Compendium to ‘Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’- Episode 191-Matches of Wales National team during the 1984 Euros qualifiers (1981/82, 1982/83 and 1983/84 seasons-Qualifiers and Friendlies).

 Wales National Team matches during the 1981/82 Season (Spring 1982)

 

March 24, 1982, Valencia, Spain 1-Wales 1 (Jesus Maria ‘Satrustegui’ Azpiroz 25 / Robert Mark James 52)

April 27, 1982, British Home Championship, Cardiff, Wales 0-England 1 (Trevor John Francis 73)

May 24, 1982, British Home Championship, Glasgow, Scotland 1-Wales 0 (Richard ‘Asa’ Hartford 7)

May 27, 1982, British Home Championship, Wrexham, Wales 3-Northern Ireland 0 (Thomas Curtis 18, Ian James Rush 64, Peter Nicholas 75)

June 2, 1982, Toulouse, France 0-Wales 1 (Ian James Rush 55)

 

 

Wales National Team matches during the 1982/83 Season

 

September 22, 1982, EC Qualifier, Swansea, Wales 1-Norway 0 (Own Goal (Per Egil Nygard) 31)

December 15, 1982, EC Qualifier, Titograd, Yugoslavia 4-Wales 4 (Zvjezdan Cvetkovic 14, Zvonko Zivkovic 17, Zlatko Kranjcar 36, Miodrag Jesic 66 / Brian Flynn 5, Ian James Rush 39, Joseph Patrick Jones 70, Robert Mark James 80)

February 23, 1983, British Home Championship, London, England 2-Wales 1 (Terence Ian Butcher 39, Phillip George Neal 78 pen / Ian James Rush 14)

April 27, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wrexham, Wales 1-Bulgaria 0 (Jeremy Melvyn Charles 79)

May 28, 1983, British Home Championship, Cardiff, Wales 0-Scotland 2 (Andrew Mullen Gray 11, Alan Bernard Brazil 67)

May 31, 1983, British Home Championship, Belfast, Northern Ireland 0-Wales 1 (Gordon John Davies 64)

June 12, 1983, Toulouse, Cardiff, Wales 1-Brazil 1 (Brian Flynn 4 / ’Paulo Isidoro’ de Jesus 60)

 

Wales National Team matches during the 1983/84 Season (Fall 1983)

 

September 21, 1983, EC Qualifier, Oslo, Norway 0-Wales 0 (-)

October 12, 1983, Wrexham, Wales 5-Romania 0 (Ian James Rush 14, 30, Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas 25, Robert Mark James 72, Alan Thomas Curtis 90)

November 16, 1983, EC Qualifier, Sofia, Bulgaria 1-Wales 0 (Rusi Gochev 54)

December 14, 1983, EC Qualifier, Cardiff, Wales 1-Yugoslavia 1 (Robert Mark James 54 / Mehmet Bazdarevic 81)

 

 

Date: March 24, 1982

Competition: Friendly

Result: Spain 1-Wales 1

Venue: Valencia-Estadio Luis Casanova       

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Vincenzo Barbaresco (Italy)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Jesus Maria ‘Satrustegui’ Azpiroz 25

(Wales): Robert Mark James 52

Summary of goals:

1:0 (25^th minute, Spain): -

1:1 (52^nd minute, Wales): -

Lineups:

Spain:

Luis Maria ‘Arconada’ Echarri (Real Sociedad de Fútbol)

Jose Antonio ‘Camacho’ Alfaro (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Rafael ‘Gordillo’ Vazquez (Real Betis Balompié-Sevilla)

Miguel ‘Tendillo’ Belenguer (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Jose Ramon ‘Alexanco’ Ventosa (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Enrique ‘Saura’ Gil (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Jose Vicente ‘Sánchez’ Felip (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Ricardo ‘Gallego’ Redondo (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Jesus Maria ‘Satrustegui’ Azpiroz (Real Sociedad de Fútbol)                          

Roberto ‘López Ufarte’ (Real Sociedad de Fútbol)

Juan Jose ‘Estella’ Salas (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

 

Coach: Jose Emilio ‘Santamaria’ Iglesias

Booked: Jose Vicente ‘Sánchez’ Felip 38

Other Substitutes:

José Manuel Sempere Maciá (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

‘Juan Jose’ Jimenez Collar (Cádiz Club de Fútbol)

Manuel Enrique ‘Jimenez’ Abalo (Real Sporting de Gijón) 

‘Victor’ Munoz Manrique (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Enrique ‘Quini’ Castro Gonzalez (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

 

Team Captain: Luis Maria ‘Arconada’ Echarri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Black Socks

 

Wales:

William David ‘Dai’ Davies (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Christopher Marustik (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Wrexham Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) (David Charles Giles (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England) 62)

William Byron Stevenson (Birmingham City Football Club / England)

Ian Patrick Walsh (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England) 81)

Alan Thomas Curtis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

Booked: Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas 57 (or 67)

 

Team Captain: Paul Terence Price

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow (Green Sleeves) Shirts, Green Shorts, Yellow Socks

Note:

1-Davies scored a goal that was ruled out. IN a source the minute is shown as 65^th minute but Davies entered in the 81^st minute as a substitute, therefore it may have been another player.

