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401 vs. Norway

Sunday, 26 June 1966
Tour of Scandinavia pre-World Cup Tour

Finland 0 England 3 [0-2]
 

 

Match Summary
Finland Squad
England Squad

Olympiastadion, Töölö, Helsinki
Attendance: 12,899;
Kick-off: 7.00pm local, 6.00pm BST

England - Martin Peters (42), Roger Hunt (44), Jackie Charlton (89)
England - Alan Ball (missed penalty)
Results 1965-1970

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Match Summary

Officials from Denmark

Finland

Type

England

Referee (-) - Frede Hansen
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

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

Finland Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 96th
Colours: Blue jerseys, white shorts, blue socks.
Capt: Matti Mäkelä Manager: Olavi Laaksonen
Finland Lineup
  Halme, Martti     G     GA
2 Mäkipää, Pertti     RB      
3 Aho, Rainer     LB      
4 Kautonen, Timo     RHB      
5 Kanerva, Reijo     CHB      
6 Kilponen, Seppo     LHB      
7 Kumpulampi, Markku     OR      
8 Mäkelä, Matti     IR      
9 Hyvärinen, Markku     CF      
10 Laine, Aulis     IL      
11 Hyttinen, Antero     OL      

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 4th
Colours: The 1965 Umbro home uniform - White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks.
Capt: Jimmy Armfield, fifteenth and final captaincy Manager: Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 46 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
35th match, W 21 - D 8 - L 6 - F 86 - A 48.
England Lineup
  Banks, Gordon     G Leicester City FC 26 29ᵍᵃ
2 Armfield, James     RB Blackpool FC 44 0
final app 1959-66
3 Wilson, Ramon 31 17 December 1934 LB Everton FC 43 0
4 Peters, Martin S. 22 8 November 1943 RHB West Ham United FC 2 1
5 Charlton, John     CHB Leeds United AFC 14 1
6 Hunter, Norman     LHB Leeds United AFC 4 0
845 7 Callaghan, Ian R. 24 10 April 1942 OR Liverpool FC 1 0
8 Hunt, Roger     IR Liverpool FC 11 11
9 Charlton, Robert     CF Manchester United FC 66 37
10 Hurst, Geoffrey C.     IL West Ham United FC 4 1
11 Ball, Alan J.     OL Blackpool FC 8 1

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Martin Peters scored his first goal for England and the first of the match at the start of a final warm-up tour before the World Cup finals. Alan Ball failed from the penalty spot in a game remembered more for the many missed chances than those that were eventually taken by Roger Hunt and Jack Charlton (a freak goal from a last-minute shot from out on the by-line. Ian Callaghan made a lively debut alongside his Liverpool team-mate Hunt as Alf Ramsey continued his experiment of playing with just one winger. Soon, there would be none!

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