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Wednesday, 2 May 1984
Home International Championship 1983-84 (89th & Final) Match

Wales 1 England 0 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
Wales Squad
England Squad

Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham, Clwyd
Attendance: 14,250
;
Kick-off: 7.30pm BST

Wales - Mark Hughes (18)
 
Results 1980-1985

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

 

Match Summary

Officials

Wales

Type

England

Referee (-) - David Syme
x (-), Rutherglen

Linesmen - Rab Cuthill, Winchburgh, and William Machray, Dingwall.

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

Wales Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 23rd to 20th
Colours: Made by Adidas - Red v-necked jerseys with white collar/cuffs and horizontal chest pinstripes, white shorts with red side Adidas trim, red socks with white Adidas trim.
Capt:   Manager:  
Wales Lineup
1 Southall, Neville   16 September 1958 G     ᵍᵃ
2 Phillips, David O. 29 July 1963
in Wegberg, West Germeny
       
3 Jones, Joseph P.   4 March 1955        
4 James, Robert M.   23 March 1957        
5 Hopkins, Jeffrey   14 April 1964        
6 Ratcliffe, Kevin   12 November 1960        
7 Davies, Gordon J.   3 August 1955        
8 Davies, Alan   5 December 1961
in Manchester, England
       
9 Rush, Ian J.   20 October 1961        
10 Thomas, Michael R.   7 July 1954        
11 Hughes, L. Mark   1 November 1963        

unused substitutes:

-
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd to 4th
Colours: The 1984 Umbro home uniform - White v-necked jersey with shadow pin-stripes, blue collar/cuffs with white/red trim and thin blue stripe along shoulder, blue shorts, with white seams with blue/red trim, white socks with blue Umbro diamond trim.
Capt: Ray Wilkins, fourth captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 51 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
18th match, W 9 - D 5 - L 4 - F 31 - A 10.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L. 34 18 September 1949 G Southampton FC 58 38ᵍᵃ
2 Duxbury, Michael 24 1 September 1959 RB Manchester United FC 3 0
3 Kennedy, Alan P. 29
245 days
31 August 1954 LB Liverpool FC 2 0
final app 1984
4 Lee, Samuel 25 7 February 1959 RM Liverpool FC 13 2
5 Martin, Alvin E., injured off 80th min. 25 29 July 1958 CD West Ham United FC 12 0
977 6 Wright, Mark 20
275 days
1 August 1963 CD Southampton FC 1 0
7 Wilkins, Raymond C. 27 14 September 1956 CM Manchester United FC 57 3
8 Gregory, John C. 29
357 days
11 May 1954 CM Queen's Park Rangers FC 6 0
final app 1983-84
9 Walsh, Paul A. 21
214 days
1 October 1962 RF Luton Town AFC 5 1
final app 1983-84
10 Woodcock, Anthony S. 28 6 December 1955 LF Arsenal FC 32 12
11 Armstrong, David, off 77th min 29
128 days
26 December 1954 LM Southampton FC 3 0
final app 1980-84
England Substitutes
15
 
Blissett, Luther L., on 77th min. for Armstrong 26
 
1 February 1958
in Falmouth, Jamaica
LF
 
AC Milan SpA, Italy
 
12 6 3
6
BME most apps
978 12 Fenwick, Terence W., on 80th min. for Martin 24
167 days
17 November 1959 CD Queen's Park Rangers FC 1 0

unused substitutes:

13-Chris Woods, 14-Gary Mabbutt, and originally Paul Walsh, replaced with 16.Gary Lineker.

substitute notes:

Terry Fenwick is the ninetieth different England player to be used as a substitute, and the 28th to be making his debut.

team notes:

The team was named on the morning of the match, with Trevor Francis starring up front. A calf injury ruled him out.
Manager Bobby Robson played for England against Wales twice, in November 1960 and October 1961.
 
4-4-2 Shilton -
Duxbury, Martin, Wright, Kennedy -
Lee, Wilkins, Gregory, Armstrong -
Walsh, Woodcock

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Two youngsters, Mark Wright and Mark Hughes, had mixed fortunes in their international debuts. Hughes outjumped Wright to head a superb winning goal for Wales. Terry Fenwick came on as substitute for Alvin Martin in the eightieth minute for the first of his twenty caps. The Sun reacted to the defeat by offering readers 'Robson Out/Clough In' lapel badges.  Robson commented: 'I am caught up in a tabloid circulation war, and they are saying and doing outrageous things just to sell newspapers off my back. All the football reporters I talk to tell me it is not they who are putting the boot in, but their editors. It is disgraceful.'

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

Andrew Rockall
Drew Herbertson, Scottish FA Historian
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CG