International Season 1978/79, Part 10 (June and July 1979)

June

Argentina continued its Tour of Europe.

England played a number of matches. It first defeated Bulgaria in Sofia (3-0) in a qualifier, then lost to Austria (3-4) in a friendly.

The English also faced Sweden to celebrate Swedish Football Association’s 75^th anniversary.

Kevin Keegan played two matches in two days, one for his club Hamburg.

At this insistence of Sweden officials he also took part in this match.

Safet Susic became the first player in 31 years to score a hat trick against Italy in Yugoslavia’s (4-1) win.

Switzerland won an away match for the first time in 6 years as they defeated Iceland in a qualifier.

Kurt Nielsen managed Denmark for the last time as the West German Sepp Piontek was about to take over.

Date: June 1, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Berlin -Stadion der Weltjugend (Stadium of the World Youth)

Attendance: 50,000

East Germany 1-Romania 0 (Joachim Streich 64)

Date: June 2, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park

Attendance: 61,918

Scotland 1-Argentina 3  (Arthur Graham 85 / Leopoldo Luque 33, 61, Diego Maradona 70)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3113 (June 5, 1979)

(Diego Maradona, June 2, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Photo From: World Soccer , May 1980

(Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Daniel Passarella, René Houseman,  Jorge Olguín, Hugo Villaverde,  Alberto Tarantini, Ubaldo Fillol , Bottom, left to right: Américo Gallego, Juan Barbas, Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona, Jose Valencia, June 2, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Daniel Passarella, René Houseman,  Jorge Olguín, Hugo Villaverde,  Alberto Tarantini, Ubaldo Fillol , Bottom, left to right: Américo Gallego, Juan Barbas, Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona, Jose Valencia, June 2, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Date: June 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 7

Venue: Gzira, Empire Stadium

Attendance: 8,358

Malta 0-Wales 2 (Peter Nicholas 15, Brian Flynn 50)

Photo From: 45 Sena ta' Football Internazzjonali ta' Malta, Author Joseph A. Sacco

(Malta squad, June 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Malta 0-Wales 2)

Date: June 6, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: East Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium

Attendance: 70,134

New York Cosmos (USA) 0-Argentina 1  (Daniel Passarella 88)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3114 (June 12, 1979)

(Juan Barbas, between Rick Davis and Toni Carbognani, June 6, NY Cosmos 0-Argentina 1)

Date: June 6, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance: 47,500

Bulgaria 0-England 3 (Kevin Keegan 33, Dave Watson 53, Peter Barnes 64)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Denmark, 1979

(June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 54, June 1980

(England squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Bulgaria, 1979

(Bulgaria squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 0-England 3)

Date: June 6, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance: 16,500

Denmark 4-Northern Ireland 0 (Preben Elkjær 31,33,82, Allan Simonsen 63)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Denmark 4-Northern Ireland 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, June 6, 1979, EC Qualifier, Denmark 4-Northern Ireland 0)

Date: June 7, 1979

Competition: Olympics Qualifier

Venue: Kotka-Urheilukeskus=

Attendance:,581

Finland (Olympics) 2-Denmark (Olympics) 1 (Juha Helin 12, Risto Rosenberg 21, Hannu Rajaniemi 61, Kalle Nieminen 70 / ????)

Date: June 7, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 5

Venue: Malmö -Malmö Stadion

Attendance: 7,070

Sweden 3-Luxembourg 0 (Anders Grönhagen 15, Tore Cervin 29, Hasse Borg 54 pen)

Date: June 7, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: Oslo-Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance: 17,269

Norway 0-Scotland 4 (Joe Jordan 32, Kenny Dalglish 39, John Robertson 43, Gordon McQueen 55)

Date: June 7, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Kusnacht

Attendance:

Switzerland 1-FC Zurich (Switzerland) 1 (Schnyder 38 / Jerkovic 63)

