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Wednesday, 30 March 1983
1984 UEFA European Championship Group Three Qualification Match

England 0 Greece 0 [0-0]
 

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance:
68,000;
Kick-off: 7.45pm BST

  Match Summary
England Squad
Greece Squad
Greece - Babis Xanthopoulos (81), Nikos Sarganis (83)
Results 1980-1985

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Match Summary

Officials from Czechoslovakia

England

Type

Greece

Referee (-) - Dusan Krchnak
x (-).

Linesmen - Joséf Poucek and Jiri Jasek.

Reserve Linesman - G. Claridge, Essex.

Teams presented to The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood, LL.D., F.A. Hon-vice President.

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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 2nd to 3rd
Colours: The 1982 Admiral away uniform - red v-necked jerseys with white collars/cuffs with blue/red trim and royal blue/white shoulder panels, white shorts with royal blue side stripe and red seam, white socks with red/blue tops.
Capt: Peter Shilton, third captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 50 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
6th match, W 3 - D 2 - L 1 - F 17 - A 5.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 33 18 September 1949 G Southampton FC 47 33ᵍᵃ
2 Neal, Philip J. 32 20 February 1951 RB Liverpool FC 44 5
3 Sansom, Kenneth G. 24 26 September 1958 LB Arsenal FC 32 0
4 Lee, Samuel 24 7 February 1959 M Liverpool FC 4 1
5 Martin, Alvin E. 24 29 July 1958 CD West Ham United FC 8 0
6 Butcher, Terence I. 24 28 December 1958
in Alexandra Park, Singapore
CD Ipswich Town FC 13 1
7 Coppell, Stephen J. 27 9 July 1955 RM Manchester United FC 42 7
final app 1977-83
8 Mabbutt, Gary V. 21 23 August 1961 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 5 0
9 Francis, Trevor J. 28 19 April 1954 LM UC Sampdoria SpA, Italy 34 10
10 Woodcock, Anthony S., off 72nd min. 27 6 December 1955 F Arsenal FC 28 11
11 Devonshire, Alan E., off 72nd min. 26 13 April 1956 M West Ham United FC 7 0
England Substitutes
16 Blissett, Luther L., on 72nd min. for Woodcock 25 1 February 1958
in Falmouth, Jamaica
F Watford FC 4 2 3
2
14 Rix, Graham, on 72nd min. for Devonshire 25 13 October 1957 M Arsenal FC 16 11 0
5

unused substitutes:

12-Mike Duxbury, 13-Ray Clemence, 15-Gordon Cowans.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Greece Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 53rd to 48th
Colours: Made by Puma - White collared jerseys with blue collars/broad trim/pinstripes, blue shorts with white sides, white socks with blue trim.
Capt: Ioannis Gounaris Manager: Christos Archondidis
Greece Lineup
1 Sarganis, Nikos   13 January 1954 G     ᵍᵃ
2 Gounaris, Ioannis   6 July 1952        
3 Karulias, Nikos   23 May 1953        
4 Galitsios, Giannis   15 May 1958        
5 Mihos, Petros   17 February 1959        
6 Xanthopoulos, Charalambos   29 August 1959        
7 Kousoulakis, Evangelos   16 April 1954        
8 Kouis, Konstantinos   23 November 1955        
9 Anastopolous, Nikolaus, off 87th min.   22 January 1958        
10 Mitropoulos, Anastasios, off 78th min.   23 August 1957        
11 Kostikos, Giorgos   26 April 1958
in Tashkent, USSR
       
Greece Substitutes
13 Ardizoglou, Christos, on 78th min. for Mitropoulos   25 March 1953
in Jerusalem, Israel
       
14 Dontas, Giannis, on 87th min. for Anastopoulos   2 March 1958        

unused substitutes:

12-Apostolakis Papaioanou, 15-Georgios Plitsis, 16-Giorgos Semertzidis.
 
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Averages:

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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England were frustrated by a Greek team that came only to defend in this European championship return match. Trevor Francis was the one England forward to play with any penetration, and he might have had a hat-trick before he was subdued by some spiteful tackles. The match was a sad milestone for Steve Coppell, whose international career ended after forty-two caps because of a serious knee injury. After-match quotes by Bobby Robson about Alan Devonshire were taken out of context, and he had to contact the West Ham player to tell him that he had not meant to make him the so-called 'scapegoat' for England's dismal performance.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
UEFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official Teamsheet
Matchday Programme
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