ENGLAND v DENMARK 1979

My little lads got beat 2-8 this morning and they played well. Remember they are in Div 5B and they are under 13, so there is much to consider as they do their best coping with a full sized pitch, 11 v 11 and large goals. Bless.

One of the dads gave me a Wembley programme 40p 1979, Joe Brown on the back page advert! Wednesday 12th September, European Football Championship Group 1 Qualifying competition
ko 7.45 v Denmark. Name the team?

In the squad three England players were based with European clubs. Ron Greenwood was the manager (1977-82) resigning after the '82 World Cup Finals.

I do know that 85,000 watched the game, captain Keegan scored in the 17th minute (see below).

In 1978, England's qualifying had started with a win Denmark away 4-3 (scorers Keegan 2, Neal, Latchford). The match is on film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1-yk7TyCBE

They drew with the Republic of Ireland 1-1 away (Latchford) and in February 1979 they beat Northern Ireland 4-0 (Keegan, Latchford 2, Watson).

There was further qualifying in June 1979 away in Bulgaria winning 3-0, Denmark 1-0 (the programme game), N.Ireland 5-1 and Bulgaria again 2-0. One more win against ROI 2-0 saw England through to the finals in Italy June 1980, grouped with Belgium 1-1, Italy 0-1 and Spain won 2-1. That was that.

Unsurprisingly Italy, Czechoslovakia, Belgium and West Germany played in the semis; the Germans beat Belgium in the final.

If I were to sell the programme on EBay it would fetch £3.79. It's safely in my collection.