England managerial debuts: the full list
Fabio Capello oversees his first match as the new England manager against Switzerland at Wembley in a friendly international on Wednesday. He will be hoping to continue a tradition, stretching back almost 17 years to Graham Taylor, in which the new man in the top job has won his first game in charge. Here is a full list of England manager's debuts post-war, including result and debutants:
Walter Winterbottom: Northern Ireland 2, England 7, Home International Championship, September 28, 1946
Player debuts (for first official post-war international): Frank Swift, Lawrie Scott, George Hardwick, Billy Wright, Neil Franklin, Henry Cockburn, Tom Finney, Wilf Mannion, Robert Langton.
Alf Ramsey: France 5, England 2, European Championship qualifier, February 27, 1963
Player debut: Ronald Henry.
Don Revie: England 3, Czechoslovakia 0, European Championship qualifier, October 30, 1974
Player debuts: Gerry Francis, Dave Thomas (substitute).
Ron Greenwood: England 0, Switzerland 0, friendly, September 7, 1977
Player debut: Terry McDermott.
Bobby Robson: Denmark 2, England 2, European Championship qualifier, September 22, 1982
Player debut: Ricky Hill (substitute).
Graham Taylor: England 1, Hungary 0, friendly, September 12, 1990
Player debuts: None
Terry Venables: England 1, Denmark 0, friendly, March 9, 1994
Player debuts: Graeme Le Saux, Darren Anderton, Matt Le Tissier (substitute)
Glenn Hoddle: Moldova 0, England 3, World Cup qualifier, September 1, 1996
Player debuts: David Beckham, Andy Hinchcliffe
Kevin Keegan: England 3, Poland 1, European Championship qualifier, March 27, 1999
Player debuts: Tim Sherwood, Ray Parlour (substitute)
Sven-Goran Eriksson: England 3, Spain 0, friendly, February 28, 2001
Player debuts: Chris Powell, Michael Ball (substitute), Gavin McCann (substitute)
Steve McClaren: England 4, Greece 0, friendly, August 16, 2006
Player debuts: Chris Kirkland (substitute)









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