Match No. 485 - Wednesday, 5th June 1974

  • "Midway through the first half Bell stationed just beyond the England penalty area, headed down but only to Petkovic, who quickly found Surjak lurking to his right. Surjak took the ball to the goalline, centred sharply, and Petkovic ran in to head past Clemence." Ilija Petković, 23'
  • "Five minutes into the second, Acimovic sent Surjack striding down the left wing to send one of his ballistic missiles hurtling into the goalmouth. Watson did well to get this one away for a corner; another corner followed, and from it the ball came out to Oblak, who scored with a left-foot shot from 25 yards that was worthy of Bobby Charlton at his best." Branko Oblak, 51'50:54
    • 1
    • Enver MarićEnver Marić.
      Born 16th Apr 1948, Mostar.
    • 2
    • Petar KrivokućaPetar Krivokuća.
      Born 12th Jun 1947, Rokci.
    • Off 21'
    • 3
    • Iko BuljanIvan Buljan.
      Born 11th Dec 1949, Runovici.
    • 4
    • Vladislav BogićevićVladislav Bogićević.
      Born 7th Nov 1950, Belgrade.
    • 5
    • Josip KatalinskiJosip Katalinski.
      Born 12th May 1948, Sarajevo.
    • 6
    • Dražen MužinićDražen Mužinić.
      Born 25th Jan 1953, Split.
    • Off HT
    • 7
    • Ilija PetkovićIlija Petković.
      Born 22nd Sep 1945, Knin.
    • 8
    • Branko OblakBranko Oblak.
      Born 27th May 1947, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
    • 9
    • Ivan ŠurjakIvan "Ivica" Šurjak.
      Born 23rd Mar 1953, Split.
    • 10
    • Jovan AćimovićJovan Kule Aćimović.
      Born 21st Jun 1948, Belgrade.
    • 11
    • Dragan DžajićDragan Džajić.
      Born 30th May 1946, Ub.
       (c)
    • 13
    • Enver HadžiabdićEnver Hadžiabdić.
      Born 6th Nov 1945, Belgrade.
    • On 21'
    • 14
    • Dušan BajevićDušan "Duško" Bajević.
      Born 10th Dec 1948, Mostar.
    • On HT
  • "In only the sixth [sic] minute Maric failed to hold a corner from Keegan in the face of a strong challenge from Watson the ball came out to Brooking, three defenders failed to clear his shot and Channon followed up to score." Mick Channon7th of 21 goals. Left-footed from 4 yards., 5' 4:25
  • Assist: Malcolm Macdonald. "...England managed to draw level 15 minutes from the end. The Yugoslav defence was slow to react when Hughes sent in a ball from the left which Lindsay back-headed towards goal; Macdonald sent it on; and Keegan scored with a diving header..." Kevin Keegan2nd of 21 goals. Header from 3 yards., 75'
    • 1
    • Ray ClemenceLiverpool, 5th of 61 caps
      25 years, 10 months, 0 days
      Goalkeeper
    • 2
    • Emlyn HughesLiverpool, 36th of 62 caps
      26 years, 9 months, 8 days
      Right Back       (c)7th captaincy
    • 3
    • Alec LindsayLiverpool, 4th of 4 caps
      26 years, 3 months, 7 days
      Left Back
    • 4
    • Colin ToddDerby, 9th of 27 caps
      25 years, 5 months, 24 days
      Centre Back
    • 5
    • Dave WatsonSunderland, 6th of 65 caps
      27 years, 8 months, 0 days
      Centre Back
    • 6
    • Martin DobsonBurnley, 4th of 5 caps
      26 years, 3 months, 20 days
      Midfield
    • 7
    • Kevin KeeganLiverpool, 8th of 63 caps
      23 years, 3 months, 19 days
      Midfield
    • 8
    • Mick ChannonSouthampton, 19th of 46 caps
      25 years, 6 months, 7 days
      Centre Forward
    • 9
    • Frank WorthingtonLeicester, 6th of 8 caps
      25 years, 6 months, 12 days
      Centre Forward
    • Off 65'
    • 10
    • Colin BellMan City, 39th of 48 caps
      28 years, 3 months, 7 days
      Midfield
    • 11
    • Trevor BrookingWest Ham, 5th of 47 caps
      25 years, 8 months, 3 days
      Midfield
    • 16
    • Malcolm MacdonaldNewcastle Utd, 7th of 14 caps
      24 years, 4 months, 29 days
      Centre Forward
    • On 65'

Notes

  • Mercer: Last MatchJoe Mercer's last match in charge.
  • Keegan ArrestedOn arrival in Belgrade airport from Sophia on 3rd June, Keegan was arrested and beaten by overzealous security guards who claimed he was "jumping on the baggage transporter in the customs zone". All England players and press with Keegan refuted the allegations and dismissed the charges as unfounded. Keegan received a "swollen and bloody nose and a sore stomach" and there were doubts he would play but he recovered enough to be in the starting line-up. Whether the ordeal was an orchestrated attempt to "rough up" England's best player or whether it subduded his performance is debatable. He scored England's second goal.
  • Player MilestoneAlec Lindsay's Last Cap

Sources

  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
  • YouTube
  • The Guardian "England match skill with resilience", Thursday 6th June 1974, page 25.

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Managers

Referee

  • Italy Sergio Gonella

Attendance

  • 90,000

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • No change in rank, gaining 2 ranking points to 1967 points England - 4th
  • Yugoslavia - 7th