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339 vs. Yugoslavia |
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Sunday,
11 May 1958
End-of-season pre-World Cup Iron Curtain
tour match
Yugoslavia 5 England 0
[1-0]
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Stadion Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija,
Autokomanda, Voždovac, Beograd
Kick-off (CET):
4.30pm
3.30pm
BST Attendance:
55,000;
58,000; 'record crowd of
60,000'; |
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Yugoslavia kicked off |
Billy Wright won the toss |
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[1-0]
Miloš Milutinović
23 'a left-footed shot bounced
off Hopkinson's chest over his shoulder and into the net'
from 20 yards after hitting a bump in the turf
[1-0] Dragoslav Šekularac lob
comes off the crossbar {1-0] Illijas Pašić scores disallowed: offside |
The Yugoslavs evidently had two more goals ruled out for
offside before the half ended |
[1-0] Vujadin Boškov shot
smashes against the crossbar [2-0]
Aleksandar Petaković
56 right-footed from
7 yards following a left-side cross [3-0]
Aleksandar Petaković
77 beat the defender
to strike in a powerful right-footed shot [4-0]
Aleksandar Petaković
84
HATTRICK took
his time to place his right-footed strike into the net following
a Todor Veselinović pass [5-0]
Todor Veselinović 86 'Dragoslav
Šekularac glided through four tackles to lay on for Veselinović'
to score from 12 yards out |
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no T.V. or Radio coverage |
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"ENGLAND
DEFENCE CUT TO SHREDS" Daily Mirror |
Officials
from Hungary |
Yugoslavia |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England Party |
Referee
(black)
István Zsolt
36 (28 June 1921), Budapest |
28 |
Shots |
2 |
3 |
Woodwork |
0 |
Linesmen |
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Karol Tavs |
Sandor Bihori |
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Yugoslavia Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 11th to 10th |
Colours |
Blue wing-collared continental jerseys, white shorts, red socks
with blue/white tops. |
Captain |
Branko Zebec |
Chief Selection |
Aleksandar Tirnanić, 46 (15 July 1911) since 1955. |
Yugoslavia
Lineup |
1 |
Beara, Vladimir |
29
190 days |
2 November 1928 |
G |
Fk Crvena zvezda |
53 |
65ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Šijaković, Vasilje |
28
284 days |
31 July 1929 |
RB |
OFk Beograd |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Crnković, Tomislav |
28
328 days |
17 June 1929 |
LB
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Nk Dinamo Zagreb |
38 |
0 |
4 |
Krstić, Dobrosav |
26 95 days |
5 February 1932 |
RHB |
Fk Vojvodina |
22 |
1 |
5 |
Zebec, Branko |
28
359 days |
17 May 1929 |
CHB |
Fk Partizan |
48 |
15 |
6 |
Boškov, Vujadin |
26
360 days |
16 May 1931 |
LHB |
Fk Vojvodina |
53 |
0 |
7
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Petaković, Aleksandar |
28 94 days |
6 February 1930 |
OR |
FK Radnički |
11 |
5 |
8
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Veselinović, Todor |
27 201 days |
22 October 1930 |
IR |
Fk Vojvodina |
26 |
19 |
9
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Milutinović, Miloš |
25 95 days |
5 February 1933 |
CF |
Fk Partizan |
30 |
16 |
10
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Šekularac, Dragoslav |
20
162 days |
30 November 1937 |
IL |
Fk Crvena zvezda |
5 |
0 |
11 |
Pašić, Ilijas |
24
1 day |
10 May 1934 |
OL |
FK Željezničar |
7 |
1 |
reserves: |
not named |
team notes: |
Goalkeeper Vladimir Beara was a doubt before the game, the former
ballet dancer is troubled by an old injury, his place could have gone
to Srboljob Kriuocka. Outside-left Mukhamed Mujic had to drop out
after picking up an illness. Vujadin Boškov was also considered a doubt,
as well as Aleksandar
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pre-match notes: |
The Yugoslavs were set up in a training-camp in Tuzla, located in the mountains 200 miles
away, training night and day and playing practice matches against
local sides on the evenings. |
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2-3-5 |
Beara - Šijaković, Crnković - Krstić, Zebec, Boškov -
Petaković, Veselinović, Milutinović, Šekularac, Pašić. |
Averages: |
Age |
26 years 298
days |
Appearances/Goals |
26.9 |
4.7 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 3rd to 4th |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, red
socks with white calf hoop. |
P 27th of 43, W 17 - D 5 - L 5 - F 75 - A 34. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
