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England 2-2 Ireland - November 05, 1947 / British Home Championship 1947/1948

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British Home Championship 1947/1948 - Round 2

Goodison Park - Liverpool - England

November 05, 1947

67 980

England

2 - 2

Ireland

Northern Ireland

Wilfrid J Mannion

84'

Tommy Lawton

86'

55'

David Walsh

90'

Peter Doherty

logo England ENG

55' - Goal David Walsh

84' - Goal Wilfrid J Mannion84

86' - Goal Tommy Lawton86

90' - Goal Peter Doherty

logo Ireland IRE

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England

2 - 2

Ireland

England Ireland

Team line-ups

England

Swift

Frank V Swift

England

B.date14/12/1914

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date06/02/1924

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Scott

Laurie Scott

England

B.date23/04/1917

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Hardwick

George Hardwick

England

B.date02/02/1920

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Mortensen

Stan Mortensen

England

B.date26/05/1921

Age26 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Taylor

Phil Taylor

England

B.date18/09/1917

Age30 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Mannion84

Wilfrid J Mannion

England

B.date16/05/1918

Age29 years

positionForward

Matthews

Stanley Matthews

England

B.date01/02/1915

Age32 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

Lawton86

Tommy Lawton

England

B.date06/10/1919

Age28 years

positionStriker

Franklin

Cornelius F Franklin

England

B.date24/01/1922

Age25 years

positionForward

Finney

Tom Finney

England

B.date05/04/1922

Age25 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Frank V Swift		32	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurie Scott		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Hardwick		27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Mortensen		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Phil Taylor		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wilfrid J Mannion	84	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stanley Matthews		32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tommy Lawton	86	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cornelius F Franklin		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Finney		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ireland

Hinton

Edward Hinton

Northern Ireland

B.date20/05/1922

Age25 years

positionGoalkeeper

W. Walsh

William Walsh

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/05/1921

Age26 years

positionDefender

Martin

Con Martin

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/03/1923

Age24 years

positionDefender

Carey

Johnny Carey

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/02/1919

Age28 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Farrell

Peter Farrell

Republic of Ireland

B.date16/08/1922

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Vernon

Joseph Vernon

Northern Ireland

B.date26/09/1918

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Smyth

Samuel Smyth

Northern Ireland

B.date25/02/1925

Age22 years

positionForward

Eglinton

Thomas Eglinton

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/01/1923

Age24 years

positionForward

David Walsh55

David Walsh

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/04/1923

Age24 years

positionForward

Cochrane

David Cochrane

Northern Ireland

B.date14/08/1920

Age27 years

positionForward

Doherty90

Peter Doherty

Northern Ireland

B.date05/06/1913

Age34 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edward Hinton		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Walsh		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Con Martin		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Carey		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Farrell		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joseph Vernon		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samuel Smyth		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Eglinton		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Walsh	55	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Cochrane		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Doherty	90	34	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 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

Peter Doherty

Alex Stevenson

OUT

Johnny Carey

Thomas Aherne

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Walter Winterbottom

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Winterbottom vs Ireland

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 05, 1947

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Referee

Peter Fitzpatrick

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	England1 match	General total	Ireland1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	England1 match	Season total	Ireland1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 05, 1947					Latest figure on November 05, 1947

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Key figures

Ireland keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 08/02/1890). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Ireland after 4 consecutive losses away from home (since 17/03/1906). It's a record streak. The first of history

England keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home in British Home Championship running (since 17/03/1900). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 29 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	England	3 pts	2 rd
-1	2	Ireland	3 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Scotland	0 pt	1 rd
-1	4	Wales	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

+1	1	England	3 pts	2 rd
-1	2	Ireland	3 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Scotland	0 pt	1 rd
-1	4	Wales	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VEngland 4-0 Norway09/11/1938