Date: June 9, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur

Attendance: 10,469

Iceland 1-Switzerland 2 (Janus Guðlaugsson 50 / Raimondo Ponte 58, Heinz Hermann 61)

Date: June 10, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion, Fotbollstadion

Attendance: 35,691

Sweden 0-England 0

Photo From: Onze, Issue 54, June 1980

(June 10, 1979, Sweden 0-England 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(June 10, 1979, Sweden 0-England 0)

Photo From: Nations of Europe, Volume II author Ron Hockings and Keir Radnedge, 1993

(Sweden squad, June 10, 1979, Sweden 0-England 0)

Date: June 10, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Los Angeles, California -Memorial Coliseum, USA

Attendance: 13,000

Mexico 1-Spain (U-23/B) 0 (Manuel Guillén 66)

Note : Some sources show the date as June 21st.

Date: June 12, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Klagenfurt

Attendance:

Austria ‘B’ 0-England 1 (Bryan Robson 5)

Note: Match was abandoned in the 59^th minite, due to lightning.

Date: June 13, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Auckland, Newmarket Park

Attendance: 4,000

New Zealand 1- Australia 0 (Duncan Ormond 58)

Date: June 13, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Wien (Vienna)-Praterstadion

Attendance: 30,000

Austria 4-England 3 (Bruno Pezzey 19, 70, Kurt Welzl 26, 41  / Kevin Keegan 27, Steve Coppell 47, Ray Wilkins 64)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1979

(June 13, 1979, Austria 4-England 3)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1979

(June 13, 1979, Austria 4-England 3)

Photo From: World Soccer,August 1979

(June 13, 1979, Austria 4-England 3)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1979

(June 13, 1979, Austria 4-England 3)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger

(June 13, 1979, Austria 4-England 3)

Date: June 13, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional

Attendance: 21,000

Chile 0-Ecuador 0

Date: June 13, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Zagreb, Stadion Maksimir     

Attendance: 20,000

Yugoslavia 4-Italy 1 (Safet Susic 28, 36, 66, Velimir Zajec 86 / Paolo Rossi 25)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(June 13, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Italy 1)

Photo From:  La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(June 13, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Italy 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(June 13, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Italy 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(June 13, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Italy 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(June 13, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Italy 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(Italy squad, June 13, 1979, Yugoslavia 4-Italy 1)

Date: June 21, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: São Paulo- Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo (Estadio Morumbi)    

Attendance:

Brazil 5-AFC Ajax Amsterdam (Holland) 0 (Socrates 10, 44, Toninho 57, Zico 69, 75)

Date: June 25, 1979

Competition: ‘Celebration for the 1^st Anniversary of Argentina's first World Cup victory’

Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental de Nuñes)

Attendance: 82,000

Argentina 1-  FIFA World Stars 2  (Diego Maradona 28 / Luis Galvan (own goal) 68, Zico 73)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(Paolo Rossi, Zico and Jose Valencia, June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3116 (June 26, 1979)

Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Daniel Passarella, Américo Gallego, Ubaldo Fillol , Leopoldo Luque, Jorge Olguín, Alberto Tarantini,  Osvaldo Ardiles, Luis Galvan, René Houseman,Diego Maradona, Jose Valencia , June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: World Soccer , August 1979

(World XI squad, June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 44, August 1979

(World XI squad, June 25, 1979, Argentina 1-FIFA World Stars 2)

Date: June 21, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Guayaquil, Estadio Modelo

Attendance: 35,000

Ecuador 2-Chile 1 (Carlos Torres Garcés 34, Jorge Vinicio Ron 49 / Gustavo Moscoso 42)

Date: June 23, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Kuala Lumpur

Attendance:

Malaysia 1-League of Ireland XI 0 (???)

