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Československo

 

 
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Wednesday, 2 November 1966
International Friendly Match

England 0 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Czechoslovakia Squad

Empire Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 75,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm GMT

 
Results 1965-1970

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Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

Czechoslovakia

Referee (-) - Pieter Roomer
x (-).

Linesmen - tbc

  Goal Attempts  
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England Team

 
Current World Champions Colours: The 1965 Umbro home uniform - White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks.

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 1st
Capt: Bobby Moore, 32nd captaincy Manager: Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 46 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
46th match, W 30 - D 10 - L 6 - F 108 - A 52.
England Lineup
  Banks, Gordon     G Stoke City FC 35 32ᵍᵃ
2 Cohen, George     RB Fulham FC 32 0
3 Wilson, Ramon 31 17 December 1934 LB Everton FC 53 0
4 Stiles, Norbert P. 24 18 May 1942 RHB Manchester United FC 22 1
5 Charlton, John     CHB Leeds United AFC 24 2
6 Moore, Robert F.C. 25 12 April 1941 LHB West Ham United FC 49 2
7 Ball, Alan J.     OR Everton FC 16 1
8 Hurst, Geoffrey     IR West Ham United FC 10 5
9 Charlton, Robert     CF Manchester United FC 76 40
10 Hunt, Roger     IL Liverpool FC 21 16
11 Peters, Martin S. 22 8 November 1943 OL West Ham United FC 10

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Czechoslovakia Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 10th
Colours: Red jerseys, white shorts, blue socks.
Capt: Ján Popluhár Manager: Josef Marko
Czechoslovakia Lineup
  Viktor, Ivo     G     GA
2 Lála, Jan     RB      
3 Horváth, Alexander     LB      
4 Popluhár, Ján     RHB      
5 Táborský, Vladimír     CHB      
6 Geleta, Jan     LHB      
7 Kvašňák, Andrej     OR      
8 Veselý, Frantićek     IR      
9 Szikora, Juraj     CF      
10 Schmidt, Edmund, off 42nd min.     IL      
11 Adamec, Jozef     OL      
Czechoslovakia Substitutes
  Kuna, Ladislav, on 42nd min. for Schmidt            

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

This was the sixteenth match since the summer of 1965 in which England had not conceded a goal. The Czechs came only to defend, and their nine-man blanket defence smothered the England attack. England were now unbeaten in their last eighteen matches, and losing only once in their last twenty-nine, but this was a below-par performance that disappointed the 75,000 crowd. For the record, this was only the second goalless draw in fifty-eight post-war full internationals at Wembley. The only other one was the World Cup curtain-raiser against Uruguay.

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