Match No. 644 - Wednesday, 26th April 1989, 8:00pm
Assist: Chris Waddle. "The first arrived after Jera, having beaten Rocastle to Waddle's deep, searching cross from the left, then headed the ball square across his own penalty area straight to Lineker who gratefully nodded it in..." Gary Lineker27th of 48 goals. Header from 6 yards., 5' - Assist: Gary Lineker. "A marvellous pass from Stevens up the right-hand touchline to Lineker instigated England's second, and Beardsley's first, goal after 12 minutes. Lineker turned inside a defender to create the chance and beardsley repeated the process before driving the ball past Nallbani." Peter Beardsley6th of 9 goals. Left-footed from 10 yards., 12'
- Assist: Gary Lineker. "Three minutes before [Gascoigne] came on Beardsley made it 3-0 after Webb had headed back a centre from Pearce and Lineker had chested the ball down." Peter Beardsley7th of 9 goals. Right-footed from 10 yards., 64'
- Assist: Paul Gascoigne. "In the 72-minute [Gascoigne] headed another accurate cross from Pearce back from the far post and Waddle, much happier playing wide last night, was the grateful recipient." Chris Waddle5th of 6 goals. Header from 4 yards., 72'
- Assist: Paul Parker. "Parker, winning his first cap, replaced Stevens and in the 88th minute the QPR defender's pass set Gascoigne in motion for a fitting finale. Gascoigne ran at the defence, dipped a shoulder and scored with a flourish." Paul Gascoigne1st of 10 goals. Right-footed from 15 yards., 88'
- 1
- Peter ShiltonDerby, 105th of 125 caps
39 years, 7 months, 8 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary StevensRangers, 31st of 46 caps
26 years, 0 months, 30 days
Right Back 
76'
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 11th of 78 caps
27 years, 0 months, 2 days
Left Back
- 4
- Neil WebbNotts Forest, 14th of 26 caps
25 years, 8 months, 27 days
Midfield
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 5th of 59 caps
23 years, 5 months, 0 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 59th of 77 caps
30 years, 3 months, 29 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 75th of 90 caps
32 years, 3 months, 15 days
Midfield (c)51st captaincy
- 8
- David RocastleArsenal, 5th of 14 caps
21 years, 11 month, 24 days
Midfield - 66'
- 9
- Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 32nd of 59 caps
28 years, 3 months, 8 days
Forward
- 10
- Gary LinekerBarcelona, 40th of 80 caps
28 years, 4 months, 26 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Chris WaddleSpurs, 40th of 62 caps
28 years, 4 months, 12 days
Left Midfield
- 15
- Paul GascoigneSpurs, 3rd of 57 caps
21 years, 10 months, 30 days
Midfield 
66'
- 12
- Paul ParkerQPR, 1st of 19 caps
25 years, 0 months, 22 days
Right Back - 76'
- 1
- Blendi NallbaniBlendi Nallbani.
Born 30th May 1971, Tirana, Albania.
17 years old on his debut for Albania v Engladn at Wembley in 1989.
- 2
- Hysen ZmijaniHysen Zmijani.
Born 29th Apr 1963, Shkodër, Albania.
- 3
- Agim BubeqiAgim Bubeqi.
Born 7th Apr 1963, Vlorë, Albania.
- 4
- Skënder HodjaSkënder Hodja.
Born 30th May 1960, Albania.
(c)
- 5
- Skënder GegaSkënder Gega.
Born 14th Nov 1963, Tropojë, Albania.
- 6
- Fatbardh JeraFatbardh Jera.
Born 8th Nov 1960, Shkodër, Albania.
- 7
- Ylli ShehuYlli Shehu.
Born 13th Mar 1966, Tirana, Albania.
- 8
- Artur LekbelloArtur Lekbello.
Born 23rd Feb 1966, Albania.
- 9
- Lefter MilloLefter Millo.
Born 2nd Aug 1966, Derviçan, Albania.
- 10
- Fatmir HasanpapaFatmir Hasanpapa.
Born 19th Apr 1965, Albania.
- 31'
- 11
- Sulejman DemollariSulejman Demollari.
Born 15th May 1964, Tirana, Albania.
- 13
- Alban NogaAlban Noga.
Born 14th Nov 1969, Albania.
- 31'
Notes
- Hillsborough DisasterFirst England match after the Hillsborough disaster which occured 11 days previously. All players wore black armbands.
- Player MilestoneBryan Robson's 75th Cap
- Player MilestonePaul Parker's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestonePaul Gascoigne's 1st Goal
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- YouTube
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- The Guardian "England help lift the shadows", Thursday 27th April 1989, page 18.
Referee
Norway Einar Halle
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 3 ranking points to 1901 points England - 8th
Albania - 89th
World Cup 1990 Q
(Group 2)
- Sweden
- 10
- +6
- 0
- 2
- 4
- 6
- England
- 9
- +10
- 0
- 3
- 3
- 6
- Poland
- 5
- -4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 6
- Albania
- 0
- -12
- 6
- 0
- 0
- 6
