SCORING for England for the first time. Against Brazil. In the Maracana.
It was a life-changing experience. But not just for John Barnes — because another player registered his first senior international goal for the Three Lions in the 2-0 win on that famous night, which marks its 40th anniversary tomorrow. And, if anything, the impact on Mark Hateley was greater and more instant.
Hateley, 62, recalled: “It was a crazy, crazy six weeks. Everything changed for me — from Second Division football to playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world.” Within days of scoring the second goal in England’s only ever away triumph in Brazil, Hateley was on his way to join AC Milan from Portsmouth for a fee of £1.
2million. It was an astonishing turn of events for a young man who had defied his dad, Tony, a former top-flight striker for Aston Villa , Chelsea and Liverpool , to drop down from First Division Coventry to play for Pompey. Hateley hit 22 goals in 38 league games for the South Coast club and caught England boss Bobby Robson’s eye with his exploits for the Under-21s.
When the Young Lions won the European Championship in 1984, he scored six goals in the knockout stages and one in the second leg of the final against Spain. Hateley said: “I’d booked a holiday to go away with the lads. Magaluf, I think it was.
EURO 2024 FREE BETS AND OFFERS “Sir Bobby gave me a call and asked me if I would like to go to South America as a precursor to the World Cup qualifying cam.
