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Sunday,
22 May 1960
End of Season East-European Tour Match
Hungary 2 England
0
[0-0]
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Népstadion,
Istvánmezõ,
Budapest
Kick-off (CEST & BST): 5.30pm
Attendance:
'90,000'; |
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Hungary kicked off |
Johnny Haynes won the toss |
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[0-0] János Dunai shot hits the post
30 [0-0] Florian Albert volley hits the crossbar
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[0-0] goal scored
disallowed:offside [1-0] Flórián Albert 50
'a János Göröcs
through ball into the England
penalty area. Swan and Armfield were there with Albert, but a cruel
break on the ball gave it to the forward. He promptly hit it
right-footed into the back of
the net.' [2-0] Flórián Albert
75 'Albert was through after
Robson and Swan failed to intercept a ball from János Dunai,
he calmly shuffled sideways and created a gap to slam in a
right-footed shot.'
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second half live
- commentator: Kenneth Wolstenholme |
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 "...DISASTER"
Daily Mirror |
 Officials
from Italy |
Hungary |
FIFA ruling on substitutes |
England
Party |
Referee
(black)
Concetto Lo Bello
36 (13 May 1924) Syracuse |
THE FACTS as reported in the Daily News...
Corners—to Hungary 7, to England 5. Off-side—by
Hungary 7, England 5.
Shots—Hungary 18, England 16. Free-kicks—against
Hungary 11, against England 12. |
Linesmen |
Guiseppe Adami Roma |
Raoul Righi
Milano |
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Hungary
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 3rd |
Colours |
Cherry red v-necked jerseys, white shorts, white socks with
green/red tops. |
Captain |
Gyula Grosics |
Team Manager |
Lajos Baróti, 45 (19 August 1914),
appointed December 1957. team announced Sunday, 15 May |
21st match,
W 12 - D 4 - L 5 - F 50 - A 26. |
Hungary
Lineup |
1 |
Grosics, Gyula |
34 108 days |
4 February 1926 |
G |
Budapest Honvéd SE |
64 |
57ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Mátrai, Sándor |
27 184 days |
20 November 1932 |
RB |
Ferencvárosi TC |
26 |
0 |
3 |
Sipos, Ferenc |
27 161 days |
13 December 1932 |
LB |
MTK Budapest FC |
25 |
0 |
4 |
Dalnoki, Jenõ |
27 162 days |
12 December 1932 |
RHB |
Ferencvárosi TC |
6 |
0 |
5 |
Bundzsák, Dezsõ |
32 19 days |
3 May 1928 |
CHB |
Vasas SC |
21 |
1 |
6 |
Kotász, Antal |
30 264 days |
1 September 1929 |
LHB |
Budapest Honvéd SE |
27 |
0 |
7 |
Sándor, Károly |
31 178 days |
26 November 1928 |
OR |
MTK Budapest FC |
43 |
19 |
8
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Göröcs, János |
21 24 days |
8 May 1939 |
IR |
Újpest FC |
14 |
6 |
9
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Albert, Flórián |
18 250 days |
15 September 1941 |
CF |
Ferencvárosi TC |
7 |
7 |
10
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Dunai, János |
22 331 days |
26 June 1937 |
IL |
Pécsi Munkás SC |
1 |
0 |
only app
1960 |
11 |
Rákosi, Gyula |
21 226 days |
9 October 1938 |
OL |
Ferencvárosi TC |
1 |
0 |
reserves: |
not known |
pre-match notes: |
On Thursday, 19 May, the Hungarians beat a Third Division side 10-1 a
few miles outside Budapest (Dunai scored four of them). |
team changes: |
When the team line-up was announced, the inside-left position
was to be between Dunai or Lajos Tichy. Tichy lost his place when he
was admitted to hospital with concussion a week before this match took
place. |
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2-3-5 |
Grosics - Mátrai, Sipos -
Dalnoki, Bundzsák, Kotász -
Sándor, Göröcs, Albert, Dunai, Rákosi |
Averages: |
Age |
26 years
306
days |
Appearances/Goals |
21.4 |
2.8 |
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England
Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; ELO rating 9th to 10th |
Colours |
The 1959 Bukta
home uniform -
White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, red
socks with white calf hoop. |
P 6th of 38, W 1 - D 2 - L 3 - F 7 - A 12. |
Captain |
Johnny Haynes |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 47 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
2nd of 22, W 0 - D 0 - L 2 - F 0 - A 5. |
Trainer: Harold Shepherdson |
P 115th of 139,
W 63 - D 28 - L 24 - F 307 - A 167,
one abandoned. |
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The team chosen by the Selection Committee, headed by