VEngland 7-0 Northern Ireland16/11/1938

VEngland 3-0 Wales13/11/1946

VEngland 8-2 Netherlands27/11/1946

DEngland 1-1 Scotland12/04/1947

VEngland 3-0 France03/05/1947

Overall

DEngland 1-1 Scotland12/04/1947

VEngland 3-0 France03/05/1947

LSwitzerland 1-0 England18/05/1947

VPortugal 0-10 England25/05/1947

VBelgium 2-5 England21/09/1947

VWales 0-3 England18/10/1947

Current form

Away

LEngland 3-1 Ireland18/11/1936

LWales 4-1 Ireland17/03/1937

DScotland 1-1 Ireland10/11/1937

LEngland 7-0 Ireland16/11/1938

LWales 3-1 Ireland15/03/1939

DScotland 0-0 Ireland27/11/1946

Overall

LEngland 7-0 Ireland16/11/1938

LWales 3-1 Ireland15/03/1939

LIreland 2-7 England28/09/1946

DScotland 0-0 Ireland27/11/1946

VIreland 2-1 Wales16/04/1947

VIreland 2-0 Scotland04/10/1947

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	7	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	9	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

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

	Tom Finney	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Samuel Smyth
	Tom Finney	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Samuel Smyth

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

23 v

2 d

1 l

109 gf

18 ga

Away

26 matches

18 v

5 d

3 l

94 gf

25 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

1 ga

Total

54 matches

43 v

7 d

4 l

211 gf

44 ga

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

3 v

5 d

18 l

25 gf

94 ga

Away

26 matches

1 v

2 d

23 l

18 gf

109 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

8 ga

Total

54 matches

4 v

7 d

43 l

44 gf

211 ga

Largest victory

Overall	13 - 0	February 18, 1882
Home	13 - 2	February 18, 1899

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 14, 1914
Away	3 - 0	February 14, 1914

Latest head to head

September 28, 1946 - British Home Championship 1946/1947

Ireland

2 - 7

England

November 16, 1938 - British Home Championship 1938/1939

England

7 - 0

Ireland

October 23, 1937 - British Home Championship 1937/1938

Ireland

1 - 5

England

November 18, 1936 - British Home Championship 1936/1937

England

3 - 1

Ireland

October 19, 1935 - British Home Championship 1935/1936

Ireland

1 - 3

England

Best historical scorers against Ireland

Steve Bloomer	8 goals	1895 - 1905
Gilbert Smith	7 goals	1893 - 1899
Tinsley Lindley	7 goals	1886 - 1891
Willie Hall	6 goals	1937 - 1938
Benjamin W Spilsbury	5 goals	1885 - 1886
Oliver H Vaughton	5 goals	1882 - 1882

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1882. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against England

William Gillespie	7 goals	1913 - 1926
Joseph McAllen	2 goals	1898 - 1899
William Lacey	2 goals	1914 - 1914
Alex Stevenson	2 goals	1935 - 1937
Jimmy Dunne	2 goals	1930 - 1931
Norman Lockhart	2 goals	1946 - 1946

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1882. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland

Robert Crompton	10 matches	1902 - 1914
Vivian Woodward	6 matches	1903 - 1910
Steve Bloomer	6 matches	1895 - 1905
Samuel Hardy	6 matches	1907 - 1919
William Wedlock	6 matches	1907 - 1912
Gilbert Smith	6 matches	1893 - 1900

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Players with most games played vs England

Olphert Stanfield	11 matches	1887 - 1897
Elisha Scott	11 matches	1920 - 1935
William Gillespie	11 matches	1913 - 1930
William Scott	10 matches	1903 - 1913
Robert Milne	10 matches	1894 - 1906
William Lacey	9 matches	1909 - 1924

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They played in both sides

John Reynolds

8 matches

5 matches

1890 - 1897

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/02/1890. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

John Reynolds

8 matches

5 matches

1890 - 1897

Total : 1 players

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Competition info

The other matches

November 12, 1947

Scotland

1 2

Wales

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	England	3	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
-12	Ireland	3	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
+13	Scotland	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
-14	Wales	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3

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England 2-2 Ireland - November 05, 1947 / British Home Championship 1947/1948

England

2 - 2

Ireland

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Winterbottom vs Ireland

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Ireland

Best historical scorers against England

Players with most games played vs Ireland

Players with most games played vs England

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking