Match No. 616 - Wednesday, 11th June 1986, 4:00pm

  • Assist: Kenny Sansom. "Sansom won a tackle deep in England's half on the left and the ball bobbed from Lineker to Beardsley and back again before the Everton man cut inside. Lineker switched the attack square to Steven on the right and Steven...waited for Stevens to make the overlapping run. The right-back sent the ball across low and there was...Lineker surging in to sweep it past Mlynarczyk." Gary Lineker7th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 8' 07:33
  • Assist: Steve Hodge. "A beautifully angeld ball from Beardsley released Hodge on the left ans as his centre swung in towards the far post Lineker was there again to increase England's lead." Gary Lineker8th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 7 yards., 14' 13:47
  • Assist: Trevor Steven. "[From a corner] Steven's centre deceived the Polish goalkeeper and after the ball had gone through Mlynarczyk's hands, Lineker scored his third goal with a flourish." Gary Lineker9th of 48 goals. Left-footed from 5 yards., 36' 35:20
    • 1
    • Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 84th of 125 caps
      36 years, 8 months, 23 days
      Goalkeeper       (c)9th captaincy
    • 2
    • Gary StevensEverton, 12th of 46 caps
      23 years, 2 months, 15 days
      Right Back
    • 3
    • Kenny SansomArsenal, 68th of 86 caps
      27 years, 8 months, 15 days
      Left Back
    • 4
    • Glenn HoddleSpurs, 36th of 53 caps
      28 years, 7 months, 15 days
      Midfield
    • 14
    • Terry FenwickQPR, 18th of 20 caps
      26 years, 6 months, 24 days
      Centre Back       53:11 "...Fenwick was cautioned for bringing down Urban."
    • 6
    • Terry ButcherIpswich, 43rd of 77 caps
      27 years, 5 months, 14 days
      Centre Back
    • 18
    • Steve HodgeAston Villa, 6th of 24 caps
      23 years, 7 months, 17 days
      Midfield
    • 16
    • Peter ReidEverton, 7th of 13 caps
      29 years, 11 month, 21 day
      Midfield
    • 20
    • Peter BeardsleyNewcastle Utd, 7th of 59 caps
      25 years, 4 months, 24 days
      Forward
    • 75'74:47
    • 10
    • Gary LinekerEverton, 16th of 80 caps
      25 years, 6 months, 11 day
      Centre Forward
    • 86'85:19
    • 17
    • Trevor StevenEverton, 11th of 36 caps
      22 years, 8 months, 20 days
      Midfield
    • 11
    • Chris WaddleSpurs, 19th of 62 caps
      25 years, 5 months, 28 days
      Left Midfield
    • 75'74:47
    • 21
    • Kerry DixonChelsea, 7th of 8 caps
      24 years, 10 months, 18 days
      Centre Forward
    • 86'85:19
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    • 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.
    • 23'22:58
    • 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.
    • 23'22:58
    • 15
    • Andrzej BuncolAndrzej Bernard Buncol.
      Born 21st Sep 1959, Gliwice.
    • HT

Notes

  • Drinks WaiterWhen Waddle comes on he is carrying several plastic pouches with water in them for his thirsty team mates. He doesn't get a chance to distrubute them properly and then dumps them in the centre circle.
  • 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
  • The Guardian "Lineker the redeemer", Thursday 12th June 1986, page 28.

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Managers

Referee

  • Switzerland Andre Daina

Attendance

  • 22,700

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • No change in rank, gaining 38 ranking points to 1963 points England - 4th
  • Poland - 26th

World Cup 1986

(Group F)

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    • Pts
    • GD
    • L
    • D
    • W
    • P
    • 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
    • Final Standings.