2-Wales’ physio was sent off in the 40^th minute as he was attending to Thomas.

3-First cap for Christopher Marustik.

 

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006

(March 24, 1982, Spain 1- Wales 1)

 

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, March 25, 1982

(March 24, 1982, Spain 1- Wales 1)

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, March 25, 1982

(March 24, 1982, Spain 1- Wales 1)

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, March 25, 1982

(March 24, 1982, Spain 1- Wales 1)

 

 

 

Date: April 27, 1982

Competition: British Home Championship

Result: Wales 0-England 1

Venue: Cardiff -Ninian Park     

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Thomas Donnelly (Northern Ireland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): None

(England): Trevor John Francis 73

Summary of goals:

0:1 (73^rd minute, England): Trevor John Francis scored from an indirect free kick.

Lineups:

Wales:

1-William David ‘Dai’ Davies (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 
3-Christopher Marustik (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 
6-Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)
4-Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)
5-Nigel Stevenson (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 
2-Joseph Patrick Jones (Wrexham Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 
11-Alan Thomas Curtis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 
8-Brian Flynn (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) (Carl Stephen Harris (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) 77)
9-Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)
10-Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) (Leighton James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 46)
7-Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: Brian Flynn

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First cap for Nigel Stevenson.

2-Final cap for Carl Stephen Harris (24/1) (1976-1982).

 

England:

1- Joseph Thomas Corrigan (Manchester City Football Club)
2- Phillip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)     
3- Kenneth Graham Sansom  (Arsenal Football Club-London)     
4- Phillip Bernard Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
5- Terence Ian Butcher (Ipswich Town Football Club)
7- Raymond Colin Wilkins (Manchester United Football Club)
6- Bryan Robson  (Manchester United Football Club)
10- Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur Football  Club-London) (Terence Mc Dermott (Liverpool Football Club) 52)
11- Anthony William Morley (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)
8- Trevor John Francis  (Manchester City Football Club)  (Cyrille Regis (West Bromwich Albion Football Club) 80)
9- Peter Withe (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)

 

Coach: Ron Greenwood

 

Team Captain: Phillip Bernard Thompson

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne

(April 27, 1982, British Home Championship, Wales 0-England 1)

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, England v Wales, 1983

(April 27, 1982, British Home Championship, Wales 0-England 1)

Photo From: Official Match Programme, England v Wales, 1983

(April 27, 1982, British Home Championship, Wales 0-England 1)

Photo From: Official Match Programme, England v Wales, 1983

(April 27, 1982, British Home Championship, Wales 0-England 1)

 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 78, June 1982

(April 27, 1982, British Home Championship, Wales 0-England 1)

 

 

Date: May 24, 1982

Competition: British Home Championship

Result: Scotland 1-Wales 0

Venue: Glasgow - Hampden Park       

Attendance: 25,284

Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Scotland): Trevor John Francis 73

(Wales): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (7^th minute, Scotland): From the middle, Alan Brazil sent Asa Hatrford through to score.

Lineups:

Scotland:

Alan Roderick Rough (Partick Thistle Football Club-Glasgow)

Raymond Strean McDonald Stewart (West Ham United Football Club-London / England) (George Elder Burley (Ipswich Town Football Club / England) 72)

Francis Tierney Gray (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Graeme James Souness (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Alan David Hansen (Liverpool Football Club / England)

David Narey (Dundee United Football Club)

Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Alan Bernard Brazil (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)

Joseph Jordan (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (Paul Whitehead Sturrock (Dundee United Football Club) 72)

Thomas Burns (The Celtic Football Club-Glasgow)

Richard ‘Asa’ Hartford (Manchester City Football Club / England)

 

Coach: John ‘Jock’ Stein

 

Team Captain: Graeme James Souness

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Navy Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Wales:

William David ‘Dai’ Davies (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Christopher Marustik (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Wrexham Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Nigel Stevenson (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

William Byron Stevenson (Birmingham City Football Club / England)

Alan Thomas Curtis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (Ian Patrick Walsh (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 75)

Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Brian Flynn (Leeds United Association Football Club / England) (Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) 75)

Leighton James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

 

Date: May 27, 1982

Competition: British Home Championship

Result: Wales 3- Northern Ireland 0

Venue: Wrexham-Racecourse Ground

Attendance: 2,315

Referee: George Brian Smith (Scotland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Thomas Curtis 18, Ian James Rush 64, Peter Nicholas 75

(Northern Ireland): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (18^th minute, Wales): A cross from the left side, in the middle, Brian Flynn sent Alan Curtis through who scored from close range.

