Walter Winterbottom

Sir Walter Winterbottom CBE (31 March 1913 – 16 February 2002) was the first manager of the England football team (1946–1962) and FA Director of Coaching. He resigned from the FA in 1962 to become General Secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) and was appointed as the first Director of the Sports Council in 1965. He was knighted for his services to sport in 1978 when he retired. The Football Association marked the 100th anniversary of Winterbottom's birth by commissioning a bust which was unveiled by Roy Hodgson at St Georges Park on 23 April 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of English football.

Walter Winterbottom
Roy Hodgson and Winterbottom biographer Graham Morse

Sir Walter Winterbottom
CBE
Personal information
Full name Walter Winterbottom
Date of birth (1913-03-31)31 March 1913
Place of birth Oldham, England
Date of death 16 February 2002(2002-02-16) (aged 88)
Place of death Guildford, England
Playing position(s) Half back
Youth career
Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1938 Manchester United 26 (0)
Teams managed
1946–1962 England
1952 Great Britain
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early years

Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Walter Winterbottom was the only son of James Winterbottom, a ring frame fitter in a textile machine works.[1] At the age of 12 he was awarded a scholarship to Oldham High School where he excelled. He won a bursary to Chester Diocesan Teachers Training College,[1] graduating as the top student in 1933 and took a teaching post at the Alexandra Road School, Oldham. Whilst teaching he played football for Royton Amateurs and then Mossley[1] where he was spotted by Manchester United. He signed for United as a part-time professional in 1936 but continued teaching.[1] In his first season (1936/37) at Manchester United he showed great promise, playing 21 first team League games and 2 FA cup games, appearing as wing half and centre half. But in the following two seasons he made only 4 first team appearances.[1] and 41 Central League appearances, his playing career effectively ended by a spinal disease, later diagnosed as ankylosing spondylitis.[1] Whilst still playing for Manchester United he left his teaching position to study at Carnegie College of Physical Education, Leeds. On graduating he was appointed as a lecturer.[1]

During World War II Winterbottom served as an officer in the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of wing commander and working at the Air Ministry with overall responsibility for training PE instructors at home and overseas. He was also a guest player with Chelsea[1] and ran coaching courses for the FA at grammar schools in London. In 1946 Stanley Rous, who was the secretary of The Football Association, persuaded the FA council to appoint Winterbottom as The FA's first Director of Coaching and suggested he take on the additional responsibility of being the first England team manager.[1]

England team manager

Walter Winterbottom has the distinction of being England's first, youngest and longest serving England team manager; he is also the only England manager to have had no previous professional managerial experience. In all matches in which he was in charge, England played 139, won 78, drew 33, and lost 28; goals for 383, against 196. At home England lost six matches in sixteen years. England won the British championship in thirteen out of his sixteen seasons (seven times outright and six times sharing top place). In the World Cup tournament England qualified on all four occasions, reaching the quarter finals twice, playing 28 matches, winning 15, drawing 7 and losing 6; goals for 75 against 35 (including World Cup qualifying matches).[2]

Although he had coaching and managerial responsibilities, Winterbottom never had the power to pick his own team (it was chosen by a selection committee).[1] Over time his technical knowledge increasingly influenced selectors. Finally, prior to Alf Ramsey's arrival in 1962, he convinced the FA that the team manager must have sole control of selection.[3] During his time Winterbottom repeatedly warned the English football establishment that countries in Continental Europe and South America were overtaking England and that English football had to change. His sixteen years as England team manager helped greatly in creating a modern and competitive national team and four years after his departure in 1966 England won the World Cup. His innovations included the introduction of England B, Under 23, youth and schoolboy teams[4] providing players with continuity and experience in international football before being selected for the full England team.

Notable victories during his era were 10—0 away to Portugal in 1947, 4—0 away to Italy in 1948, 3—1 at home to recently crowned World Champions West Germany in 1954 after the 4—2 at home to Brazil in 1956 and 9—3 at home to Scotland in 1961. Notable defeats were losing 2–0 to the Republic of Ireland at Goodison Park, losing 1—0 to the USA in the 1950 World Cup and 6—3 at home to Hungary in 1953 when England lost their unbeaten home record to a foreign team at Wembley, followed by a 7—1 away defeat to the same team in 1954.

