The England Party for the match against Luxembourg  October 1960
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	starts	subs	App		Capt
Angus, John	2 September 1938	22	RB	Burnley FC	0	0	0	0	0
Armfield, James	21 September 1935	25	RB	Blackpool FC	9	0	9	0	0
Baker, Joseph H.	17 July 1940	20	CF	Hibernian FC, Scotland	5	0	5	1	0
Brabrook, Peter	8 November 1937	22	OR	Chelsea FC	7	0	7	1	0
Broadbent, Peter F.	15 May 1933	27	IR	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	0	7	2	0
Charlton, Robert	11 October 1937	22	OL	Manchester United FC	19	0	19	14	0
Connelly, John M.	18 July 1938	22	OR	Burnley FC	4	0	4	1	0
Dobing, Peter A.	1 December 1938	21	IF	Blackburn Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0
Douglas, Bryan	27 May 1934	26	OR	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	0	15	3	0
Flowers, Ronald	28 July 1934	26	LHB	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	1	16	2	0
Greaves, James P.	20 February 1940	20	IR	Chelsea FC	8	0	8	5	0
Haynes, John N.	17 October 1934	25	IR	Fulham FC	37	0	37	14	3
Hodgkinson, Alan	16 August 1936	24	GK	Sheffield United FC	4	0	4	4ᵍᵃ	0
	Alan Hodgkinson was drafted into the party on 11 October as a replacement for Macedo
Knapp, Tony	13 October 1936	23	CHB	Leicester City FC	0	0	0	0	0
Macedo, Eliot	22 February 1938 in Gibraltar	22	GK	Fulham FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ	0
	Tony Macedo withdrew from the party on 11 October because of a 'carbuncle'.
McNeil, Michael	7 February 1940	20	LB	Middlesbrough FC	1	0	1	0	0
Megson, Donald H.	12 June 1936	24	LB	Sheffield Wednesday FC	0	0	0	0	0
Miller, G. Brian	19 January 1937	23	LHB	Burnley FC	0	0	0	0	0
Robson, Robert W.	18 February 1933	27	IR	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	0	8	2	0
Setters, Maurice E.	16 December 1936	23	RHB	Manchester United FC	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, Robert A.	22 February 1933	27	IL	Tottenham Hotspur FC	1	0	1	1	0
Springett, Ronald D.	22 July 1935	25	GK	Sheffield Wednesday FC	6	0	6	12ᵍᵃ	0
Swan, Peter	8 October 1936	24	CHB	Sheffield Wednesday FC	4	0	4	0	0

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the first of the 1960-61 season, against Northern Ireland on 8 October 1960.

Diary

Monday, 10 October 1960 - In accordance with the World Cup regulations in which 22 men maybe nominated, the England International Selection Committee, now headed by Joe Richards, have named a starting eleven, the same as which started the match against Northern Ireland on Saturday, and an eleven-man reserve team. Because no substitutes are allowed in World Cup qualification matches, only three of the reserve team—a goalkeeper, a defender and a forward—will travel to Luxembourg.
The decision to choose the team today came as something of a surprise, as it was not expected until Thursday.
"Under World Cup rules we had to send 22 names to FIFA ten days before the game. The news would have probably leaked out in any case, so we decided to release it straight away" explained manager Walter Winterbottom.
Tony Macedo, who is not qualified for the home internationals, is still regarded as the next best goalkeeper to Springett.
It is a sad reflection on the dearth of top-class outside-lefts in English football at the moment, that not one of the four wingers named have played regularly on the left for their clubs.
Full backs John Angus and Don Megson, and forwards Peter Brabrook, Joe Baker and John Connelly are also named in the FA XI to meet the Army at Hillsborough on the same night the Senior side face Luxembourg.

Tuesday, 11 October 1960 - Fulham's Gibraltan goalkeeper, Tony Macedo, has been admitted into hospital for a carbuncle. He loses his place in the party to Sheffield United's Alan Hodgkinson, who also takes his place as travelling reserve, along with Brian Miller and Peter Dobing.

Monday, 17 October 1960 - The England team fly off to Luxembourg.
In his panic to leave his home, Jimmy Greaves forgot his passport. A taxi had to rush it to FA Headquarters to allow him to make the trip. The gas oven in his Hornchurch home had blown up. The oven door hurtled across the room and just missed his two-year-old daughter, Lynn.
Luxembourg think so little of their chances that they pleaded with the Football Association to play the first-leg in Luxembourg. They feared that they would be beaten so badly at Wembley that no-one would want to watch the return match.

Tuesday, 18 October 1960 - The England team practised on the Municipal Stadium pitch today, as it rained for the first time in ten days in the Grand Duchy. But the pitch remained firm and grassy.

England Form: last six games
W D D L L W  f 11:a 11  success: 50%
337	18 November 1959 - England 2 Northern Ireland 1 [1-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (60,000)	Baker, Parry Bingham	BC	HW
338	9 April 1960 - Scotland 1 England 1 [1-0] Hampden Park, Glasgow (129,783)	Leggat Charlton (pen)		AD
339	11 May 1960 - England 3 Yugoslavia 3 [1-1] Empire Stadium, Wembley (60,000)	Douglas, Greaves, Haynes Galić (2), Kostić	Fr	HD
340	15 May 1960 - Spain 3 England 0 [1-0] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid(50,000)	Peirò, Martínez (2)	tour	AL
341	22 May 1960 - Hungary 2 England 0 [0-0] Népstadion, Budapest (90,000)	Albert (2)		AL
342	8 October 1960 - Northern Ireland 2 England 5 [1-2] Windsor Park, Belfast (58,000-60,000)	McAdams (2) Smith, Greaves (2), Charlton, Douglas	BC	AW