Match No. 855 - Saturday, 8th September 2007, 5:00pm
Assist: Joe Cole. "Wright-Phillips put England ahead in the 20th minute. Joe Cole curled a ball behind poor Ziv and the Chelsea winger hit the net with a first-time finish." Shaun Wright-Phillips2nd of 6 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 20' 19:35 - Assist: Gareth Barry. "A confident pass [from Barry] took out three Israel players in the 49th minute, even if Michael Owen still had to summon up virtuosity by turning and sending a sweet 20-yard shot past Dudu Aouate for England's second goal." Michael Owen38th of 40 goals. Right-footed from 20 yards., 49' 48:54
- Assist: Gareth Barry. "The scoring was completed when Micah Richards recorded his first international goal, heading in a Barry corner after 66 minutes as the referee Peter Vink failed to see that Owen had taken a step to impede Aouate." Micah RichardsOnly Goal. Header from 7 yards., 66' 65:30
- 1
- Paul RobinsonSpurs, 38th of 41 caps
27 years, 10 months, 24 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Micah RichardsMan City, 6th of 13 caps
19 years, 2 months, 14 days
Right Back
- 3
- Ashley ColeChelsea, 59th of 107 caps
26 years, 8 months, 19 days
Left Back
- 4
- Steven GerrardLiverpool, 58th of 114 caps
27 years, 3 months, 9 days
Midfield 
71'70:48
- 5
- Rio FerdinandMan Utd, 61st of 81 caps
28 years, 10 months, 1 day
Centre Back
- 6
- John TerryChelsea, 41st of 78 caps
26 years, 9 months, 1 day
Centre Back (c)12th captaincy 
66:35 Late tackle on Tal.
- 7
- Gareth BarryAston Villa, 11th of 53 caps
26 years, 6 months, 13 days
Midfield
- 9
- Emile HeskeyWigan, 44th of 62 caps
29 years, 7 months, 28 days
Centre Forward - 71'70:29
- 10
- Michael OwenNewcastle Utd, 84th of 89 caps
27 years, 8 months, 25 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Joe ColeChelsea, 42nd of 56 caps
25 years, 10 months, 0 days
Left Midfield
- 17
- Andy JohnsonEverton, 8th of 8 caps
26 years, 6 months, 26 days
Centre Forward 
71'70:21
- 14
- Phil NevilleEverton, 57th of 59 caps
30 years, 7 months, 18 days
Midfield - 71'70:48
- 15
- David BentleyBlackburn, 1st of 7 caps
23 years, 0 months, 12 days
Right Midfield - 83'82:38
- 1
- Dudu AouateDavid Aouate.
Born 17th Oct 1977, Nazareth.
65:44 Protesting the third goal. Owen had blocked the keeper's path to come and claim the ball and the referee missed it.
- 2
- Yuval SpunginYuval Spungin.
Born 3rd Apr 1987, Ramat Gan.
- 3
- Tal Ben HaimTal Ben Haim.
Born 31st Mar 1982, Rishon LeZion.
- 14
- Yoav ZivYoav David Ziv.
Born 16th Mar 1981, Hadera.
54:43 Wright-Phillips is upended by a tackle from Ziv.
- 5
- Shimon GershonShimon Gershon.
Born 6th Oct 1977, Jaffa.
14:40 Gerrard forward run is cynically stopped by Gershon's elbow.
- 4
- Arik BenadoAriel Benado.
Born 5th Dec 1973, Haifa.
44:58 Dissent. Benado thought Richards had left a foot in during a tackle but the referee disagreed. Benado made his pleasure known to the referee. The referee booked him. - 58'57:10
- 15
- Yossi BenayounYosef Shai Benayoun.
Born 5th May 1980, Dimona.
(c)
- 10
- Walid BadirWalid Badir.
Born 12th Mar 1974, Kafr Qasim.
- 11
- Idan TalIdan Tal.
Born 13th Sep 1975, Beersheba.
- 20
- Yaniv KatanYaniv Katan.
Born 27th Jan 1981, Kiryat Ata.
- 74'73:12
- 9
- Barak ItzhakiBarak Itzhaki.
Born 25th Sep 1984, Ashkelon.
- HT'45:00
- 8
- Toto TamuzToto Adurans Tamuz Temile.
Born 1st Apr 1988, Warri, Nigeria.
- HT'45:00
- 12
- Omer GolanOmer Golan.
Born 4th Oct 1982, Holon.
- 58'57:10
- 7
- Michael ZandbergMichael Zandberg.
Born 16th Apr 1980, Ramt gan.
- 74'73:12
Notes
- Player MilestoneAndy Johnson's Last Cap
- Player MilestoneDavid Bentley's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneMicah Richards' 1st Goal
- Goal MilestoneMichael Owen, 49' - 1900th goal scored by England
Referee
Netherlands Pieter Vink
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 10 ranking points to 1944 points England - 7th
Israel - 40th
Euro 2008 Q
(Group E)
- Croatia
- 29
- +20
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 12
- Russia
- 24
- +11
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 12
- England
- 23
- +17
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 12
- Israel
- 23
- +8
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 12
- Macedonia
- 14
- 0
- 6
- 2
- 4
- 12
- Estonia
- 7
- -16
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 12
- Andorra
- 0
- -40
- 12
- 0
- 0
- 12