Also while he was manager England visited Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, the Soviet Union, United States and Uruguay for the first time.

FIFA World Cup record

Winterbottom led England to four consecutive World Cup finals, a record subsequently equalled only by Helmut Schön of West Germany. England entered the World Cup for the first time in 1950, qualifying for the tournament in Brazil by winning the British Home Championship. England had never before played in South America. They beat Chile by 2—0 but lost 1—0 to the USA and 1—0 to Spain to be eliminated in the first round. Winterbottom again led England to qualification in Switzerland in 1954 by winning the British Home championship. A 4—4 draw against Belgium and a 2—0 victory against Switzerland took them to the quarter finals where they were beaten 4—2 by the defending champions, Uruguay.

In 1958 England qualified for the tournament in Sweden with wins over the Republic of Ireland and Denmark with a team that had lost only once in 17 games. Three months before the tournament began the Munich air disaster robbed the team of key players from Manchester United: Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor and Duncan Edwards died. England drew against the USSR, Brazil and Austria but lost to the Soviet Union in a playoff for a quarter-final place.

Winterbottom again led his team to qualification for the 1962 finals in Chile with wins over Portugal and Luxembourg. After progressing from their group on goal average, England reached the quarter-finals but were beaten 3—1 by the eventual winners, Brazil.

FA Director of Coaching

Although Winterbottom is best known as the England team manager, it is in coaching that he made important contributions to the development of English football. He made no secret of his belief that his job as Director of Coaching was the more important of his two roles at the FA.[5]

When he joined the FA in 1946, club directors, managers and players were cynical about the need for coaching[6] but Winterbottom had a passion for coaching and a vision of how it should develop. He soon created a national coaching scheme with summer residential courses at Lilleshall, Shropshire, and persuaded some of his international players to take the courses that led to exams for the FA preliminary and full coaching badges. This gave the scheme credibility. They developed their teaching skills by coaching in schools and then moved into part-time coaching positions in junior clubs. He gathered around him a cadre of young FA staff coaches: men like Bill Nicholson, Don Howe, Alan Brown, Ron Greenwood, Dave Sexton, Malcolm Allison, Joe Mercer, Vic Buckingham, Jimmy Hill and Bobby Robson. Over time a new breed of managers emerged in the League clubs and began to change attitudes to coaching.

Winterbottom's courses were expanded to include professional players, referees, schoolmasters, club trainers, schoolboys and youth leaders. In addition to Lilleshall they were held at Loughborough College, Carnegie College, Bisham Abbey and Birmingham University. In 1947 three hundred had taken the full coaching award and the numbers of qualified coaches grew each year.

The courses attracted international participation and praise. Winterbottom was regarded by many as a leading technical thinker and exponent of association football, of his generation, in the world and lectured internationally.

He inspired a new generation of managers, most notably Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson, who graduated through every level of coaching, both eventually becoming England team manager.

Criticism

In assessing Winterbottom's tenure as England manager, Goldblatt writes that "[Winterbottom] introduced a measure of tactical thinking and discussion to the England squad, though his inability to anticipate or learn significantly from the Hungarian debacle suggests that his grasp of tactics and communication with the players was limited."[7] William Baker writes that Winterbottom, because of his "upper-class origins [sic]", could not "effectively instruct, much less inspire, working-class footballers."[8] Football journalist Brian Glanville said in an interview: "I got on very well with Walter Winterbottom, but he was a rotten manager."[9]

Publishing

Winterbottom was also responsible for the publishing at the FA. The first coaching bulletin was launched in 1946 and this became the FA Bulletin and then the FA News. The FA Year Book was introduced in 1948 along with the FA Book for Boys annual.[10] The first coaching films and film strips followed in 1950.

An important landmark was the publication of Winterbottom's book, Soccer Coaching, the first modern soccer coaching manual. This was followed by three more books, Skilful Soccer, Modern Soccer and Training for Soccer.