2:0 (64^th minute, Wales): On the right side, Brian Flynn took a free kick that Ian Rush headed in.

3:0 (75^th minute, Wales): Brian Flynn took a corner from the left side that eventually reached Northern Ireland’s Sammy Illroy. He inadvertently passed it across, and Wales’ Peter Nicholas immediately took a long distance shot past the goalkeeper.

Lineups:

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

Christopher Marustik (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Wrexham Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Nigel Stevenson (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

William Byron Stevenson (Birmingham City Football Club / England)

Alan Thomas Curtis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (Ian Patrick Walsh (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 68)

Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Brian Flynn (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Leighton James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England) 60)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: Brian Flynn

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- This was Ian Rush’s first ever-International goal.

2-First cap for Neville Southall.

 

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) (James Archibald Platt (Middlesbrough Football Club / England) 46)

James Michael Nicholl (Toronto Blizzard / Canada)

Malachy Martin Donaghy (Luton Town Football Club / England)

John McClelland (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)

Christopher John Nicholl (Southampton Football Club / England)

James Cleary (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast) (Robert McFaul Campbell (Bradford City Football Club / England) 64)

Noel Brotherston (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Patrick Joseph ‘Felix’ Healy (Coleraine Football Club)

Gerard Joseph Armstrong (Watford Football Club / England)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Stoke City Football Club / England)

William Robert Hamilton (Burnley Football Club / England)

 

Coach: William Laurence Bingham

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

Date: June 2, 1982

Competition: Friendly

Result:  France 0-Wales 1

Venue: Toulouse-Stadium Municipal

Attendance: 26,671

Referee: Viria Oliva (Portugal)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(France): None

(Wales): Ian James Rush 55

Summary of goals:

0:1 (55^th minute, Wales): From the middle, a cross found Rush on the left side, his volleyed shot from a narrow angle was deflected in by Mahut.

Lineups:

France:

Jean Castaneda (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)  

Patrick Battiston (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)  

Christian Lopez (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)  

Marius Tresor (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) (Philippe Mahut (Football Club de Metz) 46)

Maxime Bossis (Football Club de Nantes)

8-Alain Giresse (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

Jean-François Larios (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire) (Jean Tigana (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) 64)

10-Michel Platini (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)  

Alain Couriol (Association Sportive de Monaco)

Gerard Soler (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

Didier Six (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V./ West Germany) (Bruno Bellone (Association Sportive de Monaco) 56)

 

Coach: Michel Hidalgo

Other Substitutes:

Jean-Luc Ettori (Association Sportive de Monaco)

Manuel Amoros (Association Sportive de Monaco)

Rene Girard (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

 

Team Captain: Michel Platini

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Wales:

William David ‘Dai’ Davies (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Christopher Marustik (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

William Byron Stevenson (Birmingham City Football Club / England)

Joseph Patrick Jones (Wrexham Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Brian Flynn (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Ian Patrick Walsh (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England) 71)

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Leighton James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow (Green Sleeves) Shirts, Green Shorts, Yellow Socks

Note:

1-Final cap for William Byron Stevenson (15/0) (1978-1982).

2-Final cap for Ian Patrick Walsh (18/7) (1979-1982).

Photo From:
L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(June 2, 1982, France 0-Wales 1)

Photo From: France Football,
Issue 1887, June 8, 1982 

(June 2, 1982, France 0-Wales 1)

Photo From: Le Livre d'or Du Football 1982 

(June 2, 1982, France 0-Wales
1)

Photo From: Mondial, new
series, issue 48, March 1984

(June 2, 1982, France 0-Wales 1)

 

 

Date: September 22, 1982

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier- Group 4

Result: Wales 1-Norway 0

Venue: Swansea-Vetch Field

Attendance: 4,340

Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Own Goal (Per Egil Nygard) 31

(Norway): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (31^st minute, Wales): A corner kick from the right side was mishandled by Norwegian goalkeeper Per Egil Nygard, who deflected it into his own net.

