Match No. 518 - Wednesday, 22nd February 1978, 8:30pm
"...Ruessmann found Worm with a long diagonal pass and the Duisburg player fed the ball inside to Dietz who stumbled as he received it and quite accidentally sent the perfect return pass to Worm who beat Clemence with a firm shot." Ronald Worm, 79'78:58 - "Five minutes from the end Watson fouled Burgsmueller just outside the penalty area and had his name taken for arguing. Bonhof waited while the England wall argued with Herr Woehrer, the Austrian referee as to where they should be standing and on being given the signal calmly sent a low shot past Clemence's left hand." It wasn't Watson who was carded but Wilkins. Rainer Bonhof, 86'85:43
- 1
- Sepp MaierJosef Dieter Maier.
Born 28th Feb 1944, Metten.
- 2
- Berti VogtsHans-Hubert Vogts.
Born 30th Dec 1946, Büttgen.
(c)
- 3
- Herbert ZimmermannHerbert Zimmermann.
Born 1st Jul 1954, Engers.
- 4
- Rolf RüssmannRolf Rüssmann.
Born 13th Oct 1950, Schwelm.
- 5
- Hans-Georg SchwarzenbeckHans-Georg Schwarzenbeck.
Born 3rd Apr 1948, Munich.
- 6
- Rainer BonhofRainer Bonhof.
Born 29th Mar 1952, Emmerick am Rhein.
- 7
- Rüdiger AbramczikRüdiger Abramczik.
Born 18th Feb 1956, Gelsenkirchen.
- 8
- Herbert NeumannHerbert Neumann.
Born 14th Nov 1953, Cologne.
73'72:11
- 9
- Bernd HölzenbeinBernd Hölzenbein.
Born 9th Mar 1946, Dehrn.
- 76'75:43
- 10
- Heinz FloheHeinz Flohe.
Born 28th Jan 1948, Cologne.
- 35'34:44
- 11
- Karl-Heinz RummeniggeKarl-Heinz Rummenigge.
Born 25th Sep 1955, Lippstadt.
- 16
- Manfred BurgsmüllerManfred Burgsmüller.
Born 22nd Dec 1949, Essen.
35'34:44
- 14
- Bernard DietzBernard Dietz.
Born 22nd Mar 1948, Hamm.
- 73'72:11
- 15
- Ronald WormRonald Worm.
Born 7th Oct 1953, Duisburg.
- 76'75:43
- Assist: Steve Coppell. "Wilkins began the movement with a shrewd ball to Neal who laid it off short to give Coppell the chance for a high ball which Pearson headed in off the righthand post." Stuart Pearson5th of 5 goals. Header from 7 yards., 42' 41:07
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- 1
- Ray ClemenceLiverpool, 34th of 61 caps
29 years, 6 months, 17 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Phil NealLiverpool, 10th of 50 caps
27 years, 0 months, 2 days
Right Back
- 3
- Mick MillsIpswich, 14th of 42 caps
29 years, 1 month, 18 days
Left Back
- 4
- Ray WilkinsChelsea, 11th of 84 caps
21 years, 5 months, 8 days
Midfield 
85:50 Dissent after free kick was awarded which lead to German winner.
- 5
- Dave WatsonMan City, 29th of 65 caps
31 years, 4 months, 17 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Emlyn HughesLiverpool, 51st of 62 caps
30 years, 5 months, 25 days
Centre Back (c)14th captaincy
- 7
- Kevin KeeganHamburg, 35th of 63 caps
27 years, 0 months, 8 days
Centre Forward - 84'83:28
- 8
- Steve CoppellMan Utd, 2nd of 42 caps
22 years, 7 months, 13 days
Right Midfield
- 9
- Stuart PearsonMan Utd, 14th of 15 caps
28 years, 8 months, 1 day
Centre Forward
- 10
- Trevor BrookingWest Ham, 20th of 47 caps
29 years, 4 months, 20 days
Midfield
- 11
- Peter BarnesMan City, 2nd of 22 caps
20 years, 8 months, 12 days
Left Midfield
- 16
- Trevor FrancisBirmingham, 8th of 52 caps
23 years, 10 months, 3 days
Centre Forward - 84'83:28
Notes
- Game stoppageIn the 11th minute the game came to a stand-still and the crowd rose to their feet in honour of Hermann Joch, the organiser for the World Cup 1978 in Germany, who had died on 15th February 1978.
Sources
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- YouTube
- The Guardian "England ill rewarded", Thursday 23rd February 1978, page 24.
- Daily Telegraph "England beaten by late goals after Pearson scores", Thursday 23rd February 1978, page 34.
Referee
Austria Franz Wöhrer
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -3 ranking points to 1925 points England - 8th
West Germany - 1st