Sports administrator

In 1962 Winterbottom resigned from the FA and took up an appointment as General Secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation[4] and two years later became the Director of the newly formed Sports Council. He stepped onto the wider stage of sport and emerged to have a profound effect on sport in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century.[11]

Central Council of Physical Recreation

At the Central Council of Physical Education (CCPR) Winterbottom worked to provide coaches and better facilities for sports governing bodies. He soon became involved in the ongoing political debate about the recommendations of the 1960 Report of the Wolfenden Committee on Sport, which had recommended the establishment of a Sports Council responsible for distributing government money to sport. He was in favour but the CCPR was divided on the issue. In 1965 the Government under set up a Sports Council and Winterbottom was seconded to become the first Director of the Sports Council[1] with Denis Howell as his chairman.

Sports Council

Winterbottom believed that participation in a sport played a much more important role in society that was generally accepted. For 16 years he battled to win significantly more investment in sport from national and local government to support a Sport for All campaign. Despite a harsh economic climate great progress was made in providing new facilities. In ten years 499 sports centres were built and 524 new swimming pools.[12] Under his leadership sports governing bodies were helped to develop more professional organisations and provide more coaches. He conceived the idea of the Sports Aid Foundation, raising money from industry to back young elite sportsmen and women with Olympic medal winning chances.

He was a member of the Council of Europe and Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Sport and was influential in the acceptance of the Sport For All concept by Canada and UNESCO.[12]

Later life

In 1978, after reaching the age of 65, Winterbottom retired from the Sports Council and was knighted for his services to sport. He became an advisor to the British government on ways in which British manufacturers of sports equipment could work with foreign firms. In 1979, he visited Australia and New Zealand to help their governments to support sport in the community.

He was head of the FIFA Technical Studies Group for the World Cup in 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978 and a member in 1982.[13] In 1985 The Winterbottom Report, an FA enquiry into artificial playing surfaces was published and in 1987–89 he was a member of the Football League enquiry into artificial pitches.[14]

He died in the Royal Surrey Hospital after an operation for cancer on 16 February 2002. He was 88 years old. A memorial service was held at St. Nicolas Church, Cranleigh, Surrey on 1 March 2002.

Managerial statistics
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA +/– Win %
England September 1946 July 1962 139 78 33 28 385 195 +190 056.12

England matches under Winterbottom

England's goal tally first.