rec. 76th of 90, W 46 - D 14 - L 16 - F 196 - A
110. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 94th of 139,
W 59 - D 18 - L 17 - F 270 - A 131,
one abandoned. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee, headed by Joe Mears, on Saturday, 10 May. |
England
Lineup |
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unchanged
trom the previous two matches |
FINAL league positions
(30 April) |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
22 194 days |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 15th) |
6 |
9ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
22 211 days |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 4th) |
6 |
0 |
3 |
Langley, E. James |
29 93 days |
7 February 1929 |
LB |
Fulham FC
(FL2 6th) |
3 |
0 |
final app
1958 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
23 279 days |
5 August 1934 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL2 2nd) |
20 |
0 |
the thirtieth player to reach the
20-app milestone |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
34 94 days |
6 February 1924 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
(FL CHAMPIONS) |
91 |
3 |
most apps
1952-58 |
6 |
Slater, William J. |
31 12 days |
29 April 1927 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL CHAMPIONS) |
5 |
0 |
7 |
Douglas, Bryan |
23 349 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL2 2nd) |
6 |
1 |
8 |
Charlton, Robert |
20 212 days |
11 October 1937 |
IR |
Manchester United FC
(FL 9th) |
3 |
3 |
9 |
Kevan, Derek T. |
23 66 days |
6 March 1935 |
CF |
West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 4th) |
6 |
3 |
10 |
Haynes, John N. |
23 206 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC
(FL2 6th) |
19 |
8 |
11 |
Finney,
Thomas |
36 36 days |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC
(FL RU) |
72 |
28 |
reserves: |
Colin McDonald (Burnley FC
(FL 6th)),
Peter Sillett (Chesea FC
(FL 12th)),
Tommy Banks (Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 15th)),
Eddie Clamp (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL CHAMPIONS)),
Maurice Norman (Tottenham Hotspur FC
(FL 3rd)),
Peter Broadbent (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
(FL CHAMPIONS)),
Bobby Robson (West Bromwich Albion FC
(FL 4th)),
Brian Clough (Middlesbrough
FC
(FL2 7th)) and
Alan A'Court (Liverpool FC
(FL2 4th)). |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 56th
consecutive match. Ronnie Clayton is the thirteenth player to make
twenty England appearances under Walter Winterbottom, and by virtue,
post-war. With the inclusion of nine reserves, four for the first
time, there has
now been 150 players to have been named by Winterbottom and the
Selection Committee onto teamsheets (starting XI and reserves). |
records: |
It is the first time in four years that England have conceded four
goals in a half. The last time they were significantly defeated...Hungary,
May 1954. England fail to score for the first time in two
years. |
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2-3-5 |
Hopkinson
- Howe, Langley - Clayton, Wright, Slater - Douglas,
Charlton, Kevan, Haynes, Finney. |
Averages: |
Age |
26 years 161
days |
Appearances/Goals |
21.5 |
4.2 |
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Match Report by Mike
Payne |
Temperatures were in
the 90s as the teams took to the field for this match and England, trying
to establish a side capable of winning the forthcoming World Cup
tournament, had a disastrous day. They were well and truly beaten by a
Yugoslav side that, on the day, was in a different class.
Everything went wrong from the start and Yugoslavia took a deserved lead
in the 23rd minute. Milutinović gained possession, sold Bobby Wright a
dummy, and then let fly a shot from some 25 yards. The ball hit the ground
just in front of Eddie Hopkinson's dive and hit the goalkeeper on the
shoulder before flying into the net. It was a good shot but Hopkinson
could have perhaps done better.
From then on Yugoslavia dominated
the play. Three times before half-time they beat Hopkinson again, but each
time the goal was disallowed for offside. On another occasion a screamer
from Šekularac crashed against the England crossbar.
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visitors were struggling. Wright being given a torrid time by Milutinović,
Ronnie Clayton could not get into the game, and Johnny Haynes and Bobby
Charlton looked jaded and ineffective. Jim Langley battled well and
Wright, despite his difficulties, was still England's best defender.
