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22 years for England THE full list of of Sir Stanley Matthews ' in ternational appearances for England - spanning a won derful 22 years - is : 1935 : v . Wales , Italy . 1936 : v . Germany . 1937 : v . Scotland . 1938 : v . Scotland , Wales , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Sweden , France . 1939 : v . Scotland , Wales , Ireland , Rest of Europe , Norway , Italy , Yugoslavia . 1946 : v . * Ireland , * Wales , * Belgium , * Sweden , * France . 1947 : v . Scotland , Sweden , Portugal . 1948 : v . Scotland , Wales , Ire land , Belgium , Italy . Wales , Ireland , Denmark , Sweden . 1950 : V. ( World Cup ) Spain 1951 : v . Ireland , Scotland . 1954 : v . Ireland , F.I.F.A. , Hungary ( World Cup ) ; Belgium , Uruguay . 1949 : v . Scotland , Wales , Scotland , Germany , France , Spain , Portugal . 1955 : v . Ireland , 1956 : v . Wales , Brazil . 1957 : v . Scotland , Wales , Ireland , Yugoslavia , Denmark ( 2 ) , Republic of Ireland . * Victory Internationals . continued from page 3 Creeds have been left spellbound by his wizardry ; the magic which in spired the now famed brand of soccer by such nations as Brazil . And it all started 51 years ago when Sir Stanley was born at Hanley . A shy youngster his shyness has still not left him completely he eventually signed for his local club , Stoke City , in 1931. But a couple of years before that , he was most certainly not the dazzling winger we came to know . He was , in fact , a centre half and was capped by England Schoolboys in that position in 1929. But his brilliant individualism was not to the liking of one particular England selector who was reported as saying : " I never want to see that boy Matthews on a football field again . " It is true that Stan played in only that one schoolboy international , against Wales , but in later years , when he made his name as a professional player , he had no more enthusiastic admirer than that irate selector . So he joined Stoke at the age of 17 - and only two years later he won his first senior England cap to begin a career of 22 years as an inter national . He became the " King " of the Potteries . . . and when , in May , 1947 , he was transferred to Blackpool for £ 11,500 , there was an outcry among Stoke supporters . Deputations went to the club offices demanding an explanation ; town meetings were called ; indeed , there was an air of both anger and mourn continued on page 8 Tonight's Big Line - up A Billy Robinson Malcolm McKenzie Attendance Result Colin Lambton SOUTH SHIELDS Tommy Pigford Billy Graham Referee Jimmy Hill Mike Tullerton Ron Wilson 12,000 1-1 Bert Garrow Smith Ron Rutherford Len Smith Roddy Georgison Jim Dickson Jimmy O'Neill PORT Thompson Terry McGregor Norman Cardew J. R. Dodds ( Newcastle ) Jackie Mudie Gordon Logan VALE Gerry Donoghue THE South Shields Football Club , wishing to make this evening a gala occasion , present for your entertainment , the South Shields Caledonian Pipe Band and the Simonside Mariners ' Junior Jazz Band . Sir Stanley Matthews Terry Miles |
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