England Match Record 1946–1962
#DateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
1 28 September 1946 Windsor Park, Belfast  Ireland 7–2 1946–47 British Home Championship
2 30 September 1946 Dalymount Park, Dublin  Republic of Ireland 1–0 International Match
3 13 November 1946 Maine Road, Manchester  Wales 3–0 1946–47 British Home Championship
4 27 November 1946 Leeds Road, Huddersfield  Netherlands 8–2 International Match
5 12 April 1947 Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 1–1 1946–47 British Home Championship
6 3 May 1947 Highbury, London  France 3–0 International Match
7 18 May 1947 Hardturm, Zürich   Switzerland 0–1 1947 European tour
8 25 May 1947 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon  Portugal 10–0
9 29 September 1947 Heysel Stadium, Brussels  Belgium 5–2 International Match
10 18 October 1947 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 3–0 1947–48 British Home Championship
11 5 November 1947 Goodison Park, Liverpool  Ireland 2–2 1947–48 British Home Championship
12 19 November 1947 Highbury, London  Sweden 4–2 International Match
13 10 May 1948 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 1–0 1947–48 British Home Championship
14 16 May 1948 Stadio Comunale, Turin  Italy 4–0 International Match
15 26 September 1948 Idrætspark, Copenhagen  Denmark 0–0 International Match
16 9 October 1948 Windsor Park, Belfast  Ireland 6–2 1948–49 British Home Championship
17 10 November 1948 Villa Park, Birmingham  Wales 1–0 1948–49 British Home Championship
18 10 November 1948 Highbury, London   Switzerland 6–0 International Match
19 9 April 1949 Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 1–3 1948–49 British Home Championship
20 13 May 1949 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Sweden 1–3 1949 European tour
21 18 May 1949 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Norway 4–1
22 22 May 1949 Stade Colombes, Paris  France 3–1
23 21 September 1949 Goodison Park, Liverpool  Republic of Ireland 0–2 International Match
24 15 October 1949 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 4–1 1949–50 British Home Championship
25 16 November 1949 Maine Road, Manchester  Ireland 9–2 1949–50 British Home Championship
26 30 November 1949 White Hart Lane, London  Italy 2–0 International Match
27 25 May 1950 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 1–0 1949–50 British Home Championship
28 14 May 1950 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon  Portugal 5–3 1950 European tour
29 18 May 1950 Heysel Stadium, Brussels  Belgium 4–1
30 25 June 1950 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro  Chile 2–0 1950 FIFA World Cup
31 19 June 1950 Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte  United States 0–1 1950 FIFA World Cup
32 2 July 1950 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro  Spain 0–1 1950 FIFA World Cup
33 7 October 1950 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 4–1 1950–51 British Home Championship
34 15 November 1950 Roker Park, Sunderland  Wales 6–2 1950–51 British Home Championship
35 15 November 1950 Highbury, London  Yugoslavia 2–2 International Match
36 14 April 1951 Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 2–3 1950–51 British Home Championship
37 9 May 1951 Wembley Stadium, London  Argentina 2–1 International Match
38 19 May 1951 Goodison Park, Liverpool  Portugal 5–2 International Match
39 3 October 1951 Highbury, London  France 2–2 International Match
40 20 October 1951 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 1–1 1951–52 British Home Championship
41 14 November 1951 Villa Park, Birmingham  Northern Ireland 2–0 1951–52 British Home Championship
42 28 November 1951 Wembley Stadium, London  Austria 2–2 International Match
43 5 April 1952 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 2–0 1951–52 British Home Championship
44 18 May 1952 Stadio Comunale, Florence  Italy 1–1 1952 European tour
45 25 May 1952 Praterstadion, Vienna  Austria 3–2
46 28 May 1952 Hardturm, Zürich   Switzerland 3–0
47 4 October 1952 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 2–2 1952–53 British Home Championship
48 12 November 1952 Wembley Stadium, London  Wales 5–2 1952–53 British Home Championship
49 26 November 1952 Wembley Stadium, London  Belgium 5–0 International Match
50 18 April 1953 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 2–2 1952–53 British Home Championship
51 17 May 1953 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires  Argentina 0–0 1953 American tour
52 24 May 1953 Estadio Nacional, Santiago  Chile 2–1
53 31 May 1953 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo  Uruguay 1–2
54 8 June 1953 Polo Grounds, New York City  United States 6–3
55 10 October 1953 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 4–1 1953–54 British Home Championship
56 21 October 1953 Wembley Stadium, London FIFA XI 4–4 International Match
57 11 November 1953 Goodison Park, Liverpool  Northern Ireland 3–1 1953–54 British Home Championship
58 25 November 1953 Wembley Stadium, London  Hungary 3–6 International Match
59 3 April 1954 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 4–2 1953–54 British Home Championship
60 16 May 1954 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade  Yugoslavia 0–1 1954 European tour
61 23 May 1954 Népstadion, Budapest  Hungary 1–7
62 17 June 1954 St. Jakob-Park, Basel  Belgium 4–4 1954 FIFA World Cup
63 20 June 1954 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern   Switzerland 2–0 1954 FIFA World Cup
64 26 June 1954 St. Jakob-Park, Basel  Uruguay 2–4 1954 FIFA World Cup
65 2 October 1954 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 2–0 1954–55 British Home Championship
66 10 November 1954 Wembley Stadium, London  Wales 3–2 1954–55 British Home Championship
67 1 December 1954 Wembley Stadium, London  West Germany 3–1 International Match
68 2 April 1955 Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 7–2 1954–55 British Home Championship
69 15 May 1955 Stade Colombes, Paris  France 0–1 1955 European tour
70 18 May 1955 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid  Spain 1–1
71 22 May 1955 Estádio das Antas, Porto  Portugal 1–3
72 2 October 1955 Idrætspark, Copenhagen  Denmark 5–1 International Match
73 22 October 1955 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 1–2 1955–56 British Home Championship
74 2 November 1955 Wembley Stadium, London  Northern Ireland 3–0 1955–56 British Home Championship
75 30 November 1955 Wembley Stadium, London  Spain 4–1 International Match
76 14 April 1956 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 1–1 1955–56 British Home Championship
77 9 May 1956 Wembley Stadium, London  Brazil 4–2 International Match
78 16 May 1956 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Sweden 0–0 1956 European tour
79 20 May 1956 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Finland 5–1
80 26 May 1956 Olympic Stadium, West Berlin  West Germany 3–1
81 6 October 1956 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 1–1 1956–57 British Home Championship
82 14 November 1956 Wembley Stadium, London  Wales 3–1 1956–57 British Home Championship
83 28 November 1956 Wembley Stadium, London  Yugoslavia 3–0 International Match
84 5 December 1956 Molineux, Wolverhampton  Denmark 5–2 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
85 6 April 1957 Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 2–1 1956–57 British Home Championship
86 8 May 1957 Wembley Stadium, London  Republic of Ireland 5–1 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
87 15 May 1957 Idrætspark, Copenhagen  Denmark 4–1 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
88 19 May 1957 Dalymount Park, Dublin  Republic of Ireland 1–1 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
89 19 October 1957 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 4–0 1957–58 British Home Championship
90 6 November 1957 Wembley Stadium, London  Northern Ireland 2–3 1957–58 British Home Championship
91 27 November 1957 Wembley Stadium, London  France 4–0 International Match
92 19 April 1958 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 4–0 1957–58 British Home Championship
93 7 May 1958 Wembley Stadium, London  Portugal 2–1 International Match
94 11 May 1958 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade  Yugoslavia 0–5 1958 European tour
95 18 May 1958 Lenin Stadium, Moscow  Soviet Union 1–1
96 8 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg  Soviet Union 2–2 1958 FIFA World Cup
97 11 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg  Brazil 0–0 1958 FIFA World Cup
98 15 June 1958 Ryavallen, Borås  Austria 2–2 1958 FIFA World Cup
99 19 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg  Soviet Union 0–1 1958 FIFA World Cup
100 4 October 1958 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 3–3 1958–59 British Home Championship
101 22 October 1958 Wembley Stadium, London  Soviet Union 5–0 International Match
102 26 November 1958 Villa Park, Birmingham  Wales 2–2 1958–59 British Home Championship
103 11 April 1959 Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 1–0 1958–59 British Home Championship
104 6 May 1959 Wembley Stadium, London  Italy 2–2 International Match
105 13 May 1959 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 1–4 1959 American tour
106 17 May 1959 Estadio Nacional, Lima  Peru 1–4
107 24 May 1959 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City  Mexico 1–2
108 28 May 1959 Wrigley Field, Los Angeles  United States 8–1
109 17 October 1959 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 1–1 1959–60 British Home Championship
110 28 October 1959 Wembley Stadium, London  Sweden 2–3 International Match
111 18 November 1959 Wembley Stadium, London  Northern Ireland 2–1 1959–60 British Home Championship
112 9 April 1960 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 1–1 1959–60 British Home Championship
113 11 May 1960 Wembley Stadium, London  Yugoslavia 3–3 International Match
114 15 May 1960 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid  Spain 0–3 1960 European tour
115 22 May 1960 Népstadion, Budapest  Hungary 0–2
116 8 October 1960 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 5–2 1960–61 British Home Championship
117 19 October 1960 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City  Luxembourg 9–0 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
118 26 October 1960 Wembley Stadium, London  Spain 4–2 International Match
119 23 November 1960 Wembley Stadium, London  Wales 5–1 1960–61 British Home Championship
120 15 April 1961 Wembley Stadium, London  Scotland 9–3 1960–61 British Home Championship
121 10 May 1961 Wembley Stadium, London  Mexico 8–0 International Match
122 21 May 1961 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon  Portugal 1–1 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
123 24 May 1961 Stadio Olimpico, Rome  Italy 3–2 1961 European tour
124 27 May 1961 Praterstadion, Vienna  Austria 1–3
125 28 September 1961 Highbury, London  Luxembourg 4–1 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
126 14 October 1961 Ninian Park, Cardiff  Wales 1–1 1961–62 British Home Championship
127 25 October 1961 Wembley Stadium, London  Portugal 2–0 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
128 22 November 1961 Wembley Stadium, London  Northern Ireland 1–1 1961–62 British Home Championship
129 4 April 1962 Wembley Stadium, London  Austria 3–1 International Match
130 14 April 1962 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 0–2 1961–62 British Home Championship
131 9 May 1962 Wembley Stadium, London   Switzerland 3–1 International Match
132 20 May 1962 Estadio Nacional, Lima  Peru 4–0 International Match
133 31 May 1962 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua  Hungary 1–2 1962 FIFA World Cup
134 2 June 1962 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua  Argentina 3–1 1962 FIFA World Cup
135 7 June 1962 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua  Bulgaria 0–0 1962 FIFA World Cup
136 10 June 1962 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar  Brazil 1–3 1962 FIFA World Cup
137 3 October 1962 Hillsborough, Sheffield  France 1–1 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
138 20 October 1962 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 3–1 1962–63 British Home Championship
139 21 November 1962 Wembley Stadium, London  Wales 4–0 1962–63 British Home Championship

