Match No. 647 - Saturday, 3rd June 1989, 3:00pm
Assist: John Barnes. "Another penetrative break through the middle by Barnes enabled him to send a short pass ahead the Lineker and when Bako beat away his first attempt on goal the striker emphasised the extreme sharpness to his play by pursuing and retrieving the ball near the by-line on the right. From that discouraging angle Lineker clipped the ball back with delicate firmness and it struck the far side-netting before Robson comleted the plunging dive over the line he had offered as insurance." Gary Lineker28th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 10 yards., 24' 23:21 - Assist: Gary Stevens. "A neat little header from Lineker eased the ball in Steven's stride and his long cross for the right wing went all the way beyond the far post to be beatifully guided home by a cushoining volley from the inside of Barnes's left foot." John Barnes9th of 11 goals. Left-footed from 2 yards., 70' 69:34
- Assist: Alan Smith. "Seven minutes from the end Lineker's persistence then made the opening for a low centre from Rocastle and the Barcelona forward deserved his luck when the ball went between his legs and made scoring a formaility for Webb." Actually, it had gone through Alan Smith's legs. Neil Webb3rd of 4 goals. Right-footed from 8 yards., 83' 82:19
- 1
- Peter ShiltonDerby, 108th of 125 caps
39 years, 8 months, 15 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary StevensRangers, 33rd of 46 caps
26 years, 2 months, 7 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 14th of 78 caps
27 years, 1 month, 9 days
Left Back
- 4
- Neil WebbMan Utd, 17th of 26 caps
25 years, 10 months, 4 days
Midfield
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 8th of 59 caps
23 years, 6 months, 7 days
Centre Back 
50:12 "It was regrettable that Walker...should be guilty of a schoolboyish folly that obliged the referee to take his name in the second half. Lesniak had been pulling at Walker but the petulant trip with which the Englishman responded when the referee had already penalised the Pole will embarrass him for a while."
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 62nd of 77 caps
30 years, 5 months, 6 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 78th of 90 caps
32 years, 4 months, 23 days
Midfield (c)54th captaincy
- 8
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 43rd of 62 caps
28 years, 5 months, 20 days
Right Midfield 
78'77:54
- 9
- Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 33rd of 59 caps
28 years, 4 months, 16 days
Centre Forward - 78'77:56
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 41st of 80 caps
28 years, 6 months, 3 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 46th of 79 caps
25 years, 6 months, 26 days
Left Midfield
- 15
- David RocastleArsenal, 6th of 14 caps
22 years, 1 month, 1 day
Right Midfield 
78'77:54
- 16
- Alan SmithArsenal, 4th of 13 caps
26 years, 6 months, 12 days
Centre Forward - 78'77:56
- 1
- Jarosław BakoJarosław Bako.
Born 12th Aug 1964, Olsztyn.
9:36 "...Bako, whose involvement in the match might have been limited to nine minutes if the referee had not taken a lenient attitude to the malevolent lunge that scythed Lineker's legs from under him when he was through alone [9:29]."
- 2
- Jerzy WijasJerzy Ernest Wijas.
Born 12th Feb 1959, Mysłowice.
- 3
- Roman WójcickiRoman Mirosław Wójcicki.
Born 8th Jan 1958, Nysa.
- 4
- Dariusz WdowczykDariusz Janusz Wdowczyk.
Born 25th Sep 1962, Warsaw.
- 5
- Damian ŁukasikDamian Łukasik.
Born 26th Feb 1964, Poniec.
- 6
- Waldemar MatysikWaldemar Józef Matysik.
Born 27th Sep 1961, Stanica.
- 7
- Waldemar PrusikWaldemar Krzysztof Prusik.
Born 27th Jul 1961, Wroclaw.
(c)
- 8
- Jan UrbanJan Urban.
Born 14th May 1962, Jaworzno.
- 71'70:27
- 9
- Jan FurtokJan Furtok.
Born 9th Mar 1962, Katowice.
- 10
- Krzysztof WarzychaKrzysztof Ireneusz Warzycha.
Born 17th Nov 1964, Katowice.
- 11
- Marek LeśniakMarek Sebastian Leśniak.
Born 29th Feb 1964, Goleniów.
- 60'59:40
- 16
- Roman KoseckiRoman Jacek Kosecki.
Born 15th Feb 1966, Piaseczno.
- 60'59:40
- 14
- Ryszard TarasiewiczRyszard Jerzy Tarasiewicz.
Born 27th Apr 1962, Wroclaw.
- 71'70:27
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
- The Observer "England stay in pole position", Sunday 4th June 1989, page 24.
- Polish FA Website
Referee
Italy Luigi Agnolin
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 17 ranking points to 1934 points England - 7th
Poland - 21st
World Cup 1990 Q
(Group 2)
- Sweden
- 10
- +6
- 0
- 2
- 4
- 6
- England
- 9
- +10
- 0
- 3
- 3
- 6
- Poland
- 5
- -4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 6
- Albania
- 0
- -12
- 6
- 0
- 0
- 6
