The Chile Chicks Under 23 Tour Party - Pre-Israel  May 1960
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	starts	subs	App			Capt
Allen, Anthony	27 November 1939	20	LB	Stoke City FC	4	0	4	0		0
	Allen withdrew from the party on 10 May because of a groin injury
Angus, John	2 September 1938	21	RB	Burnley FC	3	0	3	0		0
Brabrook, Peter	8 November 1937	22	OR	Chelsea FC	6	0	6	1		0
	Brabrook was drafted into the senior party on 28 April
Cohen, George R.	22 October 1939	20	RB	Fulham FC	4	0	4	0		0
Dobing, Peter A.	1 December 1938	21	IF	Blackburn Rovers FC	4	0	4	1		0
Eastham, George E.	23 September 1936	23	IR	Newcastle United FC	5	0	5	3		0
Fantham, John	6 February 1939	21	IF	Sheffield Wednesday FC	0	0	0	0		0
Gaskell, J. David	5 October 1940	19	GK	Manchester United FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ		0
Hill, Fred	17 January 1940	20	IR	Bolton Wanderers FC	0	0	0	0		0
Holliday, Edwin	7 June 1939	20	OL	Middlesbrough FC	4	0	4	2		0
Kay, Anthony H.	13 May 1937	23	LHB	Sheffield Wednesday FC	6	0	6	1		0
Labone, Brian L.	23 January 1940	20	CHB	Everton FC	0	0	0	0		0
Macedo, Eliot	22 February 1938 in Gibraltar	22	GK	Fulham FC	7	0	7	8ᵍᵃ		0
Mannion, Gerald P.	21 December 1939	20	OR	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	1	0	1	1		0
	Mannion was drafted into the under 23 party on 28 April as a replacement for Brabrook
McNeil, Michael	7 February 1940	20	LB	Middlesbrough FC	4	0	4	0		0
	McNeil was drafted into the under 23 party on 10 May as a replacement for Allen
Miller, G. Brian	19 January 1937	23	LHB	Burnley FC	2	0	2	0		0
Paine, Terence L.	23 March 1939	21	OR	Southampton FC	2	0	2	1		0
Pointer, Raymond	10 October 1936	23	CF	Burnley FC	4	0	4	3		0
Setters, Maurice E.	16 December 1936	23	RHB	Manchester United FC	15	0	15	1	1	7

All information is complete to and including England's 22nd intermediate match against the German Democratic Republic on 15 May 1960.

Diary

Tuesday, 12 April 1960 - Both the International Selection and Intermediate Selection Committees  meet at Lancaster Gate, the headquarters of the Football Association to pick the England tour party and a side to meet Young England on Cup Final eve. However, after spending two hours and forty minutes, they refused to name the players they had chosen. An FA official said: "An announcement will be made after Easter." He added that the selectors would be seeing further matches before any announcement.

Wednesday, 20 April 1960 - The 'secret' teams which the selectors picked last Tuesday are finally announced today. Many club managers speak out over the 'silliness' of the selectors, as the England tour clashes with many club tours and these clubs are losing their star players. The team and the reserves that face Yugoslavia will be the party that tours Spain and Hungary.
The Intermediate Selectors have brought in newcomers, goalkeeper David Gaskell from Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday's inside left John Fantham and Bolton Wanderer's Fred Hill. The party includes three players have have played for the senior side, Tony Allen, Peter Brabrook and Eddie Holliday.
The 34 players that have been called up have been dubbed the 'Chile Chicks' with Bobby Robson, 27, the oldest in the party.
The team that will face the England Senior side at Highbury on 6th May, Cup Final eve, is also chosen: Macedo; Angus & Allen; Setters, Labone & Miller; Brabrook, Eastham, Pointer, Fantham & Holliday; Hill is the reserve.

Thursday, 28 April 1960 - Peter Brabrook, Chelsea's outside-right, gets a surprise tour with the full England team to Spain and Hungary next month in place of John Connelly, who is to have a cartilage operation this weekend. In his place, comes Gerry Mannion. Five weeks ago, Mannion was unknown outside Wolverhampton. Then we was plunged into the Cup semi-final against Aston Villa at outside right and has featured in their League Championship chasing team ever since.
Brabrook will take Connelly's place in the Senior side against Young England, as Terry Paine comes in to take Brabrook's spot in the Young side.

Friday, 6 May 1960 - England 2 Young England 1 - "CONFIDENTLY and competently England strolled to victory in front of 34,671 satisfied customers at Highbury tonight. Joe Baker, that thrusting, livewire import from Scotland, provided the slick goals after 90 seconds and 34 minutes. That other colourful character Bobby Charlton provided the headache for the watching England selectors. The Manchester United crackshot contributed just four whizz-bang cracks at goal for his 90 minutes work. The first two flashed hopelessly over the bar. The third finished safely in the midrift of Tony Macedo, and the fourth, in the closing minutes, produced a wonder save by Macedo. But it was Charlton's lack of fire that provided the chief worry. Admittedly, the outside-left suffered from the poor service of his partner, Jimmy Greaves, but the one-time Bobby-dazzler didn't help himself either. Young England were handicapped midway through the first-half by a knock to left-back Tony Allen. A loudspeaker appeal called for Fulham's George Cohen to report to the dressing room and he replaced Allen in the second-half. But Allen was clearly struggling when Brabrook laid on Baker's second goal in the 34th minute. The Chelsea flier gave him a yard start and a beating before squaring back for Baker to flick in. The goal of the night was a magnificent header by Pointer, from Eddie Holliday's cross six minutes from the end." - Peter Lorenzo, Daily Herald.

Tuesday, 10 May 1960 - The groin injury that forced Tony Allen from the pitch against the England side at Highbury last Friday, has forced him to withdraw from the Under-23 tour party. Middlesbrough FC's Mick McNeil has been called up to take his place.

Thursday, 12 May 1960 - Young England's party left London Airport after the Yugoslav party did so and flew into Berlin today and found that they were second in terms of sporting attractions. A crowd is expected to watch the East Germans take on England in the intermediate international on Sunday. However, 24 hours later, a crowd in the region of 80,000 is expected to see the final stages of the Communist equivalent of the Tour de France cycling race. Ron Greenwood has named his team and they will begin training tomorrow, having been given the freedom of the Walter Ulbricht Stadium.

Friday, 13 May 1960 - Mick McNeil flew in from Bonn today to join his under-23 team-mates and was met by Frank Adams. McNeil was suffering with fatigue and a bruised right ankle following the summons from Middlesbrough's tour to join the Intermediate party. To give his ankle every chance, Middlesbrough kept him out of their last match. Ron Greenwood said: "McNeil's ankle is strapped up, but we are sure he will play against East Germany. In any case, we will give him a good work-out with the rest of the boys on Saturday morning."
There were timing issues with his visa and transit card that will allow McNeil to travel onto Warsaw.
The rest of the Young England team trained in the stadium with the thermometer reaching the 80s. The team were stripped to their waist, as they were joined in a practice match by Greenwood and trainer Fred Boddy, using overcoats and goalposts.

Saturday, 14 May 1960 - Sam Bolton, a Young England selector, took his first look at the hard, bumpy pitch at Walter-Ulbricht Stadium and demanded it be watered. Immediately, the German groundstaff were out with hoses and sprinklers to soak the pitch. After an hour's training session, the players were given 'take it easy' instructions by team manager, Ron Greenwood.

Sunday, 15 May 1960 - East Germany 1 England 4 - "FIVE HUNDRED British troops drove, singing and cheering, in lorries and buses through Berlin's Eastern sector tonight. They had every reason for joy. They had just seen Sergeant Major Maurice Setters drill Young England into a fighting Soccer unit that warmed our hearts—and fairly smashed those East German lads. It was a classic example of the old one-two. Two goals in the last two minutes turned Germany's man in black goalkeeper, Jurgen Heinsch, into a man of mourning, and stunned the 12,000 East German fans." - Frank Taylor, Daily News

Monday, 16 May 1960 - Young England headed east from a sweating sun-soaked Berlin, on the second, and toughest lap of their 6,000-mile round trip around Europe. Them arrived at Warsaw this evening. Maurice Setters, Tony Kay, Tony Macedo and Eddie Holliday have all received treatment for a slight injury. But Ron Greenwood confirmed that they will be fit for the match against Poland and no changes are likely.

Tuesday, 17 May 1960 - Gerry Mannion, Wolverhampton Wanderers' 20-year-old-winger, who was dropped from their Cup-winning side, will wear an England shirt for the first time tomorrow. In twelve matches, he has rocketed from the Central League to the Young England side. He earns his debut on the strength of this morning's practice match. His flashing runs along the wing at Warsaw's Army Stadium has earned him a promotion over Southampton's Terry Paine in what is the only change to the side that beat East Germany. Mannion will make his debut on an atrocious pitch. 'It looks like a relief map of the Alps.' The Poles explain that they have a £100,000 stadium, but the Army ground is more compact and more suitable for this match. In the evening, the party went to see the film 'Broken Arrow.'