Lineups:

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

Christopher Marustik (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Wrexham Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

Nigel Stevenson (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Alan Thomas Curtis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 62)

Brian Flynn (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-Final cap for Christopher Marustik (6/0) (1982)

2-Final cap for Nigel Stevenson (4/0) (1982).

3-First cap for Kenneth Francis Jackett.

 

Norway:

Per Egil Nygaard (Bryne Idrettslag-Time)

Bjarne Berntsen (Viking -Stavanger)

Terje Kojedal (Hamarkameratene)

Aage Hareide (Manchester City Football Club / England)

Svein Grondalen (Moss Fotballklubb- Ostfold)

Roger Albertsen (Koninklijke Football Club Winterslag / Belgium)

Tom Lund (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

Erik Soler (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

Arne Erlandsen (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening / Sweden) (Stein Kollhaugen (Moss Fotballklubb- Ostfold) 78)

Arne Larsen-Oakland (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / West Germany)

Hallvar Thoresen (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland) 

 

Coach: Tor Røste Fossen

Other Substitutes:

Kai Erik Herlovsen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold/(Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / West Germany)

Arnt Kortgaard (Mjøndalen Idrettsforening)

Arne Isak Refvik (Viking -Stavanger)

Odd Skauen (Moss Fotballklubb- Ostfold)

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Date: December 15, 1982

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier- Group 4

Result: Yugoslavia 4-Wales 4

Venue: Titograd- Stadion pod Goricom

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Zvjezdan Cvetkovic 14, Zvonko Zivkovic 17, Zlatko Kranjcar 36, Miodrag Jesic 66

(Wales): Brian Flynn 5, Ian James Rush 39, Joseph Patrick Jones 70, Robert Mark James 80

Summary of goals:

0:1 (5^th minute, Wales): Ratko Svilar parried an attempt, Flynn knocked in the loose ball.

1:1 (14^th minute, Yugoslavia): A corner from the left side was headed in by Cvetkovic.

2:1 (17^th minute, Yugoslavia): A corner from the left side was knocked in by Zivkovic at the far post.

3:1 (36^th minute, Yugoslavia): A cross from the right side was shot in by Kranjcar.

3:2 (39^th minute, Wales): A back-pass was picked up by Ian Rush who shot past Svilar.

4:2 (66^th minute, Yugoslavia): A corner from the left side was shot in by Jesic.

4:3 (70^th minute, Wales): A corner from the left side led to a scramble and eventually Jones shot in.

4:4 (80^th minute, Wales): James scored from an indirect free kick.

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

Ratko Svilar (Royal Antwerp Football Club / Belgium)

Nenad Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd) 

Zvjezdan Cvetkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Aleksandar Trifunovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd) 

 Nijaz Ferhatovic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo) (Bosko Djurovski (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 82)

Faruk Hadzibegic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Stjepan Deveric (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) (Miodrag Jesic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd) 59)

Slavoljub Nikolic (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis)   

Zlatko Kranjcar (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Zvonko Zivkovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd) 

 

Coach: Todor Veselinovic

Booked: Faruk Hadzibegic, Aleksandar Trifunovic

 

Team Captain: Nenad Stojkovic

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First cap for Bosko Djurovski.

2-Final cap for Slavoljub Nikolic (2/0) (1982).

3-Final cap for Nijaz Ferhatovic (2/0) (1982).

 

 

Wales:

William David ‘Dai’ Davies (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) (Nigel Mark Vaughn (Newport County Football Club / England) 77)

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England)

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England) (Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 57)

John Francis Mahoney (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow (green sleeves) Shirts, Green Shorts, Yellow Socks

Note:

1-Final cap for William David ‘Dai’ Davies (52/0) (1975-1982).

2-First cap for Nigel Mark Vaughn.

 

Photo From; Source Unknown (provided by Predrag Cvijetic)

(December 15, 1982, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 4-Wales 4)

Photo From; Source Unknown (provided by Predrag Cvijetic)

(December 15, 1982, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 4-Wales 4)

 

Photo From; Source Unknown (provided by Predrag Cvijetic)

(December 15, 1982, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 4-Wales 4)

Date: February 23, 1983

Competition: British Home Championship

Result: England 2-Wales 1

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)

Linesmen: L.B. Thow and A.B. Crawford (both Scotland)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(England): Terence Ian Butcher 39, Phillip George Neal 78 pen

(Wales): Ian James Rush 14

Summary of goals:

0:1 (14^th minute, Wales): From the left side, Kevin Ratcliffe crossed into the box, Robbie James flicked it up, Davies got a touch and Ian Rush pounced on the loose ball.

