Match No. 547 - Wednesday, 10th September 1980, 7:45pm
Assist: Graham Rix. "...in the 37th minute a swerving free kick from Rix on the left found McDermott in space to the right of the penalty area and his well struck half volley sailed into the far corner of the net..." Terry McDermott1st of 3 goals. Right-footed from 19 yards., 37' 36:42 - Assist: Paul Mariner. "...Mariner rose well to head down Thompson's cross from the right into space and this time Woodcock was foiled neither by goalkeeping agility nor his own wayward shooting". Tony Woodcock5th of 16 goals. Left-footed from 6 yards., 69' 68:07
- Assist: Paul Mariner. "...Gates...sent [Mariner] on a run through the middle of the defence ; Jan Aas made the tackle, Mariner went down, and McDermott increased England's lead with a somewhat fortunate penalty." Terry McDermott2nd of 3 goals. Right-footed from 12 yards., 78' 77:25 (pen)
- "[Mariner] swerved in and out past two defenders and scored with a resounding shot..." Paul Mariner4th of 13 goals. Left-footed from 18 yards., 87' 86:37
- 1
- Peter ShiltonNotts Forest, 32nd of 125 caps
30 years, 11 month, 22 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Viv AndersonNotts Forest, 5th of 30 caps
24 years, 0 months, 12 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 10th of 86 caps
21 years, 11 month, 14 days
Left Back
- 4
- Phil ThompsonLiverpool, 27th of 42 caps
26 years, 7 months, 20 days
Centre Back (c)4th captaincy
- 5
- David WatsonSouthampton, 56th of 65 caps
33 years, 11 month, 5 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Bryan RobsonWBA, 3rd of 90 caps
23 years, 7 months, 30 days
Midfield
- 7
- Eric GatesIpswich, 1st of 2 caps
25 years, 2 months, 12 days
Midfield
- 8
- Terry McDermottLiverpool, 13th of 25 caps
28 years, 9 months, 2 days
Midfield
- 9
- Paul MarinerIpswich, 12th of 35 caps
27 years, 3 months, 19 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Tony WoodcockCologne, 14th of 42 caps
24 years, 9 months, 4 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Graham RixArsenal, 1st of 17 caps
22 years, 10 months, 18 days
Midfield
- 1
- Tom Rüsz JacobsenTom Rüsz Jacobsen.
Born 20th Feb 1953, Tjolling.
- 2
- Bjarne BerntsenBjarne Berntsen.
Born 21st Dec 1956, Sandnes.
- 3
- Tore KordahlTore Eugen Kordahl.
Born 17th Dec 1950.
- 4
- Einar AasEinar Jan Aas.
Born 12th Oct 1955, Moss.
- 5
- Svein GrøndalenSvein Grøndalen.
Born 8th Feb 1955, Halden.
(c) 
89:43 Very late challenge on Mariner right in the corner.
- 6
- Roger AlbertsenRoger Albertsen.
Born 15th Mar 1957, Tyssedal.
- 7
- Åge HareideÅge Fridtjof Hareide.
Born 23rd Sep 1953, Hareid.
- 8
- Arne DokkenArne Dokken.
Born 27th Aug 1955, Drammen.
- 9
- Arne Larsen ØklandArne Larsen Økland.
Born 31st May 1954, Bomlo.
- 10
- Pål Jacobsen Pål Jacobsen.
Born 20th May 1956, Molde.
- 11
- Arne ErlandsenArne Erlandsen.
Born 20th Dec 1959, Klofta.
'8382:47
- 15
- Rune OttesenRune Ottesen.
Born 7th Feb 1954, Stord.
'8382:47
Notes
- Penalty: Terry McDermott1st scored from 1 taken (100.0%). England's 62nd overall. Mariner dribbles into the box past three defenders and is brought down by Kordahl. A bit soft. However, McDermott places the ball to the keepers right for his first penalty.
- Player MilestoneEric Gates' 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneGraham Rix's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneTerry McDermott's 1st Goal
- Goal MilestoneTerry McDermott, 37' - 1400th goal scored by England
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)
- www.fotball.no
- Official Match Programme
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- YouTube
- The Guardian "A laboured party", Thursday 11th September 1980, page 20.
Referee
Belgium Marcel van Langenhove
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 2 ranking points to 2022 points England - 3rd
Norway - 68th
World Cup 1982 Q
(Group 4)
- Hungary
- 10
- +5
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 8
- England
- 9
- +5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 8
- Romania
- 8
- 0
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 8
- Switzerlan...
- 7
- -3
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 8
- Norway
- 6
- -7
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 8
