Match No. 758 - Saturday, 5th June 1999, 3:00pm
- 1
- David SeamanArsenal, 51st of 75 caps
35 years, 8 months, 16 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Phil NevilleMan Utd, 16th of 59 caps
22 years, 4 months, 15 days
Right Back
- 3
- Graeme le SauxChelsea, 35th of 36 caps
30 years, 7 months, 19 days
Left Back 
'HT46:00
- 4
- Tim SherwoodSpurs, 3rd of 3 caps
30 years, 3 months, 27 days
Left Midfield
- 5
- Martin KeownArsenal, 23rd of 43 caps
32 years, 10 months, 12 days
Centre Back - '3534:55
- 6
- Sol CampbellSpurs, 26th of 73 caps
24 years, 8 months, 17 days
Centre Back
- 7
- David BeckhamMan Utd, 23rd of 115 caps
24 years, 1 month, 3 days
Right Midfield - '7675:52
- 8
- David BattyNewcastle Utd, 39th of 42 caps
30 years, 6 months, 3 days
Midfield 
58:22 Late challenege on Schwarz [57:47]. The referee plays on and then comes back to book Batty.
- 9
- Alan ShearerNewcastle Utd, 50th of 63 caps
28 years, 9 months, 23 days
Centre Forward (c)21st captaincy 78:09 Using his elbow whilst going up for a header and catching Patrik Andersson in the throat.
- 10
- Andrew ColeMan Utd, 5th of 15 caps
27 years, 7 months, 21 day
Centre Forward 33:50 Not retreating back far enough at a free-kick.
- 11
- Paul ScholesMan Utd, 17th of 66 caps
24 years, 6 months, 19 days
Midfield 
27:40 Mistimed clumsy tackle on Schwarz. & 51:02 Again on Schwarz but this time more full-blooded.
- 14
- Rio FerdinandWest Ham, 8th of 81 caps
20 years, 6 months, 28 days
Centre Back 
'3534:55
- 12
- Michael GraySunderland, 2nd of 3 caps
24 years, 10 months, 2 days
Left Back - 'HT46:00
- 16
- Ray ParlourArsenal, 2nd of 10 caps
26 years, 2 months, 29 days
Midfield - '7675:52
- 1
- Magnus HedmanMagnus Carl Hedman.
Born 19th Mar 1973, Huddinge.
39:15 Delaying a free kick by arguing that Shearer is not back 10 yards.
- 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.
- 6
- Stefan SchwarzHans-Jürgen Stefan Schwarz.
Born 18th Apr 1969, Malmö.
48:56 Treading on Beckham's standing leg.
- 7
- Håkan MildStig Håkan Mild.
Born 14th Jun 1971, Trollhättan.
- '76:44
- 8
- Johan MjällbyKarl Johan Siward Mjällby.
Born 9th Feb 1971, Stockholm.
- '8382:13
- 9
- Freddie LjungbergKarl Fredrik Ljungberg.
Born 16th Apr 1977, Vittsjö.
- 10
- Henrik LarssonHenrik Edward Larsson.
Born 20th Sep 1971, Helsingborg.
- '7069:35
- 11
- Kennet AnderssonBernt Kennet Andersson.
Born 6th Oct 1967, Eskilstuna.
93:42 Hacking at Campbell [91:57]. The referee again plays on and comes back to brandish the yellow card.
- 17
- Magnus SvenssonJan Tore Magnus Svensson.
Born 10th Mar 1969, Vinberg.
- '76:44
- 15
- Niclas AlexanderssonJens Niclas Alexandersson.
Born 29th Dec 1971, Halmsted.
- '7069:35
- 16
- Daniel AnderssonDaniel Jerry Andersson.
Born 28th Aug 1977, Lund.
- '8382:13
Notes
- Player injuriesAfter only 35 seconds Paul Scholes goes in hard in a tackle and scrapes his boot down Håkan Mild's leg and into his chest. It's a reckless challenge, one which the referee misses. Mild is stretchered off, and receives treatment on the sidelines before being subbed by Magnus Svensson [6:44]. It would not be the last poor tackle Scholes makes today. All of England's substitutions are forced. Keown suffered a hamstring injury during the first half and Le Saux was replaced at half time as he was feeling the effects of a virus. Beckham twists a knee crossing the ball [74:09].
- Paul Scholes: Red CardPaul Scholes became the first England player sent off on English soil after committing two cautionable offences, late tackles on Stefan Schwarz. The first was a clumsy, mistimed challenge [27:40] the second was a little bit more rash [50:52]. The first caution had already caused him to miss the next match against Bulgaria, the red card [51:02] will force him to miss the Luxembourg game too.
- Player MilestoneTim Sherwood's Last Cap
- Player MilestoneAlan Shearer's 50th Cap
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- uefa.com
- BBC Football "Scholes off as English hopes crumble"
- www.svenskfotboll.se
- The Guardian "Keegan cursed by lack of flair", Monday 7th June 1999, page 23.
Referee
Spain Jose Maria Garcia-Aranda
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -8 ranking points to 1928 points England - 9th
Sweden - 13th
Euro 2000 Qualifying
(Group 5)
- Sweden
- 22
- +8
- 0
- 1
- 7
- 8
- England
- 13
- +11
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 8
- Poland
- 13
- +4
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 8
- Bulgaria
- 8
- -2
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 8
- Luxembourg
- 0
- -21
- 8
- 0
- 0
- 8
