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Alf Ramsey - Biographical Facts
Full name	Alfred Ernest Ramsey.
Born	22 January 1920 in Dagenham, Essex.
Died	28 April 1999 in Ipswich.
Playing Career
Club	Right fullback; Southampton FC, April, 1944; Tottenham Hotspur FC May, 1949; Football League career ended 1955.
International	England, 32 appearances, 3 goals, from Match No. 244, 2 December 1948, England 6 Switzerland 0, friendly match at Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, London to Match No. 284, 25 November 1953, England 3 Hungary 6, friendly match at Empire Stadium in Wembley.
Managerial Career
Prior experience	Ipswich Town F.C., 8 August 1955 to 29 April 1963.
England tenure	Appointed 25 October 1962 effective 1 May 1963, taking charge for two matches before the appointment became formally effective, against France on 27 February 1963 and Scotland on 6 April 1963; dismissed 19 April 1974 with announcement delayed until 1 May 1974.
First England match	No. 366, 27 February 1963, France 5 England 2, European Championship preliminary match at Parc des Princes in Paris.
Last England match	No. 478, 3 April 1974, Portugal 0 England 0, friendly match at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.
Major tournaments	World Cup 1966 final tournament; European Championship 1968 final tournament; World Cup 1970 final tournament.
England team honours	Winners of the 1966 World Cup; semifinalist and third-place in the 1968 European Championship; winners of the British Championship 1963-64 (shared), 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70 (shared), 1970-71, 1971-72 (shared), 1972-73.
Individual honours	Knighthood for services to football in 1967; Sports Coach UK (formerly the National Coaching Foundation) Mussabini Medal and Coaching Hall of Fame, 1998; Football Association Hall of Fame 2002.
Distinction	Only England coach/manager to lead the team to a World Cup championship.
Backroom staff	Ramsey chose Harold Shepherdson as his trainer.

 

Matches in Which Alf Ramsey Was In Charge of England
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
366	27-Feb-1963	France	Parc des Princes, Paris	ECP	2	5	AL	[0-3]
367	06-Apr-1963	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	1	2	HL	[0-2]
368	08-May-1963	Brazil	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	1	HD	[0-1]
369	29-May-1963	Czechoslovakia	Štadión Tehelné Pole, Bratislava	F	4	2	AW	[1-0]
370	02-Jun-1963	German Democratic Republic	Zentralstadion, Leipzig	F	2	1	AW	[1-1]
371	05-Jun-1963	Switzerland	St. Jakob Park, Basel	F	8	1	AW	[3-1]
372	12-Oct-1963	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	4	0	AW	[1-0]
373	23-Oct-1963	Rest of the World	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	1	HW	[0-0]
374	20-Nov-1963	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	8	3	HW	[4-1]
375	11-Apr-1964	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	0	1	AL	[0-0]
376	06-May-1964	Uruguay	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	1	HW	[1-0]
377	17-May-1964	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Jamor, Lisboa	F	4	3	AW	[2-1]
378	24-May-1964	Republic of Ireland	Dalymount Park, Dublin	F	3	1	AW	[2-1]
379	27-May-1964	U.S.A.	Downing Stadium, Randalls Island, New York City	F	10	0	AW	[3-0]
380	30-May-1964	Brazil	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro	T/C	1	5	AL	[0-1]
381	04-Jun-1964	Portugal	Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho, Pacaembu, Săo Paulo, Brazil	T/C	1	1	ND	[0-1]
382	06-Jun-1964	Argentina	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	T/C	0	1	NL	[0-0]
383	03-Oct-1964	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	4	3	AW	[4-0]
384	21-Oct-1964	Belgium	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	2	HD	[1-2]
385	18-Nov-1964	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	1	HW	[1-0]
386	09-Dec-1964	Netherlands	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam	F	1	1	AD	[0-0]
387	10-Apr-1965	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	2	HD	[2-1]
388	05-May-1965	Hungary	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
389	09-May-1965	Yugoslavia	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Beograd	F	1	1	AD	[1-1]
390	12-May-1965	West Germany	Städtisches Stadion, Nürnberg	F	1	0	AW	[1-0]
391	16-May-1965	Sweden	Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg	F	2	1	AW	[1-1]
392	02-Oct-1965	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	0	0	AD	[0-0]
393	20-Oct-1965	Austria	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	3	HL	[1-0]
394	10-Nov-1965	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	1	HW	[1-1]
395	08-Dec-1965	Spain	El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	F	2	0	AW	[1-0]
396	05-Jan-1966	Poland	Goodison Park, Liverpool	F	1	1	HD	[0-1]
397	23-Feb-1966	West Germany	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
