Walter Winterbottom

Sir Walter Winterbottom CBE (31 March 1913 – 16 February 2002) was the first manager of the England football team (1946–1962) and FA Director of Coaching. He resigned from the FA in 1962 to become General Secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) and was appointed as the first Director of the Sports Council in 1965. He was knighted for his services to sport in 1978 when he retired. The Football Association marked the 100th anniversary of Winterbottom's birth by commissioning a bust which was unveiled by Roy Hodgson at St Georges Park on 23 April 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of English football.

Walter Winterbottom

Roy Hodgson and Winterbottom biographer Graham Morse

Sir Walter Winterbottom
CBE

Personal information
Full name	Walter Winterbottom
Date of birth	31 March 1913
Place of birth	Oldham, England
Date of death	16 February 2002 (aged 88)
Place of death	Guildford, England
Position(s)	Half back
Youth career
	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1938	Manchester United	26	(0)
Teams managed
1946–1962	England
1952	Great Britain
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early years

Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Walter Winterbottom was the only son of James Winterbottom, a ring frame fitter in a textile machine works.[1] At the age of 12 he was awarded a scholarship to Oldham High School where he excelled. He won a bursary to Chester Diocesan Teachers Training College,[1] graduating as the top student in 1933 and took a teaching post at the Alexandra Road School, Oldham. Whilst teaching he played football for Royton Amateurs and then Mossley[1] where he was spotted by Manchester United. He signed for United as a part-time professional in 1936 but continued teaching.[1] In his first season (1936/37) at Manchester United he showed great promise, playing 21 first team League games and 2 FA cup games, appearing as wing half and centre half. But in the following two seasons he made only 4 first team appearances.[1] and 41 Central League appearances, his playing career effectively ended by a spinal disease, later diagnosed as ankylosing spondylitis.[1] Whilst still playing for Manchester United he left his teaching position to study at Carnegie College of Physical Education, Leeds. On graduating he was appointed as a lecturer.[1]

During World War II Winterbottom served as an officer in the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of wing commander and working at the Air Ministry with overall responsibility for training PE instructors at home and overseas. He was also a guest player with Chelsea[1] and ran coaching courses for the FA at grammar schools in London. In 1946 Stanley Rous, who was the secretary of The Football Association, persuaded the FA council to appoint Winterbottom as The FA's first Director of Coaching and suggested he take on the additional responsibility of being the first England team manager.[1]

England team manager

Walter Winterbottom has the distinction of being England's first, youngest and longest serving England team manager; he is also the only England manager to have had no previous professional managerial experience. In all matches in which he was in charge, England played 139, won 78, drew 33, and lost 28; goals for 383, against 196. At home England lost six matches in sixteen years. England won the British championship in thirteen out of his sixteen seasons (seven times outright and six times sharing top place). In the World Cup tournament England qualified on all four occasions, reaching the quarter finals twice, playing 28 matches, winning 15, drawing 7 and losing 6; goals for 75 against 35 (including World Cup qualifying matches).[2]

Although he had coaching and managerial responsibilities, Winterbottom never had the power to pick his own team (it was chosen by a selection committee).[1] Over time his technical knowledge increasingly influenced selectors. Finally, prior to Alf Ramsey's arrival in 1962, he convinced the FA that the team manager must have sole control of selection.[3] During his time Winterbottom repeatedly warned the English football establishment that countries in Continental Europe and South America were overtaking England and that English football had to change. His sixteen years as England team manager helped greatly in creating a modern and competitive national team and four years after his departure in 1966 England won the World Cup. His innovations included the introduction of England B, Under 23, youth and schoolboy teams[4] providing players with continuity and experience in international football before being selected for the full England team.

Notable victories during his era were 10—0 away to Portugal in 1947, 4—0 away to Italy in 1948, 3—1 at home to recently crowned World Champions West Germany in 1954 after the 4—2 at home to Brazil in 1956 and 9—3 at home to Scotland in 1961. Notable defeats were losing 2–0 to the Republic of Ireland at Goodison Park, losing 1—0 to the USA in the 1950 World Cup and 6—3 at home to Hungary in 1953 when England lost their unbeaten home record to a foreign team at Wembley, followed by a 7—1 away defeat to the same team in 1954.

