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Greece vs England match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 1 December 1971, 14:45 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Greece
0-2
England
Competition:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 3
Referee:
José María Ortiz de Mendíbil, Algorta /
Spain
Attendance, venue:
34 014, Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Goals:
0-1 (57') Geoff Hurst, 0-2 (90') Martin Chivers
Greece national team line-up in match Nr.126
Managed by head coach Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Nikos Hristidis  
15
27
AA Aris, Thessaloniki
Theodoros Pallas  
2
22
AA Aris, Thessaloniki
Apostolos Toskas  
15
23
AEK, Nea Filadelfeia
Thanasis Aggelis  
2
25
Olympiakos CFP, Piraeus
Kostas Eleftherakis  
12
21
Panathinaikos AC, Athens
Mimis Domazos  Captain 
34
29
Panathinaikos AC, Athens
Kostas Nikolaidis   73' 
2
27
AEK, Nea Filadelfeia
73' Kostas Davourlis  
5
23
Panahaiki GU, Patras
Antonis Antoniadis  
6
25
Panathinaikos AC, Athens
Mimis Papaioannou  
37
29
AEK, Nea Filadelfeia
Giorgos Koudas   61' 
17
25
PAOK, Thessaloniki
61' Mihalis Kritikopoulos  
14
25
Ethnikos OFPF, Piraeus
Anthimos Kapsis  
1
21
Panathinaikos AC, Athens
England national team line-up in match Nr.458
Managed by team manager Alf Ramsey
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Gordon Banks  
69
33
Stoke City FC, Stoke-on-Trent
Paul Madeley  
4
27
Leeds United AFC, Leeds
Emlyn Hughes  
13
24
Liverpool FC, Liverpool
Colin Bell  
15
25
Manchester City FC, Manchester
Roy McFarland  
7
23
Derby County FC, Derby
Bobby Moore  Captain 
92
30
West Ham United FC, London
Franny Lee  
26
27
Manchester City FC, Manchester
Alan Ball  
53
26
Everton FC, Liverpool
Martin Chivers  
8
26
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Geoff Hurst  
48
29
West Ham United FC, London
Martin Peters  
51
28
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Greece
13
12.462
25.266
7
0
0
0
England
11
35.091
27.655
8
2
0
0
Historical data sources
The Guardian (Manchester), №38988, 02 Dec 1971; Newspapers.com
Comments

Makar - posted on 7 June 2014 at 15:36:10

England national team (left to right):
B.Moore (c), G.Banks, A.Ball, R.McFarland, F.Lee, G.Hurst, M.Chivers, C.Bell, P.Madeley, M.Peters, E.Hughes.
Greece vs England post-match head-to-head
WP
0.0
P
2
W
0
D
0
L
2
GF
0
GA
5
GF/P
0.000
GA/P
2.500
Av attendance
44 569
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Greece national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Bulgaria vs Greece 2-2
Sofia, Wednesday 17 November 1971
Next match:
Friendly International
Greece vs Netherlands 0-5
Piraeus, Wednesday 16 February 1972
Greece results
England national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying
England vs Switzerland 1-1
London, Wednesday 10 November 1971
Next match:
UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying
England vs West Germany 1-3
London, Saturday 29 April 1972
England results
Top England goal scorers
1. Bobby Charlton (1958 - 1970) - 49 goals
2. Jimmy Greaves (1959 - 1967) - 44 goals
3. Nat Lofthouse (1950 - 1958) - 30 goals
4. Tom Finney (1946 - 1958) - 30 goals
... Geoff Hurst (1966 - 1971) - 24 goals
... Martin Chivers (1971) - 7 goals
(correct as of December 1, 1971)
top England goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 01 Dec 1971
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Greece 0-2 England
Goals: Hurst 57, Chivers 90

Greece: Hristidis, Pallas, Toskas, Aggelis, Eleftherakis, Domazos (c), Nikolaidis (Davourlis 73), Antoniadis, Papaioannou, Koudas (Kritikopoulos 61), Kapsis. Managed by Bingham (Northern Ireland).

England: Banks, Madeley, Hughes, Bell, McFarland, Moore (c), Lee, Ball, Chivers, Hurst, Peters. Managed by Ramsey.

Att: 34 014,
Ref: Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

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