525 - Wednesday, 25th October 1978, 3:00pm

525 - 25th Oct 1978, 3:00pm

  • Goal"...in the 28th minute, five minutes after Watson had departed, Keegan obstructed O'Leary to the right of the England penalty area, Brady's free kick, dipping swallow-like into the now familiar hole in the defence, was met with a firm shot by Daly..."Gerry Daly, 28'
  • 1Mick KearnsMichael Kearns.
    Born 26th Nov 1950, Banbury.
  • 2Paddy MulliganPatrick Martin Mulligan.
    Born 17th Mar 1945, Dublin.
     (c)
  • 3Jimmy HolmesJames Paul Holmes.
    Born 11th Nov 1953, Dublin.
  • 4Mark LawrensonMark Thomas Lawrenson.
    Born 2nd Jun 1957, Penwortham, Lancashire.
  • 5David O'LearyDavid Anthony O'Leary.
    Born 2nd May 1958, Stoke Newington.
    Older brother of Pierce O'Leary.         Off 74'
  • 6Liam BradyWilliam Brady.
    Born 13th Feb 1956, Dublin.
  • 7Gerry DalyGerard Anthony Daly.
    Born 30th Apr 1954, Dublin.
  • 8Tony GrealishAnthony Patrick Grealish.
    Born 21st Sep 1956, London.
  • 9Paul McGeePaul Gerard McGee.
    Born 19th Jun 1954, Sligo.
         Off 65'
  • 10Gerry RyanGerry Ryan, Dublin.
  • 11Don GivensDaniel Joseph Givens.
    Born 9th Aug 1949, Limerick.
  • 12Frank StapletonFrancis Anthony Stapleton.
    Born 10th Jul 1956, Dublin.
         On 65'
  • Eamonn GreggEamonn Gregg.
    Born 1953, Dublin.
         On 74'
  • GoalAssist: Trevor Brooking. "England's goal after eight minutes followed a corner on the left...Daly headed Brooking's inswinging kick across the goalmouth and Latchford glanced the ball in off Holmes."Bob Latchford3rd of 5 goals. Header from 6 yards., 8' 07:45
  • 1Ray ClemenceLiverpool, 38th of 61 caps
    30 years, 2 months, 20 days
    Goalkeeper
  • 2Phil NealLiverpool, 15th of 50 caps
    27 years, 8 months, 5 days
    Right Back
  • 3Mick MillsIpswich, 21st of 42 caps
    29 years, 9 months, 21 day
    Left Back
  • 4Ray WilkinsChelsea, 17th of 84 caps
    22 years, 1 month, 11 day
    Midfielder
  • 5Dave WatsonMan City, 36th of 65 caps
    32 years, 0 months, 20 days
    Centre Back         Off 22'
  • 6Emlyn HughesLiverpool, 56th of 62 caps
    31 years, 1 month, 28 days
    Centre Back     (c)19th captaincy
  • 7Kevin KeeganHamburg, 39th of 63 caps
    27 years, 8 months, 11 day
    Centre Forward
  • 8Steve CoppellMan Utd, 9th of 42 caps
    23 years, 3 months, 16 days
    Right Midfielder
  • 9Bob LatchfordEverton, 5th of 12 caps
    27 years, 9 months, 7 days
    Centre Forward
  • 10Trevor BrookingWest Ham, 25th of 47 caps
    30 years, 0 months, 23 days
    Midfielder
  • 11Peter BarnesMan City, 8th of 22 caps
    21 years, 4 months, 15 days
    Left Midfielder         Off 85'
  • 14Phil ThompsonLiverpool, 9th of 42 caps
    24 years, 9 months, 4 days
    Centre Back         On 22'
  • Tony WoodcockNotts Forest, 2nd of 42 caps
    22 years, 10 months, 19 days
    Centre Forward         On 85'

England Starting Formation

    4-4-2

Notes

  • Player MilestoneTrevor Brooking's 25th Cap

Sources

  • uefa.com
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
  • The Guardian "England entertain - but signs of danger", Thursday 26th Ocotber 1978, page 24.
  • YouTube

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  • West German FlagWest Germany Heinz Aldinger

Attendance

  • 55,000

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagDown 1 place, losing -10 ranking points to 1998 points England - 6th - 1
  • Irish Flag Ireland - 30th

Euro 80 Qualifying

(Group 1)

  P W D L GD Pts
  • English Flag England 8 7 1 0 +17 15
  • Northern Irish Flag Northern I... 8 4 1 3 -6 9
  • Irish Flag Ireland 8 2 3 3 +1 7
  • Bulgarian Flag Bulgaria 8 2 1 5 -8 5
  • Danish Flag Denmark 8 1 2 5 -4 4
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