Also while he was manager, England visited Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, the Soviet Union, United States and Uruguay for the first time.

FIFA World Cup record

Winterbottom led England to four consecutive World Cup finals, a record subsequently equalled only by Helmut Schön of West Germany. England entered the World Cup for the first time in 1950, qualifying for the tournament in Brazil by winning the British Home Championship. England had never before played in South America. They beat Chile by 2—0 but lost 1—0 to the USA and 1—0 to Spain to be eliminated in the first round. Winterbottom again led England to qualification in Switzerland in 1954 by winning the British Home championship. A 4—4 draw against Belgium and a 2—0 victory against Switzerland took them to the quarter finals where they were beaten 4—2 by the defending champions, Uruguay.

England qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden with wins over the Republic of Ireland and Denmark, with a team that had lost only once in 17 games. Three months before the tournament began the Munich air disaster robbed the team of key players from Manchester United: Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor and Duncan Edwards died. England drew against the USSR, Brazil and Austria but lost to the Soviet Union in a playoff for a quarter-final place.

Winterbottom again led his team to qualification for the 1962 World Cup in Chile with wins over Portugal and Luxembourg. After progressing from their group on goal average, England reached the quarter-finals but were beaten 3—1 by the eventual winners, Brazil.

FA Director of Coaching

Although Winterbottom is best known as the England team manager, it is in coaching that he made important contributions to the development of English football. He made no secret of his belief that his job as Director of Coaching was the more important of his two roles at the FA.[5]

When he joined the FA in 1946, club directors, managers and players were cynical about the need for coaching[6] but Winterbottom had a passion for coaching and a vision of how it should develop. He soon created a national coaching scheme with summer residential courses at Lilleshall, Shropshire, and persuaded some of his international players to take the courses that led to exams for the FA preliminary and full coaching badges. This gave the scheme credibility. They developed their teaching skills by coaching in schools and then moved into part-time coaching positions in junior clubs. He gathered around him a cadre of young FA staff coaches: men like Bill Nicholson, Don Howe, Alan Brown, Ron Greenwood, Dave Sexton, Malcolm Allison, Joe Mercer, Vic Buckingham, Jimmy Hill and Bobby Robson. Over time a new breed of managers emerged in the League clubs and began to change attitudes to coaching.

Winterbottom's courses were expanded to include professional players, referees, schoolmasters, club trainers, schoolboys and youth leaders. In addition to Lilleshall they were held at Loughborough College, Carnegie College, Bisham Abbey and Birmingham University. In 1947 three hundred had taken the full coaching award and the numbers of qualified coaches grew each year.

The courses attracted international participation and praise. Winterbottom was regarded by many as a leading technical thinker and exponent of association football, of his generation, in the world and lectured internationally.

He inspired a new generation of managers, most notably Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson, who graduated through every level of coaching, both eventually becoming England team manager.

Criticism

In assessing Winterbottom's tenure as England manager, Goldblatt writes that "[Winterbottom] introduced a measure of tactical thinking and discussion to the England squad, though his inability to anticipate or learn significantly from the Hungarian debacle suggests that his grasp of tactics and communication with the players was limited."[7] William Baker writes that Winterbottom, because of his "upper-class origins [sic]", could not "effectively instruct, much less inspire, working-class footballers."[8] Football journalist Brian Glanville said in an interview: "I got on very well with Walter Winterbottom, but he was a rotten manager."[9]

Publishing

Winterbottom was also responsible for the publishing at the FA. The first coaching bulletin was launched in 1946 and this became the FA Bulletin and then the FA News. The FA Year Book was introduced in 1948 along with the FA Book for Boys annual.[10] The first coaching films and film strips followed in 1950.

An important landmark was the publication of Winterbottom's book, Soccer Coaching, the first modern soccer coaching manual. This was followed by three more books, Skilful Soccer, Modern Soccer and Training for Soccer.

