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World Cup Preliminary Competition
12 June 1976
Finland 1 England 4 [1-2]
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
(24,336)
Paatelainen
Pearson, Keegan
(2), Channon
13 October 1976
England 2 Finland 1 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (92,000)
Tueart, Royle
Nieminen
17 November 1976
Italy 2 England 0 [1-0]
Stadio Olimpico, Roma (70,718)
Antognoni, Bettega
30 March 1977
England 5 Luxembourg 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley
(81,718)
Keegan, Francis, R.Kennedy, Channon (2 (1 pen))
Gilbert Dresch
12 October 1977
Luxembourg 0 England 2 [0-1]
Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg
(10,621)
Mariner, R.Kennedy
16 November 1977
England 2 Italy 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley
(92,500)
Keegan, Brooking
 
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 1 3 2.50 0.667 5 2 83.3 +4
1976-77

 

Goalscorers
4 - Kevin Keegan
3 - Mick Channon
2 - Ray Kennedy
1 - Stuart Pearson, Dennis Tueart, Joe Royle, Trevor Francis, Paul Mariner, Trevor Brooking.
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World Cup Final Competition

For the second time since England entered the World Cup back in 1950, they have failed to progress from the preliminary competition and qualify for the Finals Tournament.

1978

Team Ranking
Rank Team Stage Reached P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Argentina Final 7 5 1 1 15 4 +11 11
2 Netherlands 7 3 2 2 15 10 +5 8
3 Brazil Semi-final and 3rd place match 7 4 3 0 10 3 +7 11
4 Italy 7 4 1 2 9 6 +3 9
5 Poland Second round 6 3 1 2 6 6 =0 7
6 West Germany 6 1 4 1 10 5 +5 6
7 Austria 6 3 0 3 7 10 -3 6
8 Peru 6 2 1 3 7 12 -5 5
9 Tunisia Group 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
10 Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 =0 3
11 Scotland 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 3
12 France 3 1 0 2 5 5 =0 2
13 Sweden 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1
14 Iran 3 0 1 2 2 8 -4 1
15 Hungary 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 0
16 Mexico 3 0 0 3 2 12 -10 0
 

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