Match No. 620 - Wednesday, 15th October 1986, 7:45pm
Assist: Chris Waddle. "Unsurprisingly, the goal followed a corner. Hoddle's kick from the right was nodded on by Anderson; the ball brushed Butcher's head and then fell to Lineker, who had ample time and space to beat Hughes with a low shot." Gary Lineker13th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 7 yards., 33' - Assist: Peter Beardsley. "[Waddle] scored England's second goal, 15 minutes from the end after Hodge's shot had been blocked by the keeper." Chris Waddle3rd of 6 goals. Left-footed from 6 yards., 75'
- Assist: Peter Beardsley. "Five minutes later Lineker completed England's victory with a superb second goal. Holding off McClelland as he gathered the ball from Beardsley, the Barcelona striker clipped a shot past Hughes." Gary Lineker14th of 48 goals. Left-footed from 16 yards., 80'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 88th of 125 caps
37 years, 0 months, 27 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Viv AndersonArsenal, 23rd of 30 caps
30 years, 1 month, 17 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 72nd of 86 caps
28 years, 0 months, 19 days
Left Back
- 4
- Glenn HoddleSpurs, 40th of 53 caps
28 years, 11 month, 19 days
Midfield
- 5
- Dave WatsonEverton, 7th of 12 caps
24 years, 10 months, 25 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 47th of 77 caps
27 years, 9 months, 18 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 54th of 90 caps
29 years, 9 months, 4 days
Midfield (c)30th captaincy
- 8
- Steve HodgeAston Villa, 10th of 24 caps
23 years, 11 month, 21 day
Left Midfield
- 9
- Peter BeardsleyNewcastle Utd, 10th of 59 caps
25 years, 8 months, 28 days
Centre Forward 
83'
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 19th of 80 caps
25 years, 10 months, 15 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 22nd of 62 caps
25 years, 10 months, 1 day
Right Midfield
- 15
- Tony CotteeWest Ham, 2nd of 7 caps
21 years, 3 months, 4 days
Centre Forward 
83'
- 1
- Phil HughesPhilip Anthony Hughes.
Born 19th Nov 1964, Belfast.
- 2
- Gary FlemingGary James Fleming.
Born 17th Feb 1967, Londonderry.
- 3
- Nigel WorthingtonNigel Worthington.
Born 4th Nov 1961, Ballymena.
- 4
- John McClellandJohn McClelland.
Born 7th Dec 1955, Belfast.
(c)
- 5
- Alan McDonaldAlan McDonald.
Born 12th Oct 1963, Belfast.
- 6
- Mal DonaghyMalachy Martin Donaghy.
Born 13th Sep 1957, Belfast.
- 7
- Steve PenneyStephen Alexander Penney.
Born 16th Jan 1964, Ballymena.
- 75'
- 8
- Dave CampbellDavid Anthony Campbell.
Born 2nd Jun 1965, Eglinton.
- 9
- Colin ClarkeColin John Clarke.
Born 30th Oct 1962, Newry.
- 10
- Norman WhitesideNorman John Whiteside.
Born 7th May 1965, Belfast.
- 83'
- 11
- Ian StewartIan Edwin Stewart.
Born 10th Sep 1961, Belfast.
- 16
- Jimmy QuinnJames Martin Quinn.
Born 18th Nov 1959, Belfast.
Not to be confused with James Stephen Quinn born 1974. - 75'
- 14
- Sammy McIlroySamuel Baxter McIlroy.
Born 2nd Aug 1954, Belfast.
- 83'
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- uefa.com
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- The Guardian "Lineker's England double", Thursday 16th October 1986, page 32.
- Daily Telegraph "Lineker hold England's trump card", Thursday 16th October 1986, page 38.
Referee
Greece Germassimos Germanakos
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 12 ranking points to 1964 points
England - 6th - 1 
Northern Ireland - 26th
Euro 88 Qualifying
(Group 4)
- England
- 11
- +18
- 0
- 1
- 5
- 6
- Yugoslavia
- 8
- +4
- 2
- 0
- 4
- 6
- Northern I...
- 3
- -8
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 6
- Turkey
- 2
- -14
- 4
- 2
- 0
- 6