England record versus other countries
Walter Winterbottom international managerial record
Country G W D L GF GA +/– Win %
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 066.67
 Austria 5 2 2 1 11 10 +1 040.00
 Belgium 4 3 1 0 18 7 +11 075.00
 Brazil 4 1 1 2 6 9 −3 025.00
 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
 Chile 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Denmark 4 3 1 0 14 4 +10 075.00
FIFA XI 1 0 1 0 4 4 +0 000.00
 Finland 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 100.00
 France 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 050.00
 Hungary 4 0 0 4 5 17 −12 000.00
 Ireland 4 3 1 0 24 8 +16 075.00
 Italy 5 3 2 0 12 5 +7 060.00
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 13 1 +12 100.00
 Mexico 2 1 0 1 9 2 +7 050.00
 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 8 2 +6 100.00
 Northern Ireland 13 8 4 1 33 16 +17 061.54
 Norway 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Peru 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
 Portugal 7 5 1 1 26 10 +16 071.43
 Republic of Ireland 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 050.00
 Scotland 16 9 4 3 39 21 +18 056.25
 Soviet Union 4 1 2 1 8 4 +4 025.00
 Spain 5 2 1 2 9 8 +1 040.00
 Sweden 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 025.00
  Switzerland 5 4 0 1 14 2 +12 080.00
 United States 3 2 0 1 14 5 +9 066.67
 Uruguay 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 000.00
 Wales 17 12 4 1 51 17 +34 070.59
 West Germany 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00
 Yugoslavia 5 1 2 2 8 11 −3 020.00
Total 139 78 33 28 385 195 +190 056.12

