Winterbottom's ultimate team coins successive Wembley defeats came fully

A rare feat, in that Winterbottom's ultimate team coins successive Wembley defeats came fully two years apart with England playing several intervening matches at other grounds around the country. A late Jackie Milburn goal proved merely a consolation after Jimmy Mason, Billy Steel and Lawrie Reilly had put Scotland on their way to a 3-1 victory against an England side also featuring Tom Finney and Stanley Matthews in 1949.
Scotland then made it back-to-back Home Championship wins in England's back yard in April 1951. Harold Hassall had given England the lead before Scotland started to run riot with goals from Bobby Johnstone, Reilly and Billy Liddell. Finney pulled one back but www.eafutcoins.co.uk England failed to draw level.