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Wednesday, 16 November 1977
1978 FIFA World Cup UEFA Group Two Qualification Match

England 2 Italy 0 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Italy Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 92,500;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST
Live on ITV(UK) -
Commentator: Brian Moore and Jackie Charlton

England - Kevin Keegan (11), Trevor Brooking (81)
Italy - Romeo Benetti (31), Claudio Gentile (42)
England - Kevin Keegan (41)
Results 1975-1980

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Match Summary

Officials from Hungary

England

Type

Italy

Referee (-) - Karoly Palotai
x (-).

Linesmen - G.Lauber and A. Bana

Reserve Linesman - A.R. Glasson, Wiltshire

Teams presented to HRH The Duke of Kent, F.A. President

 

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 12th to 8th
Colours: The 1974 Admiral home uniform - White collared jerseys with red/blue sleeve trim and red/blue trimmed collar/cuffs, blue shorts with red/white side stripes, white socks with red/blue tops.
Capt: Emlyn Hughes, thirteenth captaincy Caretaker Manager: Ronald Greenwood, 56 (11 November 1921), appointed as caretaker 17 August 1977,
3rd match, W 2 - D 1 - L 0 - F 4 - A 0.
England Lineup
1 Clemence, Raymond N. 29 5 August 1948 GK Liverpool FC 33 26ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 26 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 9
3 Cherry, Trevor J. 29 23 February 1948 RB Leeds United AFC 15 0
4 Wilkins, Raymond C. 21 14 September 1956 M Chelsea FC 10 0
5 Watson, David V. 31 5 October 1946 CHB Manchester City FC 28 0
6 Hughes, Emlyn W. 30 28 August 1947 LHB Liverpool FC 50 1
7 Keegan, J. Kevin, injured off 84th min. 26 14 February 1951 OR SV Hamburger, Germany 34 8
Keegan was cautioned in the 41st min. for pushing Tardelli, after being elbowed in the face by the same player.
932 8 Coppell, Stephen J. 22
130 days
9 July 1955 IR Manchester United FC 1 0
933 9 Latchford, Robert D., off 75th min. 26
302 days
18 January 1951 CF Everton FC 1 0
10 Brooking, Trevor D. 29 2 October 1948 IL West Ham United FC 19 1
934 11 Barnes, Peter S. 20
159 days
10 June 1957 OL Manchester City FC 1 0
England Substitutes
15 Pearson, J. Stuart, on 75th min. for Latchford 28 21 June 1949 CF Manchester United FC 13 11 4
2
16 Francis, Trevor J., on 83rd min. for Keegan 23 19 April 1954 OR Birmingham City FC 7 6 1
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unused substitutes:

Peter Shilton, Billy Bonds, Brian Talbot.

records:

Of the five managers to have sat at Wembley, only Don Revie, and now Ron Greenwood, kept a clean sheet in their two appearances - Revie went on to keep four in four.
 
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Italy Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 5th to 6th
Colours: Made by Le Coq Sportif - Blue round necked jerseys, white shorts, blue socks.
Capt: Giancinto Facchetti Manager: Enzo Bearzot
Italy Lineup
1 Zoff, Dino 35 28 February 1942 G Juventus FC 60 GA
2 Gentile, Claudio 24 27 September 1953 RB Juventus FC 11  
Gentile was cautioned in the 42nd min. for hacking down Paul Barnes
3 Facchetti, Giancinto, off 83rd min. 35 18 July 1942 LB Internazionale 94  
4 Benetti, Romeo 32 20 October 1945 RHB Juventus FC 37  
Benetti was cautioned in the 31st min. for hauling down Peter Barnes
5 Tardelli, Marco 23 24 September 1954 CHB Juventus FC 14  
6 Mozzini, Roberto 26 22 October 1951 LHB Torino 6  
7 Causio, Franco 28 1 February 1949 OR Juventus FC 31  
8 Zaccarelli, Renato 26 18 January 1951 IR Torino 11  
9 Graziani, Francesco, off 46th min. 24 16 December 1952 CF Torino 19  
10 Antognoni, Giancarlo 23 1 April 1954 IL Fiorentina 24  
11 Bettega, Roberto 26 27 December 1950 OL Juventus FC 13  
Italy Substitutes
  Sala, Claudio, on 46th min. for Graziani 30 8 September 1947   Torino 12  
  Cuccureddu, Antonella, on 83rd min. for Facchetti 27 4 October 1949   Juventus FC 6  

unused substitutes:

Castellini, Fabio Capello, Pulici
 
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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Kevin Keegan inspired England's World Cup victory over Italy, a magnificent win that clinched the full-time manager's job for Greenwood. Keegan headed in a Trevor Brooking pass in the eleventh minute, and combined again with Brooking nine minutes from the end when his brilliant through ball was coolly steered wide of goalkeeper Dino Zoff. Greenwood's boldness in playing Steve Coppell and Peter Barnes as wide men was rewarded with some entertaining and incisive old-fashioned wing play. Now England counted the cost of their missed chances against Luxembourg. Italy were left needing just a one-nil victory at home against Luxembourg to clinch the place in the World Cup finals. They won 3-0. England were left kicking themselves - again.

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