Football World Cup 1954 / England
This article covers the English national football team at the 1954 World Cup .
qualification
The group was also the British Home Championship in 1953–54 .
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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11: 4 | 6th |
2 |
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8: 8 | 3 |
3 |
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4: 7 | 2 |
3 |
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5: 9 | 1 |
Wales | - | England | 1: 4 |
England | - | Northern Ireland | 3: 1 |
Scotland | - | England | 2: 4 |
English contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | References | |
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Gil Merrick |
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01/26/1922 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Ted Burgin |
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04/29/1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||
2 | Ron Staniforth |
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04/13/1924 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Roger Byrne |
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02/08/1929 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
4th |
Billy Wright ![]() |
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02/06/1924 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Ken Green |
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04/27/1924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Allenby Chilton |
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09/16/1918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||
5 | Syd Owen |
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09/29/1922 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
6th | Jimmy Dickinson |
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04/24/1925 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Bill McGarry |
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06/10/1927 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Albert Quixall |
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08/09/1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Ken Armstrong |
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06/03/1924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | Johnny Haynes |
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10/17/1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||
7th | Stanley Matthews |
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02/01/1915 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Ivor Broadis |
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December 18, 1922 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
9 | Nat Lofthouse |
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08/27/1925 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
10 | Tommy Taylor |
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01/29/1932 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Tom Finney |
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04/05/1922 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
15th | Dennis Wilshaw |
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03/11/1926 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
17th | Jimmy Mullen |
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01/06/1923 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
20th | Bedford Jezzard |
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October 19, 1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Harry Hooper |
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06/14/1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||
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March 31, 1913 |
* Only 17 players from the 22-man squad traveled to Switzerland, with Ken Armstrong , Allenby Chilton , Johnny Haynes , Harry Hooper and Bedford Jezzard staying at home on call. There were no subsequent nominations.
English team games
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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6: 4 | 3 |
2 |
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2: 3 | 2 |
3 |
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5: 3 | 2 |
4th |
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5: 8 | 1 |
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium ( Basel )
Spectators: 40,000
Referee: Schmetzer ( BR Germany )
Goals: 0: 1 Anoul (5th), 1: 1 Broadis (26th), 2: 1 Lofthouse (36th), 3: 1 Broadis (63rd), 3: 2 Coppens (67th), 3: 3 Anoul (73rd), 4: 3 Lofthouse (91st), 4: 4 Dickinson (94th) ET
Stadium: Wankdorfstadion ( Bern )
Spectators: 50,000
Referee: Zsolt ( Hungary )
Goals: 1-0 Mullen (43rd), 2-0 Wilshaw (69th)
It was exciting in Group IV. England achieved a 4: 4 n.V. against Belgium and the 2: 0 over Switzerland, which in turn defeated Italy 2: 1. But since Italy knocked out the Belgians 4-1, the Confederates and the Azzurri had to go into the playoff. The hosts won a convincing 4-1 victory over their southern neighbors in Basel.
Quarter finals
35,000 | St. Jakob Stadium ( Basel ) |
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Steiner ( Austria ) | 4: 2 (2: 1) | 1: 0 Borges (5th) 1: 1 Lofthouse (16th) 2: 1 Varela (39th) 3: 1 Schiaffino (46th) 3: 2 Finney (67th) 4: 2 Ambrois (78th) |
World champions Uruguay met England in the next game, who with their old-fashioned style of play lost 4-2 to the tech-savvy Urus. Despite players like Matthews, Wright, and Lofthouse, it turned out that the motherland of football was not up to date.