England Match No. 398 - Scotland - 2 April 1966 (original) (raw)
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397 vs. West Germany 398 399 vs. Yugoslavia | Saturday, 2 April 1966 Home International Championship 1965-66 (71st) Match Scotland 3 England 4 [1-2] | Match Summary Scotland Squad England Squad |
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Hampden Park, Kinghorn Drive, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Attendance: 123,052; Kick-off: 3.00pm BSTLive on BBC One (Scotland) - Commentator: George Davidson, also live on ITV (Grampian and Scottish) - Commentator: Alex Cameron | ||
England - Geoff Hurst (picked his spot from a Ball pass 18), Roger Hunt (left-footed cross-shot from a tight angle 26, another cross-shot following a Ball pass 47), Bobby Charlton(low left-footed 25-yard shot 73)Scotland - Denis Law (headed in a Johnston corner 41), Jimmy Johnstone (acute shot that left Newtonand Banks stranded following a Law return pass 56, crashed home after Beaxter's free-kick hit the crossbar 80) | ||
England - Nobby Stiles (47 & 57) | ||
Results 1965-1970 | ||
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Match Summary
Officials from France | Scotland | Type | England |
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Referee (red)- Henri Faucheux x (-). Linesmen - J. Lamour (red flag) and J. Malleville (orange flag) | Goal Attempts | ||
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Scotland Team
Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 12th to 16th | Colours: | Made by Umbro -Dark blue crew necked jerseys with white collars/cuffs, white shorts, blue socks with red tops. | ||||
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Capt: | John Greig | Manager: | John Prentice, 39 (2 August 1926), appointed 24 March 1966, also manager of Clyde FC. first match, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 3 - 4. Squad chosen by Selection Committee on Thursday, 24 March 1966, team chosen Thursday, 31 March. | ||||
Scotland Lineup | |||||||
Ferguson, Robert | 21 | 1 March 1945 | G | Kilmarnock FC | 2 | 5ᵍᵃ | |
2 | Greig, John | 23 | 11 September 1942 | RB | Rangers FC | 15 | 3 |
3 | Gemmell, Thomas | 22 | 18 October 1943 | LB | The Celtic FC | 1 | 0 |
4 | Murdoch, Robert W. | 21 | 17 August 1944 | RHB | The Celtic FC | 4 | 2 |
5 | McKinnon, Ronald | 25 | 20 August 1940 | CHB | Rangers FC | 4 | 0 |
6 | Baxter, James C. | 26 | 29 September 1939 | LHB | Rangers FC | 28 | 3 |
7 | Johnstone, James C. | 21 | 30 September 1944 | OR | The Celtic FC | 3 | 2 |
8****** | Law, Denis | 26 | 24 February 1940 | IR | Manchester United FC, England | 35 | 25 |
9 | Wallace, William S.B. | 25 | 23 June 1940 | CF | Heart of Midlothian FC | 2 | 0 |
10 | Bremner, William J. | 23 | 9 December 1942 | IL | Leeds United AFC, England | 5 | 0 |
11 | Johnston, William M. | 19 | 19 December 1946 | OL | Rangers FC | 3 | 0 |
reserves: | - | ||||||
- | Ferguson -Greig, Gemmell -Murdoch, McKinnon, Baxter -Johnstone, Law, Wallace, Bremner, Johnston. | ||||||
Averages: | Age | 23.0 | Appearances/Goals | 9.3 | 2.9 |
England Team
Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 4th | Colours: | The 1965 Umbro home uniform- White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks. | ||||
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Capt: | Bobby Moore, 21st captaincy | Manager: | AlfredErnest Ramsey, 46 (22 January 1920),appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963. 33rd match, W 19 - D 8 - L 6 - F 81 - A 48. Team chosen on Tuesday, 22 March 1966. | ||||
England Lineup | |||||||
Banks, Gordon | G | Leicester City FC | 24 | 29 ᵍᵃ | |||
2 | Cohen, George R. | RB | Fulham FC | 21 | 0 | ||
3 | Newton, Keith R. | LB | Blackburn Rovers FC | 2 | 0 | ||
4 | Stiles, Norbert P. | 23 | 18 May 1942 | RHB | Manchester United FC | 11 | 1 |
Stiles cautioned in the 47th min. for Dissent. MacKinnon handled Bobby Charlton's cross "Somehow McKinnon succeeded in keeping a poker face as he escaped detection: Sliles, however, protested to much and had his name taken".Cautioned in the 57th min. for Foul."Stiles, a sort of honorary hatchetman for England, again had his name taken for a crushing tackle on [Johnstone]". | |||||||
5 | Charlton, John | CHB | Leeds United AFC | 12 | 0 | ||
6 | Moore, Robert F.C. | 24 | 12 April 1941 | LHB | West Ham United FC | 38 | 1 |
7 | Ball, Alan J. | OR | Blackpool FC | 7 | 1 | ||
8 | Hunt, Roger | IR | Liverpool FC | 10 | 10 | ||
9 | Charlton, Robert | CF | Manchester United FC | 64 | 36 | ||
10****** | Hurst, Geoffrey C. | IL | West Ham United FC | 2 | 1 | ||
11 | Connelly, John M. | OL | Manchester United FC | 17 | 6 | ||
reserve: | Norman Hunter (Leeds United AFC) | ||||||
team notes: | Manager Alf Ramsey played against Scotland in four matches from 1950 until 1953.Keith Newton replaced original left-back Ray Wilson. | ||||||
4-3-3 | Banks -Cohen, J.**Charlton, Moore, Newton -Ball,**R.Charlton, Stiles -Hunt, Hurst, Connelly. | ||||||
Averages: | Age | - | Appearances/Goals | - | - |
Match Report by Mike Payne
Match Report by Norman Giller
Geoff Hurst scored his first goal for England in the nineteenth minute to start a spree that excited the 133,000 crowd but made purists wince at the procession of defensive blunders by both teams. Hunt added a second goal for England before Denis Law threw himself forward in typical dare-devil style to head Scotland's first goal just before half-time. Hunt made it 3-1 early in the second-half, and then Celtic's jinking winger Jimmy Johnstone pulled it back to 3-2 before a thunderbolt shot from Bobby Charlton restored the two-goal lead. This was Charlton in imperious form as he reveled in his role as midfield orchestrator. Johnstone, turning the England defence inside out with his dribbling runs, scored the final goal six minutes from the end with a delicate curling shot that deceived goalkeeper Gordon Banks. A press reporter said to Alf Ramsey immediately after the match, 'A great game to watch, Alf.' The cold blue eyes became a burning glare on the journalist. 'For you maybe,' said Alf, 'but I thought there was some appalling football played. We must be much, much tighter.' Seven-goal thrillers did not belong in the Ramsey textbook. Once a perfectionist right-back, always a perfectionist right-back.
Source Notes
TheFA.com LondonHearts.com Original newspaper reports Rothman's Yearbooks Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record(Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller, Football Author____________________CG