Match No. 658 - Monday, 11th June 1990
- 1
- Peter ShiltonDerby, 119th of 125 caps
40 years, 8 months, 23 days
- 2
- Gary StevensRangers, 40th of 46 caps
27 years, 2 months, 15 days
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 25th of 78 caps
28 years, 1 month, 17 days
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 19th of 59 caps
24 years, 6 months, 15 days
- 6
- Terry ButcherRangers, 73rd of 77 caps
31 years, 5 months, 14 days
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 86th of 90 caps
33 years, 5 months, 0 days (c)62nd captaincy
- 8
- Chris WaddleMarseille, 53rd of 62 caps
29 years, 5 months, 28 days
- 10
- Gary LinekerSpurs, 52nd of 80 caps
29 years, 6 months, 11 day
83'
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 54th of 79 caps
26 years, 7 months, 4 days
- 21
- Steve BullWolves, 8th of 13 caps
25 years, 2 months, 14 days
83'
- 16
- Steve McMahonLiverpool, 13th of 17 caps
28 years, 9 months, 22 days
75'
69'
Kevin Sheedy, 73'
- 1
- Packie BonnerPatrick Joseph Bonner.
Born 24th May 1960, Burtonport.
- 2
- Chris MorrisChristopher Barry Morris.
Born 24th Dec 1963, Newquay.
- 3
- Steve StauntonStephen Staunton.
Born 19th Jan 1969, Dundalk.
- 4
- Mick McCarthyMichael Joseph McCarthy.
Born 7th Feb 1959, Barnsley.
(c)
- 5
- Kevin MoranKevin Bernard Moran.
Born 29th Apr 1956, Dublin.
- 6
- Andy TownsendAndrew David Townsend.
Born 23rd Jul 1963, Maidstone.
- 7
- Paul McGrathPaul McGrath.
Born 4th Dec 1959, Ealing.
- 8
- Ray HoughtonRaymond James Houghton.
Born 9th Jan 1962, Glasgow.
- 9
- Tony CascarinoAnthony Guy Cascarino.
Born 1st Sep 1962, St Paul's Cray, Kent.
- 10
- John AldridgeJohn William Aldridge.
Born 18th Sep 1958, Liverpool.
64'
- 11
- Kevin SheedyKevin Mark Sheedy.
Born 21st Oct 1959, Builth Wells.
- 12
- Alan McLoughlinAlan Francis McLoughlin.
Born 20th Apr 1967, Manchester.
64'
Notes
- Player MilestoneStuart Pearce's 25th Cap
Sources
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
Referee
West Germany Aron Schmidhuber
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -5 ranking points to 1939 points England - 6th
Republic of Ireland - 10th
World Cup 1990
(Group F)

- England
- 4
- +1
- 0
- 2
- 1
- 3

- Netherland...
- 3
- 0
- 0
- 3
- 0
- 3

- Republic o...
- 3
- 0
- 0
- 3
- 0
- 3

- Egypt
- 2
- -1
- 1
- 2
- 0
- 3