678 - Wednesday, 16th October 1991, 8:00pm

678 - 16th Oct 1991, 8:00pm

  • GoalAssist: Stuart Pearce. "In the 21st minute, Dixon found Pearce in space on the left...[who] produced one of his hard, dipping centres...the Turkish defence ignored Smith, who ducked among them to head the ball down past Hayrettin."Alan Smith2nd of 2 goals. , 21'
  • 1Chris WoodsSheffield Wed, 26th of 43 caps
    31 years, 11 month, 2 days
    Goalkeeper
  • 2Lee DixonArsenal, 10th of 22 caps
    27 years, 6 months, 30 days
    Right Back
  • 3Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 42nd of 78 caps
    29 years, 5 months, 22 days
    Left Back
  • 4David BattyLeeds, 7th of 42 caps
    22 years, 10 months, 14 days
    Midfielder
    Card 58'58'
  • 5Des WalkerNotts Forest, 37th of 59 caps
    25 years, 10 months, 20 days
    Centre Back
  • 6Gary MabbuttSpurs, 14th of 16 caps
    30 years, 1 month, 24 days
    Centre Back
  • 7Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 90th of 90 caps
    34 years, 9 months, 5 days
    Midfielder
  • 8David PlattBari, 24th of 62 caps
    25 years, 4 months, 6 days
    Midfielder
  • 9Alan SmithArsenal, 9th of 13 caps
    28 years, 10 months, 25 days
    Centre Forward
  • 10Gary LinekerSpurs, 70th of 80 caps
    30 years, 10 months, 16 days
    Centre Forward
    (c)10th captaincy
  • 11Chris WaddleMarseille, 62nd of 62 caps
    30 years, 10 months, 2 days
    Left Midfielder
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  • 1Hayrettin DemirbaşHayrettin Demirbaş.
    Born 26th Jun 1963, Istanbul.
  • 2Recep ÇetinRecep Çetin.
    Born 1st Oct 1965, Sakarya.
  • 3Ogün TemizkanoğluOgün Temizkanoğlu.
    Born 6th Oct 1969, Hamm, Germany.
  • 4Gökhan KeskinGökhan Keskin.
    Born 31st Mar 1966, Istanbul.
    Card 3'3'
  • 5Tugay KerimoğluTugay Kerimoğlu.
    Born 24th Aug 1970, Trabzon.
  • 6Turan SofuoğluTuran Sofuoğlu.
    Born 19th Aug 1965, Sakarya.
  • 7Feyyaz UçarFeyyaz Uçar.
    Born 27th Oct 1963, Istanbul.
    Off 76'
  • 8Rıza ÇalımbayRıza Çalımbay.
    Born 2nd Feb 1963, Sivas.
    (c)
  • 9Ünal KaramanÜnal Karaman.
    Born 29th Jun 1966, Konya.
  • 10Oğuz ÇetinAhmet Oğuz Çetin.
    Born 15th Feb 1963, Sakarya.
  • 11Orhan ÇıkırıkçıOrhan Çıkırıkçı.
    Born 15th Apr 1967, Kirklareli.
  • 14Hami MandıralıHami Mandıralı.
    Born 20th Jul 1968, Trabazon.
    On 76'

England Starting Formation

    Asymmetric 4-4-2 Waddle lined up in a wide left midfield position.

Notes

  • Player MilestoneBryan Robson's Last Cap
  • Player MilestoneChris Waddle'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)
  • Turkish Football Federation
  • The Guardian "Saucy Turkey ruffle England's feathers", Thursday 17th October 1991, page 18.

Managers

Referee

  • Spanish FlagSpain Antonio Martín Navarrete

Attendance

  • 50,896

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagNo change in rank, gaining 2 ranking points to 1995 points England - 3rd
  • Turkish Flag Turkey - 57th

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