Date: June 27, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance: 11,500

Denmark 1-USSR 2 (Torsten Andersen 39 /  Vitali Daraselia 52, Ole Højgaard (own goal) 78)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, June 27, 1979, Denmark 1-USSR 2)

Date: June 28, 1979

Competition: Nordic Cup

Venue: Göteborg (Gothenburg)- Nya Ullevi Stadion

Attendance: 11,432

Sweden 2-Norway 0 (Hasse Borg 8 pen, Olle Nordin 30)

July

Finland held USSR (1-1) in the only Euro qualifier of the month.

Date: July 4, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Helsinki -Olympiastadion

Attendance: 13,119

Finland 1-USSR 1 (Atik Ismail 75 / Aleksandr Khapsalis 25)

International Season 1978/79, Part 9 (May 1979)

May

Argentina and its new star Diego Maradona started touring Europe. First on the agenda was a replay of the previous year’s World Cup Final.

The British Home Championship took place with the highlight being England’s (3-1) victory over Scotland.

France defeated USA (6-0) playing on a synthetic field.

West germany earned its first away points in its group by defeating Wales (2-0) at Wrexham.

Poland defeated Holland (2-0) in its Group.

Tsvetan Ilchev managed Bulgaria again in their qualifier win over the Republic of Ireland.

Brazil, making its first appearance of the year, defeated Paraguay (6-0) and defeated Uruguay (5-1) at the end of the month.

Ferenc Kovacs managed Hungary for the last time as they held USSR at Tblissi (2-2) in a Euro qualifier.

For more detail, see:

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-british-home-championship-part-six.html

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2015/08/teams-on-tour-part-two.html

Date: May 1, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 5

Venue: Letzebuerg (Luxembourg)--Stade Municipal de Luxembourg  

Attendance: 3,000

Luxembourg 0-Czechoslovakia 3 (Marian Masny 21, Miroslav Gajdusek 67, Frantisek Stambachr 68)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(May 1, 1979, EC Qualifier, Luxembourg 0-Czechoslovakia 3)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechsolovakia squad, May 1, 1979, EC Qualifier, Luxembourg 0-Czechoslovakia 3)

Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: Wien (Vienna)-Praterstadion

Attendance: 42,903

Austria 0-Belgium 0

Photo From: World Soccer , June 1979

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Austria 0-Belgium 0)

Photo From: World Soccer , August 1979

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Austria 0-Belgium 0)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Austria 0-Belgium 0)

Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park

Attendance: 18,700

Northern Ireland 2-Bulgaria 0 (Chris Nicholl 16, Gerry Armstrong 33)

Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road

Attendance: 35,000

Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0 (Gerry Daly 45, Don Givens 66)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  Republic of Ireland v Argentina, 1979

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  Republic of Ireland v West Germany, 1979

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  Republic of Ireland v West Germany, 1979

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)

Photo From: Football Association of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 2-Denmark 0)

Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: East Rutherford, New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium

Attendance: 20,591

USA 0-France 6 (Bernard Lacombe 8, 14,37, Droege (own goal) 42, Loic Amisse 61, Didier Six 73)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(May 2, 1979, USA 0-France 6)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(May 2, 1979, USA 0-France 6)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(May 2, 1979, USA 0-France 6)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(France squad, May 2, 1979, USA 0-France 6)

Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 7

Venue: Wrexham-Racecourse Ground  

Attendance: 30,000

Wales 0-West Germany 2 (Herbert Zimmermann 29, Klaus Fischer 52)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Wales 0-West Germany 2)

Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Budapest-Nepstadion

Attendance: 23,000

Hungary 0-Greece 0

Date: May 2, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Chorzów- Stadion Śląski (Silesian Stadium)     

Attendance: 85,000

Poland 2-Holland 0 (Zbigniew Boniek 19, Włodzimierz Mazur 63 pen)

Photo From: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski

(May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Poland 2-Holland 0)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(Holland squad, May 2, 1979, EC Qualifier, Poland 2-Holland 0)

Date: May 5, 1979

Competition: Olympics Qualifier

Venue: Prague- Bohemians

Attendance: 4,000

Czechoslovakia (Olympics) 4- Bulgaria (Olympics) 0 (????)

