"BOBBY
SOCKS THEM!" Daily Mirror |
Officials |
England |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
Poland |
Referee
(black)
Leopold Sylvain
Horn
42 (29 August 1916), Sittard,
Netherlands |
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yellow flag
Linesmen
red flag |
Roy Harper 35 (11 May 1923)
Sheffield |
Alan Edward
Wragg 36 (16 April 1922) Sheffield |
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England
Intermediate Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, black shorts,
red socks with white calf hoop |
Captain |
Jimmy Armfield |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
first of four, W 1 -
D 0 - L 0 - F 4 - A 1. |
Trainer: Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur) |
13th of sixteen intermediate matches, W 9 - D 2 - L 2 - F 40 - A 15 |
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Team chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Frank
Adams, on Tuesday, 16 September. |
England
Lineup |
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eight changes
to the previous U23 match |
league position
(16 September) |
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Hodgkinson, Alan |
22
39 days |
16 August 1936 |
G |
Sheffield United FC
(FL2 11th) |
6 |
6ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Armfield, James |
23 3 days |
21 September 1935 |
RB |
Blackpool FC (FL 5th) |
3 |
0 |
57 |
3 |
Allen, Anthony |
18
301 days |
27 November 1939 |
LB |
Stoke City FC (FL2
7th) |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Setters, Maurice E. |
21
282 days |
16 December 1936 |
RHB |
West
Bromwich Albion FC (FL 10th) |
5 |
0 |
58 |
5 |
Scott, Melyvn Douglas |
18 363 days |
26 September 1939 |
CHB |
Chelsea FC (FL 8th) |
1 |
0 |
59 |
6 |
McGuinness, Wilfred |
20 334 days |
25 October 1937 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC
(FL 9th) |
1 |
0 |
7
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Brabrook, Peter |
19
320 days |
8 November 1937 |
OR |
Chelsea FC (FL 8th) |
4 |
1 |
8
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Greaves, James P. |
18
216 days |
20 February 1940 |
IR |
Chelsea FC (FL 8th) |
5 |
6 |
60 |
9
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Baker, Joseph H. |
18
69 days |
17 July 1940 |
CF |
Hibernian FC, Scotland
(SL 8th) |
1 |
0 |
61 |
10
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Charlton, Robert |
20 348 days |
11 October 1937 |
IL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 9th) |
1 |
3 |
England's second U23 hattrick |
62 |
11 |
Scanlon, Albert Joseph |
22 349 days |
10 October 1935 |
OL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 9th) |
1 |
0 |
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reserves: |
Tony Macedo (Fulham FC (FL2 TOP)), Alan Williams (Bristol City FC
(FL2 2nd)) and
Ray Parry
(Bolton Wanderers FC (FL 4th)) |
pre-match notes: |
England played a practice match with Sheffield United FC on Monday, 22
September. Young England won 3-1 with two goals from Jimmy Greaves,
and Bert Scanlon providing the third. |
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2-3-5 |
Hodgkinson - Armfield, Allen - Setters, Scott,
McGuinness -
Brabrook, Greaves, Baker, Charlton, Scanlon. |
Averages: |
Age |
20 years 239 days |
Appearances/Goals |
2.6 |
0.5 |
youngest U23 team |
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Poland
Intermediate Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
Red v-necked jerseys with white collars, white shorts, and red stockings |
Captain |
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Selection |
International Selection Committee |
Poland
Lineup |
1 |
Kornek, Konrad |
21 224 days |
12 February 1937 |
G |
OKS Odra Opole |
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ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Kawula, Własysław K. |
20 362 days |
27 September 1937 |
RB |
TS
Wisła |
12 |
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3 |
Szymczyk, Stanislaw |
nk |
not known |
LB |
KS
Cracovia |
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4 |
Nieroba, Antoni |
19 250 days |
17 January 1939 |
RHB |
KS
Ruch |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Oślizło, Stanislaw |
20 299 days |
29 November 1937 |
CHB |
KS Górnik Radlin |
5 |
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6 |
Michel, Adam, injured off 37th min. |
22 120 days |
27 May 1936 |
LHB |
TS
Wisła |
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7
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Gadecki, Zygmunt J. |
20 246 days |
21 January 1938 |
OR |
KS
Lechia |
6 |
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8 |
Lewandowski, Bolesław |
23 111 days |
5 June 1935 |
IR |
WKS Gwardia Warszawa |
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9 |
Lerch, Eugeniusz J. |
19 221 days |
15 February 1939 |
CF |
KS
Ruch |
2 |
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10 |
Liberda, Jan K. |
21 302 days |
26 November 1936 |
IL |
Polonio Bytom |
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11 |
Nowak, Helmut K. |
20 247 days |
20 January 1938 |
OL |
GKS Szombierki |
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Poland
Substitute |
scoreline:
England 4 Poland 0 |
15 |
Grzegorczyk, Ryszard P., on
38th min. for Michel |
19 4 days |
20 September 1939 |
M |
Polonio Bytom |
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result:
England 4 Poland 1 |
unused substitutes: |
not known |
team notes: |
The weather, and then the pitch, was so atrocious, that a couple of
the Polish players were wearing the jerseys of benched substitutes, so
finished the match wearing Numbers 16, 17 & 18. |
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2-3-5 |
Kornek - Kawula, Szymcyk -
Nieroba, Oslizlo, Michal - Gadecki, Lewandowski, Lerch,
Liberda, Nowak. |
Averages:
(start) (finish) |
Age |
21 years 56 days¹⁰
20 years 300 days¹⁰ |
Appearances/Goals |
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Match Report
by John Camkin, Daily News, Thursday,
25 September 1958 |
BOBBY
CHARLTON, the Manchester United forward, whipped in three goals before
England's Under-23 team almost vanished beneath a flood here at
Hillsborough tonight.