However, his side were fortunate to only be the one goal down at the break
especially as they had not put in one worthwhile effort of their own.
After the interval the England crossbar was again nearly broken in two
when a fierce shot by Boškov bounced back into play off it. The
visitors probably had their best spell of the match in the opening ten
minutes of the half and actually applied some pressure on Yugoslavia. But
on 56 minutes any hope that England had of gaining anything from the game
was shattered by a brilliant goal by Petaković. A superb move involving
Kristić, Veselinović, Šekularac and Pasić ended with Petaković lashing
home the cross.
England were now out of the contest and the Slavs produced
some brilliant play as the game progresses. For some strange reason little
went beyond the England penalty area, though as the home side showed a
reluctance to shoot. But with 15 minutes left all that changed. Šekularac
put through and his fierce shot flew past Hopkinson. Moments later the
right-winger completed his hat-trick when he scored following a pass from Veselinović.
To complete England's misery a brilliant run by Šekularac
ended with him setting up Veselinović for number five.
The crowd were ecstatic by now and
fires were burning on the terraces with their team showing everyone what they
were capable of. Milutinović and Kristić were absolutely outstanding.
As for England, Hopkinson had a
miserable afternoon and although he made some fine saves he had to be
faulted for the crucial first goal. Up front England put in only two goal
attempts in the whole 90 minutes, one from Ron Clayton and a typical Bobby
Charlton effort. Bryan Douglas and Derek Kevan never threatened and Tom
Finney was totally stifled by the cynical tackling of the Yugoslav
defenders. Countless free-kicks were given after tackles on Finney but
England could create nothing from those kicks.
After this display, thoughts of
England winning the World Cup seemed a million miles away.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
All the confidence and
cohesion built up in the England team pre-Munich had disappeared, and they
found this World Cup warm-up match in Belgrade too hot to handle in more
ways than one. The game was played in a heat wave with temperatures in the
high nineties, and three of the Yugoslav goals came in the last ten
minutes with several of the England players close
to exhaustion. The match was a personal nightmare for Jim Langley, who
was run ragged by three-goal right winger Petacavić. It was a particularly
testing trip for Bobby Charlton. He was back in Belgrade where the Busby Babes
had played their final match. The last leg of the flight had meant landing at
and taking off from Munich. It
was a defeat that underlined just how much England had gone back since the
Munich air crash. They were disjointed and totally lacking any sort of team
pattern. If anything, the final scoreline flattered England and it did severe
damage to their confidence with the World Cup finals so close.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1958-59 pages 32-33 |
Worst fears were unfortunately
confirmed at Belgrade, when even the high score by no means flattered tie
victors. England's display was one of the poorest for many years, even
taking into account the terrific heat in which the match was played.
Yugoslavia took the lead after twenty-two minutes, when Milutinović's shot
was misjudged by Hopkinson and entered the net. The goalkeeper, however,
played well and it was only his performance, plus some help from the
woodwork, which kept the score down. The second goal came after ten
minutes of the second half, scored by Petaković. This winger scored tice
more during a spate of goals in the closing minutes, during which
Veselinović added a fifth. Only Wright and Slater of the England side came
out with any credit.
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In
Other News....
It was on 12 May 1958 that the trial of 31-year-old Scottish
serial killer, Peter Manuel began in Glasgow. Charged with
eight murders over a two-year period, he conducted his own
defence and audaciously accused the husband, father and
brother-in-law of three of his victims of being the
perpetrator, even cross-examining him in court, but the jury
saw through his charade and he was found guilty of seven of
the murders after a 14-day trial. One case was dropped due
to lack of evidence, though he had previously confessed the
crime to police. It was suspected that he had committed more
murders and escaped arrest due to selecting his victims
randomly, killing them in different ways and always
appearing intelligent and confident when questioned. Manuel
was hanged, just over six weeks later. |
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Poland and the Republic of Ireland drew 2-2 in Chorzów,
Curtis and Cummins scoring for Ireland, whilst Blackpool beat a New South Wales XI at Wollongong,
7-2. Scorers were Hagan (3), Charnley (2), Hauser and Perry.
24 hours earlier, they had beaten the Australian national
team, 8-2 in Sydney. |
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
Reprezentacija.rs Original newspaper reports
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
British Pathé |
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