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National football teams

  • Finland suffered its 9th consecutive defeat
  • Finland's 18th consecutive match without victory
  • Nat Lofthouse set the goal scoring record for England (29 goals)
  • Record for most England caps: Billy Wright's 76th appearance
  • Finland vs England Head to Head: Finland national football team's 2nd loss in 2 matches

Finland vs England international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 20 May 1956, 14:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Finland
1-5
England
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Carl Frederik Jørgensen, Aarhus /
Denmark
Attendance, venue:
20 177, Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Goals:
0-1 (20') Dennis Wilshaw, 0-2 (22') Johnny Haynes, 0-3 (29') Gordon Astall, 1-3 (42') Olli Forsgrén, 1-4 (63') Nat Lofthouse, 1-5 (82') Nat Lofthouse
Finland national football team line-up in match Nr.187
Managed by head coach Kurt Weinreich (West Germany)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Keijo Hurri   40' 
1
28
KuPS, Kuopio
40' Aarre Klinga  
8
26
KIF, Helsinki
Aimo Sommarberg  
3
24
KTP, Kotka
Alpo Lintamo  
4
23
HPS, Helsinki
Lauri Lehtinen  Captain 
11
28
HJK, Helsinki
Reijo Jalava  
2
24
HJK, Helsinki
Juhani Peltonen  
7
19
Haka, Valkeakoski
Matti Hiltunen  
13
23
KIF, Helsinki
Kai Pahlman  
4
20
HPS, Helsinki
Väinö Pajunen  
3
27
Haka, Valkeakoski
Olavi Lahtinen  
16
27
HJK, Helsinki
Olli Forsgrén  
6
26
KIF, Helsinki
England national football team line-up in match Nr.305
Managed by team manager Walter Winterbottom
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ray Wood  
3
24
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Jeff Hall  
8
26
Birmingham City FC, Birmingham
Roger Byrne  
21
26
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Ronnie Clayton  
5
21
Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Billy Wright  Captain 
76
32
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
Duncan Edwards  
8
19
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Gordon Astall  
1
28
Birmingham City FC, Birmingham
Johnny Haynes  
7
21
Fulham FC, London
Tommy Taylor   44' 
9
24
Manchester United FC, Stretford
44' Nat Lofthouse  
31
30
Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton
Dennis Wilshaw  
10
30
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
Colin Grainger  
3
22
Sheffield United FC, Sheffield
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Finland
12
6.500
25.094
6
1
0
0
England
12
15.167
25.872
7
5
0
0
Historical data sources
The Manchester Guardian (Manchester), №34181, 21 May 1956; Newspapers.com
Comments

Chris01010 - posted on 25 October 2011 at 17:49:38

A book I read some years ago about England post-war internationals (which I cannot remember the name of) stated that Olli Forsgren scored for Finland after the Hurri/Klinga substitution but before half time.

toni - posted on 3 July 2013 at 01:50:08

0:1 (20.) Dennis Wilshaw
0:2 (21.) Johnny Haynes (...)
Finland vs England post-match head-to-head
WP
0.0
P
2
W
0
D
0
L
2
GF
1
GA
13
GF/P
0.500
GA/P
6.500
Av attendance
14 855
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Yugoslavia* vs Finland 8-0
Split, Sunday 13 November 1955
Next match:
Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959
Finland vs Sweden 1-3
Helsinki, Sunday 10 June 1956
Finland football results
England national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Sweden vs England 0-0
Solna, Wednesday 16 May 1956
Next match:
Friendly International
West Germany vs England 1-3
West Berlin, Saturday 26 May 1956
England football results
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
4. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
5. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
... Olli Forsgrén (1956) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 20, 1956)
Finland goal scorers
Top England goal scorers
1. Nat Lofthouse (1950 - 1956) - 29 goals
... Dennis Wilshaw (1953 - 1956) - 10 goals
... Johnny Haynes (1954 - 1956) - 3 goals
... Gordon Astall (1956) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 20, 1956)
England goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 20 May 1956
Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Finland 1-5 England
Goals: Wilshaw 20, Haynes 22, Astall 29, Forsgrén 42, Lofthouse 63, Lofthouse 82

Finland: Hurri (Klinga 40), Sommarberg, Lintamo, Lehtinen (c), Jalava, Peltonen, Hiltunen, Pahlman, Pajunen, Lahtinen, Forsgrén. Managed by Weinreich (West Germany).

England: Wood, Hall, Byrne, Clayton, Wright (c), Edwards, Astall, Haynes, Taylor (Lofthouse 44), Wilshaw, Grainger. Managed by Winterbottom.

Att: 20 177,
Ref: Jørgensen (Denmark)

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