England B Match No. 18 - Yugoslavia - 19 October 1955 Report (original) (raw)
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"Bravo! These are the boys England need!" Daily Herald
  Officials |
England | FIFA ruling on substitutes | Yugoslavia |
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| Referee José Da Costa Vieira 47 (13 February 1908), Porto, Portugal | |||
| Linesmen | |||
| R. SpeakeManchester | Kenneth C. HeskethPrestwich |
England B Team
| Rank | No official ranking system established; | Colours | the 1954 Umbro home uniform -White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, black socks with white tops. | |||||
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| Captain | Joe Kennedy | Manager | Walter Winterbottom, 42 (31 March 1913),appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; | |||||
| 2nd of 3, W 1 - D 0 - L 1 - F 6 - A 8. | Trainer: Laurie Barnett (Manchester City) | eleventh of fourteen B matches, W 7 - D 4 - L 0 - F 32 - A 6. | ||||||
| Teams chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Frank Adams, on Wednesday evening, 12 October, following the FA XI match with the RAF XI. | ||||||||
| England B Lineup |
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| seven changes to the previous B match (Langley, Wheeler, Atyeo & Haynes remain) | league position (12 October) | |||||||
| 12 | Baynham, Ronald L. | 26_131 days_ | 10 June 1929 | G | Luton Town FC (FL 10th) | 1 | 1ᵍᵃ | |
| 112 | only B app 1955 | |||||||
| 113 | 2 | McGhee, Thomas | 26_162 days_ | 10 May 1929 | RB | Portsmouth FC (FL 8th) | 1 | 0 |
| only B app 1955 | ||||||||
| 3 | Langley, E. James | 26_254 days_ | 7 February 1929 | LB | Brighton & Hove Albion FC (FL3S 5th) | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | Wheeler, John E. | 27_85 days_ | 26 July 1928 | RHB | Bolton Wanderers FC (FL 6th) | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | Kennedy, Joseph P. | 30_338 days_ | 15 November 1925 | CHB | West Bromwich Albion FC (FL 2nd) | 2 | 0 | |
| 114 | 6 | Clayton, Ronald | 21_75 days_ | 5 August 1934 | LHB | Blackburn Rovers FC (FL2 14th) | 1 | 0 |
| 115 | 7** ** |
Groves, Victor G. | 22_348 days_ | 5 November 1932 | OR | Leyton Orient FC (FL3S 4th) | 1 | 0 |
| only B app 1955 | ||||||||
8**** ** |
Atyeo, P. John W. | 23_254 days_ | 7 February 1932 | IR | Bristol City FC (FL2 4th) | 2 | 1 | |
| 9 |
Jezzard, Bedford A.G. | 25_277 days_ | 15 January 1929 | CF | Fulham FC (FL2 TOP) | 3 | 6 | |
| mst B goals 1954-55 | ||||||||
| final B app 1954-55 | ||||||||
| 10**** |
Haynes, John N. | 21_2 days_ | 17 October 1934 | IL | Fulham FC (FL2 TOP) | 5 | 0 | |
| =mst B apps 1954-55 | ||||||||
| 116 | 11****** |
Perry, William | 25_39 days_ | 10 September 1930_in Johannesburg, South Africa_ | OL | Blackpool FC (FL TOP) | 1 | 2 |
| unused substitutes: | Reg Matthews (Coventry City FC (FL3S 10th)), Ken Barnes (Manchester City FC (FL 13th)) and Geoff Bradford (Bristol Rovers FC (FL2 5th)). Ray King (Port Vale FC (FL2 3rd)) replaced Matthews on Monday, 17th. | |||||||
| team notes: | The B team trained against and lost (1-4) the senior side under floodlights on Monday, 17th, at the Cliff Ground, Broughton in Manchester, in which Joe Kennedy twisted his ankle a few minutes in. On Tuesday, they trained with the Manchester United FC side, the practise match resulted in a 6-0 defeat.With some doubt over Joe Kennedy's fitness, Derek Ufton (Charlton Athletic FC (FL 5th)) was placed on standby | |||||||
| 2-3-5 | Baynham -McGhee, Langley -Wheeler, Kennedy, Clayton - Groves, Atyeo, Jezzard, Haynes, Perry. | |||||||
| Averages: | Age | 25 years 80 days | Appearances/Goals | 2.0 | 0.3 |
Yugoslavia B Team
| Rank | No official ranking system established; | Colours | Light blue jerseys, white shorts | ||
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| Captain | Manager | Dragomir Tošić, 45 (8 November 1909) | |||
| Yugoslavia Lineup |
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| Stojanović, Slavko | 25_140 days_ | 1 June 1930 | G | Fk Partizan | |
| 2 | Stipić, Mladen | nk | not known | RB | Fk Sarajevo |
| 3 | Biogradlić, Ibrahim | 24_225 days_ | 8 March 1931 | LB | Fk Sarajevo |
| 4 | Popović, Vladimir | 20_216 days_ | 17 March 1935 | RHB | Fk Crvena Zvezda |
| 5 | Juričko , Zdravko | 26_204 days_ | 29 March 1929 | CHB | Fk BSK Borča |
| 6 | Pajević, Božidar | 28_300 days_ | 23 December 1927 | LHB | Fk Partizan |
| 7 | Antić, Sava | 25_232 days_ | 1 March 1930 | OR | OFk Beograd |
| 8 | Čonč , Vladimir | 27_279 days_ | 13 January 1928 | IR | nk Dinamo Zagreb |
| 9 | Lipošinović, Luka | 21_160 days_ | 12 May 1933 | CF | nk Dinamo Zagreb |
| 10****** |
Prljincević, Zoran | 23_265 days_ | 27 January 1932 | IL | FK Radnički |
| 11 | Tasić, Lazar | 24_197 days_ | 5 April 1931 | OL | Fk Crvena Zvezda |
| unused substitutes: | Srboljub Krivokuca (Fk Crvena zvezda) | ||||
| 2-3-5 | Stojanović -Stipić, Biogradlić -Popović, Juričko, Pajević -Antić, Čonč, Lipošinović, Prljincević, Tasić. | ||||
| Averages: | Age | 24 years 332 days¹⁰ | Appearances/Goals |
Match Report by Clifford Webb, Daily Herald, Thursday, 20 October 1955
THE "B" stands for the Boys England need. Theirs was a fine, heart-warming performance at Maine-road, Manchester, last night, when they were really hammered home their superiority over a tough, skilful, swift moving Jugoslav team.
