Match No. 506 - Wednesday, 17th November 1976, 2:30pm
Giancarlo Antognoni, 37' (36:06)
Roberto Bettega, 78' (77:13)
- 1
- Dino ZoffDino Zoff.
Born 28th Feb 1942, Mariano del Friuli.
- 2
- Antonello CuccuredduAntonello Cuccureddu.
Born 4th Oct 1949, Alghero.
82' Deliberate trip on Keegan.
- 3
- Marco TardelliMarco Tardelli.
Born 24th Sep 1954, Capanne di Careggine.
- 4
- Romeo BenettiRomeo Benetti.
Born 20th Oct 1945, Albaredo d'Adige.
- 5
- Claudio GentileClaudio Gentile.
Born 27th Sep 1953, Tripoli, Libya.
- 6
- Giacinto FacchettiGiacinto Facchetti.
Born 18th Jul 1942, Treviglio.
(c)
- 7
- Franco CausioFranco Causio.
Born 1st Feb 1949, Lecce.
- 8
- Fabio CapelloFabio Capello.
Born 18th Jun 1946, San Canzian d'Isonzo.
- 9
- Francesco GrazianiFrancesco Graziani.
Born 16th Dec 1952, Subiaco.
- 10
- Giancarlo AntognoniGiancarlo Antognoni.
Born 1st Apr 1954, Marsciano.
- 11
- Roberto BettegaRoberto Bettega.
Born 27th Dec 1950, Turin.
- 1
- Ray ClemenceLiverpool, 24th of 61 caps
28 years, 3 months, 12 days
- 2
- Dave ClementQPR, 4th of 5 caps
28 years, 9 months, 15 days
81'
- 3
- Mick MillsIpswich, 10th of 42 caps
27 years, 10 months, 13 days
- 6
- Emlyn HughesLiverpool, 41st of 62 caps
29 years, 2 months, 20 days
- 7
- Kevin KeeganLiverpool, 26th of 63 caps
25 years, 9 months, 3 days (c)4th captaincy
- 8
- Mick ChannonSouthampton, 38th of 46 caps
27 years, 11 month, 19 days
90+1' Off the ball kick at Tardelli.
- 9
- Stan BowlesQPR, 4th of 5 caps
27 years, 10 months, 24 days
- 12
- Kevin BeattieIpswich, 7th of 9 caps
22 years, 10 months, 30 days
81'
Notes
- Player MilestoneRoy McFarland's Last Cap
Sources
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- YouTube
- The Guardian "Italy cast off the chains", Thursday, 18th November 1976, page 18.
Managers
England Don Revie
Italy F Bernardini & Enzo Bearzot
Referee
Israel Abraham Klein
ELO Ratings
Down 2 places, losing -24 ranking points to 1960 points England - 7th - 2
Italy - 5th
World Cup 1978 Q
(Group 2)

- Italy
- 10
- +14
- 1
- 0
- 5
- 6

- England
- 10
- +11
- 1
- 0
- 5
- 6

- Finland
- 4
- -5
- 4
- 0
- 2
- 6

- Luxembourg
- 0
- -20
- 6
- 0
- 0
- 6