Match No. 666 - Wednesday, 17th October 1990, 8:00pm
From a Gascoigne corner, Mark Wright flick-on finds Lineker but his header is handled on the goalline. Lineker penalty is high and to the keeper's left. Gary Lineker37th of 48 goals. , 41' (pen)- Dixon's through-ball finds Beardsley on the right where he advances to the corner of the penalty box and smashes a right footed shot beating the keeper at his near post. Peter Beardsley8th of 9 goals. , 90'
- 1
- Chris WoodsRangers, 18th of 43 caps
30 years, 11 month, 3 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Lee DixonArsenal, 3rd of 22 caps
26 years, 7 months, 0 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 32nd of 78 caps
28 years, 5 months, 23 days
Left Back
- 4
- Paul ParkerQPR, 13th of 19 caps
26 years, 6 months, 13 days
Centre Back
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 27th of 59 caps
24 years, 10 months, 21 day
Centre Back
- 6
- Mark WrightDerby, 32nd of 45 caps
27 years, 2 months, 16 days
Centre Back
- 7
- David PlattAston Villa, 13th of 62 caps
24 years, 4 months, 7 days
Midfield
- 8
- Paul GascoigneSpurs, 19th of 57 caps
23 years, 4 months, 21 day
Midfield
- 9
- Steve BullWolves, 13th of 13 caps
25 years, 6 months, 20 days
Centre Forward 
57'
- 10
- Gary LinekerSpurs, 60th of 80 caps
29 years, 10 months, 17 days
Centre Forward (c)2nd captaincy - 57'
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 60th of 79 caps
26 years, 11 month, 10 days
Left Midfield
- 16
- Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 46th of 59 caps
29 years, 8 months, 30 days
Forward 
57'
- 15
- Chris WaddleMarseille, 61st of 62 caps
29 years, 10 months, 3 days
Midfield - 57'
- 1
- Józef WandzikJózef Stefan Wandzik.
Born 13th Aug 1963, Tarnowskie Góry.
- 2
- Piotr CzachowskiPiotr Czachowski.
Born 7th Nov 1966, Warsaw.
- 3
- Dariusz WdowczykDariusz Janusz Wdowczyk.
Born 25th Sep 1962, Warsaw.
- 4
- Roman SzewczykRoman Edward Szewczyk.
Born 18th Mar 1965, Bytom.
- 5
- Zbigniew KaczmarekZbigniew Waldemar Kaczmarek.
Born 1st Jun 1962, Lębork, Poland.
(c)
- 6
- Janusz NawrockiJanusz Nawrocki.
Born 8th Jul 1961, Krakow.
- 7
- Ryszard TarasiewiczRyszard Jerzy Tarasiewicz.
Born 27th Apr 1962, Wroclaw.
- 8
- Robert WarzychaRobert Warzycha.
Born 20th Aug 1963, Siemkowice.
- 9
- Jan FurtokJan Furtok.
Born 9th Mar 1962, Katowice.
- 76'
- 10
- Roman KoseckiRoman Jacek Kosecki.
Born 15th Feb 1966, Piaseczno.
- 86'
- 11
- Jacek ZioberJacek Ziober.
Born 18th Nov 1965, Łódź, Poland.
- 14
- Krzysztof WarzychaKrzysztof Ireneusz Warzycha.
Born 17th Nov 1964, Katowice.
- 76'
- 13
- Dariusz KubickiDariusz Jan Kubicki.
Born 6th Jun 1963, Kożuchów, Poland.
- 86'
Notes
- Penalty: Gary Lineker3rd scored from 3 taken (100.0%). England's 70th overall.
- Player MilestoneSteve Bull's Last Cap
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
Referee
Italy Tulio Lanese
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 9 ranking points to 1989 points England - 3rd
Poland - 25th
Euro 92 Qualifying
(Group 7)
- England
- 9
- +4
- 0
- 3
- 3
- 6
- Republic o...
- 8
- +7
- 0
- 4
- 2
- 6
- Poland
- 7
- +2
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 6
- Turkey
- 0
- -13
- 6
- 0
- 0
- 6