Date: May 5, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Moskva (Moscow)-Stadion Lokomotiv

Attendance: 20,000

USSR 3-Czechsolovakia 0 (Vakhtang Koridze 17, Ramaz Šhengelia 20, Vagiz Khidiatullin 89)

Note: In some sources Koridze also scored the goal credited to Khidiatullin in the 89^th minute.

Date: May 5, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Sankt Gallen-Espenmoos Stadion

Attendance: 9,000

Switzerland 0-East Germany 2 (Lutz Lindemann 45, Joachim Streich 90)

Date: May 9, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance: 30,900

Denmark 2-Sweden 2 (Benny Nielsen 44, Soren Lerby 76 / Ingemar Erlandsson 33, Billy Ohlsson 56)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Denmark squad, May 9, 1979, Denmark 2-Sweden 2)

Date: May 9, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: Oslo-Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance: 9,875

Norway 0-Portugal 1 (João Alves 35)

Date: May 10, 1979

Competition: Olympics Qualifier

Venue: Aalborg

Attendance: 2,700

Denmark (Olympics) 1- Finland (Olympics) 0 (???? / Harri Lindholm 50          )

Date: May 13, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Lemesós (Limassol)-Tsíreio Stádio (Tsirion Stadium)

Attendance: 10,000

Cyprus 1-Romania 1 (Sotiris Kaiafas 33 / Ionel Augustin 30)

Date: May 15, 1979

Competition: Berti Vogts Testimonial

Venue: Mönchengladbach - Bökelbergstadion

Attendance: 36,000

Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach (West Germany) 6-West Germany 2 (Horst Koppel 15, 79 pen, Ewald Lienen 20, Berti Vogts 27 pen, Horst Wohlers 44, Christian Kulik 67 / Rainer Bonhof 13, 85)

Date: May 16, 1979

Competition: Olympics Qualifier

Venue: Dublin

Attendance:

Republic of Ireland (Olympics) 0- Norway (Olympics) 0

Date: May 16, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho

Attendance: 70,627

Brazil 6-Paraguay 0 (Éder 4, Zico 21,59,73,  Nílton Batata 54,65)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Brazil squad, May 16, 1979,  Brazil 6-Paraguay 0)

Date: May 19, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance: 25,000

Bulgaria 1-Republic of Ireland 0 (Chavdar Tzvetkov 80)

Date: May 19, 1979

Competition: British Home Championship

Venue: Belfast-Windsor Park

Attendance: 35,000

Northern Ireland 0-England 2 (Dave Watson 9, Steve Coppell 16)

Photo From: World Soccer , July 1979

(Dave Watson scoring, May 19, 1979, Home Championship, Northern Ireland 0-England 2)

Date: May 19, 1979

Competition: British Home Championship

Venue: Cardiff-Ninian Park

Attendance: 20,371

Wales 3-Scotland 0 (John Toshack 29,35,75)

Photo From: Mondial, New series, issue 10, January 1981

(Team captains Terry Yorath and Kenny Dalglish, May 19, 1979, Home Championship, Wales 3-Scotland 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 61, January 1981

(Kenny Dalglish, May 19, 1979, Home Championship, Wales 3-Scotland 0)

Date: May 19, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Tbilisi –Dinamo Stadion (Dinamo Tblissi)

Attendance: 75,000

USSR 2-Hungary 2 (Yuri Chesnokov 24, Ramaz Shengelia 75 / Gyorgy Tatar 34, Laszlo Pusztai 63)

Date: May 22, 1979

Competition: 75th Anniversary FIFA Cup

Venue: Berne- Wankdorf Stadion, Switzerland

Attendance: 40,000

Argentina 0-Holland 0   (Argentina won 8-7 on Penalty Kick Shoot-out)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº3113 (June 5, 1979)

