Match No. 730 - Wednesday, 12th February 1997
- 1
- Ian WalkerSpurs, 3rd of 4 caps
25 years, 3 months, 12 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary NevilleMan Utd, 17th of 85 caps
21 years, 11 month, 22 days
Right Back
- 3
- Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 73rd of 78 caps
34 years, 9 months, 18 days
Left Back
- 4
- Paul InceInter Milan, 27th of 53 caps
29 years, 3 months, 22 days
Defensive Midfield
- 5
- Sol CampbellSpurs, 4th of 73 caps
22 years, 4 months, 24 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Graeme le SauxBlackburn, 13th of 36 caps
28 years, 3 months, 26 days
Left Wing Back
- 7
- David BeckhamMan Utd, 4th of 115 caps
21 years, 9 months, 10 days
Right Wing Back
- 8
- David BattyNewcastle Utd, 20th of 42 caps
28 years, 2 months, 10 days
Defensive Midfield
87'
- 9
- Alan ShearerNewcastle Utd, 31st of 63 caps
26 years, 5 months, 30 days
Centre Forward (c)3rd captaincy
- 10
- Matt le TissierSouthampton, 8th of 8 caps
28 years, 3 months, 29 days
Attacking Midfield
61'
- 11
- Steve McManamanLiverpool, 17th of 37 caps
25 years, 0 months, 1 day
Attacking Midfield
76'
- 17
- Les FerdinandNewcastle Utd, 13th of 17 caps
30 years, 2 months, 4 days
Centre Forward
61'
- 16
- Paul MersonArsenal, 15th of 21 caps
28 years, 10 months, 23 days
Midfield
76'
- 18
- Ian WrightArsenal, 22nd of 33 caps
33 years, 3 months, 9 days
Centre Forward
87'
Gianfranco Zola, 20'19:05
- 1
- Angelo PeruzziAngelo Peruzzi.
Born 16th Feb 1970, Blera.
- 2
- Ciro FerraraCiro Ferrara.
Born 11th Feb 1967, Naples.
- 3
- Paolo MaldiniPaolo Cesare Maldini.
Born 26th Jun 1968, Milan.
(c)
- 4
- Dino BaggioDino Baggio.
Born 24th Jul 1971, Camposampiero.
- 5
- Fabio CannavaroFabio Cannavaro.
Born 13th Sep 1973, Naples.
- 6
- Alessandro CostacurtaAlessandro Costacurta.
Born 24th Apr 1966, Jerago con Orago.
- 7
- Angelo Di LivioAngelo Di Livio.
Born 26th Jul 1966, Rome.
- 8
- Roberto Di MatteoRoberto Di Matteo.
Born 29th May 1970, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
- 9
- Pierluigi CasiraghiPierluigi Casiraghi.
Born 4th Mar 1969, Monza.
76'
- 10
- Demetrio AlbertiniDemetrio Albertini.
Born 23rd Aug 1971, Besana in Brianza.
- 11
- Gianfranco ZolaGianfranco Zola.
Born 5th Jul 1966, Oliena.
90'
- 17
- Fabrizio RavanelliFabrizio Ravanelli.
Born 11th Dec 1968, Perugia.
76'
- 15
- Diego FuserDiego Fuser.
Born 11th Nov 1968, Venaria Reale.
90'
Notes
- Player MilestoneMatt le Tissier's Last Cap
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- The Independent Zola unzips new-style England
Referee
Hungary Sandor Puhl
ELO Ratings
Down 1 place, losing -25 ranking points to 1931 points England - 8th - 1
Italy - 5th
World Cup 1998 Q
(Group 2)

- England
- 19
- +13
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 8

- Italy
- 18
- +10
- 0
- 3
- 5
- 8

- Poland
- 10
- -2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 8

- Georgia
- 10
- -2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 8

- Moldova
- 0
- -19
- 8
- 0
- 0
- 8