Match No. 620 - Wednesday, 15th October 1986, 7:45pm
Assist: Chris Waddle. From a corner on the left Viv Anderson wins a header on the penalty mark. The header falls fro Chris Waddle central and 6 yards out and his back to goal. His miscontrolled first touch rolls left and into the path of Lineker who swinigs a right boot at the ball and buries it into the centre of the net past two players guarding the posts. Gary Lineker13th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 33' - Chris Waddle3rd of 6 goals. , 75'
- Lineker latches onto a bad backpass 30 yards out. Mal Donaghy is shoulder to shoulder with him and as Lineker advances into the area he is forced out to the left. However, Lineker sees the goalkeeper is off his line and hits a left footed lob over the keeper from 16 yards out on the left. Gary Lineker14th of 48 goals. Left-footed from 16 yards., 80'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 88th of 125 caps
37 years, 0 months, 27 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Viv AndersonArsenal, 23rd of 30 caps
30 years, 1 month, 17 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 72nd of 86 caps
28 years, 0 months, 19 days
Left Back
- 4
- Glenn HoddleSpurs, 40th of 53 caps
28 years, 11 month, 19 days
Midfield
- 5
- Dave WatsonEverton, 7th of 12 caps
24 years, 10 months, 25 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 47th of 77 caps
27 years, 9 months, 18 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 54th of 90 caps
29 years, 9 months, 4 days
Midfield (c)30th captaincy
- 8
- Steve HodgeAston Villa, 10th of 24 caps
23 years, 11 month, 21 day
Midfield
- 9
- Peter BeardsleyNewcastle Utd, 10th of 59 caps
25 years, 8 months, 28 days
Forward 
83'
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 19th of 80 caps
25 years, 10 months, 15 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 22nd of 62 caps
25 years, 10 months, 1 day
Left Midfield
- 15
- Tony CotteeWest Ham, 2nd of 7 caps
21 years, 3 months, 4 days
Centre Forward 
83'
- 1
- Phil HughesPhilip Anthony Hughes.
Born 19th Nov 1964, Belfast.
- 2
- Gary FlemingGary James Fleming.
Born 17th Feb 1967, Londonderry.
- 3
- Nigel WorthingtonNigel Worthington.
Born 4th Nov 1961, Ballymena.
- 4
- John McClellandJohn McClelland.
Born 7th Dec 1955, Belfast.
(c)
- 5
- Alan McDonaldAlan McDonald.
Born 12th Oct 1963, Belfast.
- 6
- Mal DonaghyMalachy Martin Donaghy.
Born 13th Sep 1957, Belfast.
- 7
- Steve PenneyStephen Alexander Penney.
Born 16th Jan 1964, Ballymena.
- 75'
- 8
- Dave CampbellDavid Anthony Campbell.
Born 2nd Jun 1965, Eglinton.
- 9
- Colin ClarkeColin John Clarke.
Born 30th Oct 1962, Newry.
- 10
- Norman WhitesideNorman John Whiteside.
Born 7th May 1965, Belfast.
- 83'
- 11
- Ian StewartIan Edwin Stewart.
Born 10th Sep 1961, Belfast.
- 14
- Jimmy QuinnJames Martin Quinn.
Born 18th Nov 1959, Belfast.
- 75'
- 16
- Sammy McIlroySamuel Baxter McIlroy.
Born 2nd Aug 1954, Belfast.
- 83'
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- uefa.com
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
Referee
Greece Germassimos Germanakos
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 12 ranking points to 1964 points
England - 6th - 1 
Northern Ireland - 26th
Euro 88 Qualifying
(Group 4)
- England
- 11
- +18
- 0
- 1
- 5
- 6
- Yugoslavia
- 8
- +4
- 2
- 0
- 4
- 6
- Northern I...
- 3
- -8
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 6
- Turkey
- 2
- -14
- 4
- 2
- 0
- 6