Sports administrator

In 1962 Winterbottom resigned from the FA and took up an appointment as General Secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation[4] and two years later became the Director of the newly formed Sports Council. He stepped onto the wider stage of sport and emerged to have a profound effect on sport in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century.[11]

Central Council of Physical Recreation

At the Central Council of Physical Education (CCPR) Winterbottom worked to provide coaches and better facilities for sports governing bodies. He soon became involved in the ongoing political debate about the recommendations of the 1960 Report of the Wolfenden Committee on Sport, which had recommended the establishment of a Sports Council responsible for distributing government money to sport. He was in favour but the CCPR was divided on the issue. In 1965 the Government under set up a Sports Council and Winterbottom was seconded to become the first Director of the Sports Council[1] with Denis Howell as his chairman.

Sports Council

Winterbottom believed that participation in a sport played a much more important role in society that was generally accepted. For 16 years he battled to win significantly more investment in sport from national and local government to support a Sport for All campaign. Despite a harsh economic climate great progress was made in providing new facilities. In ten years 499 sports centres were built and 524 new swimming pools.[12] Under his leadership sports governing bodies were helped to develop more professional organisations and provide more coaches. He conceived the idea of the Sports Aid Foundation, raising money from industry to back young elite sportsmen and women with Olympic medal winning chances.

He was a member of the Council of Europe and Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Sport and was influential in the acceptance of the Sport For All concept by Canada and UNESCO.[12]

Later life

In 1978, after reaching the age of 65, Winterbottom retired from the Sports Council and was knighted for his services to sport. He became an advisor to the British government on ways in which British manufacturers of sports equipment could work with foreign firms. In 1979, he visited Australia and New Zealand to help their governments to support sport in the community.

He was head of the FIFA Technical Studies Group for the World Cup in 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978 and a member in 1982.[13] In 1985 The Winterbottom Report, an FA enquiry into artificial playing surfaces was published and in 1987–89 he was a member of the Football League enquiry into artificial pitches.[14]

He died in the Royal Surrey Hospital after an operation for cancer on 16 February 2002. He was 88 years old. A memorial service was held at St. Nicolas Church, Cranleigh, Surrey on 1 March 2002.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/–	Win %
England		September 1946	July 1962	139	78	33	28	385	195	+190	056.12

England matches under Winterbottom

England's goal tally first.