(Daniel Bertoni, Osvaldo Ardiles and Johann Neeskens, May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 42, June 1979

(Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Oscar Ortiz, Diego Maradona, Osvaldo Ardiles, Hugo Villaverde, Alberto Tarantini, Jorge Olguin, Leopoldo Luque, Ubaldo Fillol, Daniel Bertoni, Americo Gallego, Daniel Passarella, May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Argentina Squad, May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(Holland Squad, May 22, 1979, Holland 0-Argentina 0)

Date: May 22, 1979

Competition: British Home Championship

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park

Attendance: 28,524

Scotland 1-Northern Ireland 0 (Arthur Graham 76)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  Northern Ireland v Scotland , 1981

(May 22, 1979, Home Championship, Scotland 1-Northern Ireland 0)

Date: May 22, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road

Attendance: 20,000

Republic of Ireland 1-West Germany 3 (Gerry Ryan 26 / Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 29, Walter Kelsch 81, Dieter Hoeness 90)

Photo From: https://impromptuinc.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/1979-ireland-west-germany-1-3-1-1/

(May 22, 1979, Republic of Ireland 1-West Germany 3)

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria, 1979

(May 22, 1979, Republic of Ireland 1-West Germany 3)

Date: May 22, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Berne, Wankdorf Station        

Attendance: 20,234

Switzerland 2-Iceland 0 (Heinz Hermann 27, Gianpietro Zappa 53)

Date: May 23, 1979

Competition: British Home Championship

Venue: London – Wembley

Attendance: 70,220

England 0-Wales 0

Photo From: World Soccer , February 1980

(Kevin Keegan, May 23, 1979, Home Championship, England 0-Wales 0)

Date: May 25, 1979

Competition: British Home Championship

Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park

Attendance: 6,500

Northern Ireland 1-Wales 1 (Derek Spence (56 seconds) / Robbie James 62)

Date: May 26, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Roma –Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance: 59,834

Italy 2-Argentina 2  (Franco Causio 25, Paolo Rossi 55 /  Jose Valencia 7, Daniel Passarella 56 pen)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 43, July 1979

(Gabriele Oriali and Diego Maradona, May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 53, May 1980

(Argentina Squad, Top, left to right: Daniel Passarella, René Houseman,  Jorge Olguín, Hugo Villaverde,  Alberto Tarantini, Ubaldo Fillol , Bottom, left to right: Américo Gallego, Juan Barbas, Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona, Jose Valencia, May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 2

(Italy squad, May 26, 1979, Italy 2-Argentina 2)

Date: May 26, 1979

Competition: British Home Championship

Venue: London – Wembley

Attendance: 100,000

England 3- Scotland 1 (Peter Barnes 45, Steve Coppell 63, Kevin Keegan 70 / John Wark 21)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 52, April 1980

(Kevin Keegan scoring the third, May 26, 1979, Home Championship, England 3-Scotland 1)

Date: May 26, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur 

Attendance: 8,280

Iceland 1-West Germany 3 (Ewaldsson 83 / Walter Kelsch 32, Dieter Hoeness 33,670

Photo From: https://impromptuinc.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/1979-iceland-west-germany-1-3-0-2/

May 26, 1979, Iceland 1-West Germany 3)

Date: May 29, 1979

Competition: UNICEF Benefit Match

Venue: Dublin -Lansdowne Road 

Attendance: 25,000

Republic of Ireland 0-Argentina 0

Note : This match is considered Official by Argentina, but Unofficial by Ireland

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria, 1979

Date: May 31, 1979

Competition: Olympics Qualifier

Venue: Bergen-SK Brann Stadion

Attendance: 7,334

Norway (Olympics) 2-Republic of Ireland (Olympics) 1 (Hammer 71, Larsen Oakland 84 / Joyce)

Date: May 31, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho

Attendance:

Brazil 5-Uruguay 1 (Edinho, Sócrates (2 goals), Nílton Batata, Éder / Victorino)