Match No. 603 - Wednesday, 12th June 1985, 2:00pm
- 1
- Harald SchumacherHarald Anton Schumacher.
Born 6th Mar 1954, Düren.
(c)
- 2
- Thomas BertholdThomas Berthold.
Born 12th Nov 1964, Hanau.
- 3
- Andreas BrehmeAndreas Brehme.
Born 9th Nov 1960, Hamburg.
- 4
- Ditmar JakobsDitmar Jakobs.
Born 28th Aug 1953, Oberhausen.
- 5
- Matthias HergetMatthias Herget.
Born 14th Nov 1955, Annaberg-Buchholz.
- 6
- Klaus AugenthalerKlaus Augenthaler.
Born 26th Sep 1957, Fürstenzell.
- 7
- Pierre LittbarskiPierre Michael Littbarski.
Born 16th Apr 1960, Berlin.
73'72:18
- 8
- Lothar MatthäusLothar Herbert Matthäus.
Born 21st Mar 1961, Erlangen.
- 9
- Frank MillFrank Mill.
Born 23rd Jul 1958, Essen.
- 10
- Felix MagathWolfgang Felix Magath.
Born 26th Jul 1953, Aschaffenburg.
- 61'60:08
- 11
- Uwe RahnUwe Rahn.
Born 21st May 1962, Mannheim.
- 14
- Olaf ThonOlaf Thon.
Born 1st May 1966, Gelsenkirchen.
61:59 Sliding tackle takes out Reid. 
61'60:08
- 15
- Herbert WaasHerbert Waas.
Born 8th Sep 1963, Passau.
- 73'72:18
Assist: Kerry Dixon. "[In] the 34th [minute], Dixon chested down a ball from Hoddle and Robson scored from almost the same spot." Bryan Robson15th of 26 goals. Left-footed from 12 yards., 34' 33:24 - Assist: Terry Butcher. "Butcher dispossessed Augenthaler just inside the West German half and found himself with a clear but long run at Schumacher. He calmly drew the goalkeeper before sending in Dixon, who was on his right, for the Chelsea player's first goal at international level." Kerry Dixon1st of 4 goals. Right-footed from 10 yards., 54' 53:29
- Assist: John Barnes. "Ten minutes later [after Mills hit the post], Dixon headed home his second goal...from a cross from Barnes..." Kerry Dixon2nd of 4 goals. Header from 4 yards., 67' 66:37
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 72nd of 125 caps
35 years, 8 months, 24 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary StevensEverton, 2nd of 46 caps
22 years, 2 months, 16 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 55th of 86 caps
26 years, 8 months, 16 days
Left Back
- 4
- Glenn HoddleSpurs, 24th of 53 caps
27 years, 7 months, 16 days
Midfield
- 5
- Mark WrightSouthampton, 8th of 45 caps
21 years, 10 months, 11 day
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherIpswich, 34th of 77 caps
26 years, 5 months, 15 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 46th of 90 caps
28 years, 5 months, 1 day
Midfield (c)22nd captaincy - 73'72:05
- 8
- Peter ReidEverton, 2nd of 13 caps
28 years, 11 month, 22 days
Midfield
- 9
- Kerry DixonChelsea, 2nd of 8 caps
23 years, 10 months, 19 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Gary LinekerEverton, 6th of 80 caps
24 years, 6 months, 12 days
Centre Forward - 60'59:46
- 11
- Chris WaddleNewcastle Utd, 7th of 62 caps
24 years, 5 months, 29 days
Left Midfield
- 18
- John BarnesWatford, 22nd of 79 caps
21 years, 7 months, 5 days
Left Midfield - 60'59:46
- 17
- Paul BracewellEverton, 1st of 3 caps
22 years, 10 months, 24 days
Midfield - 73'72:05
Notes
- Tournament InfoSee previous match for the details of the competition. Germany had only stepped off the plane 48 hours beforehand, whilst England had been aclimatised to the altitute for two weeks.
- Brehme: Missed Penalty"...as Rahn pushed the ball past Wright the German striker was brought down by the centre-back and the Mexican referee gave a penalty agaisnt England [41:04]. Brehme put the ball to Shilton's left but the England goalkeeper reacted sharply and turned it round ther post [42:18]."
- Player MilestonePaul Bracewell's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneKerry Dixon's 1st Goal
Sources
- YouTube
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
- The Guardian "Dixon opens with double", Thursday 13th June 1985, page 26.
- Daily Telegraph "Dixon's goals help England bounce back", Thursday 13th June 1985, page 34.
Referee
Mexico Jorge Leanza Sansone
ELO Ratings
- Up 3 places, gaining 33 ranking points to 1948 points
England - 4th - 3 
West Germany - 2nd
Azteca 2000 Tournament
- Mexico
- 4
- +3
- 0
- 0
- 2
- 2
- England
- 2
- +2
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 2
- West Germa...
- 0
- -5
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 2
