Pozzo vs Chapman

Stadio Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista

Vittorio Pozzo was a friend and admirer of Herbert Chapman. When England traveled to Rome to play their first ever match against Italy in May 1933 Herbert Chapman was nominally the head coach of England - a progressive step for the FA when one considers that they did not appoint a national coach/ manager until 1950. However, Chapman did not select the team- this was still done by a committee. If Chapman had lived one wonders how many of his progressive ideas might have been taken on.

 

Commemorative medal 

The Italian XI had an average of 25 caps. England fielded 6 new caps.There were 50,000 at the Stadio Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista to see Ferrari put the hosts in front in the 4th minute. Cliff Bastin equalised in the 24th and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

*	Gianpiero Combi	Juventus	G	Harry Hibbs	Birmingham City
	Virginio Rosetta	Juventus	B	Roy Goodall (c)	Huddersfield Town
	Umberto Caligaris (c)	Juventus	B	Eddie Hapgood	Arsenal	*
	Mario Pizziolo	Fiorentina	H	Alf Strange	Sheffield Wednesday
*	Luis Monti	Juventus	H	Tom White	Everton	*
*	Luigi Bertolini	Juventus	H	Wilf Copping	Leeds United	*
	Raffaele Costantino	Roma	OR	Albert Geldard	Everton	*
*	Giuseppe Meazza	Ambrosiana	IR	James Richardson	Newcastle United	*
*	Angelo Schiavio	Bologna	CF	George Hunt	Tottenham Hotspur
*	Giovanni Ferrari	Juventus	IL	Billy Furness	Leeds United	*
*	Raimundo Orsi	Juventus	OL	Cliff Bastin	Arsenal
*	1934 World Cup Winners			Debutants		*