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England National Football Team Match No. 486

England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0]

Match Records

Match Background

 

Match Summary
Date: Wednesday, 30 October 1974.
Status: European Championship 1976 Preliminary Group 1 qualification match.
Venue: Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, England, capacity _____.
Attendance: 83,858.
Goals: England--Mick Channon, 73rd min.
England--Colin Bell, 81st min.
England--Bell, 84th min.
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee--Michel Kitabdjian, France.
Linesmen--Not known.
Match observer--Not known.
Conditions: Kickoff was at 7:45 p.m.  Weather and pitch conditions not known.
Statistics: Not known.

England
Ranking:

No ranking system established.
Colours: White shirts with red and blue striping on the sleeves; blue shorts with red and white stripes on the side; white stockings with red and blue stripes on the top.
Lineup: Player Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Clemence, Raymond N. 26 G

Liverpool FC

 6 0 61/0
2-Madeley, Paul E. 30 D Leeds United AFC 17 0 24/0
3-Hughes, Emlyn W. 27 D Liverpool FC 37 1 62/1
4-Dobson, J. Martin, sub off 65th min. 26 M Burnley FC 5 0 5/0
5-Watson, David V. 28 D Sunderland AFC 7 0 65/4
6-Hunter, Norman 31 D Leeds United AFC 28 2 28/2
7-Bell, Colin 28 M Manchester City FC 40 7 48/9
8-Francis, Gerald C. J. 22 F Queens Park Rangers FC 1 0 12/3
9-Worthington, Frank S., sub off 65th min. 25 F Leicester City FC 7 2 8/2
10-Channon, Michael R. 25 F Southampton FC 20 8 46/21
11-Keegan, J. Kevin, 23 F Liverpool FC 9 2 63/21
Substitutes: Player Age Pos Club App G Career
Brooking, Trevor D., sub on 65th min. for Dobson 26 M

West Ham United FC

 6 0 47/5
Thomas, David, sub on 65th min. for Worthington 24 F Queens Park Rangers FC 1 0 8/0
Substitutes
Not Used:		 Not known.
Captain: Emlyn Hughes, 8th of 23 career captaincies.
Coach: Donald G. Revie, 47, appointed 4 July 1974, 1st match, W 1 - D 0 - L 0 - F 3 - A 0.
Career:  P 29 - W 14 - D 8 - L 7 - F 49 - A 25 from 30 October 1974 to 15 June 1977.
Formation:  

Czechoslovakia
Ranking:

No ranking system established.
Colours: Not known.
Lineup: Player Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Ivo, Viktor 32 G

FC Dukla Prague

 45 0 63/0
2-Pivarník, Jan 26/27 - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 22 1 39/1
3-Ondruš, Anton 23/24 D ŠK Slovan Bratislava 8 1 58/10
4-Capcković, Jozef, sub off 65th min. 25/26 - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 3 0 16/0
5-Varadin, Vojtech 25/26 D FC Spartak Trnava 3 0 5/0
6-Bičovský, Premysl, sub off 71st min. 24 - Sklo Union Teplice 17 5 45/11
7-Pekárik, Ivan 21/22 - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 7 1 8/1
8-Gajdušek, Miroslav 23 - FC Dukla Prague 9 0 48/4
9-Masný, Marian 23/24 - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 3 1 75/18
10-Švehlik, Jan 23/24 - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 5 2 17/4
11-Stratil, Pavel 29 - Sklo Union Teplice 19 2 22/2
Substitutes: Player Age Pos Club App G Career

Vojáček, Rostislav, sub on 65th min. for Capcković

25 - FC Banik Ostrava 4 0 40/1

Kuna, Ladislav, sub on 71st min. for Premysl

 26/27 - FC Spartak Trnava 47 9 47/9
Substitutes
Not Used:		 Not known.
Captain: Jan Pivarnik, 7th of __ career captaincies.
Coach: Vaclav Jezek, __, appointed __________, __ match, W - D - L - F - A .
Formation:

Match Report

 

After a barren summer, the consequence of failure to qualify for the World Cup 1974 finals in West Germany,  England, led by new manager Don Revie and adorned in new strip, resumed competitive play with a convincing European Championship qualifying victory over Czechoslovakia.  The Czechs had also missed the World Cup finals, finishing a single point behind Scotland in their three-team qualifying group because they could only draw in Denmark while the Scots won there.  The ease of England's victory was, however, no indication of things to come.  Eventually the Czechs won the group, thereby eliminating second-place England, and went on to win the European Championship of 1976, besting West Germany on penalty kicks after an extra time 2-2 draw in the final in Belgrade. 

Match report to come.

 
Team Records

 

European Championship 1976 Qualification Group 1 Table
Team P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts
England 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.000 0.000 2
Cyprus 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
Portugal 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 0 0.000 3.000 0

 

England's Record Against Czechoslovakia
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts %
Home 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 1 2 2.667 1.333 83.3
Away 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 0 0 2.000 1.667 50.0
Neutral 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.000 0.000 100.0
Total 7 4 2 1 15 9 +6 1 3 2.143 1.286 71.4

England's results against Czechoslovakia and Bohemia

 

Czechoslovakia's Record Overall
Type P W D L F A GD
Home - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - -
All 317 - - - - - -

 

England's Record Overall
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts %
Home 211 139 41 31 606 246 360 12 70 - - -
Away  254 145 53 56 663 320 343 37 79 - - -
Neutral 21 5 6 10 24 28 -4 8 6 - - -
All 486 289 100 97 1293 594 699 57 155 - - -

 

England’s Record Under Manager Donald G. Revie
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts %
Home 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.000 0.000 100.0
Away 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
All 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.000 0.000 100.0

 

England's Record 1974-75 Season
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts %
Home 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.000 0.000 100.0
Away 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
All 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.000 0.000 100.0

 

 

Source Notes

 

We have only the year of birth for some Czechoslovakia players, not the month and day, and so we are able to specify their ages only within a two-year span, as in 26/27.