When England beat Brazil in the Maracana

England embarked upon a three-game tour of South America in June of 1984. They would play Uruguay and Chile, but their only win would be in this their first match.

Played on Sunday 10th June this game in front of around 60,000 spectators at Rio’s Maracana was a friendly in aid of the Brazilian football association’s 70th anniversary. The match was live on UK television, but only the second half. ITV showed Cillia Black’s hit show Surprise, Surprise and then the News while the first half played out.

England lined up as: Peter Shilton, Michael Duxbury, Kenny Sansom, Ray Wilkins, Dave Watson, Terry Fenwick, Bryan Robson ©, Mark Chamberlain, Mark Hateley, Tony Woodcock, John Barnes.

Portsmouth’s twenty-two-year-old striker Mark Hateley made his second appearance in an England shirt, having come on as a substitute against Russia at Wembley eight days previously.

Manager Bobby Robson, famed over the years for getting the names of his players wrong, repeatedly referred to Hateley in training as Tony. Tony being the name of his father who played for Aston Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool in the ‘60s. ‘He can call me anything he likes in training now, just so long as he gets my surname right on the team sheet,’ Hateley said when he was named in the starting eleven.