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Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
England
4-4
The Rest of Europe
Wednesday 21 October 1953
Wembley Stadium
International Friendly
Attendance: 96,000
âš½ Stan Mortensen 8'
âš½ Jimmy Mullen 43', 49'
âš½ Alf Ramsey 90'
âš½ Ladislav Kubala (pen 5), Giampiero Boniperti (15, 39), Ladislav Kubala (64)
First Half
âš½ 8' Stan Mortensen
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âš½ 43' Jimmy Mullen
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Second Half
âš½ 49' Jimmy Mullen
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âš½ 90' Alf Ramsey (pen)
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ENGLAND
Manager
Walter Winterbottom
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THE REST OF EUROPE
Starting XI
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01Gil Merrick (G)
Cap number 15
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02Alf Ramsey (FB)
Cap number 31
âš½90' (pen)
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03Bill Eckersley (FB)
Cap number 15
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04Billy Wright (CH) (C)
Cap number 53
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05Derek Ufton (CH)
Cap number 1
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06Jimmy Dickinson (WH)
Cap number 30
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07Stanley Matthews (OR)
Cap number 34
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08Stan Mortensen (CF)
Cap number 24
âš½8'
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09Nat Lofthouse (CF)
Cap number 18
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âš½43'âš½49'
1Walter Zeman 45
2Joaquin Navarro
3Gerhard Hanappi
4Zlatko Cajkovski
5Josef Posipal
6Ernst Ocwirk (Capt.)
7Giampiero Boniperti (15) (39)
8Ladislav Kubala (pen) (5) (64)
9Gunnar Nordahl
10Bernard Vukas
11Branko Zebec

Subs
12Vladimir Beara 45
This game marked the 90th Anniversary of the FA and is still regarded a full international by the FA, but not FIFA, even though the game was billed as being against FIFA and the players wore a FIFA crest on their shirts. FIFA''s position is that a Full International can only be between two affiliated countries, so teams featuring players from multiple countries are no longer eligible. The RoE tried to change their keeper towards the end of the first half but replacements were only allowed to be made at half time.
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