Match No. 678 - Wednesday, 16th October 1991, 8:00pm
Assist: 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'
- 1
- Chris WoodsSheffield Wed, 26th of 43 caps
31 years, 11 month, 2 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Lee DixonArsenal, 10th of 22 caps
27 years, 6 months, 30 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 42nd of 78 caps
29 years, 5 months, 22 days
Left Back
- 4
- David BattyLeeds, 7th of 42 caps
22 years, 10 months, 14 days
Midfield 
58'
- 5
- Des WalkerNotts Forest, 37th of 59 caps
25 years, 10 months, 20 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Gary MabbuttSpurs, 14th of 16 caps
30 years, 1 month, 24 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Bryan RobsonMan Utd, 90th of 90 caps
34 years, 9 months, 5 days
Midfield
- 8
- David PlattBari, 24th of 62 caps
25 years, 4 months, 6 days
Midfield
- 9
- Alan SmithArsenal, 9th of 13 caps
28 years, 10 months, 25 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Gary LinekerSpurs, 70th of 80 caps
30 years, 10 months, 16 days
Centre Forward (c)10th captaincy
- 11
- Chris WaddleMarseille, 62nd of 62 caps
30 years, 10 months, 2 days
Left Midfield
- 1
- Hayrettin DemirbaşHayrettin Demirbaş.
Born 26th Jun 1963, Istanbul.
- 2
- Recep ÇetinRecep Çetin.
Born 1st Oct 1965, Sakarya.
- 3
- Ogün TemizkanoğluOgün Temizkanoğlu.
Born 6th Oct 1969, Hamm, Germany.
- 4
- Gökhan KeskinGökhan Keskin.
Born 31st Mar 1966, Istanbul.
3'
- 5
- Tugay KerimoğluTugay Kerimoğlu.
Born 24th Aug 1970, Trabzon.
- 6
- Turan SofuoğluTuran Sofuoğlu.
Born 19th Aug 1965, Sakarya.
- 7
- Feyyaz UçarFeyyaz Uçar.
Born 27th Oct 1963, Istanbul.
76'
- 8
- Rıza ÇalımbayRıza Çalımbay.
Born 2nd Feb 1963, Sivas.
(c)
- 9
- Ünal KaramanÜnal Karaman.
Born 29th Jun 1966, Konya.
- 10
- Oğuz ÇetinAhmet Oğuz Çetin.
Born 15th Feb 1963, Sakarya.
- 11
- Orhan ÇıkırıkçıOrhan Çıkırıkçı.
Born 15th Apr 1967, Kirklareli.
- 14
- Hami MandıralıHami Mandıralı.
Born 20th Jul 1968, Trabazon.
76'
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.
Referee
Spain Antonio Martin Navarette
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 2 ranking points to 1993 points England - 3rd
Turkey - 55th
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
