England at Maine Road

As we’re in a period of International football, I thought it would be worth remembering that there were four full internationals played at Maine Road. 

Each of these took place during a six year spell in the 1940s. 

FULL INTERNATIONALS AT MAINE ROAD

DateType of gameAgainstScoreScorersCrowdTeam
16 October 1943War
Interna-tional
ScotlandW 8-0Lawton (4), Hagan (2), Carter, Matthews60,000Swift, Scott, Hardwick, Britton, Cullis, Mercer, Matthews, Carter, Lawton, Hagan, Compton
24/4/46Burnden Park Disaster Fund MatchScotlandD 2-2Welsh (2)70,000Swift, Walton, Hardwick, Wright, Leuty, Mitchell, Matthews, Welsh, Lewis, Fielding, Mannion
13/11/46Home InternationalWalesW 3-0Mannion (2), Lawton59,121Swift, Scott, Hardwick, Wright, Franklin, Johnston, Finney, Carter, Lawton, Mannion, Langton
16/11/49Home International/ World Cup qualifiersN. IrelandW 9-2Rowley (4), Froggatt, Pearson (2), Mortensen (2)69,762Streten, Mozley, Aston, Watson, Franklin, Wright, Finney, Mortensen, Rowley, Pearson, Froggatt

In addition to these matches various other representative matches have been played at Maine Road.  These include the following inter-league games, under-21 fixtures and B Team games.

You can read more on the 8-0 victory over Scotland in 1943 here: