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First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign Stan Mortensen, 15 October 1949, 4–1 vs. Wales Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup finals Tom Finney, 36 years, 64 days, 8 June 1958, 2–2 vs. Soviet Union Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup finals Michael Owen, 18 years, 190 days, 22 June 1998, 1–2 vs. Romania Oldest goalscorer in a World Cup ...
England's World Cup record; First match England 2–0 Chile (25 June 1950; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Biggest win England 6–1 Panama (24 June 2018; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) Biggest defeat Germany 4–1 England (27 June 2010; Bloemfontein, South Africa) Best result Champions at the 1966 World Cup Worst result Group stage in 1950, 1958 and 2014
England finished first in their World Cup qualifying group with eight wins and two draws, scoring 18 goals and conceding just three. [220] At the World Cup, England were drawn in a group with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama. [221] [222] They began by beating Tunisia 2–1, with two goals from their captain Harry Kane, including a stoppage-time ...
The berths for the inaugural 1930 tournament were filled by invitation only. The 1934 one was the first one to have an actual qualifying phase.The first ever World Cup qualifying match was played on 11 June 1933, when Sweden defeated Estonia 6–2 in Stockholm, and the first goal was scored 7 minutes into the game, with some sources [1] attributing it to Swedish captain Knut Kroon while others ...
The 1966–67 British Home Championship was the first since England's victory at the World Cup 1966. Naturally, England were favourites for the Championship title. In the end, the outcome of the entire Championship rested on the final game: England v Scotland at Wembley Stadium in London on 15 April. If England won or drew, they would win the ...
The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. Four days later, the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the U.S. in the Americans' 3–0 win against Paraguay. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo to become the first nation to win a ...
1924 British Home Championship (October 20, 1923 – April 12, 1924) Wales Olympic Games in Paris, France (May 25 – June 9, 1924) Uruguay Switzerland Sweden 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1924: (June 15 – September 21, 1924)
They won their first silverware in 1964 when they won the FA Cup, and went on to win the European Cup Winners' Cup a year later. In 1966, they provided three key players in England's World Cup winning side – goalscorers Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters as well as captain Bobby Moore. Liverpool enjoyed even more success during the 1970s.