1963 England v Rest of the World football match

Bobby Moore (left) vs. Josef Masopust at the match. Masopust won the Ballon d'Or in 1962, while Moore was named the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1964.

England v Rest of the World was a 1963 association football match held at the Wembley Stadium in London. It was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of The Football Association and was the first time a world team played against a single nation. Jimmy Greaves was close to scoring for England several times in the first half, but failed due to laudable saves by Lev Yashin.[1] In the second half, when Yashin was replaced by Milutin Šoškić, Greaves assisted Terry Paine to score in the 66th minute. Denis Law equalized 16 minutes later, but Greaves brought England to a last-minute victory. Greaves had the best game of his career and was considered as the best player of the match,[2][3] while Yashin's saves had significantly contributed to his reputation of the world's best goalkeeper and earned him Ballon d'Or two months later.[4][5]

Match details

England England 2–1 Rest of the World
Paine  66'
Greaves  90'		 (Report)  82' Law
Attendance: 87,000
GK1Gordon Banks (Leicester City)
RB2Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool) (c)
LB3Ray Wilson (Huddersfield Town)
RH4Gordon Milne (Liverpool)
CH5Maurice Norman (Tottenham Hotspur)
LH6Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
OR7Terry Paine (Southampton)
IR8Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
CF9Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur)
IL10George Eastham (Arsenal)
OL11Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
Substitutes:
GK12Tony Waiters (Blackpool)
FB13Ken Shellito (Chelsea)
MF14Ron Flowers (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
LH15Tony Kay (Everton)
CF16Joe Baker (Arsenal)
17
18
Manager:
England Alf Ramsey
GK1Soviet Union Lev Yashin
RB2Brazil Djalma Santos
LB3West Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
RH4Czechoslovakia Svatopluk Pluskal
CH5Czechoslovakia Ján Popluhár
LH6Czechoslovakia Josef Masopust
OR7France Raymond Kopa
IR8Scotland Denis Law
CF9Argentina Spain Alfredo di Stéfano (c)
IL10Portugal Eusébio
OL11Spain Francisco Gento
Substitutes:
6Scotland Jim Baxter
1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milutin Šoškić
9West Germany Uwe Seeler
10Hungary Francoist Spain Ferenc Puskás
2Chile Luis Eyzaguirre
Manager:
Chile Fernando Riera

References

  1. ↑ England 2 Rest of the World 1 Match Summary. englandfootballonline.com
  2. ↑ Wilson, Paul. "England vs The Rest Of The World: 50 Years On". esquire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Football Association Centenary 1863-1963". footysphere.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Reno, Bill (May 12, 2015) Why a Goalkeeper Will Never Win Another Ballon d'Or. Paster Magazine.
  5. ↑ European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963. rsssf.com
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