"The referee, Jasem Mandi from Bahrain, stepped into the way of the ball inside from Pearce intended for Beardsley, and it was this, as much as the speed of the Saudi counter-attack, that caught England unawares...Sterland, who had doen well to race across from right ot left in an effort to smother the danger, then stood off Majed and allowed him to cut inside before beating Seaman with a shot which the newly capped goalkeeper half stopped."Majid Abdullah, 15' 14:59
1Abdullah Al-DeayeaAbdullah Jamal Al-Deayea. Born 1st Dec 1961, Ha'il. 45'+1'45:44
2Abdullah Salah Al-DosariAbdullah Saleh Al Dosari. Born 1st Nov 1969.
13Mohamed Abd Al-JawadMohamed Abd Al-Jawad. Born 28th Nov 1962, Jeddah.
5Saleh Al-NeimahSaleh Mohammed Ibrahim Al Neimah. Born 24th Jun 1960. (c)
4Ahmed Jameel MadaniAhmed Jameel Madani. Born 4th Jan 1970.
6Saleh Al-SalehSaleh Al Saleh Al Mutlak. Born 3rd Jan 1966.
17Saad MubarakSaad Saeed Mubarak Al Dossary.
19Mohammed SwayedMohammed Swayed Mahbob Al Shahrani. 75'74:30
9Majid AbdullahMajed Ahmed Abdullah Mohammed. Born 1st Nov 1959.
10Fahad Al-MosaibethFahad Al Mosaibeth. Born 4th Apr 1961.
11Mehaisen Al-DosariMehaisen Al Jamman Al Dosari. Born 6th Apr 1966. 80'79:06
1Khaled Al-SabiyaniKhaled Al Sabiyani. 45'+1'45:44
15Youssef Al-TunayanYoussef Nasser Al Tunayan. Born 18th Nov 1963. 75'74:30
14Khaled Al-MuwallidKhaled Massad Al Muwallid. Born 23rd Nov 1971. 80'79:06
Assist: David Rocastle. "Adams brought the scores level with a powerful header from Rocastle's free kick in the 54th minute."Tony Adams4th of 5 goals. Header from 5 yards., 55' 54:04
1David SeamanQPR, 1st of 75 caps 25 years, 1 month, 27 days Goalkeeper
2Mel SterlandSheffield Wed, Only Cap 27 years, 1 month, 15 days Right Back
3Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 8th of 78 caps 26 years, 6 months, 22 days Left Back
4Michael ThomasArsenal, 1st of 2 caps 21 years, 2 months, 23 days Midfielder81'80:30
5Tony AdamsArsenal, 17th of 66 caps 22 years, 1 month, 6 days Centre Back
6Gary PallisterMiddlesbrough, 2nd of 22 caps 23 years, 4 months, 16 days Centre Back
7Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 72nd of 90 caps 31 years, 10 months, 5 days Midfielder(c)48th captaincy
8David RocastleArsenal, 2nd of 14 caps 21 years, 6 months, 14 days Right Midfielder
9Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 29th of 59 caps 27 years, 9 months, 29 days Centre Forward69'68:06
10Gary LinekerBarcelona, 37th of 80 caps 27 years, 11 month, 16 days Centre Forward
11Chris WaddleSpurs, 38th of 62 caps 27 years, 11 month, 2 days Left Midfielder81'80:31
15Alan SmithArsenal, 1st of 13 caps 25 years, 11 month, 25 days Centre Forward69'68:06
16Brian MarwoodArsenal, Only Cap 28 years, 9 months, 11 day Left Midfielder81'80:30
14Paul GascoigneSpurs, 2nd of 57 caps 21 years, 5 months, 20 days Midfielder81'80:31
England Starting Formation
4-4-2
Notes
Player InjuryThe Saudi 'keeper Al-Deayea injures his hand in a collision with his own player Madani following an England corner [43:39]. Beacuse of this there were nearly four minutes of injury time at the end of the first half.
Shirt NumbersBoth Saudi goalkeepers wore number 1.
Disallowed GoalsThe linesmen were very trigger happy. England had three legitimate goals disallowed for offside. Tony Adams header was the first [7:45] and TV replays show he, and the two England players forward of him, were clearly onside. The second [33:22] was a Lineker effort ruled out even though he was at least a yard onside. In the second half Lineker scored with an overhead kick [61:05] but up went the flag again despite him being marginally on the correct side of the last defender. There were at least two other occasions when Lineker was flagged for offside when he wasn't.
Tabloid ResponseThe Daily Mirror headline response against Bobby Robson was "In the name of Allah go!"
Player MilestoneDavid Seaman's 1st Cap
Player MilestoneMel Sterland's Only Cap
Player MilestoneMichael Thomas' 1st Cap
Player MilestoneAlan Smith's 1st Cap
Player MilestoneBrian Marwood's Only Cap
Sources
England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
Saudi Arabia 1 - 1 England 
"The referee, Jasem Mandi from Bahrain, stepped into the way of the ball inside from Pearce intended for Beardsley, and it was this, as much as the speed of the Saudi counter-attack, that caught England unawares...Sterland, who had doen well to race across from right ot left in an effort to smother the danger, then stood off Majed and allowed him to cut inside before beating Seaman with a shot which the newly capped goalkeeper half stopped."Majid Abdullah, 15' 14:59 
45'+1'45:44
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England Bobby Robson
Bahrain Jassim Mandi