Wednesday, 18 May 1960 - Poland 2 England 3 "Two up and one to play . . . it looks as if this is going to be a tour of triumph all the way for Young England. Fresh from their 41 whipping of East Germany last Sunday, they took Warsaw by storm tonight with a display of fighting football that made every Briton in the Army Stadium feel like waving the Union Jack. The Poles are called Young Eagles. Proudly I report that they were very well and truly tamed by England's Young Lions. Leading 3—1 at half-time, they had to withstand a terrific onslaught as the red-shirted Poles swarmed round their goal in the second half. When the final whistle blew, Maurice Setters and his fellow defenders could hardly raise a gallop. But oh, how sweet to see such a fight from an England team! Such superb control, that matched the Continentals at their best; such composure as they slowed the game down, playing themselves out of tricky situations by short passes. Yet Young England had to hang on their bootlaces to pull off this thrilling victory. They did it despite the Bulgarian referee, Kiriakov, who made every tackle a peril as he awarded 31 free-kicks and a penalty against the Englishmen, while we had ten free kicks and a penalty. They did it despite the old Continental custom of pushing in a substitute, Sychta, after 36 minutes. This gentleman had been limbering up fully five minutes beforehand, jogging round the track." - Frank Taylor, Daily News

Thursday, 19 May 1960 - The England party leave Warsaw for Zurich in the first leg of their 2,600 mile flight to Tel Aviv. After a five-hour flight, they arrive in Israel in the early hours of Friday morning. Gerry Mannion is a doubt for the match against Israel with a groin injury.

Friday, 20 May 1960 - After touching down in the early hours of the morning, the party had a few hours of relaxation before getting down to training in the same fierce afternoon sun in the same Ramat Gan Stadium they will be playing at on Sunday. The temperature reached the high nineties. Ron Greenwood confirmed that there is likely to be one change when the side is named tomorrow, that of Gerry Mannion.

Saturday, 21 May 1960 - Gerry Mannion this morning passed the fitness test that keeps the Young England side unchanged for the match tomorrow. The selectors, Frank Adams, Sam Bolton and Ron Greenwood, had also marked a query against Ray Pointer, after his sluggish performances in this years barn-storming tour.

Sunday, 22 May 1960 - Israel 4 England 0 "In the baking heat of the Ramat Gan Stadium here today—temperatures soared into the nineties—Young England's triumphant march through Europe came to a bitter halt. Quite simply, they ran out of steam against these lively young Israelis. It was a sorry end to the tour for Young England after their barn storming victories in East Germany and Poland. Tempers, too, boiled over in the last 15 minutes as England reeled under a three-goals-in-four-minutes spell. The trouble flared up when Lancashire referee Jack Kelly awarded a penalty in the 72nd minute. England skipper, Maurice Setters, and Israel right-winger Almani, swapped punches and Almani had to be pushed away by his team-mates as Setters protested vigorously to the referee. But the penalty award stood and centre-forward Raphael Levy slammed the ball past Tony Macedo to put his side two up. England's protests about this award—made when Brian Miller brought down outside-left Glazer—were all the more bitter as referee turned down an appeal by England two minutes earlier when Pointer was brought down in similar circumstances. Three minutes after that Levy penalty, Glazer himself scored No. 3 and in the next minute Alamani made it 4—0 after a fine solo dribble as the crowd hooted and jeered Setters for scything tackles on Israeli players." - Frank Taylor, Daily News

Friday, 27 May 1960 - The Football Association have been given permission to ask the International Board next month to alter the rule which says that a player born in British territory cannot play in the British Championship competition unless his father is British. It could mean that Gibraltar-born Tony Macedo could soon take his place for England between the sticks. He had been eligible to play in the friendly matches, but because he is not allowed to play against any of the Home Nations, then his inclusion has been disregarded.

England Form: last six games
L W D W W W  f 18 :a 10  success: 75%
18	23 September 1959 - England 0 Hungary 1 [0-0] Goodison Park, Liverpool (54,587)	Rakosi	Fr	HL
19	11 November 1959 - England 2 France 0 [0-0] Roker Park Ground, Sunderland (26,495)	Baker, Crowe		HW
20	2 March 1960 - Scotland 4 England 4 [3-1] Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (25,000)	St John (2), Cousin, Mackay (pen) Greaves (3), Eastham		AD
21	16 March 1960 - England 5 Netherlands 2 [1-1] Hillsborough, Sheffield (21,163)	Eastham (pen), Greaves, Baker (2), Paine Prins (2)		HW
22	15 May 1960 - GDR 1 England 4 [1-1] Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin (12,000)	Riese Pointer, Holliday (2), Dobing		AW
23	18 May 1960 - Poland 2 England 3 [1-3] Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warszawa (30,000)	Kowula (pen), Myga Eastham (pen), Mannion, Setters		AW