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Northern Ireland |
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Saturday,
4 October 1958
Home International Championship 1958-59
(64th) Match
Northern Ireland 3 England 3
[1-1]
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Winterbottom's one hundredth match in
charge |
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Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue,
Belfast, County Antrim
Kick-off (BST):
3.00pm Attendance:
'58,000';
sold-out |
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Danny Blanchflower won the toss |
Bobby Charlton kicked off |
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[1-0] Wilbur Cush 33
slid in a shot from
12yds
into an empty net after running through unchallenged from a Jimmy
McIlroy through-ball
[1-1] Peter Cush shot saved onto
post
43 |
[0-0] a strike hits the post
[1-1] Bobby Charlton 39
an accurate right-foot shot from edge of penalty
area into top corner after Johnny Haynes passed on a Finney
corner |
12.45 Sports Parade 1.10
Jack Payne Record Show 1.45 Movie Matinee
2.10 Juke Box Club 2.40
Albert Delroy Sextet 3.0 Ransome and
Marles's Band 3.45 Football: Ireland v.
England 4.45 Dennis Wilson 5.0
Sports Report 6.0 Guitar Club 6.30
Just Jazz |
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[2-1] Bertie Peacock
58 twenty-yard drive following a
Billy Bingham centre
[3-2] Tommy Casey
charged 67 'McDonald was
holding a McParland shot when he was charged by Casey and the ball
rolled into the net.
[3-3] Billy Bingham strike hits the crossbar
89 |
[2-2] Tom Finney
65 beat Keith and Gregg to a pass-back to
slip the ball in
[3-3] Bobby Charlton
79 a left-footed shot from a
Johnny Haynes
pass, from another Finney ball |
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Second half live on The Light
Programme - Commentator: tbc |
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"CHARLTON
MUST STAY" Sunday Mirror |
Officials
from Scotland |
Northern Ireland |
UK ruling on substitutes |
England |
Referee
(black)
Robert Holley
Davidson 30 (19 July 1928),
Airdrie |
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Linesmen |
J. McNiven Stonehouse |
H. Murray
Glasgow |
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Northern
Ireland Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 23rd to 22nd |
Colours |
Made by Bukta -
Green continental jerseys with white v-neck collar/cuffs,
white shorts, green socks with white tops. |
Captain |
Danny Blanchflower |
Manager |
Peter Dermot Doherty, 45 (5 June 1913),
appointed October 1951, also manager at Bristol City FC since January 1958.
team chosen on Wednesday, 24 September 1958 |
Team attendant: Gerry Morgan (Linfield FC) |
33rd match, W 7 - D - 12 - L 14 - F 40 - A 63. |
Northern
Ireland
Lineup |
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Gregg, Henry |
25 342 days |
27 October 1932 |
G |
Manchester United FC, England |
15 |
22ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Keith, Richard M. |
25 142 days |
15 May 1933 |
RB |
Newcastle United FC, England |
9 |
0 |
3 |
Graham, W.G. Leonard |
32 352 days |
17 October 1925 |
LB |
Doncaster Rovers FC, England |
14 |
0 |
final app 1951-58 |
4 |
Blanchflower, R.
Dennis |
32 236 days |
10 February 1926 |
RHB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
36 |
0 |
most apps 1958 |
5 |
Cunningham, William E. |
28 226 days |
20 February 1930 |
CHB |
Leicester City FC, England |
22 |
0 |
6
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Peacock, Robert |
30 5 days |
29 September 1928 |
LHB |
The
Celtic, Scotland |
20 |
1 |
10
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McIlroy, James |
26 344 days |
25 October 1931 |
AM |
Burnley FC, England |
32 |
4 |
7
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Bingham, William L. |
27 60 days |
5 August 1931 |
OR |
Luton Town AFC, England |
34 |
4 |
8
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Cush, Wilbur |
30 116 days |
10 June 1928 |
RF |
Leeds United AFC, England |
17 |
5 |
9
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Casey, Thomas |
28 207 days |
11 March 1930 |
LF |
Portsmouth FC, England |
11 |
2 |
11 |
McParland, Peter J. |
24 162 days |
25 April 1934 |
OL |
Aston Villa FC, England |
20 |
7 |
reserve: |
Tommy Forde (Ards FC) |
team notes: |
'Played the twin centre-forward game to perfection with two wing
halves.' An Irish outcry occurred when
the team was announced over the absence of Alf McGuinness. His club,
Newcastle United FC, refused to release him. |
The Ireland team were set up in Portstewart prior to the match. |
Manager Peter Doherty played for Ireland against England on seven
separate occasions from 1935 until 1947, scoring one in 1947. |
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2-3-(1-4)5 |
Gregg - Keith, Graham - Blanchflower, Cunningham,
Peacock - McIlroy, Bingham, Cush, Casey, McParland |
Averages: |
Age |
28 years 168
days |
Appearances/Goals |
20.9 |
