Match No. 623 - Wednesday, 1st April 1987, 8:00pm
- 1
- George DunlopGeorge Dunlop.
Born 16th Jan 1956, Belfast.
- 2
- Gary FlemingGary James Fleming.
Born 17th Feb 1967, Londonderry.
- 3
- Mal DonaghyMalachy Martin Donaghy.
Born 13th Sep 1957, Belfast.
- 4
- John McClellandJohn McClelland.
Born 7th Dec 1955, Belfast.
(c)
- 5
- Alan McDonaldAlan McDonald.
Born 12th Oct 1963, Belfast.
- 6
- Paul RamseyPaul Christopher Ramsey.
Born 13th Sep 1962, Londonderry.
- 7
- Dave CampbellDavid Anthony Campbell.
Born 2nd Jun 1965, Eglinton.
60'
- 8
- David McCreeryDavid McCreery.
Born 16th Sep 1957, Belfast.
- 9
- Kevin WilsonKevin James Wilson.
Born 18th Apr 1961, Banbury, England.
- 10
- Norman WhitesideNorman John Whiteside.
Born 7th May 1965, Belfast.
- 11
- Nigel WorthingtonNigel Worthington.
Born 4th Nov 1961, Ballymena.
- 15
- Danny WilsonDaniel Joseph Wilson.
Born 1st Jan 1960, Wigan, England.
60'
Assist: Terry Butcher. "..they took the lead in the 19th minute with a goal which owed nothing to pressure and everything to the opportunism of the England captain. Butcher nodded Mabutt's long throw-in from the right on towards the far post and Robson thrust himself through the defence to head his first goal for England in 13 months." Bryan Robson19th of 26 goals. Header from 6 yards., 19' - Assist: Peter Beardsley. "In the 43rd minute Beardsley found Waddle in space on the right and the Tottenham player re-emphasised his present scoring form when he cut sharply into the penalty area before curling a shot past a clutch of defenders and the unsighted Dunlop low into the net." Chris Waddle4th of 6 goals. Left-footed from 17 yards., 43'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonSouthampton, 90th of 125 caps
37 years, 6 months, 14 days
Goalkeeper - HT
- 2
- Viv AndersonArsenal, 26th of 30 caps
30 years, 7 months, 3 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 75th of 86 caps
28 years, 6 months, 6 days
Left Back
- 4
- Gary MabbuttSpurs, 11th of 16 caps
25 years, 7 months, 9 days
Midfield
- 5
- Mark WrightSouthampton, 15th of 45 caps
23 years, 8 months, 0 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 50th of 77 caps
28 years, 3 months, 4 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 56th of 90 caps
30 years, 2 months, 21 day
Midfield (c)32nd captaincy
- 8
- Steve HodgeSpurs, 13th of 24 caps
24 years, 5 months, 7 days
Midfield
- 9
- Peter BeardsleyNewcastle Utd, 13th of 59 caps
26 years, 2 months, 14 days
Forward
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 22nd of 80 caps
26 years, 4 months, 2 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 25th of 62 caps
26 years, 3 months, 18 days
Left Midfield
- 13
- Chris WoodsRangers, 7th of 43 caps
27 years, 4 months, 18 days
Goalkeeper - HT
Notes
- Player MilestoneKenny Sansom's 75th Cap
- Player MilestoneTerry Butcher's 50th Cap
- Player MilestoneChris Waddle's 25th Cap
Sources
- uefa.com
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- The Guardian "England passing the final tests", Thursday, 2nd April 1987, page 28.
- YouTube
Referee
Spain Emilio Soriano Aladren
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 18 ranking points to 2015 points
England - 2nd - 1 
Northern Ireland - 29th
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
