Match No. 586 - Wednesday, 4th April 1984
Assist: Viv Anderson. "England scored the winning goal in the 49th minute. A ball from Lee might have been cut out by a defender but ended up with Anderson, who strode through for a shot which Platt could only parry. Woodcock duly headed in from the rebound..." Tony Woodcock12th of 16 goals. , 49'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 57th of 125 caps
34 years, 6 months, 16 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Viv AndersonNotts Forest, 11th of 30 caps
27 years, 7 months, 6 days
Right Back
- 3
- Alan KennedyLiverpool, 1st of 2 caps
29 years, 7 months, 4 days
Left Back
- 4
- Sammy LeeLiverpool, 12th of 14 caps
25 years, 1 month, 25 days
Midfield
- 5
- Graham RobertsSpurs, 4th of 6 caps
24 years, 9 months, 1 day
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherIpswich, 24th of 77 caps
25 years, 3 months, 7 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 31st of 90 caps
27 years, 2 months, 24 days
Midfield (c)7th captaincy
- 8
- Ray WilkinsMan Utd, 56th of 84 caps
27 years, 6 months, 20 days
Midfield
- 9
- Tony WoodcockArsenal, 31st of 42 caps
28 years, 3 months, 29 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Trevor FrancisSampdoria, 42nd of 52 caps
29 years, 11 month, 15 days
Forward
- 11
- Graham RixArsenal, 17th of 17 caps
26 years, 5 months, 12 days
Midfield
- 1
- Jim PlattJames Archibald Platt.
Born 26th Jan 1952, Ballymoney.
- 2
- Jimmy NichollJames Michael Nicholl.
Born 28th Dec 1956, Hamilton, Canada.
- 3
- John McClellandJohn McClelland.
Born 7th Dec 1955, Belfast.
- 4
- Gerry McElhinneyFrancis Gerard McElhinney.
Born 19th Sep 1956, Londonderry.
- 5
- Mal DonaghyMalachy Martin Donaghy.
Born 13th Sep 1957, Belfast.
- 6
- Gerry ArmstrongGerard Joseph Armstrong.
Born 23rd May 1954, Belfast.
- 7
- Martin O'NeillMartin Hugh Michael ONeill.
Born 1st Mar 1952, Kilrea.
(c)
- 8
- Billy HamiltonWilliam Robert Hamilton.
Born 9th May 1957, Belfast.
- 9
- Norman WhitesideNorman John Whiteside.
Born 7th May 1965, Belfast.
- 10
- Sammy McIlroySamuel Baxter McIlroy.
Born 2nd Aug 1954, Belfast.
- 11
- Ian StewartIan Edwin Stewart.
Born 10th Sep 1961, Belfast.
Notes
- Player MilestoneAlan Kennedy's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneGraham Rix's Last Cap
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- The Guardian "Woodcock header enough as Irish spurn chances", Thursday, 5th April 1984, page 24.
Referee
Wales Ron Bridges
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 8 ranking points to 1992 points England - 3rd
Northern Ireland - 20th