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England vs Hungary international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 24 May 1978, 19:45 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
England
4-1
Hungary
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
René Vigliani, Arles /
France
Attendance, venue:
74 000, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley), London
Goals:
1-0 (11') Peter Barnes, 2-0 (32') Phil Neal (pen.), 3-0 (36') Trevor Francis, 3-1 (62') László Nagy, 4-1 (79') Tony Currie
England football team line-up in match Nr.523
Managed by team manager Ron Greenwood
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Peter Shilton  
25
28
Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
Phil Neal  
13
27
Liverpool FC, Liverpool
Mick Mills  
19
29
Ipswich Town FC, Ipswich
Ray Wilkins  
15
21
Chelsea FC, London
Dave Watson   46' 
34
31
Manchester City FC, Manchester
46' Brian Greenhoff   85'
17
25
Manchester United FC, Manchester
Emlyn Hughes  Captain 
54
30
Liverpool FC, Liverpool
Kevin Keegan  
37
27
Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Trevor Brooking  
23
29
West Ham United FC, London
Trevor Francis  
12
24
Birmingham City FC, Birmingham
Steve Coppell   73' 
7
22
Manchester United FC, Manchester
73' Tony Currie  
12
28
Leeds United AFC, Leeds
Peter Barnes  
6
20
Manchester City FC, Manchester
Hungary football team line-up in match Nr.528
Managed by association captain Lajos Baróti
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Sándor Gujdár  
19
26
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Péter Török  
29
27
Vasas SC, Budapest
István Kocsis  
6
28
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Zoltán Kereki  
24
24
Szombathelyi Haladás VSE, Szombathely
József Tóth   22'
25
26
Újpesti Dózsa SC, Budapest
Tibor Nyilasi  
26
23
Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest
Sándor Pintér  
32
27
Bp Honvéd SE, Budapest
Sándor Zombori  
16
26
Vasas SC, Budapest
László Fazekas  Captain  46' 
71
30
Újpesti Dózsa SC, Budapest
46' Károly Csapó  
5
26
Tatabányai Bányász SC, Tatabánya
András Törőcsik  
11
23
Újpesti Dózsa SC, Budapest
László Nagy  
21
28
Újpesti Dózsa SC, Budapest
Historical data sources
Népsport (Budapest), №123, 25 May 1978; Arcanum Digitheca
Dunántúli Napló (Pécs), №142, 25 May 1978; Közgyűjteményi portál - Hungaricana
Magyar Hírlap (Budapest), №121, 25 May 1978; Arcanum Digitheca
The Guardian (Manchester), №40986, 25 May 1978; Newspapers.com
Comments

magyarfutball - posted on 9 April 2013 at 20:02:45

Subs: Currie for Coppell, not Brooking for Coppell.

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England vs Hungary post-match head-to-head
WP
54.6
P
11
W
6
D
0
L
5
GF
36
GA
26
GF/P
3.273
GA/P
2.364
Av attendance
45 994
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
England:
players - 13 (from 10 clubs)
goals - 4 (penalties - 1, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 26.744 (born 1946-1957)
average caps - 21.077
cautions - 1, expulsions - 0
Hungary:
players - 12 (from 6 clubs)
goals - 1 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 26.656 (born 1947-1955)
average caps - 23.750
cautions - 1, expulsions - 0
England national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1978
Scotland vs England 0-1
Glasgow, Saturday 20 May 1978
Next match:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying
Denmark vs England 3-4
Copenhagen, Wednesday 20 September 1978
England football matches
Hungary national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Hungary vs Czechoslovakia 2-1
Budapest, Saturday 15 April 1978
Next match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Argentina vs Hungary 2-1
Buenos Aires, Friday 2 June 1978
Hungary football matches
Top England goal scorers
1. Bobby Charlton (1958 - 1970) - 49 goals
... Tony Currie (1973 - 1978) - 3 goals
... Peter Barnes (1978) - 2 goals
... Phil Neal (1978) - 2 goals
... Trevor Francis (1977 - 1978) - 2 goals
(correct as of May 24, 1978)
England goal scorers
Top Hungary goal scorers
1. Ferenc Puskás (1945 - 1956) - 84 goals
2. Sándor Kocsis (1948 - 1956) - 75 goals
3. Imre Schlosser (1906 - 1921) - 58 goals
4. Lajos Tichy (1955 - 1964) - 51 goals
... László Nagy (1970 - 1978) - 7 goals
(correct as of May 24, 1978)
Hungary goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 24 May 1978
British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley), London
England 4-1 Hungary
Goals: Barnes 11, Neal 32 (11m), Francis 36, Nagy 62, Currie 79

England: Shilton, Neal, Mills, Wilkins, Watson (Greenhoff 46), Hughes (c), Keegan, Brooking, Francis, Coppell (Currie 73), Barnes. Managed by Greenwood.
Booked: Greenhoff 85.

Hungary: Gujdár, Török, Kocsis, Kereki, Tóth, Nyilasi, Pintér, Zombori, Fazekas (c) (Csapó 46), Törőcsik, Nagy. Managed by Baróti.
Booked: Tóth 22.

Att: 74 000,
Ref: Vigliani (France)

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