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National football teams

  • Iceland suffered its 5th consecutive defeat
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  • 50th international appearance of Neville Southall for Wales

Wales vs Iceland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 1 May 1991, 19:30 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Wales
1-0
Iceland
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Andrew Ritchie, Carrickfergus /
Northern Ireland
Attendance, venue:
3 656, Ninian Park, Cardiff
Goals:
1-0 (35') Paul Bodin (pen.)
Wales football team line-up in match Nr.430
Managed by team manager Terry Yorath
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Neville Southall  Captain 
50
32
Everton FC, Liverpool
David Phillips  
30
27
Norwich City FC, Norwich
Paul Bodin  
7
26
Crystal Palace FC, London
Mark Aizlewood  
23
31
Bristol City FC, Bristol
Andy Melville  
5
22
Oxford United FC, Oxford
Kevin Ratcliffe  
54
30
Everton FC, Liverpool
Jeremy Goss  
1
25
Norwich City FC, Norwich
Barry Horne  
20
28
Southampton FC, Southampton
Dean Saunders  
25
26
Derby County FC, Derby
Mark Hughes   69' 
33
27
Manchester United FC, Manchester
69' Colin Pascoe  
9
26
Sunderland AFC, Sunderland
Gary Speed  
5
21
Leeds United AFC, Leeds
Iceland football team line-up in match Nr.206
Managed by national coach Bo Johansson (Sweden)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Bjarni Sigurðsson  
38
30
KF Valur, Reykjavík
Gunnar Gíslason  
48
30
BK Häcken, Göteborg
Atli Eðvaldsson  Captain  35'
66
34
KR, Reykjavík
Guðni Bergsson  
37
25
Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Sævar Jónsson  
60
32
KF Valur, Reykjavík
Þorvaldur Örlygsson   78' 
14
24
Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
78' Hlynur Stefánsson  
2
26
ÍBV, Vestmannaeyjar
Ólafur Þórðarson  
40
25
Ski og FK Lyn, Oslo
Rúnar Kristinsson  
17
21
KR, Reykjavík
Sigurður Grétarsson  
35
28
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
Arnór Guðjohnsen  
37
30
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Anthony Gregory   73' 
4
24
KF Valur, Reykjavík
73' Ólafur Kristjánsson  
3
22
FH, Hafnarfjörður
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Wales
12
21.833
27.371
10
1
0
0
Iceland
13
30.846
27.614
10
0
1
0
Historical data sources
Dagblaðið Vísir - DV (Reykjavík), №98, 02 May 1991; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Morgunblaðið (Reykjavík), №98, 03 May 1991; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Comments
Wales vs Iceland post-match head-to-head
WP
70.0
P
5
W
3
D
1
L
1
GF
9
GA
4
GF/P
1.800
GA/P
0.800
Av attendance
11 007
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Wales national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying
Belgium vs Wales 1-1
Anderlecht, Wednesday 27 March 1991
Next match:
Friendly International
Poland vs Wales 0-0
Radom, Wednesday 29 May 1991
Wales matches
Iceland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
England* vs Iceland 1-0
Watford, Saturday 27 April 1991
Next match:
Friendly International
Malta vs Iceland 1-4
Attard, Tuesday 7 May 1991
Iceland matches
Top Wales goal scorers
1. Trevor Ford (1946 - 1956) - 23 goals
2. Ivor Allchurch (1951 - 1965) - 23 goals
3. Ian Rush (1982 - 1990) - 18 goals
4. Cliff Jones (1955 - 1965) - 16 goals
... Paul Bodin (1991) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 1, 1991)
Wales goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 01 May 1991
Ninian Park, Cardiff
Wales 1-0 Iceland
Goals: Bodin 35 (11m)

Wales: Southall (c), Phillips, Bodin, Aizlewood, Melville, Ratcliffe, Goss, Horne, Saunders, Hughes (Pascoe 69), Speed. Managed by Yorath.

Iceland: Sigurðsson, Gíslason, Eðvaldsson (c), Bergsson, Jónsson, Örlygsson (Stefánsson 78), Þórðarson, Kristinsson, Grétarsson, Guðjohnsen, Gregory (Kristjánsson 73). Managed by Johansson (Sweden).
Booked: Eðvaldsson 35.

Att: 3 656,
Ref: Ritchie (Northern Ireland)

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