1:1 (39^th minute, England): On teh left, Luther Blisset went into the box, and after an entanglement, Alan Devonshirec took possession and crossed for Butcher, who was unmarked on the right side, to score his first ever International goal.

2:1 (78^th minute, England): Debutant Cowans was fouled in the box by Flynn in the box after a one-two with the other debutant Statham. Phil Neal scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

England:

1- Peter Leslie Shilton (Southampton Football Club)
2- Phillip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)     
3- Derek James Statham (West Bromwich Albion Football Club)
4- Samuel Lee (Liverpool Football Club)
5- Alvin Edward Martin (West Ham United Football Club-London)
6- Terence Ian Butcher (Ipswich Town Football Club)
7- Gary Vincent Mabbutt  (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
8- Luther Loide Blissett (Watford Football Club)
11- Alan Ernest Devonshire (West Ham United Football Club-London)
9- Paul Mariner (Ipswich Town Football Club)
10- Gordon Sidney Cowans (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham)

 

Coach: Robert William Robson

 

Team Captain: Peter Leslie Shilton

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-The Wembley attendance was the all-time lowest at the time.

2- England had not defeated Wales in 10 years.

 

Wales:

1-Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)
2-Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England) (George Frederick Berry (Stoke City Football Club / England) 44)
3-Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)
8-Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England) 
5-Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
6-Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

10-Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England)
7-Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 
9-Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

11-Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)
4-John Francis Mahoney (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (Leighton James (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 80')

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: Paul Terence Price

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-Final cap for Leighton James (54/10) (1971-1983).

2-Final cap for John Francis Mahoney (51/1) (1967-1983).

3-Final cap for George Frederick Berry (5/0) (1979-1983).

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Northern Ireland, 1984

(Ian Rush scoring, February 23, 1983, Home Championship, England 2-Wales 1)

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Bulgaria, 1983

(February 23, 1983, Home Championship, England 2-Wales 1)

 

 

Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne

(February 23, 1983, Home Championship, England 2-Wales 1)

 

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1983

(England squad, top, left to right: Terence Ian Butcher, Alvin Edward Martin, Paul Mariner, Peter Leslie Shilton, Alan Ernest Devonshire, Bottom, left to right: Luther Loide Blissett, Samuel Lee, Derek James Statham, Phillip George Neal, Gary Vincent Mabbutt  , Gordon Sidney Cowans, February 23, 1983, Home Championship, England 2-Wales 1)

 

Date: April 27, 1983

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier- Group 4

Result: Wales 1-Bulgaria 0

Venue: Wrexham- Racecourse Ground 

Attendance: 9,006

Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)

Linesmen: Hans Kulicke and Manfred Bahrs (East Germany)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Jeremy Melvyn Charles 79

(Bulgaria): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (79^th minute, Wales): A corner kick from the left side was headed back by Jones and then headed out by the Bulgarian defense, then Thomas kicked back into the box, James shot but was parried by Velinov, and finally Charles scored from the rebound.

Lineups:

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

Robert Mark James (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England) 

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England) (Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 68)

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

Booked: Ian James Rush 67

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

Bulgaria:

Georgi Velinov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)     

Plamen Nikolov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)

Nikolai Arabov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Sliven)

Petar Petrov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)

Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)     

Radoslav Zdravkov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)    

Tzvetan Yonchev (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia) (Bojidar Iskrenov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia) 83)

Todor Yordanov (Armeysko Fizkulturno Druzhestvo Trakia Ploviv) (Georgi Slavkov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia) 75)

Spass Dzhevizov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)    

Anyo Sadkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Plovdiv)

Stoicho Mladenov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)     

 

Coach: Ivan Vutzov

Booked: Plamen Nikolov 67, Radoslav Zdravkov 89

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, White Socks

 

Photo From: Goal, Issue 14, November 1996

(April 27, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wales 1-Bulgaria 0)

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Yugoslavia, 1983

(April 27, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wales 1-Bulgaria 0)

 

Date: May 28, 1983

Competition: British Home Championship

Result: Wales 0- Scotland 2

Venue: Cardiff -Ninian Park     

Attendance: 14,100

Referee: Malcolm Moffat (Northern Ireland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): None

(Scotland): Andrew Mullen Gray 11, Alan Bernard Brazil 67

Summary of goals:

0:1 (11^th minute, Scotland): Gordon Strachan took a corner from the right side that McLeisch headed down towards the goal and Andy Gray turned it in right in front of the goal.

