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UNDER-23 'NATIONAL IS OFF"
Evening Express |
  Officials |
Scotland |
substitutes were to be permitted |
England |
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Referee |
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Linesmen |
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Scotland
Intermediate Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
Made by Umbro -
Dark blue continental jerseys with white v-neck collars/cuffs,
white shorts, blue socks with red tops. |
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Captain |
Jackie Plenderleith |
Selection |
Scottish 2nd XI FA Selection Committee
team chosen on
Monday, 26 January 1959. |
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Scotland
Lineup |
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1 |
Slater, Robert |
22
275 days |
5 May 1936 |
G |
Falkirk FC |
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2 |
Mackay, Duncan |
21
205 days |
14 July 1937 |
RB |
The
Celtic FC |
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3 |
Baird, Douglas F.H. |
23
70 days |
26 November 1935 |
LB |
Partick Thistle FC |
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4 |
Low, Gordon A. |
18
208 days |
11 July 1940 |
RHB |
Huddersfield Town FC, England |
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5 |
Plenderleith, John B. |
21
121 days |
6 October 1937 |
CHB |
Hibernian FC |
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6 |
Baxter, James C. |
19
121 days |
29 September 1939 |
LHB |
Raith Rovers FC |
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7 |
Hunter, William |
18
355 days |
14 February 1940 |
OR |
Motherwell FC |
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8 |
Reid, Samuel M. |
19
114 days |
13 October 1939 |
IR |
Motherwell FC |
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9 |
Colraine, John |
22 |
4 February 1937 |
CF |
The
Celtic FC |
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10 |
Quinn, Patrick |
22
284 days |
26 April 1936 |
IL |
Motherwell FC |
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11 |
Auld, Robert |
20
318 days |
23 March 1938 |
OL |
The
Celtic FC |
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substitutes: |
Jock Wallace (Airdrieonians FC); Joe Hogan (Partick Thistle FC),
George Thomson (Heart of Midlothian FC); Jimmy Gabriel (Dundee FC),
Doug Baillie (Airdrieonians FC); Alan Cousin (Dundee
FC), John Divers (The Celtic FC), Andy Weir (Motherwell FC). also Dickie
Ewen (Aberdeen FC) (who withdrew on 1 February).
Baxter and
Reid were originally named as substitutes until they were called into
the first XI. |
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team changes: |
Before the postponement of the match, their was three enforced changes
to the side originally announced. Rangers FC's Billy Stevenson and
Alex Scott were replaced with Jim Baxter (originally a reserve) and
Hunter. Nottingham Forest FC's John Quigley was replaced with Sammy
Reid (also a reserve). Scott's reserve, Dick Ewan, also had to
withdraw. |
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2-3-5 |
Slater -
Mackay, Baird -
Low, Plenderleith,
Stevenson -
Scott, Quigley, Colraine, Quinn, Auld. |
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Averages: |
Age |
21 years 53 days |
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England
Intermediate Team |
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Rank |
No official ranking system established; |
Colours |
The 1954 Umbro
away uniform -
Red v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, white shorts, red
socks with white tops. |
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Captain |
Jimmy Armfield |
Manager |
Walter Winterbottom, 45 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946; |
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due to be his 3rd. |
Trainer: Ron Greenwood (Arsenal FC) |
due to be his fifteenth intermediate match. |
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Team chosen by the Intermediate Selection Committee, headed by Frank
Adams, on Monday, 26 January. |
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England
Lineup |
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three changes
from the previous U23 match |
league position
(26 January) |
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Hopkinson, Edward |
23
98 days |
29 October 1935 |
G |
Bolton Wanderers FC (FL
5th) |
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2 |
Armfield, James |
23
136 days |
21 September 1935 |
RB |
Blackpool FC (FL 8th) |
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3 |
Allen, Anthony |
19
69 days |
27 November 1939 |
LB |
Stoke City FC (FL2
4th) |
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4 |
Setters, Maurice E. |
22
50 days |
16 December 1936 |
RHB |
West
Bromwich Albion FC (FL 6th) |
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5 |
Williams, Alan |
20
246 days |
3 June 1938 |
CHB |
Bristol City FC (FL2 6th) |
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6 |
McGuinness, Wilfred |
21
102 days |
25 October 1937 |
LHB |
Manchester United FC
(FL 4th) |
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7 |
Birch, Brian |
22
301 days |
9 April 1938 |
OR |
Bolton Wanderers FC (FL
5th) |
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8 |
Greaves, James P. |
18
349 days |
20 February 1940 |
IR |
Chelsea FC (FL 14th) |
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=most goals
1958 |
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9 |
Baker, Joseph H. |
18
293 days |
17 July 1940 |
CF |
Hibernian FC, Scotland
(SL 8th) |
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10 |
Charlton, Robert |
21
116 days |
11 October 1937 |
IL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 4th) |
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11 |
Scanlon, Albert J. |
23
117 days |
10 October 1935 |
OL |
Manchester United FC
(FL 4th) |
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substitutes: |
Alan
Hodgkinson (Sheffield United FC (FL2
5thd)) replaced Macedo,
Peter Dobing (Blackburn Rovers FC
(FL 9th)) and Jim Iley (Tottenham
Hotspur FC (FL 18th)) |
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team changes: |
On 29 January, the FA released two players from their under-23 duties
to assist their clubs in the FA Cup fourth round replay: Trevor Smith
(Birmingham City FC
(FL 13th)), who currently is the record
appearance holder for the intermediate team, is replaced with Williams
and reserve keeper,
Tony Macedo (Fulham FC (FL2 2nd))
who was replaced by Hodgkinson.
On the day of the postponement,
there was a query over Joe Baker's availability. |
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2-3-5 |
Hodgkinson -
Armfield, Allen -
Setters, Smith, McGuinness -
Birch, Greaves, Baker, Charlton, Scanlon. |
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Averages: |
Age |
21 years 63 days |
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Match Report
Evening Express, Monday,
2 February 1959 |
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WEATHER
is again playing havoc with the midweek football programme. The Scotland
v. England Under-23 international due at Ibrox on Wednesday has been
postponed.
An SFA official stated that the
ground at Ibrox was like concrete. "Even with a thaw," he said,
"conditions would be difficult and there could be no useful purpose in
playing the match." Although talks are continuing, it may be that the game
will be cancelled completely. The backlog of league fixtures make it
difficult for the game to be fitted in before the England v. Scotland full
international on April 11.
UNDER-23 DATE
"The Scotland
v. England Under-23 international, postponed on February 4 because the
ground at
Ibrox Park was unfit, has been rearranged for Monday, April 20, nine days
after the countries meet in their full international at Wembley. No new
venue or kick-off time time yet been decided."
- Thursday, 19 February 1959, Liverpool Echo
UNDER-23 OFF
"The Scotland v. England
Under-23 international has been cancelled beacuse of the heavy Football
League programme in the week before that date."
- Friday, 27February 1959, News Chronicle
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