Honours
  • British Home Championship
    • Champions: 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952 (shared), 1953 (shared), 1954, 1955, 1956 (shared), 1957, 1958 (shared), 1959 (shared), 1960 (shared), 1961
    • Runners-up: 1949, 1951

Notes
  1. Anthony, Mason (2008). New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  2. "englandfootballonline.com".
  3. Dave, Bowler (1999). Alf Ramsey:Winning isn't Everything.
  4. Mason, Anthony (2008). New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  5. "BBC Radio, 1963, People Today". 1963.
  6. Mason, Anthony (2008). New Oxford Dictionary Biography.
  7. Goldblatt, David (2008). The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer. Penguin. p. 443. ISBN 1-59448-296-9.
  8. Baker, William Joseph (1988). Sports in the Western world. University of Illinois Press. p. 308. ISBN 0-252-06042-3.
  9. MacIntosh, Iain. "Vox in the Box: Brian Glanville". The Set Pieces. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. Mason, Tony, Holt, Richard. Sport in Britain 1945–2000.
  11. Holt, Richard, Mason, Anthony. Sport in Britain 1945–2000.
  12. Coghlan, John. Sport and British Politics since 1960.
  13. "Public FIFA Records".
  14. "www.Indianfootball.com".
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Literature
  • Graham Morse: Sir Walter Winterbottom - The Father of Modern English Football, Kings Road Publishing, 2013.
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