0:2 (67^th minute, Scotland): From the middle/right, Souness sent a ball into the box for Gough that Southall was unable to control, Alan Brazil took the loose ball and scored his first ever goal for Scotland.

Lineups:

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Neil John Slater (Bristol Rovers Football Club / England)

Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England) (Stephen Lowndes (Newport County Football Club / England) 58)

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First cap for Neil John Slater and Stephen Lowndes.

 

Scotland:

1- James Leighton (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)

2- Charles ‘Richard’ Gough (Dundee United Football Club)

3- Francis Tierney Gray (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

4-David Narey (Dundee United Football Club)

5- Alexander McLeish (Aberdeen Football Club Limited) 

6- William Fergus Miller (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)

7- Gordon David Strachan (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)

8- Eamonn John Bannon (Dundee United Football Club)

9-Andrew Mullen Gray (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England)

10-Alan Bernard Brazil (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)

11- Graeme James Souness (Liverpool Football Club / England)

 

Coach: John ‘Jock’ Stein

 

Team Captain: Graeme James Souness

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: Navy Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1- Scotland’s first victory in Wales in a decade.

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Scotland v Wales, 1985

(May 28, 1983, Home Championship, Wales 0-Scotland 2)

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Scotland v Wales, 1984

(Andy Gray after scoring, May 28, 1983, Home Championship, Wales 0-Scotland 2)

 

Date: May 31, 1983

Competition: British Home Championship

Result: Northern Ireland 0- Wales 1

Venue: Belfast -Windsor Park

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Hugh Alexander (Scotland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): None

(Wales): Gordon John Davies 64

Summary of goals:

0:1 (64^th minute, Wales): Southall took a punt that Chris Nicholl failed to clear and Gordon Davies ran and chipped the ball over Jennings.

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

James Michael Nicholl (Toronto Blizzard / Canada)

Malachy Martin Donaghy (Luton Town Football Club / England)

Christopher John Nicholl (Southampton Football Club / England)

John McClelland (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Gerald Mullan (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast)

Noel Brotherston (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Gerard Joseph Armstrong (Watford Football Club / England)

William Robert Hamilton (Burnley Football Club / England)

Ian Edwin Stewart (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) (James Cleary (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast) 85)

 

Coach: William Laurence Bingham

Other Substitutes:

James Archibald Platt (Middlesbrough Football Club / England)

James Hagan (Birmingham City Football Club / England)

Nigel Worthington (Notts County Football Club-Nottingham / England)

John Patrick O'Neill (Leicester City Football Club / England)

 

Team Captain: Samuel Baxter McIlroy

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

 

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Jeffrey Hopkins (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England)

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) (David Charles Giles (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England) 72)

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Alan Davies (Manchester United Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

Other Substitutes:

David Felgate (Lincoln City Football Club / England)

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

Nigel Mark Vaughan (Newport County Football Club / England)

Dudley Lewis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-Firct cap for Jeffrey Hopkins and Alan Davies.

 

Date: June 12, 1983

Competition: Friendly

Result: Wales 1-Brazil 1

Venue: Cardiff – Ninian Park

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Brian Flynn 4

(Brazil): ’Paulo Isidoro’ de Jesus 60

Summary of goals:

1:0 (4^th minute, Wales): David Giles crossed from the left side and Brian Flynn scored from a powerful diving header.

1:1 (60^th minute, Brazil): While Welshman Jeremy Charles was on the ground injured, Brazil played on and from the left side Batista sent a long cross into the box that Paulo Isidoro retrieved and scored from close range.

Lineups:

Wales:

1-Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

2-Jeffrey Hopkins (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

5-Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) (13-Dudley Lewis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 62)

6-Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

3-Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

11-Alan Davies (Manchester United Football Club / England)

8-Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England)

4-Nigel Mark Vaughan (Newport County Football Club / England)

10-Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

9-David Charles Giles (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)

7-Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England) (16-Stephen Lowndes (Newport County Football Club / England) 83)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: Joseph Patrick Jones

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-Final cap for David Charles Giles (12/2) (1980-1983).

2-First and only cap for Dudley Lewis (1/0) (1983).

 

Brazil:

1- Emerson Leão (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
2- ’Betão’  (Sport Club do Recife-Recife)      
3- Marco Antônio Rossini ‘Márcio Rossini’ (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)
4- Luiz Carlos Ferreira ‘Luizinho’ (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)
6-Pedro Luís Vicençote ‘Pedrinho’ (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)
5- João ‘Batista’ da Silva (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)
8-‘Sócrates’ Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
10- Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves ‘Pita’ (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo) (18-’Paulo Isidoro’ de Jesus (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo) 46)
7-’Carlos Alberto Borges’ (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo) (17-Jorge Antônio Puttinatti  ‘Jorginho’  (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)  86)
9- Antônio de Oliveira Filho ‘Careca’ (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo) 
11-‘Éder’ Aleixo de Assis (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)  

 

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

 

Team Captain: ‘Sócrates’ Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Topper

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

 

 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 92, August 1983

(Brazil squad, June 12, 1983, Wales 1-Brazil 1)

 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 92, August 1983

(June 12, 1983, Wales 1-Brazil 1)

 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 92, August 1983

(June 12, 1983, Wales 1-Brazil 1)

 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 92, August 1983

(June 12, 1983, Wales 1-Brazil 1)

 

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 41, August 1983

(June 12, 1983, Wales 1-Brazil 1)

 

Date: September 21, 1983

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier- Group 4

Result: Norway 0-Wales 0

Venue: Oslo- Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance: 17,575

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Norway): None

(Wales): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Norway:

Erik Thordsvet (Eik Idrettsforening-Tønsberg- Vestfold)   

Terje Kojedal (Hamarkameratene)

Svein Fjaelberg (Viking Stavanger)              

Aage Hareide (Norwich City Football Club / England)

Svein Grondalen (Moss Fotballklubb- Ostfold)

Roger Albertsen (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas / Greece)

Vidar Davidsen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening)

Erik Soler (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

Hallvar Thoresen (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland) 

Arne Dokken (Gymnastikós Sillegós Apollon Athina / Greece)

Stein Kollhaugen (Moss Fotballklubb- Ostfold)

 

Coach: Tor Røste Fossen

 

Other Substitutes:

Per Egil Nygaard (Bryne Idrettslag-Time)

Anders Giske (Brann Sportsklubben- Bergen)

Arne Erlandsen (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)  

Svein Mathisen (Start Idrettsklubben- Kristiansand)

Tom Sundby (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Black Socks

 

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Jeffrey Hopkins (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England)

Nigel Mark Vaughan (Newport County Football Club / England)

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

Robert Mark James (Stoke City Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow (Green Sleeves) Shirts, Green Shorts, Yellow Socks

 

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Romania, 1983

(September 21, 1983, EC Qualifier, Norway 0-Wales 0)

 

 

Date: October 12, 1983

Competition: Friendly

Result: Wales 5-Romania 0

Venue: Wrexham, Racecourse Ground

Attendance: 4,161

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Ian James Rush 14, 30, Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas 25, Robert Mark James 72, Alan Thomas Curtis 90

(Romania): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (14^th minute, Wales): A cross from the left side was struck in by Rush at the far post.

2:0 (25^th minute, Wales): Robbie James’ pass from the right was struck in by a curling shot by Mickey Thomas.

3:0 (30^th minute, Wales): Robbie James’ cross from the right was struck in by Rush.

4:0 (72^nd minute, Wales): From the left side, Rush crossed to Robbie James on the right side, who from a narrow angle struck a hard shot past Lung.

5:0 (90^th minute, Wales): A corner from the left side was flicked on and then headed out, Curtis volleyed the loose ball.

Lineups:

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) (David Felgate (Lincoln County Football Club / England) 46)

Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)  

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Jeffrey Hopkins (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England)

Nigel Mark Vaughan (Cardiff City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

Robert Mark James (Stoke City Football Club / England) (Gordon John Davies (Fulham Football Club-London / England) 75)

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England) (Alan Thomas Curtis (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 75)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: Joseph Patrick Jones

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-First and only cap for David Felgate (1/0) (1983).

 

Romania:

Silviu Lung (Clubului Sportiv Universitatea Craiova) (Dumitru Moraru (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucuresti) 46)

Mircea Rednic (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucuresti)   

Gino Iorgulescu (Clubul de Fotbal Sportul Studentesc- Bucuresti) (Ioan Andone (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucuresti) 65)

Costica Stefanescu (Clubului Sportiv Universitatea Craiova)  

Nicolae Ungureanu (Clubului Sportiv Universitatea Craiova)  

Aurel Ticleanu (Clubului Sportiv Universitatea Craiova) (Ionel Augustin (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucuresti) 63)

Ladislau Bölöni (Asociatia Sportiva Armata Tîrgu-Mures)   

Michael Klein (Corvinul -Hunedoara) (Mircea Irimescu (Clubului Sportiv Universitatea Craiova) 67)

