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Match No. 448 vs. West Germany Match No. 450 vs. Malta Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 449

England 3 German Democratic Republic 1 [2-1]

Wednesday, 25 November 1970

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary
Status: Football Association International friendly.
Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, England, capacity 100,000.
Attendance: 93,000.
Goals: England - Francis Lee, 12 min.
England - Martin Peters, 21 min.
East Germany - Eberhard Vogel, 27 min.
England - Allan Clarke, 63 min.
Cautions: None
Expulsions: None
Officials: Referee - Rudolf Scheurer, Switzerland.
Linesmen - Walter Hungerbuhler & Gerard Racine, Switzerland.
Conditions: Kickoff 7:45 p.m..
Miscellany: Teams presented to The Most Hon. The Marquess of Blandford (Honorary F.A. Vice-President).
Statistics:

Type

England

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

England Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 3rd in Elo world ranking before this match and 2nd after this match.
Colours: White shirts, navy blue shorts, white stockings.
Coach: Sir Alfred Ramsey, appointed 25 October 1962 taking charge 27 February 1963,
84th match, W 53 - D 19 - L 12 - F 175 - A  79.
Captain: Bobby Moore, 67th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Shilton, Peter L. - 21 G Leicester City FC 1 1GA 1970-1990
2-Hughes, Emlyn W. - 23 RB Liverpool FC 7 0 1969-1980
3-Cooper, Terence - 26 LB Leeds United AFC 13 0 1969-1974
4-Mullery, Alan P. - 29 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 32 1 1964-1971
5-Sadler, David - 24 CD Manchester United FC 4 0 1967-1970
6-Moore, Robert F.C. - 30 CD West Ham United FC 85 2 1962-1973
7-Lee, Francis H. - 26 F Manchester City FC 18 7 1968-1972
8-Ball, Alan J. - 25 M Everton FC 46 7 1965-1975
9-Hurst, Geoffrey C. - 28 F West Ham United FC 42 21 1966-1972
10-Clarke, Allan J. - 24 F Leeds United AFC 2 2 1970-1975
11-Peters, Martin S. - 29 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 43 16 1966-1974

England Substitutes
none used.
Formation:

4-3-3

Shilton -
Hughes, Sadler, Moore, Cooper -
Ball, Mullery, Peters -
Lee, Clarke, Hurst.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 Not known.

German Democratic Republic Team
Ranking:

No official ranking system established; 6th in Elo world ranking before this match and 6th after this match.
Colours: Blue shirts with white trim, white shorts, blue stockings;
Coach: Georg Buschner, 44, appointed coach 1 July 1970,
5th match, W 4 - D 0 - L 1 - F 17 - A 3. 
Captain: Peter Ducke, 2nd captaincy.

German Democratic Republic Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Croy, Jürgen - 24 G BSG Motor/Sachsenring Zwickau 18 0 1967-1981
-Rock, Peter - 28 D FC Carl Zeiss Jena 10 1 1967-1971
-Kurbjuweit, Lothar - 20 D FC Carl Zeiss Jena 6 0 1970-1981
-Sammer, Klaus - 27 D SG Dynamo Dresden 3 0 1970-1973
-Ganzera, Frank - 23 D SG Dynamo Dresden 4 0 1969-1973
-Strempel, Michael, sub off 79 min. - 26 M FC Carl Zeiss Jena 6 1 1970-1971
-Stein, Helmut - 28 M FC Carl Zeiss Jena 13 1 1962-1973
-Irmscher, Harald - 24 M FC Carl Zeiss Jena 19 3 1966-1974
-Kreische, Hans-Jürgen - 23 M SG Dynamo Dresden 14 11 1968-1975
-Ducke, Peter - 29 F FC Carl Zeiss Jena 31 13 1960-1975
-Vogel, Eberhard - 27 F FC Carl Zeiss Jena 35 14 1962-1976

German Democratic Republic Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
-Frenzel, Henning, sub on 79 min. for Strempel - 28 M

SC Lokomotiv Leipzig

 44 16 1961-1974
Formation:

1-3-4-2  sweeper system:

Jürgen Croy -
Peter Rock -
Lothar Kurbjuweit, Klaus Sammer, Frank Ganzera -
Michael Strempel/Henning Frenzel, Helmut Stein, Harald Irmscher, Hans-Jürgen Kreische -
Peter Ducke, Eberhard Vogel.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 Not known.

Match Report

 

 

 

Source Notes


Consistent with the practice prevailing until the end of the 20th century, the Deutscher Fußball-Verband, the football association of the German Democratic Republic, popularly known as East Germany, recognised Olympic Games qualifying and final tournament matches played by its senior side against the senior sides of other nations as constituting official internationals.  But in 1999, FIFA, in consultation with the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), retroactively removed official status from all Olympic Games matches played since 1950.  We have questioned this retroactive desanctification of matches elsewhere.  Our team and player records, like those of most reputable sources, reflect matches deemed official under the accepted practice of the time at which they were played.

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