February 7, 200818 yr Jermaine Jenas scored the first goal under the leadership of new England manager Fabio Capello last night. Who has achieved this feat for two different (post WW II) England managers?
February 7, 200818 yr I think Eder just beat me to it, it is Barmby, for Hoddle and Eriksson. Well it was an educated guess knowing he scored the first goal for Eriksson
February 7, 200818 yr Author Barmby? We have a winner. Barmy for Glenn Hoddle in September 1996 Moldova 0-3 England and again for Sven in Feb 2001 for England 3-0 Spain. Of the other partly correct guesses, Lineker scored the first for Graham Taylor in Enland 1-0 Hungary and Scholes for Keegan in England 3-1 Poland. Edited February 7, 200818 yr by YATESY
February 7, 200818 yr We have a winner. Barmy for Glenn Hoddle in September 1996 Moldova 0-3 England and again for Sven in Feb 2001 for England 3-0 Spain. Of the other partly correct guesses, Lineker scored the first for Graham Taylor in Enland 1-0 Hungary and Scholes for Keegan in England 3-1 Poland. Just so I don't feel like I've completely wasted the last 20 minutes... Carter for Winterbottom v Northern Ireland (7-2) Smith for Ramsey v France (2-5) Bowles for Mercer v Wales (2-0) Channon for Revie v Czechoslovakia (3-0) Kennedy for Greenwood v Luxembourg (2-0) Francis for Robson v Denmark (2-2) Platt for Venables v Denmark (1-0) Terry for McClaren v Greece (4-0) So unless I'm missing something, the only post-war England manager to have lost his first game in charge is also the only post-war England manager to have won the World Cup. Fabio looks doomed already!
February 7, 200818 yr Just so I don't feel like I've completely wasted the last 20 minutes... Carter for Winterbottom v Northern Ireland (7-2) Smith for Ramsey v France (2-5) Bowles for Mercer v Wales (2-0) Channon for Revie v Czechoslovakia (3-0) Kennedy for Greenwood v Luxembourg (2-0) Francis for Robson v Denmark (2-2) Platt for Venables v Denmark (1-0) Terry for McClaren v Greece (4-0) So unless I'm missing something, the only post-war England manager to have lost his first game in charge is also the only post-war England manager to have won the World Cup. Fabio looks doomed already! You need to get out more! Or do some work Edited February 7, 200818 yr by scottgreen
February 7, 200818 yr Author You need to get out more! Or do some work or buy The Times inside the back page today Opening gambitsWalter Winterbottom (Sept 1946) Northern Ireland 2 England 7 Horatio Carter, 1min Alf Ramsey (Feb 1963) France 5 England 2 Bobby Smith, 57 Don Revie (Oct 1974) England 3 Czechoslovakia 0 Mick Channon, 72 Ron Greenwood (Sept 1977) England 0 Switzerland 0 Bobby Robson (Sept 1982) Denmark 2 England 2 Trevor Francis, 7 Graham Taylor (Sept 1990) England 1 Hungary 0 Gary Lineker, 44 Terry Venables (March 1994) England 1 Denmark 0 David Platt, 18 Glenn Hoddle (Sept 1996) Moldova 0 England 3 Nicky Barmby, 24 Kevin Keegan (March 1999) England 3 Poland 1 Paul Scholes, 11 Sven-G?ran Eriksson (Feb 2001) England 3 Spain 0 Nicky Barmby, 38 Steve McClaren (Aug 2006) England 4 Greece 0 John Terry, 14 Fabio Capello (Feb 2008) England 2 Switzerland 1 Jermaine Jenas, 40
Jermaine Jenas scored the first goal under the leadership of new England manager Fabio Capello last night.
Who has achieved this feat for two different (post WW II) England managers?