679 - Wednesday, 13th November 1991, 6:30pm

679 - 13th Nov 1991, 6:30pm

  • Goal"A minute past the half hour...Rocastle was harshly penalised after he had tackled back on Ziober, who tapped the free kick square. Szewczyk ran on to the ball and Platt and Mabbutt together tried to block the shot, but it took a big deflection off the latter, leaving Woods stranded.Roman Szewczyk, 32' 31:32
  • 1Jarosław BakoJarosław Bako.
    Born 12th Aug 1964, Olsztyn.
  • 2Robert WarzychaRobert Warzycha.
    Born 20th Aug 1963, Siemkowice.
    Card 62'61:14 Rocastle and Warzycha both get a yellow card for some pointless pushing after a Polish corner. It was nothing and the referee should have just got on with it.
  • 3Tomasz WałdochTomasz Wojciech Wałdoch.
    Born 1st May 1971, Gdansk.
  • 4Piotr SoczyńskiPiotr Aleksander Soczyński.
    Born 18th Jan 1967, Łódź.
  • 5Roman SzewczykRoman Edward Szewczyk.
    Born 18th Mar 1965, Bytom.
    Off 78'77:11
  • 6Piotr CzachowskiPiotr Czachowski.
    Born 7th Nov 1966, Warsaw.
  • 7Roman KoseckiRoman Jacek Kosecki.
    Born 15th Feb 1966, Piaseczno.
    Card 75'74:10 Booked for protesting a penalty claim when Furtok pounced on a ball bobbling out of Woods hands and was brought down by the 'keeper. The referee indicated a dive by Furtok but the Polish players were vociferous in their appeals. TV replays indicate they may have had a point.
  • 8Dariusz SkrzypczakDariusz Stanisław Skrzypczak.
    Born 13th Nov 1967, Rawicz.
    Off 80'79:26
  • 9Jan FurtokJan Furtok.
    Born 9th Mar 1962, Katowice.
  • 10Jan UrbanJan Urban.
    Born 14th May 1962, Jaworzno.
    (c)
  • 11Jacek ZioberJacek Ziober.
    Born 18th Nov 1965, Łódź, Poland.
  • 13Adam FedorukAdam Bogdan Fedoruk.
    Born 11th Dec 1966, Elbag.
    On 78'77:11
  • 15Wojciech KowalczykWojciech Kowalczyk.
    Born 14th Apr 1972, Warsaw.
    On 80'79:26
  • GoalAssist: Gary Mabbutt. "England secured the draw which was sure to take them through when Mabbutt met Rocastle's corner with a firm downward header from the edge of the penalty area, leaving the rest to the goal-scoring reflexes of [Lineker].Gary Lineker46th of 48 goals. Right-footed from 5 yards., 77' 76:19
  • 1Chris WoodsSheffield Wed, 27th of 43 caps
    31 years, 11 month, 29 days
    Goalkeeper
  • 2Lee DixonArsenal, 11th of 22 caps
    27 years, 7 months, 27 days
    Right Back
  • 3Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 43rd of 78 caps
    29 years, 6 months, 19 days
    Left Back
  • 4Andy GrayPalace, Only Cap
    27 years, 8 months, 20 days
    Midfielder
    Off HT'45:00
  • 5Des WalkerNotts Forest, 38th of 59 caps
    25 years, 11 month, 17 days
    Centre Back
  • 6Gary MabbuttSpurs, 15th of 16 caps
    30 years, 2 months, 21 day
    Centre Back
  • 7David PlattBari, 25th of 62 caps
    25 years, 5 months, 3 days
    Attacking Midfielder
  • 8Geoff ThomasPalace, 8th of 9 caps
    27 years, 3 months, 8 days
    Midfielder
  • 9David RocastleArsenal, 12th of 14 caps
    24 years, 6 months, 11 day
    Right Midfielder
    Card 62'61:13 Rocastle and Warzycha both get a yellow card for some pointless pushing after a Polish corner. It was nothing and the referee should have just got on with it.
  • 10Gary LinekerSpurs, 71st of 80 caps
    30 years, 11 month, 13 days
    Centre Forward
    (c)11th captaincy
  • 11Andy SintonQPR, 1st of 12 caps
    25 years, 7 months, 25 days
    Left Midfielder
    Off 70'69:45
  • 12Alan SmithArsenal, 10th of 13 caps
    28 years, 11 month, 22 days
    Centre Forward
    On HT'45:00
  • 16Tony DaleyAston Villa, 1st of 7 caps
    24 years, 0 months, 26 days
    Left Midfielder
    On 70'69:45

England Starting Formation

    4-4-1-1

Notes

  • England qualify for Euro 92Winning Group 7 with 9 points. (3 wins, 3 draws)
  • Player MilestoneAndy Gray's Only Cap
  • Player MilestoneDavid Platt's 25th Cap
  • Player MilestoneAndy Sinton's 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneTony Daley's 1st Cap

Sources

  • uefa.com
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
  • soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
  • The Guardian "Lethal Lineker gets England off the hook", Thursday 14th November 1991, page 18.
  • Polish FA Website

Managers

Referee

  • Austrian FlagAustria Hubert Forstinger

Attendance

  • 15,000

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagNo change in rank, losing -6 ranking points to 1989 points England - 3rd
  • Polish Flag Poland - 20th

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