West Germany vs England international football match reportDate, kick-off time: | Saturday, 1 June 1968, 16:00 (UTC+01:00) | National teams, score: | - 1:0 | Competition: | International Friendly | Referee: | Lau van Ravens, Schiedam / | Attendance, venue: | 79 124, Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover  | Goals: | 1:0 (82') Franz Beckenbauer |
Managed by head coach Helmut Schön | Player | Caps | Age | Club | Horst Wolter | 6 | 25 | BTSV Eintracht, Braunschweig | Berti Vogts | 6 | 21 | Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach | Max Lorenz | 8 | 28 | SV Werder, Bremen | Ludwig Müller | 1 | 26 | 1. FC Nürnberg, Nürnberg | Klaus Fichtel | 7 | 23 | FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen | Wolfgang Weber | 29 | 23 | 1. FC Köln, Köln | Bernd Dörfel | 3 | 23 | Hamburger SV, Hamburg | Franz Beckenbauer | 23 | 22 | FC Bayern, München | Hannes Löhr | 11 | 25 | 1. FC Köln, Köln | Wolfgang Overath | 34 | 24 | 1. FC Köln, Köln | Georg Volkert | 3 | 22 | 1. FC Nürnberg, Nürnberg |
Managed by team manager Alf Ramsey | Player | Caps | Age | Club | Gordon Banks | 43 | 30 | Stoke City FC, Stoke on Trent | Keith Newton | 9 | 26 | Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn | Cyril Knowles | 4 | 23 | Tottenham Hotspur FC, London | Norman Hunter | 8 | 24 | Leeds United AFC, Leeds | Brian Labone | 9 | 28 | Everton FC, Liverpool | Bobby Moore | 61 | 27 | West Ham United FC, London | Alan Ball | 26 | 23 | Everton FC, Liverpool | Colin Bell | 2 | 22 | Manchester City FC, Manchester | Mike Summerbee | 3 | 25 | Manchester City FC, Manchester | Geoff Hurst | 20 | 26 | West Ham United FC, London | Peter Thompson | 14 | 25 | Liverpool FC, Liverpool |
Match stats National team | Players | Average caps | Average age | Clubs | Goals | Cautions | Expulsions | West Germany | 11 | 11.909 | 24.517 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | England | 11 | 18.091 | 25.827 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Historical data sources  The Observer (London), №9229, 02.06.1968; Newspapers.com  The Guardian (Manchester), №37913, 03.06.1968; Newspapers.com  Deister-und Weserzeitung (Hameln), №128, 04.06.1968; Zeitungsarchiv Deister-und Weserzeitung Comments  | Chris T - posted 30.11.2017 23:03:28 Video showing Beckenbauer’s shot is heavily deflected by Labone - Banks had the original shot covered. (No sound)
West Germany Beat England 1-0 (1968) Hanover, Germany youtube.com |
West Germany vs England post-match head-to-head | West Germany matches Previous match: Next match: England matches Previous match: Next match: West Germany top scorers 1. Uwe Seeler (1958 - 1967) - 38 goals 2. Fritz Walter (1940 - 1956) - 33 goals 3. Ernst Lehner (1934 - 1942) - 31 goals 4. Edmund Conen (1934 - 1941) - 27 goals ... Franz Beckenbauer (1966 - 1968) - 8 goals
(correct as of June 1, 1968) Brief match report Sat. 01 Jun 1968 Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover West Germany 1-0 England Goals: Beckenbauer 82
West Germany: Wolter, Vogts, Lorenz, Müller, Fichtel, Weber, Dörfel, Beckenbauer, Löhr, Overath (c), Volkert. Managed by Schön.
England: Banks, Newton, Knowles, Hunter, Labone, Moore (c), Ball, Bell, Summerbee, Hurst, Thompson. Managed by Ramsey.
Att: 79 124 Ref: van Ravens (Netherlands) |