,
Edwards, Taylor & Robson out) |
league position
(9 April) |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
22
172 days |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 14th) |
4 |
3ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
22
189 days |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 3rd) |
4 |
0 |
766 |
3 |
Langley, E. James |
29
71 days |
7 February 1929 |
LB |
Fulham FC
(FL2 5th) |
1 |
0 |
the 37th Fulham player to represent
England |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
23
257 days |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL2 4th) |
18 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
34
72 days |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
(FL TOP) |
89 |
3 |
most apps 1946-58 |
6 |
Slater, William J. |
30
355 days |
29 April 1927 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
(FL TOP) |
3 |
0 |
7
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Douglas, Bryan |
23
327 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL2 4th) |
4 |
1 |
767 |
8
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Charlton, Robert |
23
190 days |
11 October 1937 |
IR |
Manchester United FC
(FL 7th) |
1 |
1 |
the 19th United player to represent
England |
9
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Kevan, Derek T. |
23
9 days |
6 March 1935 |
CF |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 3rd) |
4 |
3 |
the 192nd (59th post-war) brace scored |
10
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Haynes, John N. |
23
184 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC
(FL2 5th) |
17 |
8 |
11
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Finney,
Thomas |
36
14 days |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC
(FL 2nd) |
70 |
28 |
the second player
& oldest to reach the 70-app milestone |
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reserve: |
Bobby Robson (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 3rd)). |
pre-match notes: |
"England were at Ayr
[on Thursday, 17th],
where a six-a-side practice game was the only serious training Jimmy
Langley kept goal for one side with a high degree of unorthodoxy. All
are fit, although Billy Wright is a little hoarse following a cold.
They will train again at Ayr tomorrow." |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 54th
consecutive match. With Hopkinson, Howe, Douglas and Kevan each
making their fourth appearance, it means that sixty players have made
four or more appearances under Winterbottom/ISC. |
The England party were set up in the Marine Hotel in Troon prior to this
match. |
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2-3-5 |
Hopkinson - Howe, Langley - Clayton, Wright, Slater -
Douglas, Charlton, Kevan, Haynes, Finney. |
Averages: |
Age |
26 years 139
days |
Appearances/Goals |
19.5 |
3.5 |
England teams v. Scotland: |
1957: |
Hodgkinson |
Hall |
Byrne |
Clayton |
Wright |
Edwards |
Matthews |
Thompson |
Finney |
Kevan |
Grainger |
1958: |
Hopkinson |
Howe |
Langley |
Clayton |
Wright |
Slater |
Douglas |
Charlton |
Kevan |
Haynes |
Finney |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
THIS
was the first England international since that dreadful day in February
1958 when the country lost so many talented players through the Munich air
disaster. Gone forever were Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor, David Pegg, and
probably one of the finest players England had ever produced, Duncan
Edwards. We would now never know what heights that lad would have reached
and, indeed, the England side with those great stars included.
And so, it was with a saddened
heart and not without a tear or two that Billy Wright led his team out for
his 89th international. Into the side for the first time came Bobby
Charlton, a survivor of that terrible tragedy and now seeking to emulate
his illustrious predecessors in the white shirt of England. The
19-year-old went into the game knowing many eyes were upon him, but he
need not have worried as the guiding words of Billy Wright and Tom Finney
saw him through magnificently. Now his talents were set before the
rest of the world.
England's
recent record at Hampden Park has been phenomenal and a whole generation
of Scots has grown up without seeing a home victory against the Auld
Enemy. There was never a chance of that changing in this match as England
dominated from start to finish.
Bryan Douglas was again in fine form and gave hi marker,
Haddock, a torrid time. The full-back must have cursed his luck because in
1955 the same player had been given the runaround by Stanly Matthews at
Wembley It was Douglas that made the breakthrough in the 12th minute. A
free-kick taken by Charlton on the right was met superbly by Douglas and
his header flashed past the startled Younger. Eleven minutes later, Derek
Kevan made it 2-0 to England with a firm shot after another splendid run
by Douglas had set up the chance.
[ed: evidently, the second half begins with this paragraph]
England, with Johnny Haynes in another of his dominant
moods, swept forward relentlessly and shortly afterwards came the goal of
the match. Tom Finney picked up the ball and attacked Parker down the left
flank. The full-back was totally bemused by the pace and skill of
the Preston winger. A shimmy of the hips and a shrug of the shoulders gave
Finney the opening to get past his marker and to the goal-line. His
brilliant cross then swept into the middle, where it was met by the young
Charlton full on the volley on the penalty spot. Poor Younger never even
saw it. Even the partisan Scottish crowd rose to that goal and it will be
long remembered by all who were there.
So, at half-time, as against France, the game was
effectively over. The Hampden roar had been silenced and the mood of the
crowd sank even further into depression when Mudie's header struck the
England crossbar. The incident drained any last remaining fight from the
Scotland players and their usual passion was certainly missing from their
game.
The second half was
practically a non-event and by the time Kevan scored his second and
England's fourth goal 15 minutes from the end many of the crowd had begun
to make their way home. The goal was a good one ending a lovely move
involving Haynes, Charlton and Bill Slater.
It was another impressive
performance by England, whilst Scotland were left with many problems to
solve before the World Cup in Sweden the following June.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Bobby Charlton, a Munich survivor, electrified the first of his 106
England appearances with a classical goal when he connected with a Tom
Finney cross on the volley to send it flashing into the Scotland net from
the edge of the penalty area. His wonder strike came in the sixty-second
minute after Bryan Douglas had headed England into a first-half lead and
then laid on the first of two goals for Derek Kevan. Fulham's Jim Langley
made a commendable debut in place of the sadly missed Roger Byrne, with
Wolverhampton's Bill Slater taking on the impossible job of following
Duncan Edwards. The nearest Scotland came to scoring was when a Jackie
Mudie header hit the bar midway through the second-half, by which time
England were sitting on a cushion of three goals. Kevan wrapped it up for
England fifteen minutes from the end after Johnny Haynes, Bobby Charlton
and Bill Slater had cut open the Scottish defence with a procession of
precise passes.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1958-59 pages 30-31 |
In their first game after the Munich disaster,
which meant the loss of three members of the team, England achieved an
overwhelming victory at Glasgow, even if it was generally agreed that the
Scottish play was not up to standard. Douglas again had a fine game on the
right wing and, indeed, none of the England team could really be faulted.
Scotland were at their best in the early stages, and Mudie succeeded in
hitting the bar, but once England had taken the lead through a Douglas
header midway through the first half, the Scots deteriorated badly. Ten
minutes from half-time, Kevan scored a second, shooting in from a Douglas
pass, but the goal of the match came after twenty minutes of the second
half, when Charlton magnificently volleyed home Finney's dropping centre.
The fourth was scored by Kevan following another fine England move, and the
match ended with England toying with the opposition.
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In
Other News....
It was on 19 April 1958 that the great Welsh international
footballer, Billy Meredith, died at the age of 83. On a day
when 43-year-old Stan Matthews was still playing for
Blackpool in the first division, he was reminded that
Meredith had won his last Welsh cap at the age of 45, and
had played for Manchester City in the 1924 FA Cup semi-final
when he was 49, the oldest player ever to appear in the
competition. He was also the oldest British international
and the oldest player of both Manchester clubs, winning the
FA Cup with both, and two league titles with United in a
career spanning over thirty years. Matthews did become the
only fifty-year-old to play in the top flight, however. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
The Complete Book of the British Charts
LondonHearts.com |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record
Norman Giller, Football Author
Drew Herbertson, Scottish FA Historian
British Pathé |
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