The
England
World Cup Party-Pre Brazil
June
1958 |
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
starts |
subs |
App |
|
Capt |
21.
A'Court, Alan |
30 September 1934 |
23 |
OL |
Liverpool FC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3.
Banks, Thomas |
10 November 1929 |
28 |
LB |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
17.
Brabrook, Peter |
8 November 1937 |
20 |
OR |
Chelsea FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Brabrook was originally chosen as a provisional party member only,
before joining the party |
18.
Broadbent, Peter F. |
15 May 1933 |
25 |
IR |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20.
Charlton, Robert |
11 October 1937 |
20 |
IR |
Manchester United FC |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4.
Clamp, H. Edward |
14 September
1934 |
23 |
RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
15.
Clayton,
Ronald |
5 August 1934
|
23 |
RHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
20 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
7.
Douglas, Bryan |
27 May 1934 |
24 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC |
8 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
11.
Finney, Thomas |
5 April 1922 |
36 |
OL |
Preston North End FC |
74 |
0 |
74 |
29 |
0 |
Finney was injured for the match against Brazil |
10.
Haynes, John
N. |
17 October 1934
|
23 |
IL |
Fulham FC |
21 |
0 |
21 |
8 |
0 |
13.
Hodgkinson, Alan |
16 August 1936 |
21 |
GK |
Sheffield United FC |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4ᵍᵃ |
0 |
Hodgkinson was originally chosen as a provisional party member only,
before becoming a stay-at-home reserve |
12.
Hopkinson, Edward |
29 October 1935 |
22 |
GK |
Bolton Wanderers FC |
6 |
0 |
6 |
9ᵍᵃ |
0 |
2.
Howe, Donald |
12 October 1935 |
22 |
FB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
9.
Kevan, Derek T. |
6 March 1935 |
23 |
CF |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
8 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
1.
McDonald, Colin A. |
15 October 1930 |
27 |
GK |
Burnley FC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3ᵍᵃ |
0 |
16.
Norman, Maurice |
21 January 1933 |
25 |
CHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.
Robson, Robert W. |
18 February 1933 |
25 |
IR |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
22.
Setters, Maurice E. |
16 December 1936 |
21 |
RHB |
West Bromwich Albion FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Setters was originally chosen as a provisional party member only,
before becoming a stay-at-home reserve |
14.
Sillett, R. Peter T. |
1 February 1933 |
25 |
RB |
Chelsea FC |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6.
Slater, William J. |
29 April 1927 |
31 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
19.
Smith, Robert A. |
22 February 1933 |
25 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Bobby Smith was originally chosen as a provisional party member only,
before joining the party |
5.
Wright, William A. |
6 February 1924 |
34 |
CHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC |
93 |
0 |
93 |
3 |
78 |
All information is complete to and including
England's last match, the eighth of the 1957-58 season, against
USSR on 8 June 1958.
Diary
Saturday, 8 February 1958 -
The draw for the World Cup Finals in Sweden in the summer takes
place in Stockholm. England drew the toughest group, meeting
Austria Russia and Brazil. No other team could have a harder task.
Scotland, by contrast, have a plum draw with France, Paraguay and
Yugoslavia. With the arrogant Chairman of their Selection
Committee, Willie Watters, stating that his country were in the
quarter-finals already. The eight-strong committee bent their
rules after a seven-hour conference. The rules state that 'the
qualifying groups will be decided by a draw, except that countries
of one continent will be separated', the committee succeeded in
making three 'continents' of Europe. Much conference time was
spent in wrangling over whether the committee had the power to do
this.
Thursday, 6 March 1958 -
The England party will arrive in Sweden three days before
their opening Finals match against USSR, and stay in the Park
Avenue Hotel, Gothenburg, instead of one of the special Soccer training camps. Walter
Winterbottom denied that these preparations would put England at a
disadvantage. "We'll arrive late in Sweden, but I know I can trust
our players to keep fit. And it would do no good at all to try to
isolate them in some special camp. It's the Englishman's nature to
learn from playing in matches and to go home when he is not
playing. That's the way it is is going to be for our international
side—and its the best.
There is no point in going over so early, the players will be
happier at home. And even if we did want to stay at a camp in
Sweden it just isn't practicable. The nearest one I could get is
three and a half hours' journey from the centres where our matches
will be played. It would make it too tiresome to be worthwhile."
