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United States 1-8 England - May 28, 1959 / Friendlies 1959

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Friendlies 1959 - Intercontinental

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles - United States

May 28, 1959

14 000

United States

1 - 8

England

35'

Warren Bradley

52'

Ronald Flowers

64'

Bobby Charlton

69'

Ronald Flowers

74'

Derek Kevan

82'

Bobby Charlton (penalty)

85'

Bobby Charlton

87'

Johnny Haynes

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35' - Goal Warren Bradley

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52' - Goal Ronald Flowers

64' - Goal Bobby Charlton

69' - Goal Ronald Flowers

74' - Goal Derek Kevan

82' - Goal Bobby Charlton

85' - Goal Bobby Charlton

87' - Goal Johnny Haynes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

United States

1 - 8

England

United States England

Team line-ups

Team line-up not yet available

England

Hopkinson

Edward Hopkinson

England

B.date29/10/1935

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Howe

Don Howe

England

B.date12/10/1935

Age23 years

positionDefender

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date06/02/1924

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

Armfield

Jimmy Armfield

England

B.date21/09/1935

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Clayton

Ronnie Clayton

England

B.date05/08/1934

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

Flowers6952

Ronald Flowers

England

B.date28/07/1934

Age24 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Charlton648285

Bobby Charlton

England

B.date11/10/1937

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Kevan74

Derek Kevan

England

B.date06/03/1935

Age24 years

positionForward

Bradley35

Warren Bradley

England

B.date20/06/1933

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

Haynes87

Johnny Haynes

England

B.date17/10/1934

Age24 years

positionForward

Greaves

Jimmy Greaves

England

B.date20/02/1940

Age19 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edward Hopkinson		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Don Howe		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright		35	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jimmy Armfield		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Clayton		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronald Flowers	6952	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bobby Charlton	648285	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Derek Kevan	74	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Warren Bradley	35	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Haynes	87	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greaves		19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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

Warren Bradley

Doug Holden

OUT

Ronald Flowers

Wilfred McGuiness

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Reed

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

0 %

Reed vs England

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 1959

Reed vs Winterbottom

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 1959

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Walter Winterbottom

103

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Winterbottom vs United States

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 1959

Winterbottom vs Reed

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 28, 1959

Referee

Raymond Morgan

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	United States2 matches	General total	England3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	United States1 match	Season total	England1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 27, 1964					Latest figure on July 03, 1966

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Ronald Flowers scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with

United States keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win at home running (since 02/07/1950). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 14/09/1949 (3 matches)

United States keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs England at home running (since 29/06/1950). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VUnited States 6-2 Canada06/11/1926

VUnited States 3-1 Israel26/09/1948

LUnited States 0-4 Scotland B19/06/1949

LUnited States 3-6 England08/06/1953

LUnited States 2-7 Mexico28/04/1957

LUnited States 2-3 Canada06/07/1957

Overall

LIceland 3-2 United States25/08/1955

LYugoslavia 9-1 United States28/11/1956

LMexico 6-0 United States07/04/1957

LUnited States 2-7 Mexico28/04/1957

LCanada 5-1 United States22/06/1957

LUnited States 2-3 Canada06/07/1957

Current form

Away

VScotland 0-4 England19/04/1958

LYugoslavia 5-0 England11/05/1958

DNorthern Ireland 3-3 England04/10/1958

LBrazil 2-0 England13/05/1959

LPeru 4-1 England17/05/1959

LMexico 2-1 England24/05/1959

Overall

DEngland 2-2 Wales26/11/1958

VEngland 1-0 Scotland11/04/1959

DEngland 2-2 Italy06/05/1959

LBrazil 2-0 England13/05/1959

LPeru 4-1 England17/05/1959

LMexico 2-1 England24/05/1959

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	4	6
Winless streak	4	6
Drawless streak	10	18
Scoring streak	3	3
Conceding streak	7	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	5	4
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	5	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.67

Betting aid

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

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Bobby Charlton
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Jimmy Greaves
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Derek Kevan

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	June 29, 1950
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	June 08, 1953
Away	6 - 3	June 08, 1953

Latest head to head

June 08, 1953 - Rencontres amicales 1953

United States

3 - 6

England

June 29, 1950 - Coupe du Monde 1950

United States

1 - 0

England

Best historical scorers against England

Joe Gaetjens

1 goal

1950 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/06/1950. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against United States

Tom Finney	2 goals	1953 - 1953
Nat Lofthouse	2 goals	1953 - 1953
Ivor Broadis	1 goal	1953 - 1953
Redfern Froggatt	1 goal	1953 - 1953

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/06/1950. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Ed McIlvenny	1 match	1950 - 1950
Frank Borghi	1 match	1950 - 1950
Gino Pariani	1 match	1950 - 1950
Joe Maca	1 match	1950 - 1950
Walter Bahr	1 match	1950 - 1950
Charlie Colombo	1 match	1950 - 1950

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/06/1950. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs United States

Tom Finney	2 matches	1950 - 1953
Sir Alf Ramsey	2 matches	1950 - 1953
Jimmy Dickinson	2 matches	1950 - 1953
Billy Wright	2 matches	1950 - 1953
Wilfrid J Mannion	1 match	1950 - 1950
John Aston	1 match	1950 - 1950