Marcel Coras (Clubul de Fotbal Sportul Studentesc- Bucuresti)   

Romulus Gabor (Corvinul -Hunedoara)

Rodion Doru Gorun Camataru (Clubului Sportiv Universitatea Craiova)

 

Coach: Mircea Lucescu

 

Team Captain: Costica Stefanescu

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, Yellow Socks

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Northern Ireland, 1984

(Ian Rush, October 12, 1983, Wales 5-Romania 0)

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Yugoslavia, 1983

(October 12, 1983, Wales 5-Romania 0)

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Yugoslavia, 1983

(October 12, 1983, Wales 5-Romania 0)

 

 Date: November 16, 1983

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier- Group 4

Result: Bulgaria 1-Wales 0

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Rusi Gochev 54

(Wales): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (54^th minute, Bulgaria): After a number of scrambles in the box, Gochev finally scored from the right.

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Borislav Mikhailov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)

Nasko Sirakov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)

Nikolai Arabov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Sliven)

Petar Petrov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia) 

Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia) 

Radoslav Zdravkov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia) 

Bojidar Iskrenov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)

Anyo Sadkov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Plovdiv)

Tzvetan Danov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Botev-Vratsa) (Rusi Gochev (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia) 46)

Zivko Gospodinov (Zeleznitcharski Sporten Klub Spartak-Varna) (Saschko Borisov (Zeleznitcharski Sporten Klub Spartak-Varna) 88)

Stoicho Mladenov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia) 

 

Coach: Ivan Vutsov

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, Red Socks

 

Wales:

Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Jeffrey Hopkins (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Peter Nicholas (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) (Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 59)

Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England)

Nigel Mark Vaughan (Cardiff City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Robert Mark James (Stoke City Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

 

Photo From: Official Match Programme, Wales v Yugoslavia, 1983

(November 16, 1983, EC Qualifier, Bulgaria 1-Wales 0)

 Date: December 14, 1983

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier- Group 4

Result: Wales 1-Yugoslavia 1

Venue: Cardiff-Ninian Park

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Linesmen: Kjell Johansson and Sven-Erik Grönlund (Sweden)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Robert Mark James 54

(Yugoslavia): Mehmet Bazdarevic 81

Summary of goals:

1:0 (54^th minute, Wales): A long cross from the Welsh side reached James all alone and he went around Simovic to score.

1:1 (81^st minute, Yugoslavia): Susic controlled a clearance and placed the ball on the path of Bazdarevic to score from a long distance shot.

Lineups:

Wales:

1-Neville Southall (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Jeffrey Hopkins (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

3-Joseph Patrick Jones (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England) 

Paul Terence Price (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Kenneth Francis Jackett (Watford Football Club / England)

8-Brian Flynn (Burnley Football Club / England) (15-Jeremy Melvyn Charles (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London / England) 82)

4-Nigel Mark Vaughan (Cardiff City Football Club / Wales, registered in English League) 

9-Ian James Rush (Liverpool Football Club / England)

10-Michael Reginald ‘Mickey’ Thomas (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Robert Mark James (Stoke City Football Club / England)

 

Coach: Harold Michael England

Booked: Nigel Mark Vaughan

 

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red (White sleeves) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

 

 

Yugoslavia:

1-Zoran Simovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

9-Zoran Vujovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

3-Branislav Drobnjak (Fudbalski Klub Buducnost-Titograd)

4-Srecko Katanec (Nogometni Klub Olimpija- Ljubljana)

2-Luka Peruzovic (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

6-Ljubomir Radanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd) 

7-Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) (14-Zvjezdan Cvetkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) 88)

10-Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

8-Safet Susic (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France) 

5-Mehmed Bazdarevic (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

11-Marko Mlinaric (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) (16-Sulejman Halilovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo -Vinkovci) 66)

 

Coach: Todor Veselinovic

 

Team Captain: Zlatko Vujovic (Luka Peruzovic assumed captaincy 88^th minute)

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Note:

1-First and only cap for Branislav Drobnjak (1/0) (1983).

 

 

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 47, February 1984

(December 14, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wales 1-Yugoslavia 1)

 

 

Photo From; Source Unknown (provided by Predrag Cvijetic)

(December 14, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wales 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From; Source Unknown (provided by Predrag Cvijetic)

(Yugoslavia squad, December 14, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wales 1-Yugoslavia 1)

 

Photo From; shoot, January 14, 1984

(December 14, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wales 1-Yugoslavia 1)

 

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1984

(Yugoslavia squad, December 14, 1983, EC Qualifier, Wales 1-Yugoslavia 1)