England Match Record 1946–1962
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	28 September 1946	Windsor Park, Belfast	Ireland	7–2	1946–47 British Home Championship
2	30 September 1946	Dalymount Park, Dublin	Republic of Ireland	1–0	International Match
3	13 November 1946	Maine Road, Manchester	Wales	3–0	1946–47 British Home Championship
4	27 November 1946	Leeds Road, Huddersfield	Netherlands	8–2	International Match
5	12 April 1947	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	1–1	1946–47 British Home Championship
6	3 May 1947	Highbury, London	France	3–0	International Match
7	18 May 1947	Hardturm, Zürich	Switzerland	0–1	1947 European tour
8	25 May 1947	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon	Portugal	10–0
9	29 September 1947	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Belgium	5–2	International Match
10	18 October 1947	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	3–0	1947–48 British Home Championship
11	5 November 1947	Goodison Park, Liverpool	Ireland	2–2	1947–48 British Home Championship
12	19 November 1947	Highbury, London	Sweden	4–2	International Match
13	10 May 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	1–0	1947–48 British Home Championship
14	16 May 1948	Stadio Comunale, Turin	Italy	4–0	International Match
15	26 September 1948	Idrætspark, Copenhagen	Denmark	0–0	International Match
16	9 October 1948	Windsor Park, Belfast	Ireland	6–2	1948–49 British Home Championship
17	10 November 1948	Villa Park, Birmingham	Wales	1–0	1948–49 British Home Championship
18	10 November 1948	Highbury, London	Switzerland	6–0	International Match
19	9 April 1949	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	1–3	1948–49 British Home Championship
20	13 May 1949	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm	Sweden	1–3	1949 European tour
21	18 May 1949	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	4–1
22	22 May 1949	Stade Colombes, Paris	France	3–1
23	21 September 1949	Goodison Park, Liverpool	Republic of Ireland	0–2	International Match
24	15 October 1949	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	4–1	1949–50 British Home Championship
25	16 November 1949	Maine Road, Manchester	Ireland	9–2	1949–50 British Home Championship
26	30 November 1949	White Hart Lane, London	Italy	2–0	International Match
27	25 May 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	1–0	1949–50 British Home Championship
28	14 May 1950	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon	Portugal	5–3	1950 European tour
29	18 May 1950	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Belgium	4–1
30	25 June 1950	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Chile	2–0	1950 FIFA World Cup
31	19 June 1950	Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte	United States	0–1	1950 FIFA World Cup
32	2 July 1950	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Spain	0–1	1950 FIFA World Cup
33	7 October 1950	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	4–1	1950–51 British Home Championship
34	15 November 1950	Roker Park, Sunderland	Wales	6–2	1950–51 British Home Championship
35	15 November 1950	Highbury, London	Yugoslavia	2–2	International Match
36	14 April 1951	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	2–3	1950–51 British Home Championship
37	9 May 1951	Wembley Stadium, London	Argentina	2–1	International Match
38	19 May 1951	Goodison Park, Liverpool	Portugal	5–2	International Match
39	3 October 1951	Highbury, London	France	2–2	International Match
40	20 October 1951	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	1–1	1951–52 British Home Championship
41	14 November 1951	Villa Park, Birmingham	Northern Ireland	2–0	1951–52 British Home Championship
42	28 November 1951	Wembley Stadium, London	Austria	2–2	International Match
43	5 April 1952	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	2–0	1951–52 British Home Championship
44	18 May 1952	Stadio Comunale, Florence	Italy	1–1	1952 European tour
45	25 May 1952	Praterstadion, Vienna	Austria	3–2
46	28 May 1952	Hardturm, Zürich	Switzerland	3–0
47	4 October 1952	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	2–2	1952–53 British Home Championship
48	12 November 1952	Wembley Stadium, London	Wales	5–2	1952–53 British Home Championship
49	26 November 1952	Wembley Stadium, London	Belgium	5–0	International Match
50	18 April 1953	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	2–2	1952–53 British Home Championship
51	17 May 1953	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires	Argentina	0–0	1953 American tour
52	24 May 1953	Estadio Nacional, Santiago	Chile	2–1
53	31 May 1953	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Uruguay	1–2
54	8 June 1953	Polo Grounds, New York City	United States	6–3
55	10 October 1953	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	4–1	1953–54 British Home Championship
56	21 October 1953	Wembley Stadium, London	FIFA XI	4–4	International Match
57	11 November 1953	Goodison Park, Liverpool	Northern Ireland	3–1	1953–54 British Home Championship
58	25 November 1953	Wembley Stadium, London	Hungary	3–6	International Match
59	3 April 1954	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	4–2	1953–54 British Home Championship
60	16 May 1954	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade	Yugoslavia	0–1	1954 European tour
61	23 May 1954	Népstadion, Budapest	Hungary	1–7
62	17 June 1954	St. Jakob-Park, Basel	Belgium	4–4	1954 FIFA World Cup
63	20 June 1954	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern	Switzerland	2–0	1954 FIFA World Cup
64	26 June 1954	St. Jakob-Park, Basel	Uruguay	2–4	1954 FIFA World Cup
65	2 October 1954	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	2–0	1954–55 British Home Championship
66	10 November 1954	Wembley Stadium, London	Wales	3–2	1954–55 British Home Championship
67	1 December 1954	Wembley Stadium, London	West Germany	3–1	International Match
68	2 April 1955	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	7–2	1954–55 British Home Championship
69	15 May 1955	Stade Colombes, Paris	France	0–1	1955 European tour
70	18 May 1955	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	Spain	1–1
71	22 May 1955	Estádio das Antas, Porto	Portugal	1–3
72	2 October 1955	Idrætspark, Copenhagen	Denmark	5–1	International Match
