England - Lacking Matthews And Lawton - Upset By Eire (1949)

Full title reads: “Liverpool. England - Lacking Matthews And Lawton - Upset By Eire“. Goodison Park, Liverpool, Merseyside. England lose 2-0 to Eire in football match. MV. The toss-up. Billy Wright tosses. LV packed stand. LV England (in white shirts) kick off. MV Walsh (Ireland) runs with ball and shoot. Goalkeeper Bert Williams dives. He fumbles ball, pounces on it against Farrel, who shoots and falls over, Williams kicks up-field. SV Crowd. MV O’Connor (Ireland) chases loose ball on wing and centres. Goalkeeper Williams jumps amid amid crowd of players, misses ball but his dive beats Corr and he managers to kick-up-field, as Mozley, Wright and C Aston fall back onto goal line. SV Johnny Carey beats Wilf Mannion for possession and kicks down-field as he falls. MV Bert Mozley chases Peter Desmond. tackles him from behind. Desmond falls. Ball goes to goalkeeper, who snatches it from path of O’Connor but referee blows up for a penalty. Spectators looking worried penalty kick. Con Martin takes penalty ki