Tuesday, 22 April 1958 -
The International Selection Committee, headed by Joe Mears,
and with involvement from Team Manager Walter Winterbottom, have
named a forty-man strong party from whom 22 players will be chosen
for their World Cup Finals party in Sweden. Twenty of the
party also include those travelling behind the Iron Curtain for
the East European tour in Belgrade and Moscow, and the fourteen
man party for the friendly match with Portugal at Wembley at the
beginning of May. Of the forty mean, thirteen come from the
Black Country. League Champions Wolverhampton Wanderers providing
seven, four of them half-backs, and neighbours West Bromwich
Albion with six players. The team which beat Scotland on Saturday
are included, and along with nine other players, make up the core
of the travelling party to Yugoslavia and USSR. The big
surprise in the forty is the inclusion of Manchester United's
Dennis Viollet, who has never played for England, and was one of
the last players released from hospital following the Munich Air
Disaster. And since then, has played one first team match and one
reserve match. The list of forty has to be cut to 22 by 31 May.
The selectors also have a chance of watching the players against
each other in a World Cup trial match at Stamford Bridge on 2 May
when a 'full' team will face an under-23 team.
Sunday, 18 May 1958, USSR 1 England 1
-
"Valentin the Villain monstrously cheated England out of
a richly deserved prestige-precious victory in this
first-ever clash with Russia t the magnificent Lenin
Stadium. The villain, or to give him his correct name, Valentin Ivanov, the 23 Russian inside-right, was guilty
of the most flagrant hands I have seen this season—just a
split second before he fired in an UNJUST EQUALISER in the
78th minute. Immediately Ivanov committed his Soccer crime—palming
the ball down with his right arm—I leapt off my
stand seat along with five hundred other British
supporters roaring: 'Hands!' But incredibly Austrian
referee Friedrich Zeipelt never blew his whistle. Valentin
the Villain went on to hook the ball past Colin McDonald
into the empty net. The 110,000 crowd, momentarily hushed
into silence, suddenly realised their Russian luck and
exploded into a thankful roar. England skipper Billy
Wright and his entire defence, backed up by those 500
solidly British fans in the stand, protested furiously to
Herr Zeipelt. But this stubborn man in black scorned their
pleas and shrugged his way back to the centre circle
shaking his head furiously. England players stood around
him amazed! It was a goal . . . but in name and in the
record books only. But even if England are not rewarded
with a record book win, this was a decisive and thoroughly
earned victory MORAL VICTORY."
-
Peter Lorenzo, Daily
Herald
Monday, 19 May 1958 -
A heavy thunderstorm delayed the departure of the England
party. They left two hours later than scheduled in a
Russian jet airliner TU194 bound for Prague. Leading
Soviet sports officials were at the airport, as was
Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova, to wave farewell to the
England party. They eventually touched down at London
Airport shortly before nine o'clock tonight. The Beverley
Sisters were at the airport to greet the team, in
particular, captain Billy Wright. The party will meet
up again on 3 June.
Wednesday, 21 May 1958
- Walter Winterbottom said today that he may delay
announcement of his 22-man World Cup party until the end
of next week. The probables will gather in London next
Tuesday for training until Friday, returning home for the
weekend. Then the players reassemble in London and fly to
Sweden on Thursday, 5 June.
Friday, 23 May 1958 -
The BBC are making extensive plans to show in full many
matches in the World Cup Finals in Sweden. A BBC camera
team will form part of a Eurovision Broadcast Unit pool in
Sweden throughout the Championships to bring special film
reports to games which are not available on live
television. On Sunday, 8 June, and the following Sunday,
complete matches will be televised during the afternoon
and evening. Provision is also been made for replays.
Commentary will be provided by Kenneth Wolstenholme and
Wally Barnes, and David Colman will be giving some of the
film commentaries.
Brian Clough is likely to be passed over again when the
Selection Committee meet next Tuesday to decide on the
World Cup party. His greatest champion, Middlesbrough FC
director Harry French, is unable to attend the meeting,
and so will not be able to put forward Clough's case.
Tuesday, 28 May 1958 - As many England players turn
up to Roehampton to practice, a party that includes
Northern Ireland captain Danny Blanchflower, because the
Irish have no training programme of their own, the England
party is chosen. The Selection Committee have dropped
Brian Clough, despite his goalscoring record this season,
and despite taking him across Europe, without playing, and
despite him being called into train in London. Instead,
Bobby Smith gets the nod to be the second centre-forward
to Derek Kevan. Nat Lofthouse has also been looked over.
Jim Langley is the only player from the Yugoslavia defeat
to not make the party, Peter Sillett being named as the
only reserve full-back instead, as he can play on both
flanks. The selectors have overwhelmed the party with
forward options. Every attacking position has a reserve,
and six of the ten are competent inside-forwards. Alan
Hodgkinson and Maurice Setters have been told to standby
in case of injuries. Walter Winterbottom has arranged
for the England team to train at the Nya Ullevi ground in
Gothenburg.
