Match No. 751 - Saturday, 5th September 1998, 6:00pm

  • "First David Seaman did well to parry Stefan Schwarz's swerving 30th minute free-kick - but no one in the England defence picked up Andreas Andersson for the rebound, and his tame shot looped off Tony Adams into the net." Andreas Andersson, 31' 30:07
  • "Two minutes later and England were behind. Pontus Kamark played a cross from the left into the box, Paul Scholes failed to make a proper contact and the ball ricocheted to Johan Mjallby, who was presented with the easiest of chances to head home." Johan Mjällby, 33' 32:15
    • 1
    • Magnus HedmanMagnus Carl Hedman.
      Born 19th Mar 1973, Huddinge.
    • 2
    • Roland NilssonRoland Nilsson.
      Born 27th Nov 1963, Helsingborg.
    • 3
    • Patrik AnderssonPatrik Jonas Andersson.
      Born 18th Aug 1971, Borgeby.
       (c)
    • 4
    • Joachim BjörklundJoachim Björklund.
      Born 15th Mar 1971, Växjö.
    • 5
    • Pontus KåmarkPontus Kåmark.
      Born 5th Apr 1969, Västerås.
    • Off 83'82:42
    • 6
    • Stefan SchwarzHans-Jürgen Stefan Schwarz.
      Born 18th Apr 1969, Malmö.
       22:52 Foul tackle on Scholes.
    • 7
    • Andreas AnderssonAndreas Claes Andersson.
      Born 10th Apr 1974, Nacka.
    • Off 90'+1'90:38
    • 8
    • Johan MjällbyKarl Johan Siward Mjällby.
      Born 9th Feb 1971, Stockholm.
    • 9
    • Freddie LjungbergKarl Fredrik Ljungberg.
      Born 16th Apr 1977, Vittsjö.
    • 10
    • Henrik LarssonHenrik Edward Larsson.
      Born 20th Sep 1971, Helsingborg.
    • 11
    • Jörgen PetterssonJörgen Pettersson.
      Born 29th Sep 1975, Lackalänga.
    • 13
    • Teddy LučićTeddy Mark Šime Lučić.
      Born 15th Apr 1973, Gothenburg.
    • On 83'82:42
    • 15
    • Daniel AnderssonDaniel Jerry Andersson.
      Born 28th Aug 1977, Lund.
    • On 90'+1'90:38
  • Assist: Paul Scholes. "When England were awarded a free-kick five yards outside the box, Shearer curled a right-foot shot around the wall and Swedish keeper Magnus Hedman could only help the ball into the net." Alan Shearer21st of 30 goals. Right-footed from 24 yards., 2' 01:12
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    • 1
    • David SeamanArsenal, 45th of 75 caps
      34 years, 11 month, 16 days
      Goalkeeper
    • 2
    • Sol CampbellSpurs, 21st of 73 caps
      23 years, 11 month, 17 days
      Centre Back
    • Off 75'74:52
    • 3
    • Graeme Le SauxChelsea, 30th of 36 caps
      29 years, 10 months, 19 days
      Left Wing Back
    • 4
    • Paul InceLiverpool, 44th of 53 caps
      30 years, 10 months, 15 days
      Midfielder       34:55 Tackle from behind on Pettersson. & 66:00 "[He] was given his marching orders after 65 minutes following a late challenge on man of the match Henrik Larsson."
    • Off 67'66:00
    • 5
    • Tony AdamsArsenal, 56th of 66 caps
      31 years, 10 months, 26 days
      Centre Back
    • 6
    • Gareth SouthgateAston Villa, 28th of 57 caps
      28 years, 0 months, 2 days
      Centre Back
    • 7
    • Darren AndertonSpurs, 23rd of 30 caps
      26 years, 6 months, 2 days
      Right Wing Back
    • Off 42'41:52
    • 8
    • Jamie RedknappLiverpool, 9th of 17 caps
      25 years, 2 months, 10 days
      Attacking Midfielder       81:04 Late in on Mjällby.
    • 9
    • Alan ShearerNewcastle Utd, 44th of 63 caps
      28 years, 0 months, 23 days
      Centre Forward       (c)15th captaincy
    • 10
    • Michael OwenLiverpool, 10th of 89 caps
      18 years, 8 months, 22 days
      Centre Forward       4:58 Owen had gone down outside the Swedish area and thought he should have had a free kick. In his annoyance he tried to win the ball back and only successed in lunging in on Patrik Andersson.
    • 11
    • Paul ScholesMan Utd, 12th of 66 caps
      23 years, 9 months, 19 days
      Attacking Midfielder
    • Off 87'86:00
    • 15
    • Rob LeeNewcastle Utd, 19th of 21 caps
      32 years, 7 months, 4 days
      Right Wing Back
    • On 42'41:52
    • 16
    • Paul MersonMiddlesbrough, 20th of 21 caps
      30 years, 5 months, 16 days
      Midfielder
    • On 75'74:52
    • 17
    • Teddy SheringhamMan Utd, 36th of 51 caps
      32 years, 5 months, 3 days
      Centre Forward
    • On 87'86:00

England Starting Formation

    3-3-2-2

Notes

  • Paul Ince: Red CardPaul Ince is the sixth Englishman sent off for England after two cautionable offences, firstly on Pettersson in the first half and then on Larson in the second. Two red cards for England in successive games.
  • Goal TimeAlan Shearer scored from a free kick after just 72 seconds.
  • Player InjuryAnderton lands awkwardly and jars his right knee [33:26]. He rejoins the game after treatment [35:24] but eventually has to be replaced.

Sources

  • uefa.com
  • BBC Football "Awful England suffer Stockholm shocker"
  • The Independent "Football: Ince off as England suffer in Sweden", Saturday 5th October 1998
  • www.svenskfotboll.se
  • The Guardian "Everything goes haywire for Hoddle" Monday 7th September 1998, page 19.
  • YouTube (1 of 4 parts)

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  • Italy Pierluigi Collina

Attendance

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ELO Ratings

  • Down 2 places, losing -21 ranking points to 1947 points England - 9th - 2
  • Sweden - 15th

Euro 2000 Qualifying

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