SCORING ON DEBUT-SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DATE!

I spent about half an hour typing my "Blog" yesterday afternoon and added a wonderful photo of the very famous Wilf Mannion, only to find out that the "ipad" did not fancy all that stuff and it presented me with a finished item of a few lines and bit of the photo. So I scrapped it and went off to umpire an U13 cricket match!
If my "mentor" is reading this he may be able to explain what happened...I erased the whole thing and had a rest. So this is a tad out of date compared to occasions in Russia; but it is VERY INTERESTING.

Harry Kane has been lauded by the press and historians over his position as 15th in England's international history to score on his World Cup debut. Four English caps have indeed scored two goals on their debuts; nobody has done the hat trick.

Wilf Mannion of Middlesbrough was the first to achieve a goal on his World Cup debut and this was against Chile on June 25th 1950 in Rio de Janeiro when England won 2-0.

Stan Mortensen of Blackpool was also a debut scorer that day. This was the ill fated tournament that saw England eventually humiliated by the amateurs from USA, losing 0-1!
Playing for Chile was George Robledo, who also played for Newcastle United in the Football League. England had beaten Chile but then also lost to Spain 0-1 and were eliminated at the Group stage. Uruguay won the whole thing.

Other debut scorers include:
1954 Switzerland-Nat Lofthouse (2), Ivor Broadis (2) both against Belgium and Dennis Wilshaw of Wolves....we lost to Uruguay in the 1/4 final.
1958 Sweden-Derek Kevan of WBA v USSR (known as the Soviet Union), played at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg.
After three games, England and the Soviets had absolutely equal statistics p3 w0 d3 l0 f4 a4. There was a play off on June 17th at the Ullevi, which the Sovs won 1-0!
1962 Chile-Ron Flowers of Wolves, a wing half, scored a penalty against Hungary in Group 4, a tie we lost 1-2. We then beat Argentina and drew with Bulgaria, losing to Brazil in the 1/4 final.
1966-Sir Geoff Hurst v Argentina at Wembley 1/4 final-remember the goal?
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1970-Alan Clarke penalty v Czechoslovakia in Mexico. Bobby Charlton equalled that day, Bill Wright's number of England caps with 105.
1982-Paul Mariner v France in Bilbao (3-1 win) Remember Robson scored after 27 seconds (also his debut) and again after 66 mins. Mariner popped up with the third, his fifth successive goal in an England shirt.
1998-Paul Scholes and Alan Shearer v Tunisia; Group stage 2-0 Marseille
2014-Daniel Sturridge v Italy, wearing a number 9 shirt scored and became only the second no.9 to score in a World Cup since 1966.  Shearer in 1998 was the other.
England physio Gary Lewin celebrated so much that he dislocated his ankle and had to be stretchered off.

Not too much of an issue as England had a support staff of 72 including a turf specialist. Is this why our coaching courses are so expensive?