680 - Wednesday, 19th February 1992, 8:00pm

Assist: Mark Wright. "Shearer, Webb and Jones turned the French on the right, and forced a corner, taken by Clough. Wright rose above the defence to meet it and nodded the ball down to the unmarked Shearer, who distinguished his first senior appearance for his country with a goal taken in the manner of Geoff Hurst, turning and shooting past Rousset in the same movement."Alan Shearer1st of 30 goals. Right-footed from 6 yards., 45' 44:04
"...Shearer's cross from the right had been met by Clough with a first-time volley that Rousset could only block. Lineker met the rebound with a header against the bar and then dived to nod the second ricochet into the net."Gary Lineker47th of 48 goals. Header from 2 yards., 73' 72:42

1Chris WoodsSheffield Wed, 28th of 43 caps
32 years, 3 months, 5 days
Goalkeeper
2Rob JonesLiverpool, 1st of 8 caps
20 years, 3 months, 14 days
Right Wing Back
3Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 44th of 78 caps
29 years, 9 months, 25 days
Left Wing Back (c)2nd captaincy
4Martin KeownEverton, 1st of 43 caps
25 years, 6 months, 26 days
Centre Back
5Des WalkerNotts Forest, 39th of 59 caps
26 years, 2 months, 23 days
Centre Back
6Mark WrightLiverpool, 41st of 45 caps
28 years, 6 months, 18 days
Sweeper
7Neil WebbMan Utd, 21st of 26 caps
28 years, 6 months, 20 days
Midfielder
8Geoff ThomasPalace, 9th of 9 caps
27 years, 6 months, 14 days
Midfielder
9Nigel CloughNotts Forest, 5th of 14 caps
25 years, 11 month, 0 days
Attacking Midfielder
10Alan ShearerSouthampton, 1st of 63 caps
21 years, 6 months, 6 days
Centre Forward
11David HirstSheffield Wed, 3rd of 3 caps
24 years, 2 months, 12 days
Centre Forward HT'45:00
12Gary LinekerSpurs, 72nd of 80 caps
31 years, 2 months, 19 days
Centre Forward HT'45:00

1Gilles RoussetGilles Rousset.
Born 22nd Aug 1963, Hyères.
2Manuel AmorosManuel Amoros.
Born 1st Feb 1962, Nîmes.
(c)
3Jocelyn AnglomaJocelyn Angloma.
Born 7th Aug 1965, Les Abymes.
4Basile BoliBasile Boli.
Born 2nd Feb 1967, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
46'45:57 Going through the back of Lineker. One of those 'welcome to the game' tackles.
5Laurent BlancLaurent Robert Blanc.
Born 19th Nov 1965, Alès.
6Bernard CasoniBernard Casoni.
Born 4th Sep 1961, Valbonne.
77'76:01 As Webb goes to take a throw-in, Casoni leaps in front of him and kicks him in the midriff. In a competitive game it could easily have been a red card.
7Didier DeschampsDidier Deschamps.
Born 15th Oct 1968, Bayonne.
8Luis FernandezLuis Miguel Fernández Toledo.
Born 2nd Oct 1959, Tarifa, Spain.
71'70:55
9Jean-Pierre PapinJean-Pierre Papin.
Born 5th Nov 1963, Boulogne-sur-Mer.
10Christian PerezChristian Perez.
Born 13th May 1963, Marseille.
71'70:53
11Éric CantonaÉric Daniel Pierre Cantona.
Born 24th May 1966, Marseille.
13Jean-Philippe DurandJean-Philippe Durand.
Born 11th Nov 1960, Lyon.
71'70:53
15Amara SimbaAmara Simba.
Born 23rd Dec 1961, Dakar, Senegal.
71'70:55

England Starting Formation

1-2-4-1-2

Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
French Football Federation
The Guardian "Old head works with new face", Thursday 29th February 1992, page 18.
Daily Telegraph "Shearer's England breakthrough", Thursday 20th February 1992, page 34.
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