Harold Shentall, on Thursday, 19 May, at Lake Balataon. |
England
Lineup |
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two changes
from the previous match (Viollet,
Douglas>Greaves, Brabrook) |
league position
(20 April) |
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Springett, Ronald
D. |
24
305 days |
22 July 1935 |
G |
Sheffield Wednesday FC (FL
4th) |
5 |
10ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Armfield, James C. |
24
244 days |
21 September 1935 |
RB |
Blackpool FC
(FL 11th) |
8 |
0 |
3 |
Wilson, Ramon |
25
155 days |
17 December 1934 |
LB |
Huddersfield Town AFC
(FL2 7th) |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Robson, Robert W. |
27
94 days |
18 February 1933 |
RHB |
West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
5th) |
7 |
2 |
5 |
Swan, Peter |
23
227 days |
8 October 1936 |
CHB |
Sheffield Wednesday FC (FL
4th) |
3 |
0 |
6 |
Flowers, Ronald |
25 295 days |
28 July 1934 |
LHB |
Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC (FL
TOP) |
15 |
2 |
7 |
Douglas, Bryan |
25 361 days |
27 May 1934 |
OR |
Blackburn Rovers FC (FL
17th) |
14 |
2 |
8 |
Haynes, John N. |
25
218 days |
17 October 1934 |
IR |
Fulham FC (FL
10th) |
36 |
14 |
9 |
Baker, Joseph H. |
19 310 days |
17 July 1940 |
CF |
Hibernian FC, Scotland
(SL
7th) |
5 |
1 |
792 |
10 |
Viollet, Dennis S. |
26
245 days |
20 September 1933 |
IL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 8th) |
1 |
0 |
the 22nd United player to
represent England |
11 |
Charlton, Robert |
22 217 days |
11 October 1937 |
OL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 8th) |
18 |
13 |
reserves: |
Alan Hodgkinson (Sheffield United FC
(FL2 5th)),
Don Howe (West Bromwich Albion FC (FL
5th)),
Tony Knapp (Leicester City FC (FL
13th)),
Ronnie Clayton (Blackburn Rovers FC (FL
17th)),
Peter Brabrook &
Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea FC
(FL 12th)). |
team records: |
England have not won in
Budapest since May 1909. Johnny Haynes becomes the fifth most
used post-war/Winterbottom/ISC player. Ron Flowers is the 25th
player in the same period to have made fifteen England appearances. |
goalscoring records: |
As a result of the last England goal being scored eleven days and two
matches ago, both Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves
ended the season as top goalscorers with two goals each of the
nine in total scored by England. It is the second season running that
Charlton has topped the chart. Not since 1954-55 have there been so
few different goalscorers (7), and not since 1925-26 (6) have England
failed to score more than ten goals in a season. |
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2-3-5 |
Springett - Armfield, Wilson - Robson,
Swan, Flowers - Douglas, Haynes, Baker, Viollet,
Charlton |
Averages: |
Age |
24 years
278
days |
Appearances/Goals |
10.5 |
3.1 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
THE
late afternoon sun shone down as England continued their tour with a visit
to Budapest, Hungary's side of 1960 did not live up to the level of their
magnificent predecessors of the early '50s but another gem of a player has
been produced in the shape of the tall, lean form of Albert at
centre-forward. At 18 years old, the youngster gave a thrilling display in
a good match which also saw England have their moments.
Indeed, England played quite well although
once again their lack of thrust up front let them down. But they mad an
excellent start and dominated the first 25 minutes. Bobby Charlton saw his
flashing shot saved by Grosics and then Bryan Douglas had an effort pushed
away by the goalkeeper following a good move involving Johnny Haynes, Joe
Baker, Douglas himself and Charlton.
England kept up the pressure and Douglas
again made a good run, going outside his marker before shooting just wide
of the far post. Then in the 25th minute, another good attack involving
Charlton, Haynes, Dennis Viollet and Douglas ended with a free-kick that
Ron Flowers fired just wide.
It was at this point that Albert began
to show his pedigree. First of all, he forced Ron Springett into a
brilliant save with a header; then a superb flowing run took him past
Peter Swan, Jimmy Armfield and Ray Wilson, only for his shot to be
blocked. Soon afterwards, following good work by Sándor and Dunai, Albert
hit a tremendous volley which crashed against England's crossbar. Despite
these anxious moments England were still very much in the match at
half-time.