398	02-Apr-1966	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	4	3	AW	[2-1]
399	04-May-1966	Yugoslavia	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	0	HW	[2-0]
400	26-Jun-1966	Finland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki	F	3	0	AW	[2-0]
401	29-Jun-1966	Norway	Ullevĺl Stadion, Oslo	F	6	1	AW	[5-1]
402	03-Jul-1966	Denmark	Idrćtsparken, Křbenhavn	F	2	0	AW	[1-0]
403	05-Jul-1966	Poland	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów	F	1	0	AW	[1-0]
404	11-Jul-1966	Uruguay	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	0	0	HD	[0-0]
405	16-Jul-1966	Mexico	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	2	0	HW	[1-0]
406	20-Jul-1966	France	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	2	0	HW	[1-0]
407	23-Jul-1966	Argentina	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	1	0	HW	[0-0]
408	26-Jul-1966	Portugal	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	2	1	HW	[1-0]
409	30-Jul-1966	West Germany	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	4	2	HW	[1-1]
2-2 full-time, 3-2 half extra time, 4-2 after extra time
410	22-Oct-1966	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC/ ECP	2	0	AW	[1-0]
411	02-Nov-1966	Czechoslovakia	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	0	HD	[0-0]
412	16-Nov-1966	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC/ ECP	5	1	HW	[3-1]
413	15-Apr-1967	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC/ ECP	2	3	HL	[0-1]
414	24-May-1967	Spain	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	0	HW	[0-0]
415	27-May-1967	Austria	Praterstadion, Wien	F	1	0	AW	[1-0]
416	21-Oct-1967	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC/ ECP	3	0	AW	[1-0]
417	22-Nov-1967	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC/ ECP	2	0	HW	[1-0]
418	06-Dec-1967	U.S.S.R.	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	2	HD	[1-2]
419	24-Feb-1968	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC/ ECP	1	1	AD	[1-1]
420	03-Apr-1968	Spain	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	1	0	HW	[0-0]
421	08-May-1968	Spain	El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	ECP	2	1	AW	[0-0]
422	22-May-1968	Sweden	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	1	HW	[2-0]
423	01-Jun-1968	West Germany	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover	F	0	1	AL	[0-0]
424	05-Jun-1968	Yugoslavia	Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze, Italy	ECF	0	1	NL	[0-0]
425	08-Jun-1968	U.S.S.R.	Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italy	ECF	2	0	NW	[1-0]
426	06-Nov-1968	Romania	Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
427	11-Dec-1968	Bulgaria	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	1	HD	[1-1]
428	15-Jan-1969	Romania	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	1	HD	[1-0]
429	12-Mar-1969	France	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	5	0	HW	[1-0]
430	03-May-1969	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	3	1	AW	[1-0]
431	07-May-1969	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	1	HW	[0-1]
432	10-May-1969	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	4	1	HW	[2-1]
433	01-Jun-1969	Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
434	08-Jun-1969	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	F	2	1	AW	[1-0]
435	12-Jun-1969	Brazil	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro	F	1	2	AL	[1-0]
436	05-Nov-1969	Netherlands	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
437	10-Dec-1969	Portugal	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
438	14-Jan-1970	Netherlands	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	0	HD	[0-0]
439	25-Feb-1970	Belgium	Stade Émile Versé, Parc Astrid, Anderlecht, Bruxelles	F	3	1	AW	[1-0]
440	18-Apr-1970	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	1	1	AD	[0-1]
441	21-Apr-1970	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	1	HW	[1-0]
442	25-Apr-1970	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	0	0	AD	[0-0]
443	20-May-1970	Colombia	Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá	F	4	0	AW	[2-0]
444	24-May-1970	Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito	F	2	0	AW	[1-0]
445	02-Jun-1970	Romania	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	WCF	1	0	NW	[0-0]
446	07-Jun-1970	Brazil	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	WCF	0	1	NL	[0-0]
447	11-Jun-1970	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	WCF	1	0	NW	[0-0]
448	14-Jun-1970	West Germany	Estado de Guanajuato, León, Mexico	WCF	2	3	NL	[1-0]
2-2 full-time, 2-2 half extra time, 2-3 after extra time
449	25-Nov-1970	German Democratic Republic	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	1	HW	[2-1]
450	03-Feb-1971	Malta	Empire Stadium, Gzira	ECP	1	0	AW	[1-0]
451	21-Apr-1971	Greece	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	3	0	HW	[1-0]
452	12-May-1971