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England 4-2 Spain - October 26, 1960 / Friendlies 1960

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Friendlies 1960 - Europe

Wembley Stadium - London - England

October 26, 1960

80 000

4 - 2

Spain

Jimmy Greaves

Bryan Douglas

48'

Bobby Smith

68'

Bobby Smith

80'

11'

Luis del Sol

52'

Luis Suárez

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2' - Goal Jimmy Greaves2

11' - Goal Luis del Sol

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48' - Goal Bryan Douglas48

52' - Goal Luis Suárez

68' - Goal Bobby Smith68

80' - Goal Bobby Smith80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England

4 - 2

Spain

England Spain

Team line-ups

England

Springett

Ron Springett

England

B.date22/07/1935

Age25 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

McNeill

Michael McNeill

England

B.date07/02/1940

Age20 years

positionDefender

Armfield

Jimmy Armfield

England

B.date21/09/1935

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Robson

Bobby Robson

England

B.date18/02/1933

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Swan

Peter Swan

England

B.date08/10/1936

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Charlton

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Flowers

Ronald Flowers

England

B.date28/07/1934

Age26 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Smith6880

Bobby Smith

England

B.date22/02/1933

Age27 years

positionStriker

Douglas48

Bryan Douglas

England

B.date27/05/1934

Age26 years

positionRight Winger

Greaves2

Jimmy Greaves

England

B.date20/02/1940

Age20 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Haynes

Johnny Haynes

England

B.date17/10/1934

Age26 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ron Springett		25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael McNeill		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Armfield		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Robson		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Swan		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronald Flowers		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Smith	6880	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bryan Douglas	48	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greaves	2	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Haynes		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Spain

Ramallets

Antonio Ramallets

Spain

B.date04/07/1924

Age36 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Gracia Royo

Sigfrido Gracia Royo

Spain

B.date27/03/1932

Age28 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Santamaría

José Emilio Santamaría

Uruguay

B.date31/07/1929

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Marquitos

Spain

B.date16/04/1933

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Suárez52

Luis Suárez

Spain

B.date02/05/1935

Age25 years

H1m74

positionRight central midfielder

Verges Massa

Martin Verges Massa

Spain

B.date08/03/1934

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

del Sol11

Luis del Sol

Spain

B.date06/04/1935

Age25 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

Ruiz Sosa

Manuel Ruiz Sosa

Spain

B.date10/04/1937

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Mateos Mancebo

Enrique Mateos Mancebo

Spain

B.date15/07/1934

Age26 years

H1m67

positionCentre forward

Gento

Paco Gento

Spain

B.date21/10/1933

Age27 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

Di Stéfano

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Spain

B.date04/07/1926

Age34 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Antonio Ramallets		36	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sigfrido Gracia Royo		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Emilio Santamaría		31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marquitos		27	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Suárez	52	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Verges Massa		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis del Sol	11	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Manuel Ruiz Sosa		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Enrique Mateos Mancebo		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paco Gento		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alfredo Di Stéfano		34	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Enrique Mateos Mancebo

Joaquín Peiró

OUT

Paco Gento

Enrique Collar

OUT

Marquitos

Rivilla

OUT

Sigfrido Gracia Royo

Jesús Garay

OUT

José Emilio Santamaría

Alvarito

OUT

Luis del Sol

Chus Pereda

OUT

Manuel Ruiz Sosa

Juan Segarra Iracheta

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Walter Winterbottom

113

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Winterbottom vs Spain

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1960

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Referee

Maurice Guigue

5 victories	0 draw	0 loss	England5 matches	General total	Spain2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	England1 match	Season total	Spain1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 26, 1960					Latest figure on October 26, 1960

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Key figures

England keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Spain running (since 30/11/1955). It's a record streak. The first of history

England keeps its 38 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 16/11/1949). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/03/1881-05/04/1913 time period (50 matches).

Spain keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 28/06/1959). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 25/05/1924-29/05/1927 time period (11 matches).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DEngland 2-2 Wales26/11/1958

VEngland 1-0 Scotland11/04/1959

DEngland 2-2 Italy06/05/1959

LEngland 2-3 Sweden28/10/1959

VEngland 2-1 Northern Ireland18/11/1959

DEngland 3-3 Yugoslavia11/05/1960

Overall

DScotland 1-1 England09/04/1960

DEngland 3-3 Yugoslavia11/05/1960

LSpain 3-0 England15/05/1960

LHungary 2-0 England22/05/1960

VNorthern Ireland 2-5 England08/10/1960

VLuxembourg 0-9 England19/10/1960

Current form

Away

VPoland 2-4 Spain28/06/1959

LFrance 4-3 Spain17/12/1959

VPeru 1-3 Spain10/07/1960

VChile 0-4 Spain14/07/1960

VChile 1-4 Spain17/07/1960

LArgentina 2-0 Spain24/07/1960

Overall

VSpain 3-1 Italy13/03/1960

VSpain 3-0 England15/05/1960

VPeru 1-3 Spain10/07/1960

VChile 0-4 Spain14/07/1960

VChile 1-4 Spain17/07/1960

LArgentina 2-0 Spain24/07/1960

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	4
Scoring streak	37	2
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	10
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	6
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
0	Victories (Competition total)	5
0	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.83
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.75
2.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jimmy Greaves	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Alfredo Di Stéfano
Jimmy Greaves	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Alfredo Di Stéfano
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Enrique Collar
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Enrique Collar
Jimmy Greaves	1 goal during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 6 matches	Alfredo Di Stéfano

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

11 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

4 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

15 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

11 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 09, 1931
Home	7 - 1	December 09, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 15, 1960
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

May 15, 1960 - Rencontres amicales 1960

Spain

3 - 0

England

November 30, 1955 - Rencontres amicales 1955

England

4 - 1

Spain

May 18, 1955 - Rencontres amicales 1955

Spain

1 - 1

England

July 02, 1950 - Coupe du Monde 1950

Spain

1 - 0

England

December 09, 1931 - Rencontres amicales 1931

England

7 - 1

Spain

Best historical scorers against Spain

Joseph Carter	2 goals	1929 - 1929
John Smith	2 goals	1931 - 1931
Tommy Johnson	2 goals	1931 - 1931
Bill Perry	2 goals	1955 - 1955
Samuel Crooks	2 goals	1931 - 1931
Roy Bentley	1 goal	1955 - 1955

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/05/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against England

Gaspar Rubio Melia	2 goals	1929 - 1929
Eulogio Martínez	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Eneko Arieta	1 goal	1955 - 1955
Jaime Lazcano Escola	1 goal	1929 - 1929
Joaquín Peiró	1 goal	1960 - 1960
Hector Rial	1 goal	1955 - 1955

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/05/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Spain

Billy Wright	3 matches	1950 - 1955
Jimmy Dickinson	3 matches	1950 - 1955
Johnny Haynes	2 matches	1955 - 1960
Tom Finney	2 matches	1950 - 1955
Nat Lofthouse	2 matches	1955 - 1955
Ernie Blenkinsop	2 matches	1929 - 1931

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/05/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Jesús Garay	3 matches	1955 - 1960
Antonio Ramallets	3 matches	1950 - 1960
J. L. Perez-Paya Soler	2 matches	1955 - 1955
Mauri	2 matches	1955 - 1955
Ricardo Zamora	2 matches	1929 - 1931
Juan Segarra Iracheta	2 matches	1955 - 1960