Match No. 536 - Thursday, 22nd November 1979, 7:45pm
Assist: Glenn Hoddle. "In the 10th minute, following a short corner on the right taken by Woodcock, Hoddle floated the ball into the goalmouth and Watson rose well to head it past Christov." David Watson4th of 4 goals. Header from 6 yards., 10' - Assist: Trevor Francis. "In the 68th minute Francis laid a centre from Wilkins on the left square to him, and the Spurs player scored England's second goal with a marvellous right-footed shot from 20 yards into the top right hand corner of the net." Glenn Hoddle1st of 8 goals. Right-footed from 20 yards., 68'
- 1
- Ray ClemenceLiverpool, 45th of 61 caps
31 years, 3 months, 17 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Viv AndersonNotts Forest, 3rd of 30 caps
23 years, 2 months, 24 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomPalace, 2nd of 86 caps
21 years, 1 month, 26 days
Left Back
- 4
- Phil ThompsonLiverpool, 18th of 42 caps
25 years, 10 months, 1 day
Centre Back (c)1st captaincy
- 5
- David WatsonSouthampton, 47th of 65 caps
33 years, 1 month, 17 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Ray WilkinsMan Utd, 27th of 84 caps
23 years, 2 months, 8 days
Midfield
- 7
- Kevin ReevesNorwich, 1st of 2 caps
22 years, 1 month, 2 days
Midfield
- 8
- Glenn HoddleSpurs, 1st of 53 caps
22 years, 0 months, 26 days
Midfield
- 9
- Trevor FrancisNotts Forest, 17th of 52 caps
25 years, 7 months, 3 days
Forward
- 10
- Ray KennedyLiverpool, 12th of 17 caps
28 years, 3 months, 25 days
Midfield
- 11
- Tony WoodcockCologne, 7th of 42 caps
23 years, 11 month, 16 days
Centre Forward
- 1
- Hristo HristovHristo Hristov.
Born 26th Nov 1943, Bulgaria.
- 2
- Roman KarakolevRoman Karakolev.
Born 23rd Mar 1955, Bulgaria.
- 3
- Borislav DimitrovBorislav Dimitrov.
Born 11th Nov 1951, Bulgaria.
- 4
- Georgi BonevGeorgi Bonev.
Born 20th Jun 1954, Sofia.
- 6
- Georgi DimitrovGeorgi Georgiev Dimitrov.
Born 14th Jan 1959, Gledachevo.
- 7
- Todor BarzovTodor Barzov.
Born 21st Feb 1953, Dolna Mitropoliya.
- 8
- Plamen MarkovPlamen Markov.
Born 11th Sep 1957, Sevlievo.
- 9
- Andrey ZhelyazkovAndrey Zhelyazkov.
Born 9th Jul 1952, Radnevo.
(c)
- 10
- Boycho VelichkovBoycho Petrov Velichkov.
Born 13th Aug 1958, Sofia.
87'
- 11
- Chavdar TsvetkovChavdar Tsvetkov.
Born 8th Mar 1953, Svoge.
- 30'
- 15
- Kostadin KostadinovKostadin Stefanov Kostadinov.
Born 25th Jun 1959, Plovdiv.
30'
- 13
- Krassimir ManolovKrassimir Manolov.
Born 31st Oct 1956, Plovdiv.
- 87'
Notes
- Game delayed by 24 hoursThe match was due to kick off at 7:45pm on Wednesday 21st November but was delayed for 24 hours due to heavy fog.
- England qualificationBecause of the delay England were assured of qualifiction from Group 1 of Euro 80 qualifying after Republic of Ireland lost to Northern Ireland in Belfast the previous evening.
- Keegan missingKeegan had been ordered to return to Hamburg for the weekend's matches and so he was not selected.
- Player MilestoneKevin Reeves' 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneGlenn Hoddle's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneGlenn Hoddle's 1st Goal
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- uefa.com
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- YouTube
- The Guardian "Hoddle points the way", Friday 23rd November, 1979, page 24.
Referee
Sweden Erik Fredriksson
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 4 ranking points to 2049 points England - 3rd
Bulgaria - 33rd
Euro 80 Qualifying
(Group 1)
- England
- 15
- +17
- 0
- 1
- 7
- 8
- Northern I...
- 9
- -6
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 8
- Republic o...
- 7
- +1
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 8
- Bulgaria
- 5
- -8
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 8
- Denmark
- 4
- -4
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 8
