493 - Saturday, 24th May 1975, 3:00pm

Assist: Mick Channon. "England's first goal...: Johnson laid the ball off quickly to Francis who exchanged passes with Channon and then beat Kennedy with a shot that swung inside the left hand post from 20 yards."Gerry Francis1st of 3 goals. Right-footed from 25 yards., 5' 04:51
Assist: Kevin Keegan. "Two minutes later Francis began a movement which was continued by Ball's superbly volleyed pass forward to Keegan on the right. Beattie came in late for the centre and Kennedy was hopelessly out of position for his header."Kevin BeattieOnly Goal. Header from 12 yards., 7' 06:50
Assist: Kevin Keegan. "...in the 40th minute an attack of seven passes (Bell - Francis - Channon - Francis - Keegan - Bell) ended with the Manchester City player taking full advantage of a somewhat lucky rebound to thump the ball past Kennedy's palsied right hand."Colin Bell9th of 9 goals. Right-footed from 20 yards., 42' 41:35
Assist: Alan Ball. "Just past the hour Bell tapped a free-kick through Bell's legs to Francis, whose shot hit a defender and spun past Kennedy off the right-hand post..."Gerry Francis2nd of 3 goals. Right-footed from 25 yards., 65' 64:22
Assist: Dave Watson. "...and sixteen minutes from the end, following another free-kick by Ball, Keegan headed against the bar, Watson shot against the post, and Johnson, finally, forced in England's fifth goal."David Johnson3rd of 6 goals. Left-footed from 5 yards., 74' 73:43

1Ray ClemenceLiverpool, 12th of 61 caps
26 years, 9 months, 19 days
Goalkeeper
2Steve WhitworthLeicester, 5th of 7 caps
23 years, 2 months, 4 days
Right Back
3Kevin BeattieIpswich, 3rd of 9 caps
21 years, 5 months, 6 days
Left Back
4Colin BellMan City, 46th of 48 caps
29 years, 2 months, 26 days
Midfielder
5Dave WatsonSunderland, 14th of 65 caps
28 years, 7 months, 19 days
Centre Back
6Colin ToddDerby, 16th of 27 caps
26 years, 5 months, 12 days
Centre Back
7Alan BallArsenal, 72nd of 72 caps
30 years, 0 months, 12 days
Midfielder (c)6th captaincy
8Mick ChannonSouthampton, 27th of 46 caps
26 years, 5 months, 26 days
Right Forward
9David JohnsonIpswich, 2nd of 8 caps
23 years, 7 months, 1 day
Centre Forward
10Gerry FrancisQPR, 4th of 12 caps
23 years, 5 months, 18 days
Midfielder
11Kevin KeeganLiverpool, 14th of 63 caps
24 years, 3 months, 10 days
Left Forward 88'87:29
16Dave ThomasQPR, 6th of 8 caps
24 years, 7 months, 19 days
Right Winger 88'87:29

"Immediately after this referee Gloeckner decided that Todd had handled intentionally and Rioch, after halting in his run-up beat Clemence with a gentle penalty..."Bruce Rioch, 44' (pen)43:17

England Starting Formation

Wingless 4-3-3

Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
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