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458 vs. Greece
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460 second leg vs. West Germany

Saturday, 29 April 1972
URBSFA/KBVB Championnat d'Europe de Football Coupe Henri Delauney Quarter-Final First leg

England 1 West Germany 3 [0-1]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
West Germany Squad

Empire Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 96,800/100,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST
Live on BBC (UK) -
Commentator: David Coleman

West Germany - Uli Hoeneß (27), Günter Netzer (penalty 84), Gerd Müller (88).
England - Franny Lee (78)
 
Results 1970-1975

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).

 

Match Summary

Officials from France

England

Type

West Germany

Referee (-) - Robert Héliès
x (-).

Linesmen - M. Kitabdjian and R. Vigliani

Teams presented to Lieutenant-General Sir Cecil Blacker, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.M., (F.A. Hon. vice-President).

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd
Colours: The 1965 Umbro home uniform - White crew necked jerseys, blue shorts, white socks.
Capt: Bobby Moore, 75th captaincy Manager: Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey, 52 (22 January 1920), appointed 25 October 1962, effective part-time 31 December, full from May 1963.
94th match, W 60 - D 21 - L 13 - F 195 - A 86.
England Lineup
  Banks, Gordon 34 30 December 1937 G Stoke City FC 70 57ᵍᵃ
Banks wore his own jersey - no number or logo
2 Madeley, Paul 27   RB Leeds United AFC 5 0
3 Hughes, Emlyn 24   LB Liverpool FC 14 0
4 Bell, Colin 26 26 February 1946 RHB Manchester City FC 16 2
5 Moore, Robert F.C. 31 12 April 1941 CHB West Ham United FC 93 2
6 Hunter, Norman 28   LHB Leeds United AFC 16 1
7 Lee, Francis H. 28 29 April 1944 OR Manchester City FC 27 10
final app 1968-72
8 Ball, Alan J. 26 12 May 1945 IR Arsenal FC 54 7
9 Chivers, Martin H. 27 27 April 1945 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 9 7
10 Hurst, Geoffrey C., off 61st min. 30   IL West Ham United FC 49 24
final app 1966-72
11 Peters, Martin S. 28 8 November 1943 OL Tottenham Hotspur FC 52 18
England Substitutes
17 Marsh, Rodney W., on 61st min. for Hurst 27 11 October 1944 M Manchester City FC 2 0 0
2

unused substitutes:

12-Peter Shilton, 14-Peter Storey, 15-Larry Lloyd, 16-Alan Mullery.

substitute notes:

Rodney Marsh is the first England player to make his first two senior team appearances as a substitute. As well as doing so with two different clubs.
It does mean that City join their Manchester counterparts, United, Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur in providing a record five players to the list of England substitutions.

records:

This defeat ended a record sequence of nineteen matches unbeaten at the Empire Stadium.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

West Germany Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 2nd
Colours: Made by Adidas - Green crew necked jerseys with white collars/cuffs, white shorts, green socks with white tops.
Capt: Franz Beckenbauer Manager: Helmut Schön
West Germany Lineup
  Maier, Josef D.   28 February 1944 G     GA
2 Hottges, Horst-Dieter   10 September 1943 RB      
3 Breitner, Paul   5 September 1951 LB      
4 Schwarzenbeck, Hans-Georg   3 April 1948 RHB      
5 Wimmer, Herbert   9 November 1944 CHB      
6 Beckenbauer, Franz A.   11 September 1945 LHB      
7 Grabowski, Jürgen   7 July 1944 OR      
8 Hoeneß, Ulrich   5 January 1952 IR      
9 Müller, Gerhard   3 November 1945 CF      
10 Netzer, Günter T.   14 September 1944 IL      
11 Held, Siegfried   7 August 1942 OL      

unused substitutes:

12-Rainer Bonhof, 13-Michael Bella, 14-Heinz Flohe, 15-Jupp Heynckes, 16-Wolfgang Kieff.
 
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Averages:

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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Derby manager Brian Clough pulled slightly injured Roy McFarland out of the England squad at the last minute,  and Sir Alf Ramsey's gamble of playing Bobby Moore at centre-half was a tactical disaster in this European championship quarter-final. Moore and Norman Hunter were always struggling at the heart of the defence against the dynamic Gerd Muller, who fed off a procession of passes from the gifted Gunther Netzer. Francis Lee equalised a twenty-sixth minute goal by Uli Hoeness, and outplayed  England clung on until six minutes from the end when Netzer scored from the penalty spot. Moments later Muller made it 3-1 with a devastating shot on the turn. It left England with a mountain to climb in the second leg in Germany.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
UEFA.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