1963 England v Rest of the World football match

England v Rest of the World was a 1963 association football match held at the Wembley Stadium in London. The Football Association invited FIFA to select a team to play England as part of the FA's celebration of the 100th anniversary of association football and was the first time a world team played against a single nation. For the FA's 90th anniversary celebrations, they had also played a Rest of the World team, but this was only selected from players from Europe. Jimmy Greaves was close to scoring for England several times in the first half, but failed due to laudable saves by Lev Yashin.[1] In the second half, when Yashin was replaced by Milutin Šoškić, Greaves assisted Terry Paine to score in the 66th minute. Denis Law equalized 16 minutes later, but Greaves brought England to a last-minute victory. Greaves had the best game of his career and was considered as the best player of the match,[2][3] while Yashin's saves greatly contributed to his reputation of world's best goalkeeper and earned him the Ballon d'Or two months later.[4][5] As promised by FIFA, all of the World XI substitutes were used in the second half, with Raymond Kopa replaced by Uwe Seeler.[6] The World XI selection committee, headed by Harry Cavan, invited Soviet-Georgian Mikheil Meskhi via the USSR Football Federation who falsely replied he was injured and couldn't play—he was not told of the invitation.[7] Santos FC refused to release Pelé and A.C. Milan also refused to release Cesare Maldini who was replaced by Slovan Bratislava's Ján Popluhár.[6]

Bobby Moore (left) vs. Josef Masopust at the match. Masopust won the Ballon d'Or in 1962, while Moore was named the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1964.

Match details
England 2–1Rest of the World
Paine  66'
Greaves  90'		 (Report)  82' Law
Attendance: 87,000
GK1Gordon Banks (Leicester City)
RB2Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool) (c)
LB3Ray Wilson (Huddersfield Town)
RH4Gordon Milne (Liverpool)
CH5Maurice Norman (Tottenham Hotspur)
LH6Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
OR7Terry Paine (Southampton)
IR8Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
CF9Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur)
IL10George Eastham (Arsenal)
OL11Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
Substitutes:
GK12Tony Waiters (Blackpool)
FB13Ken Shellito (Chelsea)
MF14Ron Flowers (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
LH15Tony Kay (Everton)
CF16Joe Baker (Arsenal)
17
18
Manager:
Alf Ramsey
GK1 Lev Yashin
RB2 Djalma Santos
LB3 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
RH4 Svatopluk Pluskal
CH5 Ján Popluhár
LH6 Josef Masopust
OR7 Raymond Kopa
IR8 Denis Law
CF9 Alfredo di Stéfano (c)
IL10 Eusébio
OL11 Francisco Gento
Substitutes:
6 Jim Baxter
1 Milutin Šoškić
9 Uwe Seeler
10 Ferenc Puskás
2 Luis Eyzaguirre
Manager:
Fernando Riera

References
  1. England 2 Rest of the World 1 Match Summary. englandfootballonline.com
  2. Wilson, Paul. "England vs The Rest of the World: 50 Years On". esquire.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. "The Football Association Centenary 1863–1963". footysphere.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. Reno, Bill (12 May 2015) Why a Goalkeeper Will Never Win Another Ballon d'Or. Paster Magazine.
  5. European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1963. rsssf.com
  6. Batty, Eric (December 1963). "The Truth About Wembley". World Soccer. pp. 18–19.
  7. "Biography of Mikheil Meskhi". youtube.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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