666 - Wednesday, 17th October 1990, 8:00pm

666 - 17th Oct 1990, 8:00pm

  • Goal"The first goal followed a corner from Gascoigne which Wright nodded on from the near post. Lineker's header was true and Kaczmarek could only keep it out with a hand [38:32]. Lineker drove the penalty into the roof of the net."Gary Lineker37th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 12 yards., 40' 39:24 (pen)
  • GoalAssist: Lee Dixon. "Beardsley, seeing a gap opening up, hit the ball with the outside of his right foot and sent it swerving inside the near post - a goal of genuine international quality."Peter Beardsley8th of 9 goals. Right-footed from 19 yards., 90' 89:55
  • 1Chris WoodsRangers, 18th of 43 caps
    30 years, 11 month, 3 days
    Goalkeeper
  • 2Lee DixonArsenal, 3rd of 22 caps
    26 years, 7 months, 0 days
    Right Wing Back
  • 3Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 32nd of 78 caps
    28 years, 5 months, 23 days
    Left Wing Back
  • 4Paul ParkerQPR, 13th of 19 caps
    26 years, 6 months, 13 days
    Centre Back
  • 5Des WalkerNotts Forest, 27th of 59 caps
    24 years, 10 months, 21 day
    Centre Back
  • 6Mark WrightDerby, 32nd of 45 caps
    27 years, 2 months, 16 days
    Sweeper
  • 7David PlattAston Villa, 13th of 62 caps
    24 years, 4 months, 7 days
    Midfielder
  • 8Paul GascoigneSpurs, 19th of 57 caps
    23 years, 4 months, 21 day
    Midfielder
  • 9Steve BullWolves, 13th of 13 caps
    25 years, 6 months, 20 days
    Centre Forward
    Off 58'57:08
  • 10Gary LinekerSpurs, 60th of 80 caps
    29 years, 10 months, 17 days
    Centre Forward
    (c)2nd captaincy
    Off 58'57:09
  • 11John BarnesLiverpool, 60th of 79 caps
    26 years, 11 month, 10 days
    Midfielder
  • 16Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 46th of 59 caps
    29 years, 8 months, 30 days
    Centre Forward
    On 58'57:08
  • 15Chris WaddleMarseille, 61st of 62 caps
    29 years, 10 months, 3 days
    Centre Forward
    On 58'57:09
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  • 1J贸zef WandzikJ贸zef Stefan Wandzik.
    Born 13th Aug 1963, Tarnowskie G贸ry.
  • 2Piotr CzachowskiPiotr Czachowski.
    Born 7th Nov 1966, Warsaw.
  • 3Dariusz WdowczykDariusz Janusz Wdowczyk.
    Born 25th Sep 1962, Warsaw.
  • 4Roman SzewczykRoman Edward Szewczyk.
    Born 18th Mar 1965, Bytom.
  • 5Zbigniew KaczmarekZbigniew Waldemar Kaczmarek.
    Born 1st Jun 1962, L臋bork, Poland.
    (c)
  • 6Janusz NawrockiJanusz Nawrocki.
    Born 8th Jul 1961, Krakow.
  • 7Ryszard TarasiewiczRyszard Jerzy Tarasiewicz.
    Born 27th Apr 1962, Wroclaw.
  • 8Robert WarzychaRobert Warzycha.
    Born 20th Aug 1963, Siemkowice.
  • 9Jan FurtokJan Furtok.
    Born 9th Mar 1962, Katowice.
    Off 76'75:17
  • 10Roman KoseckiRoman Jacek Kosecki.
    Born 15th Feb 1966, Piaseczno.
    Off 86'85:18
  • 11Jacek ZioberJacek Ziober.
    Born 18th Nov 1965, 艁贸d藕, Poland.
  • 14Krzysztof WarzychaKrzysztof Ireneusz Warzycha.
    Born 17th Nov 1964, Katowice.
    On 76'75:17
  • 13Dariusz KubickiDariusz Jan Kubicki.
    Born 6th Jun 1963, Ko偶uch贸w, Poland.
    On 86'85:18

England Starting Formation

    Sweeper 1-2-5-2

Notes

  • Player Injury"[Lineker] suffered a cut head early in the second half [50:49] and left to have eight stitches inserted in an ugly wound just above the hairline."
  • Player MilestoneSteve Bull's Last Cap
  • Penalty: Gary Lineker3rd scored from 3 taken (100.0%). England's 70th overall. 40th minute. "The first goal followed a corner from Gascoigne which Wright nodded on from the near post. Lineker's header was true and Kaczmarek could only keep it out with a hand [38:32]. Lineker drove the penalty into the roof of the net [39:24]."

Sources

  • Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
  • uefa.com
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
  • soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
  • The Guardian "Lineker helps England vault over Poles", Thursday, 18th Ocotber 1990, page 14.
  • Polish FA Website

Managers

Referee

  • Italian FlagItaly Tullio Lanese

Attendance

  • 77,040

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagNo change in rank, gaining 9 ranking points to 1991 points England - 3rd
  • Polish Flag Poland - 25th

Euro 92 Qualifying

(Group 7)

  P W D L GD Pts
  • English Flag England 6 3 3 0 +4 9
  • Irish Flag Ireland 6 2 4 0 +7 8
  • Polish Flag Poland 6 2 3 1 +2 7
  • Turkish Flag Turkey 6 0 0 6 -13 0