England v Portugal 1958 – Bobby Charlton 1st Full Cap

This original football programme comes from the England v Portugal match on Wednesday 7 May 1958. England came out on top in this International friendly game, which ended England 2-1 Portugal.

This is an England football programme. England's goals came from Charlton (2) in front of a crowd of 65,000 at Wembley Stadium.

Competition	International friendly (1957/58)
Result	England 2-1 Portugal
Played in	London, England
England scorers	Charlton (2)
Portugal scorers	Duarte
Attendance	65,000
Referee	Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

This was Bobby Charlton first full cap at Wembley. His debut for England was v Scotland in April.

Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr

Did you know?

Going into this fixture, the international head-to-head stood at 3 wins for England, 1 for Portugal and 0 draws from 4 meetings.
The 1950s saw England beaten 6-3 at Wembley by Hungary in 1953 – their first home defeat by a side from outside the British Isles.