Notes

England's first manager, the magnificently named Walter Winterbottom, took the post as a 33-year-old and held it for 16 years and four World Cups.
 

Walter Winterbottom - Biographical Facts
Full name	Walter Winterbottom.
Born	31 January 1913 in Oldham.
Died	16 February 2002 at Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.
Playing Career
Club	Centre halfback; Manchester United FC. summer 1936; career ended by spinal injury (Ankylosing Spondylitis) in 1937-38 season; made wartime guest appearances for Chelsea FC and played for the F.A. XI against the Royal Air Force XI at Luton on 6 June 1942.
International	No senior team appearances; unused reserve for England's wartime international against Scotland at Empire Stadium in Wembley on 10 October 1942.
Managerial Career
Prior experience	None.
England tenure	Appointed national director of coaching 1946 with responsibility for the national team; appointed England team manager May, 1947; announced his resignation 1 August 1962 effective on appointment of successor manager and left the post November, 1962.
First England match	Match No. 227, 28 September 1946, Northern Ireland 2 England 7, British Championship match at Windsor Park in Belfast.
Last England match	Match No. 365, 21 November 1962, England 4 Wales 0, British Championship match at Empire Stadium in Wembley.
Major tournaments	World Cup final tournaments 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962.
England team honours	Winners of the British Championship 1946-47, 1947-48, 1949-50, 1951-52 (shared), 1952-53 (shared), 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56 (shared), 1956-57, 1957-58 (shared), 1958-59 (shared), 1959-60 (shared), 1960-61.
Individual honours	O.B.E. for services to football 1963; C.B.E. for services to sport 1972; British Sports Writers' Association J. L. Manning Trophy for Outstanding Achievement Outside Competition 1977; knighthood for services to sport 1978; appointed Honorary Vice-President of the Football Association Council 1978; Sports Coach UK (formerly the National Coaching Foundation) Dyson Award and Coaching Hall of Fame 1999; Football Association Hall of Fame 2002.
Distinction	England's first, youngest and longest-serving coach/manager; guided England in four World Cup final tournaments.

 

