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Friendly Match Record Overall

 
 

England in Friendly Competition
1970-71 to 1979-80

Friendly Match Record by Opponents

Friendly Comps

  
1872-1939 1946-60 1960-70 1970-80 1980-90 1990-2000 2000-10 2010-20 2020-30

Season 1970-71 - Friendly Match 183

449 25 November 1970 - England 3 GDR 1 [2-1]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (93,000)

Lee, Peters, Clarke
Vogel

HW

There were no friendly matches between the end of 1970 and towards the end of 1972.

England's One Hundred Year Friendly Record 1872-1971
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 68 45 15 8 208 93 +115 4 22 3.059 1.368 77.2 +37
Away 115 69 16 30 367 168 +179 16 33 3.017 1.461 66.9 +39
Total 183 114 31 38 555 261 +294 20 55 3.033 1.426 70.8 +76
 

Season 1972-73 - Friendly Matches 184-188

464 11 October 1972 - England 1 Yugoslavia 1 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (50,000)
Royle
Vladić
HD
Scottish F.A. Centenary Anniversary match
467 14 February 1973 - Scotland 0 England 5 [0-3]
Hampden Park, Glasgow (48,029/470/476)
Lorimer OG, Clarke (2), Channon, Chivers AW
Friendly matches
471 27 May 1973 - Czechoslovakia 1 England 1 [0-0]
Stadión Letná, Praha (22,000)
Novák
Clarke
AD
473 10 June 1973 - USSR 1 England 2 [0-1]
Lenin Stadion, Moskva (80,000)
Muntian (pen)
Chivers, Khurtzilava OG
AW
Italian F.A. 75th Anniversary Match
474 14 June 1973 - Italy 2 England 0 [1-0]
Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino (60,000)
Anastasi, Capello AL

Season 1973-74 - Friendly Matches 189-195

Friendly matches
475 26 September 1973 - England 7 Austria 0 [3-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (48,000)
Channon (2), Clarke (2), Chivers, Currie, Bell HW
477 14 November 1973 - England 0 Italy 1 [0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (88,000)
Capello HL
478 3 April 1974 - Portugal 0 England 0 [0-0]
Estádio SL Benfica, Lisboa (10,000/20,000)
  AD
 

Joe Mercer

482 22 May 1974 - England 2 Argentina 2 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (68,000)
Channon, Worthington
Kempes (2 (1 pen)
HD
483 29 May 1974 - GDR 1 England 1 [0-0]
Zentralstadion, Leipzig (95,000)
Streich
Channon
AD
484 1 June 1974 - Bulgaria 0 England 1 [0-1]
Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofija (60,000 to 70,000)
Worthington AW
485 5 June 1974 - Yugoslavia 2 England 2 [1-1]
Stadion Crvena zvezda, Beograd (80,000 to 90,000)
Petković, Oblak
Channon, Keegan
AD

Season 1974-75 - Friendly Match 196

Don Revie

488 12 March 1975 - England 2 West Germany 0 [1-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)
Bell, Macdonald HW

Season 1975-76 - Friendly Matches 197 & 198

494 3 September 1975 - Switzerland 1 England 2 [1-2]
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel (25,000)
Müller
Keegan, Channon
AW
Welsh F.A. Centenary Celebration Match
497 24 March 1976 - Wales 1 England 2 [0-0]
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (20,927)
Curtis
R.Kennedy, Taylor
AW

Season 1976-77 - Friendly Matches 199-203

Friendly matches
504 8 September 1976 -
England
1 Republic of Ireland 1 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (51,000/52,000)
Pearson
Daly (pen)
HD
507 9 February 1977 - England 0 Netherlands 2 [0-2]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (90,260)
Peters (2) HL
512 8 June 1977 - Brazil 0 England 0 [0-0]
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio (77,000)
  AD
513 12 June 1977 - Argentina 1 England 1 [1-1]
Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires (60,000)
Bertoni
Pearson
AD
514 15 June 1977 - Uruguay 0 England 0 [0-0]
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (25,000)
  AD

Season 1977-78 - Friendly Matches 204-207

Ron Greenwood

515 7 September 1977 -
England
0 Republic of Ireland 0 [0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (42,000)
  HD
518 22 February 1978 -
West Germany 2
England 1 [1-0]
Olympiastadion, München (77,850/78,000)
Worm, Bonhof
Pearson
AL
519 19 April 1978 - England 1 Brazil 1 [0-1]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (92,500)
Keegan
Gil
HD
523 24 May 1978 - England 4 Hungary 1 [3-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (74,000)
P.Barnes, Neal (pen), T.Francis, Currie
Nagy
HW

Season 1978-79 - Friendly Matches 208-210

526 29 November 1978 -
England
1 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (92,000)
Coppell HW
Swedish F.A. 75th Anniversary Celebration Match
532 10 June 1979 - Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0]
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (35,691)
  AD
Friendly matches
533 13 June 1979 - Austria 4 England 3  [3-1]
Praterstadion, Wien (31,000/60,000)
Pezzey (2), Welzl (2)
Keegan, Coppell, Wilkins
AL

Season 1979-80 - Friendly Matches 211-213

538 26 March 1980 - Spain 0 England 2 [0-1]
Nou Estadi del FC Barcelona, Barcelona (50,000)
Woodcock, T.Francis AW
539 13 May 1980 - England 3 Argentina 1 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (92,000)
Johnson (2), Keegan
Passarella (pen)
HW
Winfield Cup celebrating the Australian F.A. Centenary
543 31 May 1980 - Australia 1 England 2 [0-2]
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (30,000/c.45,000)
Cole (pen)
Hoddle, Mariner
AW

