"DISASTER..." Daily Mirror |
Officials
from England |
Israel |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England
Party |
Referee
John Kelly
44 (28 May 1915), Chorley, Lancashire |
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Linesmen |
tbc |
tbc |
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Israel Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
Pale blue jerseys with white collar/cuffs, white
shorts, dark socks |
Captain |
Nahum Stelmach |
Head Coach |
Gyula Mándi, 60 (14 July 1899 in Buda-pest, Austria-Hungary), appointed 1958. |
Israel
Lineup |
1 |
Hodorov, Ya'akov |
32 341 days |
16 June 1927 |
G |
Hapoel Tel Aviv FC |
23 |
49ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Benbinisti, Mordechai |
22 82 days |
1 March 1938 |
RB |
Hapoel Jerusalem FC |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Levkovich, Amatsia |
22 147 days |
27 December 1937 |
LB |
Hapoel Tel Aviv FC |
14 |
0 |
4 |
Goldstein, Yosef |
28 54 days |
29 March 1932 |
RHB |
Maccabi Tel Aviv FC |
20 |
1 |
5 |
Moisecu, Zvi |
20 252 days |
13 September 1939
in Sinala, Romania |
CHB |
Maccabi Netanya FC |
3 |
0 |
6
|
Menchel, Avraham |
24 162 days |
12 December 1935 |
LHB |
Maccabi Haifa FC |
13 |
4 |
7 |
Amar, Aharon |
22/23 |
1937 in
Casablanca, Morocco |
OR |
Maccabi Haifa FC |
8 |
0 |
8 |
Nahari, Shlomo |
25 218 days |
17 October 1934 |
IR |
Hapoel Petah Tikva FC |
8 |
1 |
9 |
Stelmach, Nahum |
23 308 days |
19 July 1936 |
CF |
Hapoel Petah Tikva FC |
23 |
13 |
10
|
Levi, Rafı |
22 90 days |
22 February 1938 |
IL |
Maccabi Tel Aviv FC |
14 |
10 |
11
|
Glazer, Yehoshua |
32 145 days |
29 December 1927 |
OL |
Maccabi Tel Aviv FC |
32 |
15 |
mst apps/gls
1949-60 |
unused substitutes: |
not known |
team notes: |
After the first goal,
'Israel tried to pull out outside right Shaye Glazer and bring on a
substitute soon after this. But he refused to leave the field.' |
It was Head Coach Gyula Mándi that was the Hungarian trainer
that oversaw the English demolitions of
1953 and
1954. |
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2-3-5 |
Hodorov - Benbinisti, Levkovich -
Goldstein, Moisecu, Menchel - Amar, Nahari, Stelmach, Levi, Glazer |
Averages: |
Age |
21 years 185 days |
Appearances/Goals |
14.6 |
3.6 |
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England
Intermediate Team |
|
Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
away shirt -
Red v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, navy shorts, red
socks with blue/white tops. |
Captain |
Maurice Setters |
Manager |
Ronald
Greenwood, 38 (11 November 1921),
appointed over the 1959 summer, also assistant manager of
Arsenal FC; |
8th of 8, W 4 - D 2 - L 2 - F 20 - A 16. |
trainer: Fred Ford |
eighth of 23 intermediate matches, W 4 - D 2 - L 2 - F 20 - A 16. |
Party chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Frank
Adams, on Wednesday, 20 April, the team was chosen on Saturday, 21 May. |
England
Lineup |
|
four changes
from the previous U23 match |
league position
(20 April) |
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|
Macedo,
Eliot |
22 90 days |
22 February 1938
in Gibraltar |
G |
Fulham FC
(FL 10th) |
8 |
12ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Angus, John |
21 263 days |
2 September 1938 |
RB |
Burnley FC (FL
3rd) |
4 |
0 |
3 |
McNeil, Michael |
20
105 days |
7 February 1940 |
LB |
Middlesbrough FC
(FL2 3rd) |
5 |
0 |
4 |
Setters, Maurice E. |
23
158 days |
16 December 1936 |
RHB |
Manchester United FC
(FL 8th) |
16 |
1 |
most apps 1960 |
final U23 app 57-60 |
5 |
Miller, G.
