Match No. 607 - Wednesday, 13th November 1985
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 75th of 125 caps
36 years, 1 month, 25 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary StevensEverton, 5th of 46 caps
22 years, 7 months, 17 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 59th of 86 caps
27 years, 1 month, 17 days
Left Back
- 4
- Glenn HoddleSpurs, 28th of 53 caps
28 years, 0 months, 17 days
Midfield
- 5
- Mark WrightSouthampton, 11th of 45 caps
22 years, 3 months, 12 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry FenwickQPR, 13th of 20 caps
25 years, 11 month, 26 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Paul BracewellEverton, 3rd of 3 caps
23 years, 3 months, 25 days
Midfield
- 8
- Ray WilkinsAC Milan, 74th of 84 caps
29 years, 1 month, 29 days
Midfield (c)6th captaincy
- 9
- Kerry DixonChelsea, 4th of 8 caps
24 years, 3 months, 20 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Gary LinekerEverton, 10th of 80 caps
24 years, 11 month, 13 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 11th of 62 caps
24 years, 10 months, 30 days
Left Midfield
- 1
- Pat JenningsPatrick Anthony Jennings.
Born 12th Jun 1945, Newry.
- 2
- Jimmy NichollJames Michael Nicholl.
Born 28th Dec 1956, Hamilton, Canada.
- 3
- Mal DonaghyMalachy Martin Donaghy.
Born 13th Sep 1957, Belfast.
- 4
- John O'NeillJohn Patrick ONeill.
Born 11th Mar 1958, Londonderry.
- 5
- Alan McDonaldAlan McDonald.
Born 12th Oct 1963, Belfast.
- 6
- David McCreeryDavid McCreery.
Born 16th Sep 1957, Belfast.
- 7
- Steve PenneyStephen Alexander Penney.
Born 16th Jan 1964, Ballymena.
59'
- 8
- Sammy McIlroySamuel Baxter McIlroy.
Born 2nd Aug 1954, Belfast.
(c)
- 9
- Jimmy QuinnJames Martin Quinn.
Born 18th Nov 1959, Belfast.
- 10
- Norman WhitesideNorman John Whiteside.
Born 7th May 1965, Belfast.
- 11
- Ian StewartIan Edwin Stewart.
Born 10th Sep 1961, Belfast.
- 72'
- Gerry ArmstrongGerard Joseph Armstrong.
Born 23rd May 1954, Belfast.
59'
- Nigel WorthingtonNigel Worthington.
Born 4th Nov 1961, Ballymena.
- 72'
Notes
- Player MilestonePeter Shilton's 75th Cap
- Player MilestonePaul Bracewell's Last Cap
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)
- The Guardian "Jennings the keeper of Irish dreams", Thursday 14th November 1985, page 26.
Referee
Sweden Erik Fredriksson
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -11 ranking points to 1934 points England - 3rd
Northern Ireland - 17th
World Cup 1986 Q
(Group 3)
- England
- 12
- +19
- 0
- 4
- 4
- 8
- Northern I...
- 10
- +3
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 8
- Romania
- 9
- +5
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 8
- Finland
- 8
- -5
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 8
- Turkey
- 1
- -22
- 7
- 1
- 0
- 8
