Match No. 669 - Wednesday, 27th March 1991, 8:00pm
- 1
- David SeamanArsenal, 5th of 75 caps
27 years, 6 months, 8 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Lee DixonArsenal, 6th of 22 caps
27 years, 0 months, 10 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 35th of 78 caps
28 years, 11 month, 3 days
Left Back
- 4
- Tony AdamsArsenal, 19th of 66 caps
24 years, 5 months, 17 days
Centre Back
HT
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 30th of 59 caps
25 years, 4 months, 1 day
Centre Back
- 6
- Mark WrightDerby, 35th of 45 caps
27 years, 7 months, 26 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 89th of 90 caps
34 years, 2 months, 16 days
Midfield (c)64th captaincy
- 8
- David PlattAston Villa, 15th of 62 caps
24 years, 9 months, 17 days
Midfield
- 9
- Peter BeardsleyLiverpool, 48th of 59 caps
30 years, 2 months, 9 days
Forward
- 10
- Gary LinekerSpurs, 63rd of 80 caps
30 years, 3 months, 27 days
Centre Forward
75'
- 11
- John BarnesLiverpool, 62nd of 79 caps
27 years, 4 months, 20 days
Left Midfield
- 16
- Lee SharpeMan Utd, 1st of 8 caps
19 years, 10 months, 0 days
Midfield
HT
- 15
- Ian WrightPalace, 2nd of 33 caps
27 years, 4 months, 24 days
Centre Forward
75'
Niall Quinn, 29'
- 1
- Packie BonnerPatrick Joseph Bonner.
Born 24th May 1960, Burtonport.
- 2
- Denis IrwinJoseph Denis Irwin.
Born 31st Oct 1965, Cork.
- 3
- Steve StauntonStephen Staunton.
Born 19th Jan 1969, Dundalk.
- 4
- David O'LearyDavid Anthony O'Leary.
Born 2nd May 1958, Stoke Newington.
- 5
- Kevin MoranKevin Bernard Moran.
Born 29th Apr 1956, Dublin.
(c)
- 6
- Andy TownsendAndrew David Townsend.
Born 23rd Jul 1963, Maidstone.
- 7
- Paul McGrathPaul McGrath.
Born 4th Dec 1959, Ealing.
27'
- 8
- Ray HoughtonRaymond James Houghton.
Born 9th Jan 1962, Glasgow.
- 9
- Niall QuinnNiall John Quinn.
Born 6th Oct 1966, Dublin.
- 10
- John AldridgeJohn William Aldridge.
Born 18th Sep 1958, Liverpool.
72'
- 11
- Kevin SheedyKevin Mark Sheedy.
Born 21st Oct 1959, Builth Wells.
- 12
- Tony CascarinoAnthony Guy Cascarino.
Born 1st Sep 1962, St Paul's Cray, Kent.
72'
Notes
- Player MilestoneLee Sharpe's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneLee Dixon's 1st Goal
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)
Referee
Switzerland Kurt Roethlisberger
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -10 ranking points to 1981 points England - 3rd
Republic of Ireland - 8th
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