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The "Battle of Highbury" was the name given to the football match between England and Italy that took place on 14 November 1934 at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London. England won 3–2 in a hotly contested and frequently violent match. ==Background== This was Italy's first match since they had won the 1934 FIFA World Cup that summer, although England had not taken part as the Football Association had left FIFA in 1928. England were still considered one of the strongest teams in Europe at the time, and the match was billed in England at least as the "real" World Cup final. The match was important enough to the Italians that Benito Mussolini had reportedly offered each player an Alfa Romeo car and the equivalent of £150 (about £6,000 in modern terms) if they beat the English. The match set a record, in that it was the first and so far only time that seven players registered with the same club (namely Arsenal) started for England.〔 Some historians claim that there have been two other such occasions, in 1894 and 1895, when seven players from the Corinthians played for England, both times against Wales. However, many Corinthian players were primarily registered with other clubs, with the Corinthians team at the time serving as a combined amateur XI that occasionally played friendlies, as a feeder team of sorts to the main England team. Authoritative sources such as ''United Kingdom & Éire International Database'' (Jeff Hurley/AFS, 1998), ''England (1872 - 1940), Éire (1924 - 1940), England/Amateurs (1906 - 1940): Full Internationals'' (IFFHS, 2000) and ''Soccer: The International Line-Ups & Statistics Series - England 1872-1960'' (Mike Ross, 1995) give no more than three players in the 1894 match, and two in the 1895 match, that were primarily registered with Corinthians; the FA's ''Official Annual'' does not recognise Corinthians' claim either. Reference: (【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamClubs/ClubsMostPlyrsMatch.html )〕〔 The only other occasion when seven players from the same club have been on the pitch for England was on 28 March 2001, when Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham came on as a substitute against Albania in the 84th minute; five other United players had started the match, and Wes Brown had come on as a sub earlier. 〕 Coincidentally, the match was played at Arsenal's home stadium, Highbury. In addition to the seven Arsenal players (Frank Moss, George Male, Eddie Hapgood, Wilf Copping, Ray Bowden, Ted Drake and Cliff Bastin), a young Stanley Matthews won his second cap for the side; Cliff Britton, Jack Barker and Eric Brook were the other three players. The England side was largely inexperienced, with every player having fewer than ten caps for his country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Highbury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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