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  • England earned its 6th consecutive victory
  • Bobby Charlton scored his 3rd and England's 55th international hat-trick
  • England vs Mexico Head to Head: England football team's 1st victory in 2 matches

England vs Mexico international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 10 May 1961, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
England
8-0
Mexico
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Bobby Davidson, Airdrie /
Scotland
Attendance, venue:
77 000, British Empire Exhibition Stadium, Wembley → London
Goals:
1-0 (2') Gerry Hitchens, 2-0 (12') Bobby Charlton, 3-0 (23') Bobby Robson, 4-0 (44') Bryan Douglas, 5-0 (59') Ron Flowers (pen.), 6-0 (62') Bobby Charlton, 7-0 (73') Bobby Charlton, 8-0 (85') Bryan Douglas
England football team line-up in match Nr.347
Managed by team manager Walter Winterbottom
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ron Springett  
10
25
Sheffield Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Jimmy Armfield  
14
25
Blackpool FC, Blackpool
Mick McNeil  
6
21
Middlesbrough FC, Middlesbrough
Bobby Robson  
13
28
West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich
Peter Swan  
9
24
Sheffield Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Ron Flowers  
21
26
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
Bryan Douglas  
20
26
Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Derek Kevan  
14
26
West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich
Gerry Hitchens  
1
26
Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
Johnny Haynes  Captain 
42
26
Fulham FC, London
Bobby Charlton  
24
23
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
England
11
15.818
25.649
9
8
0
0
Historical data sources
The Guardian (Manchester), №35723, 11 May 1961; Newspapers.com
Comments

db - posted on 17 November 2009 at 19:38:47

England 8 Mexico 0 1961
England continue their excellent form thrashing the mexicans by 8 goals to 0
youtube.com

pieterkooijman - posted on 15 February 2011 at 20:48:11

Antonio Mota, Gustavo Pena,
Guillermo Sepúlveda, Ignacio Jáuregui, (...)

Soproni Démon - posted on 1 October 2011 at 22:18:26

Coach manager
Mexico: Ignacio Trelles

Soproni Démon - posted on 31 May 2012 at 13:34:30

Captain Mexico
Raul Cardenas de la Vega
(link: )

Makar - posted on 28 March 2014 at 15:05:51

Captains and referee.

db - posted on 2 January 2019 at 14:07:44

England Score 8 (1961)
England Score 8.
youtube.com

dudd - posted on 25 October 2023 at 22:01:40

Full video
Partido Amistoso / 1961 / England vs. Mexico / Partido completo
Friendly 1961
youtube.com
England vs Mexico post-match head-to-head
WP
50.0
P
2
W
1
D
0
L
1
GF
9
GA
2
GF/P
4.500
GA/P
1.000
Av attendance
80 000
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
England national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1960-1961
England vs Scotland 9-3
Wembley, Saturday 15 April 1961
Next match:
1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Portugal vs England 1-1
Oeiras, Sunday 21 May 1961
England football matches
Top England goal scorers
1. Nat Lofthouse (1950 - 1958) - 30 goals
2. Tom Finney (1946 - 1958) - 30 goals
... Bobby Charlton (1958 - 1961) - 21 goals
... Bryan Douglas (1958 - 1961) - 7 goals
... Bobby Robson (1957 - 1961) - 4 goals
... Ron Flowers (1959 - 1961) - 3 goals
... Gerry Hitchens (1961) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 10, 1961)
England scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 10 May 1961
British Empire Exhibition Stadium, Wembley → London
England 8-0 Mexico
Goals: Hitchens 2, Charlton 12, Robson 23, Douglas 44, Flowers 59 (11m), Charlton 62, Charlton 73, Douglas 85

England: Springett, Armfield, McNeil, Robson, Swan, Flowers, Douglas, Kevan, Hitchens, Haynes (c), Charlton. Managed by Winterbottom.

Att: 77 000,
Ref: Davidson (Scotland)

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