73	22 October 1955	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	1–2	1955–56 British Home Championship
74	2 November 1955	Wembley Stadium, London	Northern Ireland	3–0	1955–56 British Home Championship
75	30 November 1955	Wembley Stadium, London	Spain	4–1	International Match
76	14 April 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	1–1	1955–56 British Home Championship
77	9 May 1956	Wembley Stadium, London	Brazil	4–2	International Match
78	16 May 1956	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm	Sweden	0–0	1956 European tour
79	20 May 1956	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki	Finland	5–1
80	26 May 1956	Olympic Stadium, West Berlin	West Germany	3–1
81	6 October 1956	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	1–1	1956–57 British Home Championship
82	14 November 1956	Wembley Stadium, London	Wales	3–1	1956–57 British Home Championship
83	28 November 1956	Wembley Stadium, London	Yugoslavia	3–0	International Match
84	5 December 1956	Molineux, Wolverhampton	Denmark	5–2	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
85	6 April 1957	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	2–1	1956–57 British Home Championship
86	8 May 1957	Wembley Stadium, London	Republic of Ireland	5–1	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
87	15 May 1957	Idrætspark, Copenhagen	Denmark	4–1	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
88	19 May 1957	Dalymount Park, Dublin	Republic of Ireland	1–1	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
89	19 October 1957	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	4–0	1957–58 British Home Championship
90	6 November 1957	Wembley Stadium, London	Northern Ireland	2–3	1957–58 British Home Championship
91	27 November 1957	Wembley Stadium, London	France	4–0	International Match
92	19 April 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	4–0	1957–58 British Home Championship
93	7 May 1958	Wembley Stadium, London	Portugal	2–1	International Match
94	11 May 1958	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade	Yugoslavia	0–5	1958 European tour
95	18 May 1958	Lenin Stadium, Moscow	Soviet Union	1–1
96	8 June 1958	Ullevi, Gothenburg	Soviet Union	2–2	1958 FIFA World Cup
97	11 June 1958	Ullevi, Gothenburg	Brazil	0–0	1958 FIFA World Cup
98	15 June 1958	Ryavallen, Borås	Austria	2–2	1958 FIFA World Cup
99	19 June 1958	Ullevi, Gothenburg	Soviet Union	0–1	1958 FIFA World Cup
100	4 October 1958	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	3–3	1958–59 British Home Championship
101	22 October 1958	Wembley Stadium, London	Soviet Union	5–0	International Match
102	26 November 1958	Villa Park, Birmingham	Wales	2–2	1958–59 British Home Championship
103	11 April 1959	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	1–0	1958–59 British Home Championship
104	6 May 1959	Wembley Stadium, London	Italy	2–2	International Match
105	13 May 1959	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–4	1959 American tour
106	17 May 1959	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Peru	1–4
107	24 May 1959	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City	Mexico	1–2
108	28 May 1959	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles	United States	8–1
109	17 October 1959	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	1–1	1959–60 British Home Championship
110	28 October 1959	Wembley Stadium, London	Sweden	2–3	International Match
111	18 November 1959	Wembley Stadium, London	Northern Ireland	2–1	1959–60 British Home Championship
112	9 April 1960	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	1–1	1959–60 British Home Championship
113	11 May 1960	Wembley Stadium, London	Yugoslavia	3–3	International Match
114	15 May 1960	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	Spain	0–3	1960 European tour
115	22 May 1960	Népstadion, Budapest	Hungary	0–2
116	8 October 1960	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	5–2	1960–61 British Home Championship
117	19 October 1960	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	9–0	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
118	26 October 1960	Wembley Stadium, London	Spain	4–2	International Match
119	23 November 1960	Wembley Stadium, London	Wales	5–1	1960–61 British Home Championship
120	15 April 1961	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	9–3	1960–61 British Home Championship
121	10 May 1961	Wembley Stadium, London	Mexico	8–0	International Match
122	21 May 1961	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon	Portugal	1–1	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
123	24 May 1961	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Italy	3–2	1961 European tour
124	27 May 1961	Praterstadion, Vienna	Austria	1–3
125	28 September 1961	Highbury, London	Luxembourg	4–1	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
126	14 October 1961	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	1–1	1961–62 British Home Championship
127	25 October 1961	Wembley Stadium, London	Portugal	2–0	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
128	22 November 1961	Wembley Stadium, London	Northern Ireland	1–1	1961–62 British Home Championship
129	4 April 1962	Wembley Stadium, London	Austria	3–1	International Match
130	14 April 1962	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	0–2	1961–62 British Home Championship
131	9 May 1962	Wembley Stadium, London	Switzerland	3–1	International Match
132	20 May 1962	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Peru	4–0	International Match
133	31 May 1962	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua	Hungary	1–2	1962 FIFA World Cup
134	2 June 1962	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua	Argentina	3–1	1962 FIFA World Cup
135	7 June 1962	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua	Bulgaria	0–0	1962 FIFA World Cup
136	10 June 1962	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar	Brazil	1–3	1962 FIFA World Cup
137	3 October 1962	Hillsborough, Sheffield	France	1–1	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
138	20 October 1962	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	3–1	1962–63 British Home Championship
139	21 November 1962	Wembley Stadium, London	Wales	4–0	1962–63 British Home Championship