1.8 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th to 5th |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, red
socks with white calf hoop. |
P 33rd of 43, W 17 - D 10 - L 6 - F 83 - A 43. |
Captain |
Billy Wright |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
rec. 82nd of 90, W 46 - D 19 - L 17 - F 204 - A 119. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 100th of 139,
W 59 - D 23 - L 18 - F 278 - A 140,
one abandoned. |
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Team chosen by Selection Committee, headed by Joe Mears, on
Monday, 29 September. |
England
Lineup |
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three changes
to the previous match (McGuinness,
Charlton & Finney>Slater, Kevan & A'Court) |
league position
(29 September) |
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McDonald, Colin A. |
27 354 days |
15 October 1930 |
G |
Burnley FC (FL 12th) |
6 |
9ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Howe, Donald |
22
357 days |
12 October 1935 |
RB |
West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
8th) |
12 |
0 |
3 |
Banks, Thomas,
injured 72 min. |
28 328 days |
10 November 1929 |
LB/OL |
Bolton Wanderers FC
(FL 3rd) |
6 |
0 |
final app 1958 |
4 |
Clayton, Ronald |
24 60 days |
5 August 1934 |
RHB/ CHB |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL
13th) |
22 |
0 |
5 |
Wright, William A. |
34 240 days |
6 February 1924 |
CHB/LB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 9th) |
97 |
3 |
most apps
1952-58 |
773 |
6 |
McGuinness, Wilfred |
20 344 days |
25 October 1937 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC (FL
6th) |
1 |
0 |
the twentieth United player to
represent England |
7 |
Brabrook, Peter |
20 330 days |
8 November 1937 |
OR |
Chelsea FC (FL
4th) |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Broadbent, Peter F. |
25 142 days |
15 May 1933 |
IR/RHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL 9th) |
2 |
0 |
9
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Charlton, Robert |
20 358 days |
11 October 1937 |
CF |
Manchester United FC (FL
6th) |
4 |
5 |
the 194th (61st post-war) brace scored |
10
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Haynes, John N. |
23 352 days |
17 October 1934 |
IL |
Fulham FC (FL2
TOP) |
25 |
9 |
11
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Finney,
Thomas |
36 182 days |
5 April 1922 |
OL |
Preston
North End FC (FL 2nd) |
75 |
30 |
most goals
1958 |
reserve: |
Bob Morton (Luton Town FC (FL TOP)). |
pre-match notes: |
England played Bolton Wanderers on 1 October at Burnden Park where
they had three short practice matches winning 6-1 on aggregate
(Broadbent, Finney (2), Charlton (2) and
Haynes), and played Manchester City the day after at Maine
Road. The forty-minute match was won 4-2 by England (Haynes (2),
Broadbent and Charlton; McAdams and Hayes in reply), after which they
left Ringway Airport on the 4.10pm plane to Belfast. |
team notes: |
Billy Wright extends his record appearance tally, in his record 62nd
consecutive match. Late in the second half, 72nd minute, Tommy
Banks pulled up with a pulled thigh muscle and Peter Brabrook was also
limping. |
records: |
This is England's record-equalling ninth match in 1958, with two
matches still to play. It is the first time they have recorded five
draws in a single calendar year. England have now gone five
competitive matches without victory, not done since 1925-27. They
have gone seven matches without victory, setting a new unwanted
record. |
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2-3-5 |
McDonald - Howe, Banks - Clayton, Wright, McGuinness -
Brabrook, Broadbent, Charlton, Haynes, Finney.
notes: in the 72nd min., following Banks'
injury, he went to outside left, Wright took up his position. Clayton
moved to the centre and Broadbent dropped back. |
Averages: |
Age |
26 years 46
days |
Appearances/Goals |
22.9 |
4.0 |
Winterbottom's XI after 100 matches |
Williams (24) -
Ramsey
(32), Byrne (33) -
Wright
(97), Franklin (27), Dickinson
(48) -
Matthews (37),
Mortensen/Haynes (25), Lofthouse (31),
Mannion (26), Finney (75) |
After 100 matches, Winterbottom has used 122 players, 152 on to teamsheets
and 177 into his various parties. |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
WHAT a spectacular match!
This was the closest Northern Ireland have come to beating England on
Irish soil since 1927. Three times they led and twice they hit the
woodwork. In driving rain and cloying mud, both sides served up a feast of
entertainment and seldom has a game had so many talking points.
Some 58,000 people crammed into Windsor Park
and they were soon getting right behind their favourites as Ireland
produced their usual passionate start to the game. This style always gave
England a hard time although the extra skill factor remained with the
visitors, Bobby Charlton, (why, oh why had he not been given a game in
Sweden?), looked in sparkling form. His pedigree was there for all to see
and his roving centre-forward role worked a treat.
