Match No. 633 - Saturday, 21st May 1988
Assist: John Barnes. "A Throw-in by Gary Stevens on the right side, Beardsley dummied, it reached Barnes. Beardsley did a one-two with Barnes before shooting past Leighton." Peter Beardsley5th of 9 goals. Left-footed from 6 yards., 12' 11:22
- 1
- Peter ShiltonDerby, 96th of 125 caps
38 years, 8 months, 3 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary StevensEverton, 22nd of 46 caps
25 years, 1 month, 25 days
Right Back
- 3
- Kenny SansomArsenal, 81st of 86 caps
29 years, 7 months, 25 days
Left Back
- 4
- Neil WebbNotts Forest, 6th of 26 caps
24 years, 9 months, 22 days
Midfield
- 5
- Dave WatsonEverton, 10th of 12 caps
26 years, 6 months, 1 day
Centre Back
2:28 Going through the back of Mo Johnston.
- 6
- Tony AdamsArsenal, 9th of 66 caps
21 years, 7 months, 11 day
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 64th of 90 caps
31 years, 4 months, 10 days
Midfield (c)40th captaincy
- 8
- Trevor StevenEverton, 21st of 36 caps
24 years, 8 months, 0 days
Midfield
'7473:12
- 9
- Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 22nd of 59 caps
27 years, 4 months, 3 days
Forward
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 30th of 80 caps
27 years, 5 months, 21 day
Centre Forward
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 37th of 79 caps
24 years, 6 months, 14 days
Left Midfield
- 15
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 32nd of 62 caps
27 years, 5 months, 7 days
Left Midfield
'7473:12
- 1
- Jim LeightonJames Leighton.
Born 24th Jul 1958, Johnstone.
- 2
- Richard GoughRichard Charles Gough.
Born 5th Apr 1962, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 3
- Steve NicolStephen Nicol.
Born 11th Dec 1961, Troon.
- 4
- Roy AitkenRobert Sime Aitken.
Born 24th Nov 1958, Irvine.
(c)
- 5
- Alex McLeishAlexander McLeish.
Born 21st Jan 1959, Glasgow.
- 6
- Willie MillerWilliam Ferguson Miller.
Born 2nd May 1955, Glasgow.
- 7
- Neil SimpsonNeil Alexander Simpson.
Born 15th Nov 1961, Hackney, London.
'7574:48
- 8
- Paul McStayPaul Michael Lyons McStay.
Born 22nd Oct 1964, Hamilton.
- 9
- Ally McCoistAlistair Murdoch McCoist.
Born 24th Sep 1962, Bellshill.
'7978:17
- 10
- Murdo MacLeodMurdo Davidson MacLeod.
Born 24th Sep 1958, Glasgow.
- 11
- Mo JohnstonMaurice John Giblin Johnston.
Born 13th Apr 1963, Glasgow.
- 14
- Tommy BurnsThomas Burns.
Born 16th Dec 1956, Glasgow.
'7574:48
- 15
- Kevin GallacherKevin William Gallacher.
Born 23rd Nov 1966, Clydebank.
'7978:17
Notes
- Tournament InfoEngland's first match in the 3 team tournament.
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
- The Guardian "Giants must beware of beanstalks", Monday 23rd may 1988, page 16.
Referee
France Joel Quiniou
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 4 ranking points to 2002 points England - 1st
Scotland - 23rd