Remembering that their opponents' reputation is second to none among the "B" teams of Europe, this win was certainly something to get steamed up about. It emphasised once again the superlative Soccer quality of Johnny Haynes, who was just as much the guiding genius in attack as he had been against Denmark's under-23s. It also put his Fulham team-mate, Bedford Jezzard, once again on the international map; and marked down Bristol City's John Atyeo as the kind of goal-getter who should find a place in England's senior side. Quite a night, in fact, for the boys of the Second Division.
A two goal lead at half-time was no more than we deserved, even if the icy blasts did blow in England's favour. In fact, it was the kind of gusty wind that what was of no permanent value. You just didn't know when it was coming. We went in front after 29 minutes through John Atyeo, who swivelled with amazing agility, for one so heftily built, to hook a volley past the goalkeeper. The chance came from a Vic Groves corner-kick, and it was Bill Perry who glanced the ball with his head in Atyeo's line of fire. Twelve minutes later Jezzard smashed home a beauty from beyond the corner of the penalty box, after Haynes had touched the ball on with perfect precision. Between times we had seen much bright, speedy football from both sides; and, believe me, England found their rivals no easy meat.
There was no lack of enthusiasm for the tackle about this Continental side. They made our boys fight for every ball and brought the best out of England's half-back line.
I thought Joe Kennedy handled the mid-field raids of Amcic and Conc with magnificently cool efficiency. On either side of him Johnny Wheeler and Ron Clayton worked tirelessly; and all three made up adequately for some of the deficiencies at full-back, where both Tommy McGhee and Jim Langley occasionally got tied up against the speedy Jugoslav wingers.
But no doubt about it, the boys who gave the top-notch outlook to the England attack were Haynes and Atyeo. Their performances spelled high hopes for the future in that their contrasting styles were blended to near perfection. Haynes roamed ceaselessly to find the ball in the open space and set his line alight with canny passes. Atyeo teamed up with Jezzard in a double spearhead, and was in fact, because of the tremendous power and speed of his goalward rushes, often more of a menace than the centre-forward. The Jugoslavs had obviously heard all about the estimated monetary value of Vic Groves and the danger thrusts of Bill Perry. Their backs close-marked both flank men and cut down their usefulness of a result. But they paid for this over-concentration with scanty midfield coverage.
Goalkeeper Baynham came well out of some goal-front scrambles in the second half, and was agile and sure in his handling of anything in the air. The Jugoslav attack, fairly subdued before the interval, came much more into the swim in the second half; but some of their better moves were ruined by sky-high shooting. Outside-right Lipusinovic, who scored four goals against Germany "B" recently, was always a potential source of danger, but Clayton continued to back up Langley with fine appraisal of the more difficult situations.
I must say I took an extremely good view of the Blackburn left-half last night.
Midway through the second half came the electric burst from England that really settled the Europeans. Two goals in less than half a minute. It was enough to rock any visiting side. Johnny Haynes was right in it again. He weaved out to the left before turning with agile skill to cross a ball that Jezzard headed expertly just inside the post. Straight from the restart Groves inside to flick a ball on to Perry, and Blackpool's South African cracked it smartly home. Jugoslavia hit back with a picture goal from inside-left Prljicevic, but before the finish Perry scored a fifth goal for England after Jezzard had crossed the ball from near the right-corner flag.
Match Report as appears in the F.A. Yearbook 1956-57 page 28
Yugoslavia's 'B' team came to play this match at Manchester (Maine Road) on October 19th with a big reputation, having previously beaten Germany 'B' by 8-0. But England's young forwards gave a most encouraging display, and a 2-0 lead at half-time was thoroughly deserved. Wing-halves Clayton and Wheeler helped England well on top in the second half, and it was clear from this match that our full international team had plenty of good reserve material available if and when it was required. The scorers were Atyeo, Jezzard (2), and Perry (2).
Source Notes
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