The Irish were driven on by Blanchflower and
McIlroy. They held the midfield together quickly shutting down on
England's space and making them work for everything. Peacock, Cush and the
lively Bingham gave them good support and on the half-hour Ireland
deservedly took the lead. Good work by Blanchflower down the middle ended
with a fine pass to Cush who crashed home an excellent shot for the first
goal.
England, though, were quickly level. Charlton, who kept
popping up everywhere eagerly wanting the ball, received a short pass from
Johnny Haynes, turned sharply and fired in a rocket shot which flew into
the top corner of Gregg's goal from just outside the area. It was a
magnificent goal.
The rain had been incessant throughout the first
half and England had done well to share the honours at half-time. But 15
minutes after the restart, Ireland once again sent their fans wild with
delight. Blanchflower sent Bingham away down the right and the winger
found McParland. When the deep centre came over, Peacock was there to hit
home a fine goal.
No sooner had the the crowd celebrated that goal
than England were level again. This time Tom Finney burst through on to a
Charlton pass before cleverly sliding the ball under the advancing Gregg's
body. A slip by Cunningham had given the Preston winger the chance to
create a new scoring record for England with his 30th international goal.
The excitement continued unabated and with 20 minutes left, Ireland
forced themselves into the lead again. Another cross from McParland was
caught by Colin McDonald, only for Casey to come in and barge the 'keeper
and the ball over the line. It was shades of Nat Lofthouse's effort in the
previous season's FA Cup Final for Bolton against Manchester Uniteed. How
ruefully Gregg, in the Irish goal, must have viewed Casey's copy-cat goal.
Still England were not finished and it was Charlton who once again
produced a stunning goal to equalise for a third time. Surging past two
defenders on the left, he took Haynes' pass inside Keith and unleashed yet
another of those awesome shots from long range. Once more Gregg was left
clutching only raindrops as the ball thudded into the net to stifle any
thoughts the home side had of victory.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
Northern Ireland and
England concocted a thriller on a waterlogged, mudheap of a pitch. Bobby
Charlton, playing at centre-forward, scored with two thunderbolt shots to
add fuel to the arguments that he should have been let off the leash in
the World Cup. The Irish bravely led three times through Cush, Peacock and
Casey as they searched for their first victory over England in Belfast
since 1927. Bobby Charlton's two equalising goals sandwiched England's
second goal by Tom Finney. This was a memorable milestone for the Preston
Plumber. It was his thirtieth goal for England, a new all-time scoring
record. Two Manchester United youngsters took the eye. Twenty-year-old
Wilf McGuinness, another of the Busy Babes, won the first of what would
surely have been many England caps but for a broken leg virtually ending
his career in 1961. Wilf, later to have an uncomfortable spell in charge at Old
Trafford, would have been on the Munich flight but for staying behind in
Manchester for a cartilage operation. The star of the match was Bobby
Charlton, and it revived the question that had been asked so many times in
Sweden, 'Why oh why was he not selected for at least one game in the World
Cup?'
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1959-60 page 32 |
The first full International was also
marred by a heavy storm which reduced the pitch almost to a mud-heap. Both
sides, however, deserved great credit for making the game into the
thriller that it was. Ireland proved that their World Cup form the
previous summers was no fluke, and England, experimenting with a new-style
forward line, fought back three times to equalise. Ireland started off in
impressive style, and it was no surprise when Cush scored after a
Blanchflower-McIlroy move on the half-hour. Six minutes later Charlton
scored superbly from 20 yards after excellent work by Haynes and Finney.
In the second half Peacock put Ireland ahead again, only for Finney to
equalise after Keith made a bad backpass. Yet again Ireland took the lead
when Casey forced home a McParland cross, but England were not to be
denied, and Charlton finally levelled the scores with another magnificent
left-foot shot. For England, Charlton was the star, while Wright, Haynes,
and Finney were also noteworthy. Gregg, Blanchflower, and McIlroy were
perhaps the best of the good Irish side.
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In
Other News....
It was on 3 October 1958
that forty-year-old Catherine Cutliffe, the wife of a Welsh
army sergeant in Cyprus, was shot dead as she left a
Famagusta store after shopping for a wedding dress for her
daughter, who escaped unhurt. They were with another
sergeant's wife, who was wounded in the attack. Both women
were shot in the back. The British army stationed on the
island reacted furiously, blaming Greek Cypriot
nationalists, but there were brutal and frenzied attacks on
local men in response, amidst accusations that the army was
exacting revenge indiscriminately on the whole community.
Tensions and violence increased with more killings on both
sides in an already unstable crown colony. The killer was
never found, but just four months later, a new constitution
was agreed and Cyprus became an independent state in 1960. |
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Source
Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official matchday programme
The Complete Book of the British Charts
Northern Ireland Football Greats |
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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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