Match No. 549 - Wednesday, 19th November 1980, 7:45pm
"In the 22nd minute Mills dispatched Neal on a forward run, the Liverpool player found Coppell in space on the right, Coppell drove the ball hard and low and Tanner deflected it past his own goalkeeper." Markus Tanner, 22' (og)
"A minute past the half-hour Brooking's swinging free-kick from the left coincided perfectly with Mariner's sprint through the defence and Burgener had little chance of stopping a firm header." Paul Mariner5th of 13 goals. Header from yards., 31'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonNotts Forest, 33rd of 125 caps
31 years, 2 months, 1 day
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Phil NealLiverpool, 29th of 50 caps
29 years, 8 months, 27 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 12th of 86 caps
22 years, 1 month, 23 days
Left Back
- 4
- Bryan RobsonWBA, 5th of 90 caps
23 years, 10 months, 8 days
Sweeper
- 5
- David WatsonSouthampton, 58th of 65 caps
34 years, 1 month, 14 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Mick MillsIpswich, 31st of 42 caps
31 years, 10 months, 15 days
Midfield (c)3rd captaincy
- 7
- Steve CoppellMan Utd, 27th of 42 caps
25 years, 4 months, 10 days
Right Midfield
- 8
- Terry McDermottLiverpool, 15th of 25 caps
28 years, 11 month, 11 day
Midfield
- 9
- Paul MarinerIpswich, 13th of 35 caps
27 years, 5 months, 28 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Trevor BrookingWest Ham, 40th of 47 caps
32 years, 1 month, 17 days
Left Midfield
82'
- 11
- Tony WoodcockCologne, 16th of 42 caps
24 years, 11 month, 13 days
Centre Forward
- 14
- Graham RixArsenal, 3rd of 17 caps
23 years, 0 months, 27 days
Midfield
82'
"Fifteen minutes from the end...Pfister scored for Switzerland with a splendid shot after Wehrli and Barberis had swept aside England's cover on the left." Hans-Jörg Pfister, 76'75:19
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- 1
- Erich BurgenerErich Burgener.
Born 15th Feb 1951, Raron.
- 2
- Roger WehrliRoger Wehrli.
Born 18th Mar 1956, Switzerland.
- 3
- Heinz HermannHeinz Hermann.
Born 28th Mar 1958, Zurich.
- 4
- Heinz LüdiHeinz Lüdi.
Born 8th Oct 1958, Switzerland.
- 5
- Alain GeigerAlain Geiger.
Born 5th Nov 1960, Uvrier.
- 6
- Umberto BarberisUmberto Barberis.
Born 5th Jun 1952, Sion.
- 7
- Hans-Jörg PfisterHans-Jörg Pfister.
Born 4th May 1951, Biel.
- 8
- Markus TannerMarkus Tanner.
Born 15th Jan 1954, Switzerland.
HT
- 9
- Roland SchönenbergerRoland Schönenberger.
Born 10th Oct 1955, Switzerland.
37'
- 10
- Rudolf ElsenerRudolf Elsener.
Born 18th Feb 1953, Zurich.
- 11
- Bobo BotteronRené Botteron.
Born 17th Oct 1954, Glarus.
(c)
- 15
- Peter MartiPeter Marti.
Born 12th Jul 1952, Langenthal.
37'
- 13
- André EgliAndré Egli.
Born 8th May 1958, Bäretswil.
HT
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- Official Match Programme
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- YouTube
- The Guardian "England hold out", Thursday 20th November 1980, page 22.
Referee
Netherlands Jan Keizer
ELO Ratings
Down 1 place, gaining 2 ranking points to 1998 points England - 5th - 1
Switzerland - 49th
World Cup 1982 Q
(Group 4)

- Hungary
- 10
- +5
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 8

- England
- 9
- +5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 8

- Romania
- 8
- 0
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 8

- Switzerlan...
- 7
- -3
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 8

- Norway
- 6
- -7
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 8