Wednesday, 29 May 1958 - Following a
night in a hotel on Bayswater, with the exception of the
five London-based players, who all went home, the England
party train in Finchley.
Thursday, 30 May 1958 -
At The Bank of England Sports Club Ground in Roehampton,
England beat Wales in a friendly practice match, in front
of forty children. It was expected that both sides would
take things easily but both teams went at the ball with a
will. Both Walter Winterbottom and Jimmy Murphy must have
shuddered at the robustness of the tackling. Although
England won, through a splendidly taken Derek Kevan goal,
there was nothing between the two sides. Each man playing
as if his World Cup place was at stake. At half-time, both
sides fielded seven substitutes. According to World Cup
regulations no two opposing competing sides can face each
other within three weeks of the tournament, hence the
match was dubbed as a practice, and the regulation time
was not adhered too. England played in blue jerseys,
whereas Wales played in white. Former England
left-back, Bill Nicholson currently the assistant-manager
at Tottenham Hotspur, will be used in the same capacity in
Sweden as Winterbottom's assistant.
Tuesday, 3 June 1958 -
As many of the World Cup parties arrive in Sweden, most of
England's party return to training in Roehampton, feeling
a whole lot happier after being informed they will receive
a daily allowance whilst on World Cup duty. Walter
Winterbottom said: "We have decided that the daily
allowance normally given to players on international tours
will be paid for World Cup games." Tom Finney,
meanwhile, is having hospital treatment on a septic
blister on his right-foot. Alan A'Court deputised for
Finney in the 90-minute practice game. Peter Broadbent was
also given a 'senior' status as inside-left as Johnny
Haynes played for the reserve side. Although the team to
face USSR will not be announced until Friday, the players
will know by the end of today. After long negotiations
between the BBC and Swedish authorities to televise the
tournament over the Eurovision link, ITV has moved in to
take a share of the coverage of the England-Brazil match
on 11 June. The whole commercial network will show the
match, with introduction and summing up from 6.45 to 8.45.
The BBC will run their programme from 6.45 until 8.55. ITV
programmes for that night have been scrapped or delayed.
Many of the countries as they arrive and inspect their
venues, begin to complain about the state of the pitches.
Wednesday, 4 June 1958 -
The
party, with the exception of Tom Finney, are training
again in Roehampton. Billy Wright ended the morning's
training session with a bruised thigh after colliding with
Maurice Setter's knee. He had treatment in the afternoon
and evening to try and overcome any damage. FIFA
announce that any player sent-off will be suspended for
the next match, in any effort to dissuade the violent play
that is creeping into the game.
Thursday, 5 June 1958 -
The party, again with the exception of Tom Finney,
and without Billy Wright, are again training in Roehampton
in the morning. Three hours later, just after midday, they leave
London Airport for Gothenburg
by plane, via Copenhagen. Finney, wearing a slipper, has a
'fifty-fifty chance' and Wright is likely to be fit for their opening match on Sunday.
Half their luggage, however, lost in Copenhagen, is
expected to arrive late. England are the last country
to arrive for the Tournament. Winterbottom justifies his
decision: "The players prefer it. Several of the other
teams here are complaining of being bored already. We have
never trained more thoroughly or been happier."
Friday, 6 June 1958 -
The England World
Cup Finals Selection Committee, headed by Joe Mears, and
includes Graham Doggart, Lt-Col. Gerry Mitchell, David
Wiseman, and Team Manager Walter Winterbottom, announce
the after the morning training session
on the Nya Ullevi stadium pitch. It is the same side which
drew against Russia in Moscow. The workout this morning,
between 10.30 and 1.30 was a strenuous one, though both
Billy Wright and Tom Finney took it more easily than the
others, in fact, Finney was pulled off twenty minutes
before the end. When the English party came off, the Russians took
their turn on the pitch. Finney's chances of playing were
still rated as 50/50. Winterbottom added: "Finney is still
doubtful. If he cannot play, Charlton will move to the
left-wing with Bobby Robson at inside-right. The other
alternative is Alan A'Court comes in at left-wing."
Saturday, 7 June 1958 - The English Selectors will
organise a special meeting to decide how much their
players will receive should they win the World Cup,
Paraguay are on £10 a man. The Argentinians £1000. The
Hungarians have been promised a salary increase. The
Brazilians are on £1500 and a new car. Joe Mears says his
players prize will be generous, probably around £500.
The prize and wage fund has caused a row between the four
Home nations. All four British teams are being
paid £50 a man per match. But the problem arises
with England then giving their players another £2 a day each spending money.
The Scots, Irish and Welsh have to pay for their own
pleasures out of their match fee. They phoned the Football
Association asking them to stop paying the expenses. "We
cannot afford it!" Joe Mears reaction: "Too bad. We can.