The turning point of this particular game probably came
three minutes into the second half. Flowers sent Charlton streaking away
down the left-wing. Over came his centre and Haynes jumped with Grosics
and other defenders. Everyone missed the ball and with Grosics grovelling
around on the floor, Baker was left with an open goal some eight yards
out. Incredibly, he managed to shoot over the bar and the chance was gone.
It was doubly disappointing as within three minutes of that incident,
the Hungarians swept forward to take the lead. A long through pass was
picked up by Albert, who beat Swan before firing an unstoppable shot into
the top corner of England's net.
England tried to hit back and a
lovely pass by Viollet sent Charlton away again. With the winger cutting
in at great speed an equaliser looked a distinct possibility. But right at
the death, a brilliant saving tackle by Mátrai kept Charlton out.
As the action continued in this entertaining game, Springett made another
fine save, this time from Sándor. Then Armfield kicked off the goal-line a
shot by Albert, whilst at the other end Charlton was narrowly wide with
another fierce effort.
With 15 minutes to go, the decisive moment
duly arrived to settle the result. Dunai put Albert through the centre and
again the superb youngster cleverly outwitted Swan and Bobby Robson to
shoot home left footed, And that,, as they say, was that!
Some good
performances for England, had come out of this tour, notably in a defence
which seemed to be taking shape nicely, but there were still some obvious
problems which must be overcome if they were, once again, to make a
serious world challenge.
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Match Report
by Norman Giller |
England missed a sackful of goals because of feeble
finishing, but the approach play was an encouraging sign of things to come.
They might easily have had the ball in the Hungarian net at least three times
in the first-half, but the chances were wasted. Flórián Albert, Hungary's new
eighteen-year-old centre-forward discovery, scored both goals in the
second-half. Dennis Viollet, Manchester United's quick and clever
inside-forward, won the first of two caps. With better luck, he might have
marked his debut with two goals. It was England's third and final
close-season tour match and though they came home without a victory there was
a feeling of optimism that better things were round the corner.
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Match Report
as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1960-61 page 38 |
Douglas was recalled in place of
Brabrook and Viollet took over from Greaves. The 90,000 spectators were
eager to see if their present-day team could recapture the glory of former
years. But they were disappointed for Hungary were little better than
England in a game that was exciting at times but lacking in skill.
many passes went astray on both sides and mistakes by the English defence
enabled Albert to score two goals in the second half and give the home
country the win they just about deserved. For England, Springett and
Wilson were good in defence but both Armfield and Swan had their
misfortunes. In attack Charlton showed much of his old brilliance and was
a thorn in the Hungarian defence throughout, but the other forwards were
disappointing; Haynes was again a good captain but spent a great deal of
time in defence.
Under-23
International:
Israel fielded their full
international side. |
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In the inaugural European
Nations Cup quarter-finals, Czechoslovakia beat Romania 2-0 in
the first leg in Bucharest, whilst Yugoslavia beat Portugal 5-1
in the second leg in Belgrade. |
Tour matches included,
in West Germany, Blackburn Rovers drawing 2-2 with a Rhineland
XI in Ludwigshafen, and Bolton Wanderers winning 3-2 in
Stuttgart (Roy Hartle was sent off). Sheffield United won 3-2
against Groningen in the Netherlands, whilst Newcastle United
lost 3-2 to Hajduk Split, and HIbernian beat Rijeka 3-1 (both in
Yugoslavia, now Croatia). Manchester United beat Heart of
Midlothian 3-0 (Pearson, Dawson 2) in New York (reported by The
Times as 13-0!) and Blackpool won 7-1 against a Northern
Rhodesia XI (now Zambia) in Nkana. |
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In
Other News....
It was on 22 May 1960 that eight people were killed when a
wooden footbridge collapsed onto the Formula Junior race
track at Aix-les-Bains in France. Over fifty people were on
it and the car lying in third place, driven by a 29-year-old
former airline pilot from Woking in Surrey, Chris Threlfall,
crashed into the wreckage at about 105 miles per hour. He
was killed instantly, as were four spectators, with another
three dying later in hospital from their injuries. Four
years earlier, Threlfall had been involved in another crash,
in Belgium, where five spectators were killed, and just over
a week after his death, an aluminium scaffolding tower
collapsed at the Indianapolis 500 race in the United States,
and two more spectators were killed. |
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Source
Notes |
TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Magyarfutball.hu
The Complete Book of the British Charts |
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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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