England's Friendly Record 1970-80
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 13 6 6 1 25 11 +14 3 4 1.923 0.846 69.2 +5
Away 18 7 8 3 25 17 +8 5 7 1.389 0.944 61.1 +4
Total 31 13 14 4 50 28 +22 8 11 1.613 0.903 64.5 +9

England's Friendly Goalscoring Record 1970-80 (fifty goals)
  
Mick Channon 7
Allan Clarke 6
Kevin Keegan 5
Martin Chivers, Stuart Pearson 3
 
Colin Bell, Steve Coppell, Tony Currie, Trevor Francis, David Johnson, Frank Worthington, own goals 2
 
Peter Barnes, Glenn Hoddle, Ray Kennedy, Franny Lee, Malcolm Macdonald, Paul Mariner, Phil Neal, Martin Peters, Joe Royle, Peter Taylor, Ray Wilkins, Tony Woodcock 1

England's Friendly Record 1872-1980
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 80 50 21 9 230 103 +127 7 26 2.875 1.288 75.6 +41
Away 133 76 24 33 372 185 +187 21 40 2.797 1.391 66.2 +43
Total 213 126 45 42 602 288 +314 28 66 2.826 1.352 69.7 +84

England's Friendly Goalscoring Record 1872-(1970)1980 (602 goals)
  
Jimmy Greaves 20
Tom Finney 18
Nat Lofthouse 17
Tommy Lawton 15
Bobby Charlton, Stan Mortensen, Vivian Woodward 14
Bill Dean, own goals (2+1+4+2+2+2) 13
George Camsell 12
Roger Hunt 11
Johnny Byrne, Bobby Charlton, George Hilsdon, Tommy Taylor 8
Charlie Bambridge, Cliff Bastin, Mick Channon, Johnny Haynes, Fred Steele 7
Alan Ball, Allan Clarke, Ted Drake, Ron Flowers, Geoff Hurst, Stan Matthews, Martin Peters (5+1), Howard Vaughton 6
Joe Bradford, Joe Carter, John Connelly, Kevin Keegan, Jimmy Windridge 5
Colin Bell (2+2), Roy Bentley, Eric Brook, Arthur Brown, Jack Charlton, Sammy Crooks, Bryan Douglas, Len Goulden, Jackie Hegan, Gerry Hitchens, George Holley, Franny Lee (3+1), Jackie Milburn, Clem Mitchell, Jimmy Mullen, Terry Paine, Fred Pickering, Billy Walker 4
 
Frank Bradshaw, Arthur Bridgett, Ivan Broadis, Frank Broome, George Brown (maybe 4), Raich Carter, Martin Chivers, Nevill Cobbold, Colin Grainger, Harold Fleming, Vivian Gibbins, Tosh Johnson, Derek Kevan, Wilf Mannion, Johnny Morris, Billy Mosforth, Frank Osbourne, Stuart Pearson, Alf Ramsey, Arthur Rigby (maybe 4), Jackie Robinson, Bobby Robson, Jock Rutherford, Jackie Sewell, Bobby Smith, Francis Sparks 3
 
Warren Bradley, Jimmy Brown, Charlie Buchan, Harry Burgess, Harry Chambers, Steve Coppell, Tony Currie, Arthur Cursham, Harry Cursham, Arthur Dorrell, Arthur Dunn, George Eastham, George Elliott, Trevor Francis, Redfern Froggatt, Jack Haines, Willie Hall, Harold Halse, Harry Hampson, Johnny Hancocks, Eric Houghton, David Jack, David Johnson, Joe Johnson, George Kail, William Kenyon-Slaney, Alf Kirchen, Billy Moore, Bobby Moore, Joe Payne, Bill Perry, Don Revie, Jimmy Richardson, Jack Rowley, Jack Smith, Reg Smith, George Stephenson, Fred Tilson, Ben Warren, Olly Whateley, Billy Wright 2
 
Charlie Alcock, Ronnie Allen, Gordon Astall, John Atyeo, Joe Baker, Peter Barnes, Sid Bishop, Alex Bonsor, Geoff Bradford, Barry Bridges, Cliff Britton, Johnny Brooks, Bill Brown, Norman Bullock, Charles Chenery, Ray Crawford, Jack Crayston, Norman Creek, Bryan Douglas, Duncan Edwards, Tom Galley, Arthur Goodyer, Tommy Grosvenor, Harold Hassall, Harold Hobbis, Glenn Hoddle, Harold Hulme, Tony Kay, Bob Kelly, Brian Kidd, Robert Kingsford, Alf Lyttelton, Malcolm Macdonald, Paul Mariner, Vic Medley, Jimmy Melia, David Mercer, Harold Miller, Jimmy Moore, Jack Morton, Phil Neal, Bill Nicholson, Mick O'Grady, Louis Page, Frank Pawson, Bill Roberts, Harry Roberts, Joe Royle, Jimmy Seed, Len Shackleton, Heathcote Sorby, Nobby Stiles, Peter Taylor, George Thornewell, Tom Waring, Don Welsh, Herbert Whitfeld, Ray Wilkins, Ken Willingham, Dennis Wilshaw, Charles Wollaston, Tony Woodcock, Joe Worrall, Frank Worthington, John Wylie 1
The goalscorers in blue have scored their goals in the last recorded period (1970-80)

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