"In the 34th minute Romania created their first real chance, took it well and were ahead...Raducanu's shot beat Clemence low inside the left-hand post."Marcel Răducanu, 34'
"Fifteen minutes from the end, however, Crisan, running into the penalty area from the left onto a reverse pass from Camataru went down as Sansom challenged him and the Swedish referee Ulf Eriksson gave the penalty from which Iordanescu sent Clemence the wrong way."Anghel Iordănescu, 75' (pen)
1Vasile IordacheVasile Iordache. Born 9th Oct 1950, Iasi.
2Nicolae NegrilăNicolae Negrilă. Born 23rd Jul 1954, Gighera.
3Ion MunteanuIon Munteanu. Born 7th Jun 1955.
4Ștefan SameșȘtefan Sameș. Born 14th Oct 1951, Dobroesti.
5Costică ȘtefănescuCostică Ștefănescu. Born 26th Mar 1951, Bucharest. (c)
6Aurel BeldeanuAurel Beldeanu. Born 5th Mar 1951, Dobroesti.
7Zoltan CrișanZoltan Crișan. Born 3rd May 1955, Oradea.
8Anghel IordănescuAnghel Iordănescu. Born 4th May 1950, Burcharest.
9Rodion CămătaruRodion Doru Gorun Cămătaru. Born 22nd Jun 1958, Strehaia.
10Aurel ȚicleanuAurel Țicleanu. Born 20th Jan 1959, Teliuc. 71'
11Marcel RăducanuMarcel Răducanu. Born 21st Oct 1954, Burcharest.
15Ion DumitruIon Dumitru. Born 2nd Jan 1950, Burcharest. 71'
Assist: Garry Birtles. "In the 63rd minute a moment of carelessness by the Romanians led to England's goal. Negrila was caught in possession by Woodcock and Birtles immediately took the ball, drawing the defence towards him before sending his former Nottingham Forest partner clear and on side to his left. Woodcock clamly drew the goalkeeper beofre slipping the ball into the net..."Tony Woodcock6th of 16 goals. , 63'
1Ray ClemenceLiverpool, 52nd of 61 caps 32 years, 2 months, 10 days Goalkeeper
2Phil NealLiverpool, 28th of 50 caps 29 years, 7 months, 23 days Right Back
3Kenny SansomArsenal, 11th of 86 caps 22 years, 0 months, 19 days Left Back
4Phil ThompsonLiverpool, 28th of 42 caps 26 years, 8 months, 25 days Centre Back(c)5th captaincy
5Dave WatsonSouthampton, 57th of 65 caps 34 years, 0 months, 10 days Centre Back
6Bryan RobsonWBA, 4th of 90 caps 23 years, 9 months, 4 days Midfielder
7Graham RixArsenal, 2nd of 17 caps 22 years, 11 month, 23 days Midfielder
8Terry McDermottLiverpool, 14th of 25 caps 28 years, 10 months, 7 days Midfielder
9Garry BirtlesNotts Forest, 3rd of 3 caps 24 years, 2 months, 19 days Centre Forward 65'
10Tony WoodcockCologne, 15th of 42 caps 24 years, 10 months, 9 days Centre Forward
11Eric GatesIpswich, 2nd of 2 caps 25 years, 3 months, 17 days Attacking Midfielder HT
15Steve CoppellMan Utd, 26th of 42 caps 25 years, 3 months, 6 days Right Midfielder HT
16Laurie CunninghamReal Madrid, 6th of 6 caps 24 years, 7 months, 7 days Left Midfielder 65'
England Starting Formation
4-3-1-2
Notes
Romania Penalty"Fifteen minutes from the end, however, Crisan, running into the penalty area from the left onto a reverse pass from Camataru went down as Sansom challenged him and the Swedish referee Ulf Eriksson gave the penalty from which Iordanescu sent Clemence the wrong way."
Player MilestoneGarry Birtles' Last Cap
Player MilestoneEric Gates' Last Cap
Player MilestoneLaurie Cunningham's Last Cap
Sources
England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
www.romaniansoccer.ro
England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
The Guardian "Greenwood suffers pain and penalty", Thursday 16th October 1980, page 22.
"In the 34th minute Romania created their first real chance, took it well and were ahead...Raducanu's shot beat Clemence low inside the left-hand post."Marcel Răducanu, 34' 
71'
71'
England Ron Greenwood
Romania Valentin Stănescu
Sweden Ulf Eriksson
P
W
D
L
GD
Pts
Hungary
8
4
2
2
+5
10
Switzerlan...
8
2
3
3
-3
7
Norway
8
2
2
4
-7
6