So we'll go on." The three Associations today have asked
their English counterparts to reconsider and have
threatened to get tough before the next IFAB meeting. Says
Mears: "We'll go on paying. They can do what they like.
We've paid this allowance for years." Several British
pressmen were booked to stay at the same Park Avenue hotel
in Gothenburg as the England party, but found their
reservations switched on arrival. No explanations were
offered but it was at the request of Sir Stanley Rous, the
FA Secretary. The England party in the meantime, spend
an evening at the cinema before an evening pep-talk from
Walter Winterbottom. "This is a match we must win. We
demand a 100 per cent effort from you all. Nothing less
will be considered good enough."
Sunday, 8 June 1958 - England 2 USSR 2 -
"Five minutes
from the end of this amazing match, Preston's master
footballer, Tom Finney, cracked in a penalty equaliser to
crown the most courageous England comeback it has been my
pleasure to see. But for an incredible decision by
Hungarian referee Istvan Zsolt in disallowing a Bobby
Robson goal seven minutes before the dramatic penalty,
England would have snatched a glorious victory. What a
fantastic, stirring comeback this was! For the first
painful 65 minutes the superbly drilled Russians, with
five changes from the shambling draw that escaped with a
draw against us in Moscow three weeks ago, almost ground
us into the lush green turf of this beautiful new Ullevi
Stadium. England could not match them for pace, strength,
artistry or ideas, though at times there was too much
strength from the rugged Russians. They ripped into fierce
crunching tackles that brought several admonishing
gestures from referee Zsolt. Just before the interval,
after a vicious fould by left-half Victor Tsarev on
Finney, the referee called over the Russian skipper,
centre-forward Simonyan, and warned him 'one more foul
like that and Tsarev goes off.'" -
Peter Lorenzo, Daily Herald
Despite the fierce
tackling the England player's endured during the match,
they sustained no serious injuries, and all should be
available for selection again ahead of Brazil on
Wednesday. England's assistant, Billy Nicholson, was
watching the Brazil-Austria match in Uddevalla.
Monday, 9 June 1958 - Tom Finney is doubtful for
England's remaining two group matches. The Preston winger
had developed a swelling behind his right knee and was
barely able to walk this morning. "Tom's knee is our only
injury worry. I'm afraid it's rather nasty," confirmed
Walter Winterbottom. Finney remained at their hotel
headquarters today under the supervision of a local
doctor. as the rest of the team went on a sightseeing
tour.
Tuesday, 10 June 1958 -
Despite the doubts over Tom Finney, the England selectors
today have chosen the same World Cup team meet Brazil
tomorrow as that which played Russia on Sunday. Finney
must pass a fitness test tomorrow otherwise his place goes
to Alan A'Court. The Selectors took nearly 45 minutes to
decide the team. In a trial match today, the 'Probables'
team included A'Court instead of Finney. However, Finney's
knee was given heat treatment and his leg improved because
of it. The doctors fitted him with a special knee pad so
that he could continue to have treatment throughout the
evening.
Wednesday, 11 June 1958 -
Alan A'Court will replace Tom Finney in the England
team for the match against Brazil tonight after he failed
a fitness test. Finney's absence will be a big blow for
England. His withdrawal will weaken the attack, already
the most suspect part of the team. He had treatment for
nearly an hour this morning before going to the training
stadium for a workout. After he jogged around the pitch at
half speed with a heavily strapped right knee,
Winterbottom admitted defeat to his fitness. |
England Form: last six
games |
W W W
L
D D
f 13:a 10
success: 67% |
317 |
27 November 1957
-
England 4
France 0
[3-0]
Empire Stadium,
Wembley
(64,349) |
Taylor (2), Robson
(2) |
Fr |
HW |
318 |
19 April
1958 -
Scotland 0 England
4
[0-2]
Hampden
Park, Glasgow
(127,857) |
Douglas, Kevan (2), Charlton |
BC |
AW |
319 |
7 May 1958 -
England
2
Portugal 1
[1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(72,000) |
Charlton (2)
Duarte |
Fr |
HW |
320 |
11 May 1958 -
Yugoslavia
5 England 0 [1-0]
Stadion
JNA, Beograd
(55,000-60,000) |
Milutinović, Petaković (3),
Veselinović |
tour |
AL |
321 |
18 May 1958 -
USSR
1 England 1
[0-1]
Lenin Stadium, Moskva
(102,000-110,000) |
V.Ivanov
Kevan |
AD |
322 |
8 June 1958 -
England 2
USSR
2
[0-1]
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg
(49,348) |
Kevan, Finney (pen)
Simonian, A.Ivanov |
WCF |
ND |
|