Match Day Thread England U21 v Germany U21

8pm tonight
Come on England

 

Wow Hesford in goal !!!
1982: England 5-4 West Germany (on agg)
Iain Hesford (goalkeeper): Made 202 appearances for Blackpool and played for other clubs including Sunderland. Died in 2014 at 54.

Danny Thomas (defender): To date the only English player to win the Under-21 Euros twice. His career ended at 26 after a severe knee injury. He played 187 league games for Coventry and Spurs, won the Uefa Cup with the latter in 1984 and got two senior England caps.

Tommy Caton (defender): Two-leg final came months after he became, with Manchester City, the youngest player to make 100 First Division appearances. Moved to Arsenal and then had spells at Oxford United and Charlton. Retired at the age of 30 and died a month later after a heart attack.

Terry Fenwick (defender): Made more than 450 league appearances, most for QPR, and played 20 times for the England senior team. One of the five players Diego Maradona dribbled past en route to scoring the “goal of the century” at the 1986 World Cup.

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Terry Fenwick scythes down Diego Maradona during the infamous ‘Hand of God’ quarter-final between England and Argentina at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.Photograph: Getty Images/Hulton Archive
Mike Duxbury (defender): Handed his debut in the first leg and scored in the second. Made 299 league appearances for Manchester United, with whom he won two FA Cups, and got 10 senior caps before finishing with Blackburn and Bradford City.

Ray Ranson (defender): Left Manchester City for Birmingham in 1984 and other clubs included Newcastle. Also had a notable business career and became chairman of Coventry.

Gary Owen (midfielder): England’s oldest player scored twice in the first leg. Played most notably for Manchester City and West Brom.

Steve McCall (midfielder): England’s holding midfielder had been a key figure in Ipswich’s 1981 Uefa Cup victory. He made more than 300 appearances for the club and played professionally until he was 39.

Sammy Lee (midfielder): England’s captain played almost 300 times for Liverpool, winning four league titles and two European Cups, and got 14 senior caps. Became an assistant manager, notably to Sam Allardyce, and briefly a manager.

Adrian Heath (midfielder): Club-record signing for Everton when he moved from Stoke shortly before the Euros. Since retiring in 1997, he has spent time managing a number of teams in the US.

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A fresh-faced Adrian Heath signs for Everton for £700,000 in 1982, going on to win two league titles with the Merseyside club Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy
Gary Shaw (forward): Before this triumph his goals had propelled Aston Villa to a First Division title and European Cup, but his career was seriously hindered by a knee injury in 1983. Died in 2024.

Paul Goddard (forward): Played (and scored) for the senior team before this tournament in a friendly against Iceland but that proved his only senior appearance. Led the line for a number of top-division clubs, including West Ham.

David Hodgson (forward): Successes at Middlesbrough had earned a move to Liverpool and he played for five other Football League clubs and had spells in Spain, Japan, and France. Later managed Darlington.

Justin Fashanu (forward): One of the first £1m players, and the first professional footballer in England to come out as gay, he played for 22 clubs. Killed himself in 1998, aged 37.

 

Good team that. 4 already dead though, Jesus!

 

1-0 elliot

 

2-0

 

Dammit, i've got England as winning 2-1, they'll score more now so I think mines gone down.

 

Carsley for England…

 

Should be out of sight

 

if the first wasn't bad enough, Awful defending for the second... 2 spare at the back post..

 

Since Moreton came on they’ve been v average . 2-2 now, he’s not as good as Scott at pressing .

 

It's Mexico '70 all over again.

 

Who stole the jewelry?

 

3-2

 

Full time 3-2 England. Well done lads

 

3-2 FT

Always nice to beat the Germans.

 

Phew

 

A question, if you get knighted for winning nothing and losing finals, what do you get for winning something and then defending it... whats the step up from Sir...?

I'd rather watch that group than the senior squad any day of the week.. as the commentator said, he's done it with a totally different group of players.

 

Google is your friend: In the British system, a Lord is considered higher in rank than a Sir. A "Sir" is a title of knighthood, while a "Lord" is a title of nobility, specifically belonging to the peerage. The peerage includes ranks like Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron, with Duke being the highest.

So: Baron Carsley of (wherever he picks)

 

I’ve enjoyed this tournament

Some great football played by Carsley’s team

 

Two Elliotts, Anderson and Harvey were exceptional.