CHARLTON DEBUT AND MORE

Bobby Charlton made his debut for England on April 19th 1958, a few months after the Munich Air Disaster. He scored one at Hampden Park in a 4-0 victory for the English, the first of 49 goals he scored for his country. 127,874 watched the Scottish defeat as you may now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOwwG1Fi2v4

On May 7th a friendly against Portugal ended in a 2-1 win with Charlton scoring twice. A short tour of Yugoslavia (0-5 defeat) and USSR (1-1 draw) followed-Derek Kevan scored the English goal. Between May and October 1958, England played seven matches and did not win once.

1958 was a World Cup year, held in Sweden. In qualifying, England met USSR again (2-2), Brazil (0-0)and Austria (2-2) and ended up in a play off to qualify losing to the USSR 0-1! Brazil topped the group and went on to win the Cup.
Charlton did not feature in any World Cup games.

In October and November England continued to play internationals against Northern Ireland 3-3 (Charlton scored 2), USSR AGAIN, won 5-0 (Charlton pen) and Wales 2-2. With 106 international caps, Bobby scored 49 goals for his country.