Match No. 616 - Wednesday, 11th June 1986, 4:00pm
Assist: Kenny Sansom. Trevor Stevens' layoff finds Kenny Samson tearing down the right wing and he crosses the ball to the 6 yard line. Lineker beats Boniek to the ball and fires in a right footed shot into the right of the net past the keeper. Gary Lineker7th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 9' - Assist: Steve Hodge. Steve Hodge hits a left footed cross from the left channel into the area. Lineker and Boniek race to meet the ball but Lineker gets there first firing a right footed shot 7 yards out level with the right hand post past the keeper. Gary Lineker8th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 7 yards., 14'
- A corner is taken from the left deep into the 6 yard area. Mlynarczyk comes to claim the ball but he spills it thorugh his gloves. It falls, kindly, onto Lineker's chest and with a swinging left boot hits a shot into the roof of the net from 5 yards just outside the right hand post. Gary Lineker9th of 48 goals. Left-footed from 5 yards., 34'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 84th of 125 caps
36 years, 8 months, 23 days (c)9th captaincy
- 2
- Gary StevensEverton, 12th of 46 caps
23 years, 2 months, 15 days
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 68th of 86 caps
27 years, 8 months, 15 days
- 4
- Glenn HoddleSpurs, 36th of 53 caps
28 years, 7 months, 15 days
- 14
- Terry FenwickQPR, 18th of 20 caps
26 years, 6 months, 24 days 
52'
- 6
- Terry ButcherIpswich, 43rd of 77 caps
27 years, 5 months, 14 days
- 18
- Steve HodgeAston Villa, 6th of 24 caps
23 years, 7 months, 17 days
- 16
- Peter ReidEverton, 7th of 13 caps
29 years, 11 month, 21 day
- 20
- Peter BeardsleyNewcastle Utd, 7th of 59 caps
25 years, 4 months, 24 days 
76'
- 10
- Gary LinekerEverton, 16th of 80 caps
25 years, 6 months, 11 day - 86'
- 17
- Trevor StevenEverton, 11th of 36 caps
22 years, 8 months, 20 days
- 11
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 19th of 62 caps
25 years, 5 months, 28 days 
76'
- 21
- Kerry DixonChelsea, 7th of 8 caps
24 years, 10 months, 18 days - 86'
- 1
- Józef MłynarczykJózef Młynarczyk.
Born 20th Sep 1953, Nowa Sól.
- 18
- Krzysztof PawlakKrzysztof Henryk Pawlak.
Born 12th Feb 1958, Trzebiechów.
- 20
- Zbigniew BoniekZbigniew Kazimierz Boniek.
Born 3rd Mar 1956, Bydgoszcz.
(c)
- 4
- Marek OstrowskiMarek Ostrowski.
Born 22nd Nov 1959, Aleksandrow Lodzki.
- 5
- Roman WójcickiRoman Mirosław Wójcicki.
Born 8th Jan 1958, Nysa.
- 6
- Waldemar MatysikWaldemar Józef Matysik.
Born 27th Sep 1961, Stanica.
- HT
- 13
- Ryszard KomornickiRyszard Komornicki.
Born 14th Aug 1959, Ścinawa, Poland.
- 22'
- 8
- Jan UrbanJan Urban.
Born 14th May 1962, Jaworzno.
- 21
- Dariusz DziekanowskiDariusz Paweł Dziekanowski.
Born 30th Sep 1962, Warsaw.
- 10
- Stefan MajewskiStefan Majewski.
Born 31st Jan 1956, Bydgoszcz.
- 11
- Włodzimierz SmolarekWłodzimierz Smolarek.
Born 16th Jul 1957, Aleksandrow Lodzki.
- 9
- Jan KaraśJan Karaś.
Born 17th Mar 1959, Kraków.
- 22'
- 15
- Andrzej BuncolAndrzej Bernard Buncol.
Born 21st Sep 1959, Gliwice.
- HT
Notes
- Hat-Trick: Gary Lineker2nd hat-trick (68th overall). 25 minutes between first and third goals.
Sources
- 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
Referee
Switzerland Andre Daina
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 38 ranking points to 1963 points England - 4th
Poland - 26th
World Cup 1986
(Group F)
- Morocco
- 4
- +2
- 0
- 2
- 1
- 3
- England
- 3
- +2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 3
- Poland
- 3
- -2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 3
- Portugal
- 2
- -2
- 2
- 0
- 1
- 3
