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Wednesday, 19 October 1960
World Cup 1962 UEFA Group Six Qualification Match

Luxembourg 0 England 9 [0-4]
 

 

Match Summary
Luxembourg Squad
England Squad

Stade Municipal é Luxembourg, Rollengergronn-Belair-Nord, Lëtzebuerg
Attendance: 5,500; Kick-off: 7.30pm local time, tbc BST

England - Bobby Charlton (3,7,66 hattrick), Jimmy Greaves (hattrick), Bobby Smith (22, 46), Johnny Haynes (51)
Results 1960-1965

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).
 

Match Summary

Officials from Netherlands

Luxembourg

Type

England
Referee (-) - Martens
x (-).

Linesmen - Van Ravens and Van de Veer

   Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Luxembourg Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 117th		 Colours: Red jerseys, white shorts, blue socks.
Capt: E Brenner Manager: R. Heinz
Luxembourg Lineup
  Stendebach, Th     G Stade Dudel   GA
2 Brenner, E     RB Stade Dudel    
3 Hoffmann, N     LB CS Grevenmach    
4 Jann, E     RHB Jeunesse Esch    
5 Brosius, F     CHB Spora Luxembourg    
6 Konter, Fr     LHB Chiers Rodange    
7 Schmit, A     OR Fola Esch    
8 Cirelli, H     IR Allaince Dud    
9 Bauer, G     CF Union Luxembourg    
10 May, P     IL Jeunesse Esch    
11 Letsch, L     OL Spora Luxembourg    
Luxembourg Substitutes
1              

unused substitutes:

 N.Schmitt & JP Mertl (both Union Luxembourg), G.Meylaender (Stade Dudel)
 
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Averages:

 Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 9th		 Colours: The 1959 Bukta home uniform - White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, red socks with white calf hoop.
Capt: Johnny Haynes, fourth captaincy Manager: Walter Winterbottom, 47 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
117th match, W 65 - D 28 - L 24 - F 321 - A 169, one abandoned
England Lineup
  Springett, Ronald D. 25 22 July 1935 G Sheffield Wednesday FC 7 12 GA
2 Armfield     RB      
3 McNeil, Michael 20 7 February 1940 LB Middlesbrough FC 2 0
4 Robson, Robert W. 27 18 February 1933 RHB West Bromwich Albion FC 9 2
5 Swan, Peter 24 8 October 1936 CHB Sheffield Wednesday FC 5 0
6 Flowers, Ronald 26 28 July 1934 LHB Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 17 2
7 Douglas     OR      
8
 Greaves 20
242 days		 20 February 1940 IR   9  
the 54th (17tth post-war) hattrick scored
9 Smith, Robert A. 27 22 February 1933 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 3
10 Haynes, John N. 26 17 October 1934 IL Fulham FC 38 15
11
 Charlton 23
 8 days		   OL   20  
the 53rd (16th post-war) hattrick scored
England Substitutes
1              

unused substitutes:

 Alan Hodgkinson (Sheffield United FC), Brian Miller & P. Dobling (both Burnley FC)

team notes:

 Jimmy Greaves becomes the youngest player to score a hattrick, taking 106 days off Clem Mitchell's record
Sixth time two hat-tricks have been scored in a single match.
 
2-3-5 Springett -
Armfield, McNeil -
Robson, Swan, Flowers -
Douglas, Greaves, Smith, Haynes, Charlton.

Averages:

 Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 
    Match Report by Mike Payne

 
    Match Report by Norman Giller

Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton helped themselves to hat-tricks in this World Cup qualifying match against outclassed Luxemburg. Bobby Smith notched two, but the goal of the game was a thundering shot from skipper Johnny Haynes. Walter Winterbottom announced that he had got the selectors to agree that they should make as few changes as possible as he put his faith in a settled team on the way to the 1962 World Cup finals in Chile.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official Match Programme
Rothman's Yearbooks
 Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller, Football Author
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