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Sunday, 21 May 1961
Campeonato Mundial de Futbol Copa Jules Rimet UEFA Group Six Qualification Match

Portugal 1 England 1 [0-0]
 
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Estadio Nacional, Oeiras, Lisboa
Kick-off (CEST): tbc 4.00pm BST
Attendance: 65,000;
? kicked off ? won the toss
 
[1-0] José Âguas 59
[1-1] Ron Flowers 81
 
 
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Referee (-)
Pietro Bonnetto
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Portugal Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 28th to 27th
Colours Maroon jerseys, green shorts, green socks
Captain   Manager Armando Ferreira
Portugal Lineup
  Pereira, Alberto da Costa 31 23 December 1929 G Sport Lisboa e Benfica 9 13ᵍᵃ
2 Lino, Mário Goulart     RB      
3 Conceição, Hilário da     LB      
4 Mendes, Fernando     RHB      
5 Figueiredo, Germano de     CHB      
6 Cruz, Fernando     LHB      
7 Pinto de Almeida, José Augusto, 24 13 April 1937 CF Sport Lisboa e Benfica 6 0
8 Santana     IR      
9 de Carvalho Santos Águas, José Pinto 30 9 November 1930
born in Angola
CF Sport Lisboa e Benfica 21 11
10 Coluna, Mário Esteve 25 6 August 1935
Inhaca, Colónia de Moçamique
IL Sport Lisboa e Benfica 17 4
11 Cavém, Domiciano     OL      
unused substitutes: -
 
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England Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th
Colours The 1959 Bukta home uniform - White v-necked short-sleeved continental jerseys, blue shorts, red socks with white calf hoop.
P 13th of 38, W 7 - D 3 - L 3 - F 48 - A 21.
Captain Johnny Haynes Manager Walter Winterbottom, 48 (31 March 1913), appointed as FA national director of coaching/team manager on 8 July 1946;
9th of 22, W 6 - D 1 - L 2 - F 41 - A 14. Trainer: Harold Shepherdson P 122nd of 139, W 69 - D 29 - L 24 - F 348 - A 176, one abandoned.
England Lineup
         
  Springett, Ronald D. 25 22 July 1935 G Sheffield Wednesday FC 11 18ᵍᵃ
2 Armfield, James     RB Blackpool FC 15 0
3 McNeil, Michael 21 7 February 1940 LB Middlesbrough FC 7 0
4 Robson, Robert W. 28 18 February 1933 RHB West Bromwich Albion FC 14 4
5 Swan, Peter 24 8 October 1936 CHB Sheffield Wednesday FC 10 0
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Flowers, Ronald 26 28 July 1934 LHB Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 22 4
7 Douglas, Bryan     OR Blackburn Rovers FC 21 7
8 Greaves, James 21 20 February 1940 IR Chelsea FC 13 13
9 Smith, Robert A. 28 22 February 1933 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 6 8
10 Haynes, John N. 26 17 October 1934 IL Fulham FC 43 18
11 Charlton, Robert     OL Manchester United FC 25 21
unused substitutes: -
records: This is the first time England have scored 41 goals in a single season.
 
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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

A mix-up between goalkeeper Ron Springett and Bobby Robson let Portugal in for the first goal of the match just after half-time in a World Cup qualifier played in extreme heat. Ron Flowers crashed in the vital equalizer nine minutes from the end with a free-kick that took a slight deflection on the way into the net. The Portuguese side was adorned with eight players from the exceptional Benfica team, including magnificent goalkeeper Costa Pereira who pulled off a series of stunning saves to prevent England from getting the victory their more enterprising play deserved. Skipper Johnny Haynes was once again the main inspiration with his precise passes from a midfield command post.

Source Notes

TheFA.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

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CG