Match No. 558 - Wednesday, 18th November 1981, 7:45pm
Assist: Trevor Brooking. "[Trevor Brooking] was left with almost too much time to shoot and when he did he mis-hit the ball, which was going wide until Mariner lunged in and deflected it inside the left-hand post." Paul Mariner6th of 13 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 16' 15:40
- 1
- Peter ShiltonNotts Forest, 35th of 125 caps
32 years, 2 months, 0 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Phil NealLiverpool, 34th of 50 caps
30 years, 8 months, 26 days
Right Back
- 3
- Mick MillsIpswich, 35th of 42 caps
32 years, 10 months, 14 days
Left Back
- 4
- Phil ThompsonLiverpool, 31st of 42 caps
27 years, 9 months, 28 days
Centre Back
- 5
- Alvin MartinWest Ham, 3rd of 17 caps
23 years, 3 months, 30 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 14th of 90 caps
24 years, 10 months, 7 days
Midfield
- 7
- Kevin KeeganSouthampton, 59th of 63 caps
30 years, 9 months, 4 days
Midfield (c)28th captaincy
- 8
- Steve CoppellMan Utd, 34th of 42 caps
26 years, 4 months, 9 days
Midfield 
'6766:51
- 9
- Paul MarinerIpswich, 18th of 35 caps
28 years, 5 months, 27 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Terry McDermottLiverpool, 21st of 25 caps
29 years, 11 month, 10 days
Midfield
- 11
- Trevor BrookingWest Ham, 44th of 47 caps
33 years, 1 month, 16 days
Midfield
- 16
- Tony MorleyAston Villa, 1st of 6 caps
27 years, 2 months, 23 days
Midfield 
'6766:51
- 1
- Ferenc MészárosFerenc Mészáros.
Born 11th Apr 1950, Budapest.
- 2
- Győző MartosGyőző Martos.
Born 15th Dec 1949, Budapest.
- 3
- László BálintLászló Bálint.
Born 1st Feb 1948, Budapest.
- 4
- József TóthJózsef Tóth.
Born 2nd Dec 1951, Mosonmagyaróvár.
(c)
- 5
- Sándor MüllerSándor Müller Smich.
Born 21st Sep 1948, Budapest.
- 6
- Imre GarabaImre Garaba.
Born 29th Jul 1958, Vác.
73:55 Professional foul on Morley to stop England counter-attacking.
- 7
- László FazekasLászló Fazekas.
Born 15th Jan 1947, Budapest.
- 'HT46:00
- 8
- Károly CsapóKároly Csapó.
Born 23rd Feb 1952, Agyagosszergeny.
- '8180:04
- 9
- András TörőcsikAndrás Törőcsik.
Born 1st May 1955, Budapest.
- 10
- László KissLászló Kiss.
Born 12th Mar 1956, Taszár.
- 11
- Sándor SallaiSándor Sallai.
Born 26th Mar 1960, Debrecen.
59:58 Repeatedly fouling Keegan.
- 15
- Attila KerekesAttila Kerekes.
Born 4th Apr 1954, Budapest.
- 'HT46:00
- 12
- Gábor SzántóGábor Szántó.
Born 31st Jan 1958, Miskolc.
- '8180:04
Notes
- QualificationEngland qualify for the 1982 World Cup. In a very straightforward group against middling opposition, England contrived to almost fail to qualify for the third World Cup in a row. They got off to a good start by beating Norway 4-0 at Wembley but then managed to lose 2-1 away to Romania, Switzerland and Norway. The only away match they managed to win was ironically, against the best team – Hungary. Add to that a 0-0 draw against Romania at home and it all boiled down to the last fixture – a home game against already qualified Hungary. Paul Mariner scored the only goal after 15 minutes. England were going to their first World Cup in twelve years. Just.
- Player InjuryCoppell is carried from the field with a knee injury after a challenge with Toth on the right side line just after the hour. He is replaced by Morley.
- Player MilestoneTony Morley's 1st Cap
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)
- www.magyarfutball.hu
- YouTube
- The Guardian "Mariner sets course for Spain", Thursday, 19th November 1981, page 22.
Referee
France Georges Konrath
ELO Ratings
- Up 3 places, gaining 11 ranking points to 1897 points
England - 11th - 3 
Hungary - 18th
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
