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Brian Labone

Everton FC

26 appearances, 0 goals

P 26 W 14 D 6 L 6 F 44: A 23
65% successful

1962-71

 disciplined: none
captain:
none
minutes played:
2370

Timeline

  Brian Leslie Labone
Birth 23 January 1940 in Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in Liverpool South, March 1940].
Attended Liverpool Collegiate School
Marriage to Patricia E. Lynam [registered in Wallasey, Cheshire, June 1966]. One daughter, later divorced in 1970.
Death 24 April 2006 in Maghull, Liverpool, aged 66 years 91 days [registered in Liverpool, May 2006]. Collapsed suddenly and died from a heart-attack at his home. Funeral took place at Liverpool Cathedral.
Source Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies x
  x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career

Club(s) Labone was always enthusiastic about sport, even after joining the club as an amateur in 1955, he was sorely tempted to go to university and deliberated coolly before accepting the offer of professional terms at Goodison as a 17-year-old in 1957, spurning local rivals Liverpool in the process.  So impressive was the newcomer that he leapfrogged the Toffees' three junior teams to claim a place in the reserves. Seven months later he made his first-team entrance, but it was not until his next senior outing, at home to Tottenham Hotspur in April 1957, that he discovered the cruel reality of top-flight football, then earning a regular place in the First Division line-up in 1959-60.  Being made Everton skipper in 1964-65. In September 1967, notionally in his prime at 27 and leading one of the best teams in the land, he revealed that he was no longer enjoying his football, having lost both form and confidence, and planned imminent retirement. However, having bared his soul, he felt his mind clear and his anxiety lift. Now he produced arguably the finest football of his life, and he laid aside his boots in 1972.
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x
Height/Weight 6' 0½",12st. 11lbs [1966].
Source Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of three who became the 811th players (811) to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-half
First match No. 364, 20 October 1962, Northern Ireland 1 England 3, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 22 years 270 days.
Last match No. 448, 14 June 1970, West Germany 3 England 2, a World Cup Finals quarter-final match at Estadio de Guanajuato, La Martinica, León, aged 30 years 142 days.
Major tournaments European Championship Finals 1968;
World Cup Finals
1970;
British Championship
1962-63, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70;
Team honours World Cup Finals 1966 (withdrew injured);
British Championship
winners 1967-68, 1968-69, shared 1969-70;
Individual honours x
Distinctions x

Beyond England

x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.
Subsequently he enjoyed a successful sojourn in insurance and served for many years on the Littlewoods "spot the ball" panel. Meanwhile his love affair with Everton never abated. In recent years he worked for the club as a match-day host, a convivial role to which this courteous, patient, gently amusing man was ideally suited.

 
Brian Labone - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
- 26 14 26 0 0 2370 0 0 min 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Brian Labone - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 5 4 1 0 14 3 +11 0 2 2.80 0.60 90.0 +4
Away 16 8 5 3 25 15 +10 4 6 1.563 0.938 65.6 +5
Neutral 5 2 0 3 5 5 =0 2 2 1.00 1.00 40.0 -1
All 26 14 6 6 44 23 +21 6 10 1.692 0.885 65.4 +8

 

Brian Labone - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 21 12 5 4 38 18 +20 4 8 1.81 0.857 69.0 +8
Red 5 2 1 2 6 5 +1 2 2 1.20 1.00 50.0 =0
All 26 14 6 6 44 23 +21 6 10 1.692 0.885 65.4 +8

 

Brian Labone - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1
World Cup 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1

ECP

3 1 1 1 5 7 -2 0 0 1.667 2.333 50.0 =0
ECF 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 1 1 1.00 0.50 50.0 =0
European Championship 5 2 1 2 7 8 -1 1 1 1.40 1.60 50.0 =0
British Championship 7 4 3 0 16 5 +11 1 2 2.286 0.714 78.6 +4

Note that the 1967-68 records of the European Championship and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is therefore deducted from the grand total.