Matches in Which Walter Winterbottom Was In Charge of England
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
227	28-Sep-1946	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	7	2	AW	[3-0]
228	30-Sep-1946	Republic of Ireland	Dalymount Park, Dublin	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
229	13-Nov-1946	Wales	Maine Road, Manchester	BC	3	0	HW	[2-0]
230	27-Nov-1946	Netherlands	Leeds Road, Huddersfield	F	8	2	HW	[6-1]
231	12-Apr-1947	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	1	1	HD	[0-1]
232	03-May-1947	France	Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	F	3	0	HW	[0-0]
233	18-May-1947	Switzerland	Hardturm Sportplatz, Zürich	F	0	1	AL	[0-1]
234	25-May-1947	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Lisboa	F	10	0	AW	[5-0]
235	21-Sep-1947	Belgium	Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles	F	5	2	AW	[3-1]
236	18-Oct-1947	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	3	0	AW	[3-0]
237	05-Nov-1947	Northern Ireland	Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC	2	2	HD	[0-0]
238	19-Nov-1947	Sweden	Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	F	4	2	HW	[3-1]
239	10-Apr-1948	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	2	0	AW	[1-0]
240	16-May-1948	Italy	Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino	F	4	0	AW	[2-0]
241	26-Sep-1948	Denmark	Idrćtsparken, Křbenhavn	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
242	09-Oct-1948	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	6	2	AW	[1-0]
243	10-Nov-1948	Wales	Villa Park, Birmingham	BC	1	0	HW	[1-0]
244	02-Dec-1948	Switzerland	Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	F	6	0	HW	[3-0]
245	09-Apr-1949	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	1	3	HL	[0-1]
246	13-May-1949	Sweden	Rĺsunda Stadion, Solna	F	1	3	AL	[0-3]
247	18-May-1949	Norway	Ullevĺl Stadion, Oslo	F	4	1	AW	[2-0]
248	22-May-1949	France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	F	3	1	AW	[2-1]
249	21-Sep-1949	Republic of Ireland	Goodison Park, Liverpool	F	0	2	HL	[0-1]
250	15-Oct-1949	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC/ WCP	4	1	AW	[3-0]
251	16-Nov-1949	Northern Ireland	Maine Road, Manchester	BC/ WCP	9	2	HW	[4-0]
252	30-Nov-1949	Italy	White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London	F	2	0	HW	[0-0]
253	15-Apr-1950	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC/ WCP	1	0	AW	[0-0]
254	14-May-1950	Portugal	Estádio Nacional, Lisboa	F	5	3	AW	[3-0]
255	18-May-1950	Belgium	Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles	F	4	1	AW	[0-1]
256	25-Jun-1950	Chile	Estádio Maracană, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WCF	2	0	NW	[1-0]
257	29-Jun-1950	U.S.A.	Estádio Independencia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	WCF	0	1	NL	[0-1]
258	02-Jul-1950	Spain	Estádio Maracană, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WCF	0	1	NL	[0-0]
259	07-Oct-1950	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	4	1	AW	[1-0]
260	15-Nov-1950	Wales	Roker Park, Sunderland	BC	4	2	HW	[2-0]
261	22-Nov-1950	Yugoslavia	Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	F	2	2	HD	[2-1]
262	14-Apr-1951	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	3	HL	[1-1]
263	09-May-1951	Argentina	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	1	HW	[0-1]
264	19-May-1951	Portugal	Goodison Park, Liverpool	F	5	2	HW	[2-1]
265	03-Oct-1951	France	Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	F	2	2	HD	[2-2]
266	20-Oct-1951	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	1	1	AD	[1-1]
267	14-Nov-1951	Northern Ireland	Villa Park, Birmingham	BC	2	0	HW	[1-0]
268	28-Nov-1951	Austria	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	2	HD	[0-0]
269	05-Apr-1952	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	2	1	AW	[2-0]
270	18-May-1952	Italy	Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze	F	1	1	AD	[1-0]
271	25-May-1952	Austria	Praterstadion, Wien	F	3	2	AW	[2-2]
272	28-May-1952	Switzerland	Hardturm Sportplatz, Zürich	F	3	0	AW	[1-0]
273	04-Oct-1952	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	2	2	AD	[1-1]
274	12-Nov-1952	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	5	2	HW	[3-1]
275	26-Nov-1952	Belgium	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	5	0	HW	[2-0]
276	18-Apr-1953	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	2	HD	[1-0]
277	17-May-1953	Argentina	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Nuńez, Buenos Aires	F	0	0	AD	[Ab]
Abandoned after 21 minutes because of a torrential rainstorm but officially recognized as a draw.
278	24-May-1953	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Ńuńoa, Santiago	F	2	1	AW	[0-0]
279	31-May-1953	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	F	1	2	AL	[0-1]
280	08-Jun-1953	U.S.A.	Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York	F	6	3	AW	[1-0]
281	10-Oct-1953	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC/ WCP	4	1	AW	[1-1]
282	21-Oct-1953	Rest of Europe	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	4	4	HD	[2-3]
283	11-Nov-1953	Northern Ireland	Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC/ WCP	3	1	HW	[1-0]
284	25-Nov-1953	Hungary	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	6	HL	[2-4]
285	03-Apr-1954	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC/ WCP	4	2	AW	[1-1]
286	16-May-1954	Yugoslavia	Stadion J.N.A., Beograd	F	0	1	AL	[0-0]
287	23-May-1954	Hungary	Népstadion, Budapest	F	1	7	AL	[0-3]
288	17-Jun-1954	Belgium	St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	WCF	4	4	ND	[2-1]
3-3 full-time, 4-4 half extra time, 4-4 after extra time
289	20-Jun-1954	Switzerland	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern	WCF	2	0	AW	[1-0]
290	26-Jun-1954	Uruguay	St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	WCF	2	4	NL	[1-2]
291	02-Oct-1954	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	2	0	AW	[0-0]
292	10-Nov-1954	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	2	HW	[0-1]
293	01-Dec-1954	West Germany	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	1	HW	[1-0]
294	02-Apr-1955	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	7	2	HW	[4-1]
295	15-May-1955	France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	F	0	1	AL	[0-1]
296	18-May-1955	Spain	El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	F	1	1	AD	[1-0]
The Spanish match programmes for the home matches against England in 1980 and 1987 both call it the Estadio Chamartin when detailing this game.   A history of the Spanish national team calls it the Bernabéu at that time.  The Football Grounds of Europe;Simon Inglis says 'the name Santiago Bernabéu was officially adopted in January 1955'; and above all the cover of the actual match programme for the 1955 game calls it the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. - Cris Freddi
297	22-May-1955	Portugal	Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto, Oporto	F	1	3	AL	[1-1]
298	02-Oct-1955	Denmark	Idrćtsparken, Křbenhavn	F	5	1	AW	[3-0]
299	22-Oct-1955	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	1	2	AL	[0-2]
300	02-Nov-1955	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	0	HW	[0-0]
301	30-Nov-1955	Spain	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	4	1	HW	[2-0]
302	14-Apr-1956	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	1	1	AD	[0-0]
303	09-May-1956	Brazil	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	4	2	HW	[2-0]
304	16-May-1956	Sweden	Rĺsunda Stadion, Solna	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
305	20-May-1956	Finland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki	F	5	1	AW	[3-1]
306	26-May-1956	West Germany	Olympiastadion, Berlin	F	3	1	AW	[1-0]
307	06-Oct-1956	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	1	1	AD	[1-1]
308	14-Nov-1956	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	1	HW	[0-1]
309	28-Nov-1956	Yugoslavia	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	0	HW	[1-0]
310	05-Dec-1956	Denmark	Molineux Ground, Wolverhampton	WCP	5	2	HW	[2-1]
311	06-Apr-1957	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	1	HW	[0-1]
312	08-May-1957	Republic of Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	5	1	HW	[4-0]
313	15-May-1957	Denmark	Idrćtsparken, Křbenhavn	WCP	4	1	AW