Match No. 825 - Saturday, 26th March 2005, 3:00pm
"England's advantage came seconds into the second half, with three quick-fire goals aided by startled defending. Plymouth Argyle's Tony Capaldi lost concentration at a critical moment and his slapdash pass was collected by Cole. The Chelsea man jinked onto his right foot and bent the ball past Taylor." Joe Cole3rd of 10 goals. Right-footed from 19 yards., 47' 46:00 - Assist: Frank Lampard. "In the 52nd minute, Lampard played a crisp one-two with Rooney and prodded the ball on for Owen to flick past Taylor." Michael Owen29th of 40 goals. Right-footed from 8 yards., 52' 51:34
- Assist: Wayne Rooney. "Then Rooney showed awesome strength to shrug off Murdock by the right corner flag, surge into the box and square the ball for Chris Baird to bundle in past his own goalkeeper from close range." Chris Baird, 53' (og)52:57
- Assist: Wayne Rooney. "A fourth goal arrived just after the hour when Lampard's shot ricocheted off Murdock's head and deflected past a stranded Taylor - unbelievably beaten twice by his team-mates." Frank Lampard8th of 29 goals. Right-footed from 30 yards., 62' 61:52
- 1
- Paul RobinsonSpurs, 11th of 41 caps
25 years, 5 months, 11 day
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary NevilleMan Utd, 75th of 85 caps
30 years, 1 month, 8 days
Right Back
- 3
- Ashley ColeArsenal, 38th of 107 caps
24 years, 3 months, 6 days
Left Back
- 4
- Steven GerrardLiverpool, 33rd of 114 caps
24 years, 9 months, 27 days
Midfield 
'7271:31
- 5
- Rio FerdinandMan Utd, 37th of 81 caps
26 years, 4 months, 19 days
Centre Back
- 6
- John TerryChelsea, 16th of 78 caps
24 years, 3 months, 19 days
Centre Back
- 7
- David BeckhamReal Madrid, 79th of 115 caps
29 years, 10 months, 24 days
Right Midfield (c)43rd captaincy - '7271:46
- 8
- Frank LampardChelsea, 31st of 106 caps
26 years, 9 months, 5 days
Midfield
- 9
- Wayne RooneyMan Utd, 22nd of 120 caps
19 years, 5 months, 2 days
Centre Forward - '8079:51
- 10
- Michael OwenReal Madrid, 68th of 89 caps
25 years, 3 months, 12 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Joe ColeChelsea, 20th of 56 caps
23 years, 4 months, 18 days
Left Midfield
- 16
- Owen HargreavesBayern Munich, 26th of 42 caps
24 years, 2 months, 6 days
Midfield 
'7271:31
- 15
- Kieron DyerNewcastle Utd, 27th of 33 caps
26 years, 2 months, 28 days
Right Midfield - '7271:46
- 18
- Jermain DefoeSpurs, 9th of 57 caps
22 years, 5 months, 19 days
Centre Forward - '8079:51
- 1
- Maik TaylorMaik Stefan Taylor.
Born 4th Sep 1971, Hildesheim, Germany.
- 2
- Chris BairdChristopher Patrick Baird.
Born 25th Feb 1982, Rasharkin.
- 3
- Tony CapaldiAnthony Charles Capaldi.
Born 12th Aug 1981, Porsgrunn, Norway.
- 4
- Aaron HughesAaron William Hughes.
Born 8th Nov 1979, Cookstown.
(c)
- 5
- Colin MurdockColin James Murdock.
Born 2nd Jul 1975, Ballymena.
- 6
- Damien JohnsonDamien Michael Johnson.
Born 18th Nov 1978, Lisburn.
49:03 Kicking the ball away after he had fouled Rooney.
- 7
- Keith GillespieKeith Robert Gillespie.
Born 18th Feb 1975, Larne.
- 8
- Tommy DohertyThomas Edward Doherty.
Born 17th Mar 1979, Bristol, England.
- '6059:01
- 9
- David HealyDavid Jonathan Healy.
Born 5th Aug 1979, Killyleagh.
- '8988:15
- 10
- Jeff WhitleyJeffrey Whitley.
Born 28th Jan 1979, Ndola, Zambia.
- '8887:57
- 11
- Stuart ElliottStuart Elliott.
Born 23rd Jul 1978, Belfast.
- 14
- Steven DavisSteven Davis.
Born 1st Jan 1985, Ballymena.
- '6059:01
- 15
- Steve JonesStephen Jones.
Born 25th Oct 1976, Londonderry.
- '8887:57
- 14
- Andy KirkAndrew Kirk.
Date of birth unknown, Belfast.
- '8988:15
Notes
- Player MilestoneGary Neville's 75th Cap
Referee
Germany Wolfgang Stark
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 3 ranking points to 1977 points
England - 3rd - 1 
Northern Ireland - 83rd
World Cup 2006 Q
(Group 6)
- England
- 25
- +12
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 10
- Poland
- 24
- +18
- 2
- 0
- 8
- 10
- Austria
- 15
- +3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 10
- Northern I...
- 9
- -8
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 10
- Wales
- 8
- -5
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 10
- Azerbaijan
- 3
- -20
- 7
- 3
- 0
- 10