Friendly 12 7 3 2 19 7 +12 3 6 1.583 0.583 70.8 +5
All 26 14 6 6 44 23 +21 6 10 1.692 0.885 65.4 +8

 
Brian Labone - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Finals Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1970 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1
WCF All 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1
European Nations' Cup/Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ENP 1962-64 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0 0 2.00 5.00 0.00 -1
ECP/BC 1967-68 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 0 0 1.50 1.00 75.0 +1
EN/CP All 3 1 1 1 5 7 -2 0 0 1.667 2.333 50.0 =0
European Championship Finals Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECF 1968 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 1 1 1.00 0.50 50.0 =0
ECF All 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 1 1 1.00 0.50 50.0 =0
European Nations' Cup/Championship
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
EN 1962-64 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 0 0 2.00 5.00 0.00 -1
EC 1966-68 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 1 1 1.25 0.75 62.5 +1
EN/C All 5 2 1 2 7 8 -1 1 1 1.40 1.60 50.0 =0
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1962-63 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 0 1 3.50 0.50 100.0 +2
BC/ECP 1967-68 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
BC 1968-69 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
BC 1969-70 2 0 2 0 1 1 =0 1 1 0.50 0.50 50.0 =0
BC All 7 4 3 0 16 5 +11 1 2 2.286 0.714 78.6 +4
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1
EN/C 5 2 1 2 7 8 -1 1 1 1.40 1.60 50.0 =0
BC 7 4 3 0 16 5 +11 1 2 2.286 0.714 78.6 +4

Note that the 1967-68 records of the European Championship and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is therefore deducted from the grand total.

All 14 7 3 4 25 16 +9 3 4 1.786 1.143 60.7 +3

Match History

 
Age 20 under 23  
reserve - Netherlands March 1960, GDR, Poland & Israel May 1960. unofficial - Denmark XI September 1960,
one appearance - Italy November 1960
  
Age 21  
four appearances - Wales February 1961, Scotland March 1961, Israel & Netherlands November 1961.
   
Age 22  
withdrew - Scotland February 1962
   

 Club: Everton F.C. - 26 full appearances (2370 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - two full appearances (180 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

1 364 20 October 1962 - Northern Ireland 1 England 3
Windsor Park, Belfast
BC AW   5
2 365 21 November 1962 - England 4 Wales 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
BC HW   5

  manager: Alf Ramsey - 24 full appearance (2190 min)x

Age 23
3 366 27 February 1963 - France 5 England 2
Le Parc des Princes, Paris
ENP AL   5
  

Age 26  
Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on April 7 that excluded Brian Labone. He then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall that did include Labone, but he had to withdraw because of injury.

Age 27
4 414 24 May 1967 - England 2 Spain 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
tour HW   5
5 415 27 May 1967 - Austria 0 England 1
Praterstadion, Wien
AW   5
  

Age 28
6 419 24 February 1968 - Scotland 1 England 1
Hampden Park, Glasgow
BC/
ECP
AD   5
  
7 421 8 May 1968 - Spain 1 England 2
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
ECP AW   5
8 422 22 May 1968 - England 3 Sweden 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HW   5
9 423 1 June 1968 - West Germany 1 England 0
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Fr AL   5
 
ECF
centre half 5x
10 424 5 June 1968 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0
Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze
NL  
11 425 8 June 1968 - England 2 USSR 0
Stadio Olimpico, Roma
NW  
12 426 6 November 1968 - Romania 0 England 0
Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti
Fr AD   5
13 427 11 December 1968 - England 1 Bulgaria 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HD   5
  

Age 29
14 430 3 May 1969 - Northern Ireland 1 England 3
Windsor Park, Belfast

BC
AW   5
431 7 May 1969 - England 2 Wales 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW squad/unused
15 432 10 May 1969 - England 4 Scotland 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
HW   5
16 433 1 June 1969 - Mexico 0 England 0
Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México

tour
AD   5
17 434 8 June 1969 - Uruguay 1 England 2
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
AW   5
18 435 12 June 1969 - Brazil 2 England 1
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio
AL   5
  

Age 30
19 439 25 February 1970 - Belgium 1 England 3
Stade Émile Versé, Bruxelles
Fr AW   5
20 440 18 April 1970 - Wales 1 England 1
Ninian Park, Cardiff
BC AD   5
441 21 April 1970 - England 3 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW squad/unused
21 442 25 April 1970 - Scotland 0 England 0
Hampden Park, Glasgow
AD   5
22 443 20 May 1970 - Colombia 0 England 4
Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá
Fr AW   22
23 444 24 May 1970 - Ecuador 0 England 2
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
AW   22
 

WCF
centre half 5x
24 445 2 June 1970 - England 1 Romania 0
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara
NW  
25 446 7 June 1970 - Brazil 1 England 0
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara
NL  
447 11 June 1970 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 1, Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara NW party member
26 448 14 June 1970 - West Germany 3 England 2
Estadio de Guanajuato, León
NL  
  
450 3 February 1971 - Malta 0 England 1, The Stadium, Gzira ECP AW injured
squad member
  

    
 
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