England record versus other countries

Walter Winterbottom international managerial record
Country	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/–	Win %
Argentina	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	066.67
Austria	5	2	2	1	11	10	+1	040.00
Belgium	4	3	1	0	18	7	+11	075.00
Brazil	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	025.00
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Chile	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Denmark	4	3	1	0	14	4	+10	075.00
FIFA XI	1	0	1	0	4	4	+0	000.00
Finland	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
France	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	050.00
Hungary	4	0	0	4	5	17	−12	000.00
Ireland	4	3	1	0	24	8	+16	075.00
Italy	5	3	2	0	12	5	+7	060.00
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	13	1	+12	100.00
Mexico	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	050.00
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	8	2	+6	100.00
Northern Ireland	13	8	4	1	33	16	+17	061.54
Norway	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Peru	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Portugal	7	5	1	1	26	10	+16	071.43
Republic of Ireland	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	050.00
Scotland	16	9	4	3	39	21	+18	056.25
Soviet Union	4	1	2	1	8	4	+4	025.00
Spain	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	040.00
Sweden	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	025.00
Switzerland	5	4	0	1	14	2	+12	080.00
United States	3	2	0	1	14	5	+9	066.67
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	000.00
Wales	17	12	4	1	51	17	+34	070.59
West Germany	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Yugoslavia	5	1	2	2	8	11	−3	020.00
Total	139	78	33	28	385	195	+190	056.12

Honours

• British Home Championship
  • Champions: 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952 (shared), 1953 (shared), 1954, 1955, 1956 (shared), 1957, 1958 (shared), 1959 (shared), 1960 (shared), 1961
  • Runners-up: 1949, 1951

Notes

1. Anthony, Mason (2008). New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
2. "englandfootballonline.com".
3. Dave, Bowler (1999). Alf Ramsey:Winning isn't Everything.
4. Mason, Anthony (2008). New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
5. "BBC Radio, 1963, People Today". 1963.
6. Mason, Anthony (2008). New Oxford Dictionary Biography.
7. Goldblatt, David (2008). The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer. Penguin. p. 443. ISBN 1-59448-296-9.
8. Baker, William Joseph (1988). Sports in the Western world. University of Illinois Press. p. 308. ISBN 0-252-06042-3.
9. MacIntosh, Iain. "Vox in the Box: Brian Glanville". The Set Pieces. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
10. Mason, Tony, Holt, Richard. Sport in Britain 1945–2000.
11. Holt, Richard, Mason, Anthony. Sport in Britain 1945–2000.
12. Coghlan, John. Sport and British Politics since 1960.
13. "Public FIFA Records".
14. "www.Indianfootball.com".

External links

• Statue of the first ever England manager, Sir Walter Winterbottom, unveiled at St. George's Park on YouTube
• Sky Sports Interview 31 March 2013 Graham Morse on YouTube

Literature

• Graham Morse: Sir Walter Winterbottom - The Father of Modern English Football, Kings Road Publishing, 2013.