636 - Sunday, 12th June 1988, 3:30pm

636 - 12th Jun 1988, 3:30pm

  • GoalRay Houghton, 6'
  • 1Packie BonnerPatrick Joseph Bonner.
    Born 24th May 1960, Burtonport.
  • 2Chris MorrisChristopher Barry Morris.
    Born 24th Dec 1963, Newquay.
  • 3Chris HughtonChristopher William Gerard Hughton.
    Born 11th Dec 1958, Forest Gate, Essex.
  • 4Mick McCarthyMichael Joseph McCarthy.
    Born 7th Feb 1959, Barnsley.
  • 5Kevin MoranKevin Bernard Moran.
    Born 29th Apr 1956, Dublin.
  • 6Ronnie WhelanRonald Andrew Whelan.
    Born 25th Sep 1961, Dublin.
    Son of Ronnie Whelan Sr.
  • 7Paul McGrathPaul McGrath.
    Born 4th Dec 1959, Ealing.
  • 8Ray HoughtonRaymond James Houghton.
    Born 9th Jan 1962, Glasgow.
  • 9John AldridgeJohn William Aldridge.
    Born 18th Sep 1958, Liverpool.
  • 10Frank StapletonFrancis Anthony Stapleton.
    Born 10th Jul 1956, Dublin.
     (c)     Off 62'
  • 11Tony GalvinAnthony Galvin.
    Born 12th Jul 1956, Huddersfield.
         Off 77'
  • 20Niall QuinnNiall John Quinn.
    Born 6th Oct 1966, Dublin.
         On 62'
  • 15Kevin SheedyKevin Mark Sheedy.
    Born 21st Oct 1959, Builth Wells.
         On 77'
  •  
  • 1Peter ShiltonDerby, 99th of 125 caps
    38 years, 8 months, 24 days
    Goalkeeper
  • 2Gary StevensEverton, 24th of 46 caps
    25 years, 2 months, 16 days
    Right Back
  • 3Kenny SansomArsenal, 84th of 86 caps
    29 years, 8 months, 16 days
    Left Back
  • 4Neil WebbNotts Forest, 8th of 26 caps
    24 years, 10 months, 13 days
    Midfielder         Off 60'
  • 19Mark WrightDerby, 21st of 45 caps
    24 years, 10 months, 11 day
    Centre Back
  • 6Tony AdamsArsenal, 12th of 66 caps
    21 years, 8 months, 2 days
    Centre Back
  • 7Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 67th of 90 caps
    31 years, 5 months, 1 day
    Midfielder     (c)43rd captaincy
  • 12Chris WaddleSpurs, 35th of 62 caps
    27 years, 5 months, 29 days
    Right Midfielder
  • 9Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 25th of 59 caps
    27 years, 4 months, 25 days
    Centre Forward         Off 82'
  • 10Gary LinekerBarcelona, 33rd of 80 caps
    27 years, 6 months, 12 days
    Centre Forward
  • 11John BarnesLiverpool, 40th of 79 caps
    24 years, 7 months, 5 days
    Left Midfielder
  • 17Glenn HoddleMonaco, 51st of 53 caps
    30 years, 7 months, 16 days
    Midfielder         On 60'
  • 18Mark HateleyMonaco, 29th of 32 caps
    26 years, 7 months, 5 days
    Centre Forward         On 82'

England Starting Formation

    4-4-2

Notes

  • Player MilestonePeter Beardsley's 25th Cap

Sources

  • uefa.com
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)

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Managers

Referee

  • East German FlagEast Germany Siegfried Kirschen

Attendance

  • 55,500

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagDown 2 places, losing -36 ranking points to 1963 points England - 3rd - 2
  • Irish Flag Ireland - 12th

Euro 88

(Group 2)

  P W D L GD Pts
  • Soviet Flag USSR 3 2 1 0 +3 5
  • Dutch Flag Netherland... 3 2 0 1 +2 4
  • Irish Flag Ireland 3 1 1 1 0 3
  • English Flag England 3 0 0 3 -5 0
Final Standings.