Brian |
23
124 days |
19 January 1937 |
CHB |
Burnley FC (FL
3rd) |
3 |
0 |
final U23 app
1960 |
6 |
Kay, Anthony H. |
23 9 days |
13 May 1937 |
LHB |
Sheffield Wednesday FC
(FL 4th) |
7 |
1 |
final U23 app
59-60 |
7 |
Mannion, Gerald Patrick |
20
153 days |
21 December 1939 |
OR |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
(FL TOP) |
2 |
1 |
final U23 app
1960 |
8 |
Eastham, George E. |
23
242 days |
23 September 1936 |
IR |
Newcastle United FC
(FL 6th) |
6 |
3 |
final U23 app
57-60 |
9 |
Pointer, Raymond |
23
225 days |
10 October 1936 |
CF |
Burnley FC (FL
3rd) |
5 |
3 |
final U23 app
59-60 |
10 |
Dobing, Peter A. |
21
173 days |
1 December 1938 |
IL |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL
17th) |
5 |
1 |
11 |
Holliday, Edwin |
20 350 days |
7 June 1939 |
OL |
Middlesbrough FC
(FL2 3rd) |
5 |
2 |
final U23 app
59-60 |
reserves: |
David Gaskell (Manchester United FC
(FL 8th)),
George Cohen (Fulham FC
(FL 10th)),
Brian Labone (Everton FC
(FL 16th)),
Freddie Hill (Bolton Wanderers FC (FL
7th)),
Terry Paine (Southampton FC
(FL3 TOP)),
John Fantham (Sheffield Wednesday FC
(FL 4th)). |
team notes: |
Despite the lavish national stadium, the pitch was well below
standard, with stones and pieces of broken glass embedded in the
grass. The dressing rooms were very poor, the team changed in a luxury
hotel and had a police escort before and after the match. |
|
2-3-5 |
Macedo - Angus, McNeil - Setters,
Miller, Kay - Mannion, Eastham, Pointer, Dobing, Holliday. |
Averages: |
Age |
22 years 73 days |
Appearances/Goals |
6.0 |
1.1 |
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Match Report
by Ken Jones, Daily Mirror, Monday, 23 May 1960 |
ANGRY Young
England players swarmed around Lancashire referee Jack Kelly in the Ramat
Gan stadium here tonight after a fantastic penalty decision had finally
ripped them apart in a desperate losing battle against the full Israel
side.
Hanging on grimly as their strength was sapped in the heat that swept in
from the surrounding desert, Young England crumbled during a drama-charged
five minutes in the second half. They were a goal down and fighting for
the equaliser when in the sixty-fifth minute centre forward Ray Pointer
was sent hurtling to the ground at least a yard inside the penalty area.
But Football League referee, Kelly, who was flown over especially for the
game, turned down their pleas, to give a free-kick on the edge of the
area. THE
CRUELLEST BLOW WAS TO COME. Five minutes later centre half
Brian Miller pulled down Israeli left winger Glazer. Again Kelly turned
his back on his own countrymen to award a fantastic penalty decision that
must rate as one of the worst I have seen. Skipper Maurice Setters led his
players in bitter protests to Kelly and was then sent staggering by a
punch from an Israeli player. Setters, calling on every ounce of
self-control, brushed aside this attack, while his attacker was hauled
away by teammates. But the damage had already been done and 'keeper Tony
Macedo had no chance as centre forward Rafi Levy hit home the penalty
kick. Again the England players argued with Kelly
as they walked back to the centre. Those shattering decisions
had knocked the guts out of them. The rhythm and skill that had beaten
Poland and East Germany earlier on this tour had gone. The Israelis piled
it on to race to a 4—0 victory that ranks as the greatest sporting
result in this young country's history. In a sweet, flowing first twenty
minutes that produced great Soccer, three chances created by inside right
Eastham and outside left Eddie Holliday, were tossed away and we never
created such chances again. In the twenty-fourth minute Israeli centre
forward Levy cannon-balled home a twenty yard goal that generated
fantastic scenes of football fever. Hats,
programmes, newspapers and even shirts were sent twirling into the air as
Levy's shot rocketed into the net. Israel tried to pull out
outside right Shaye Glazer and bring on a substitute soon after this. But
he refused to leave the field. After that penalty incident he hit tip form
to Score Israel's third goal and lay on their fourth. In the seventy-fifth
minute he volleyed in a right wing cross. Two minutes later his shot was
beaten out by Macedo for inside left Mentzel to crack it back into the
net. Yes, this was an unhappy finish to the tour for Young England. Things
just did not go our way on this cast-iron pitch against players who have
made fantastic improvement under the Hungarian coach Geiler Mandi..
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1960-61 page 38 |
The first visit of an International
team from England to Tel Aviv resulted in a heavy defeat, yet the score
could be considered flattering. Israel fielded her full International
side. Played before 40,000 in a temperature approaching 90 degrees,
England missed countless opportunities during the first half. To begin
with England played well and Pointer at centre forward was unlucky in his
attempts to score. On the wings Mannion and Holliday showed moments of
brilliance and only Dobing appeared to be out of touch. But the turning
point came when the English referee, J. Kelly, penalised Miller for a
tackle on outside-right Glaser, Israel's goal were scored by Levy (2),
Glaser, and Mentzel.
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Source Note |
Official matchday
programme FA Yearbook 1960-61 |
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Rothman's Yearbooks
Original newspaper reports |
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