Match No. 721 - Thursday, 23rd May 1996, 7:45pm
- 20
- Ou ChuliangOu Chuliang.
Born 26th Aug 1968, Guangzhou.
- 2
- Wei QunWei Qun.
Born 10th Feb 1971, Zigong.
- 13
- Li HongjunLi Hongjun.
Born 23rd Jan 1970, Beijing.
- 4
- Fan ZhiyiFan Zhiyi.
Born 22nd Jan 1970, Shanghai.
- 5
- Xu HongXu Hong.
Born 14th May 1968, Liaoning.
(c)
- 12
- Xie YuxinXie Yuxin.
Born 12th Oct 1968, Xingning.
HT
- 6
- Li BingLi Bing.
Born 16th Mar 1969, Guiyang.
- HT
- 3
- Jiang FengJiang Feng.
Born 27th Feb 1970, Changchun.
- 33'
- 11
- Gao FengGao Feng.
Born 22nd Apr 1971, Shanyang.
- 10
- Hao HaidongHao Haidong.
Born 9th May 1970, Qingdao.
- 18
- Ma MingyuMa Mingyu.
Born 4th Feb 1970, Chongqing.
- 18
- Gao ZhongxunGao Zhongxun.
Born 4th Jan 1965, Yanbian.
33'
- 14
- Peng WeiguoPeng Weiguo.
Born 3rd Oct 1971, Guangzhou.
- HT
- 9
- Li MingLi Ming.
Born 4th May 1965, Qingdao.
- HT
Assist: Darren Anderton. "Anderton drifted past his man and slipped a pass to Barmby. He drew the goalkeeper, steered the ball past him, but hit the post...The ball rebounded back into his path and, though it came at a difficult height, he scored with aplomb." Nicky Barmby1st of 4 goals. , 30' - Assist: Paul Gascoigne. "The confidence flowed back into [Barmby's] game and, eight minutes after half-time, he added an exquisite second, chipping the goalkeeper after a sweeping passing move between Gary Neville, Anderton and Gascoigne." Nicky Barmby2nd of 4 goals. , 53'
- Assist: Darren Anderton. "Gascoigne's joy was deserved: he had an excellent game and his 62nd-minute goal was cheekily taken with the outside of his foot following a classy one-two with Anderton." Paul Gascoigne7th of 10 goals. , 64'
- 1
- Tim FlowersBlackburn, 8th of 11 caps
29 years, 3 months, 20 days
Goalkeeper - 64'
- 2
- Gary NevilleMan Utd, 10th of 85 caps
21 years, 3 months, 5 days
Right Back
- 3
- Phil NevilleMan Utd, 1st of 59 caps
19 years, 4 months, 2 days
Left Back
- 4
- Jamie RedknappLiverpool, 4th of 17 caps
22 years, 10 months, 28 days
Midfield
- 5
- Tony AdamsArsenal, 40th of 66 caps
29 years, 7 months, 13 days
Centre Back (c)6th captaincy - 76'
- 6
- Gareth SouthgateAston Villa, 4th of 57 caps
25 years, 8 months, 20 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Nicky BarmbyMiddlesbrough, 6th of 23 caps
22 years, 3 months, 12 days
Centre Forward - 72'
- 8
- Paul GascoigneRangers, 38th of 57 caps
28 years, 11 month, 27 days
Midfield
- 9
- Alan ShearerBlackburn, 23rd of 63 caps
25 years, 9 months, 10 days
Centre Forward - 72'
- 10
- Steve McManamanLiverpool, 10th of 37 caps
24 years, 3 months, 12 days
Left Midfield - 79'
- 11
- Darren AndertonSpurs, 11th of 30 caps
24 years, 2 months, 20 days
Right Midfield
- 13
- Ian WalkerSpurs, 2nd of 4 caps
24 years, 6 months, 23 days
Goalkeeper - 64'
- 17
- Peter BeardsleyNewcastle Utd, 59th of 59 caps
35 years, 4 months, 5 days
Centre Forward - 72'
- 18
- Robbie FowlerLiverpool, 3rd of 26 caps
21 years, 1 month, 14 days
Centre Forward - 72'
- 14
- Ugo EhioguAston Villa, 1st of 4 caps
23 years, 6 months, 20 days
Centre Back - 76'
- 16
- Steve StoneNotts Forest, 6th of 9 caps
24 years, 9 months, 3 days
Midfield - 79'
Notes
- Player MilestonePhil Neville's 1st Cap
- Player MilestonePeter Beardsley's Last Cap
- Player MilestoneUgo Ehiogu's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneNicky Barmby's 1st Goal
Sources
- The Independent Compelling case made by Barmby
- YouTube
- The Guardian "Gazza leads the cavalcade", Friday 24th May 1996, page 28.
Referee
Italy Pierluigi Collina
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 10 ranking points to 1886 points England - 13th
China - 51st