Those goals, snatched in the first 35 minutes,
will probably restore him to England's team in Belfast on Saturday week.
He staked his claim before great gusts of rain pouring down in the glare
of 192 arc lamps, reduced this match almost to a farce. As it was, Poland
were little more than footballing lambs ready for the slaughter. In the
first half
hour of respectable football, as England placed themselves beyond defeat,
Charlton sparkled, outshining completely his main rival, Chelsea's Jimmy
Greaves. The Manchester lad was ahead on every point. He had three goals,
one from the penalty spot, against one to Greaves. He had three other
rasping shots, while Greaves wasted two good chances.
More important, he was by far the better craftsman in midfield.
Bad luck, then, for the impish Greaves that he should fail to capture club
form as he paraded in front of England's selectors. Bad luck too, for Joe
Baker, the 18-year-old, who made history in this match. As the first
member of a Scottish club to wear the white shirt of England, he captured
the constant attention of 30,000 gallant spectators. Joe showed many neat
touches, and a great flair with his head. But he did not indicate that he
is ready to wear a full cap for the land of his birth. The Poles, boys
most of them, rather than young men, showed a neat close-passing drill,
which simplified the work England's defence. Goalkeeper Alan Hodgkinson
did not face a direct shot until he fumbled a skidding, difficult
free-kick in the 35th minute. Then outside-right Zygmunt Gadecki tapped
the ball into the net. Seconds earlier, Charlton had scored
his third—and England's fourth—from the penalty spot when
left-half Adam Michal, injured in the process, floored Baker. But the
foundation of victory was laid right at the start.
Charlton, twice selling the dummy immaculately, scored in the fourth
minute with a cross shot which caught goalkeeper Konrad Kornek out of
position and unsighted. In the next 13 minutes,
eager young Bobby helped to make two more goals—one for Greaves and another
for himself. In the tenth minute, it was Charlton who laid on the finest
pass of the game to send Baker away, and Greaves flicked the low centre
into the net. In the 17th minute, Charlton started the move, beautifully
continued by Greaves and Brabrook, and ended it with a second goal from
his accurate left boot. There was confusion in the
second half when Nos. 15, 16, 17 and 18 appeared in the
Polish side. Grzegorczyk (No. 15) was substitute for the injured
Michal, but Nos. 16, 17 and 18 were explained easily—three wet-through
Poles had changed their shirts.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1959-60 page 32 |
THE season opened with a convincing
victory over Poland at Hillsborough. All the goals were scored in a first
half also marked by a cloudburst that swamped the pitch and rendered good
football almost impossible in the remainder of the match. Outstanding in a
good England side was Charlton who scored three goals, the last from a
penalty, and also distributed the ball with intelligence and accuracy.
Greaves scored England's second goal, and Scott was impressive at
centre-half. The Polish team were unable to contend with the appalling
conditions, but did score once through Gadecik.
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Football
League Division Two
Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Liverpool 2
Goldstone
Ground, Hove
(21,323)
Jones, Whitfield ~
Liddell, Morris |
Liverpool
climbed to fifth place with this draw, whereas Brighton climb
out of the relegation zone into twentieth position. |
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Football
League Division Three
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2 Norwich City 0
Dean
Court, Bournemouth
(8,306)
Bolton, Anderson |
Southend
United 1 Colchester United 1
Roots
Hall, Southend
(12,000)
Punton
~ Langham |
Swindon Town 2 Bradford City 2
County
Ground, Swindon
(9,468)
Clayton, Jackson
~ Reid, Webb |
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Source Notes |
Official matchday
programme FA Yearbook 1959-60 |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Original newspaper reports |
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