Match No. 833 - Wednesday, 12th October 2005, 7:45pm
Assist: Joe Cole. "A Lampard corner is only half cleared by the Polish defence, Cole rifles back in a shot on the half-volley which Owen prods between the legs of a defender from about two-and-a-half yards. It's no more than England deserve." Michael Owen33rd of 40 goals. Left-footed from 6 yards., 43' 42:33 - Assist: Michael Owen. "A great goal. An intricate move between Lampard, Rooney and Joe Cole ends in Owen dinking a cross over the last defender to Lampard who volleyed home stylishly with his right foot." Frank Lampard10th of 29 goals. Right-footed from 10 yards., 80' 79:58
- 1
- Paul RobinsonSpurs, 17th of 41 caps
25 years, 11 month, 28 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Luke YoungCharlton, 6th of 7 caps
26 years, 4 months, 24 days
Right Back
- 3
- Jamie CarragherLiverpool, 22nd of 38 caps
27 years, 8 months, 15 days
Left Back
- 4
- Ledley KingSpurs, 14th of 21 caps
25 years, 0 months, 0 days
Midfield
- 5
- Rio FerdinandMan Utd, 43rd of 81 caps
26 years, 11 month, 5 days
Centre Back
- 6
- John TerryChelsea, 20th of 78 caps
24 years, 10 months, 5 days
Centre Back
- 8
- Frank LampardChelsea, 37th of 106 caps
27 years, 3 months, 21 day
Midfield
- 9
- Wayne RooneyMan Utd, 27th of 120 caps
19 years, 11 month, 19 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Michael OwenNewcastle Utd, 74th of 89 caps
25 years, 9 months, 29 days
Centre Forward (c)8th captaincy 
84'83:42
- 11
- Joe ColeChelsea, 28th of 56 caps
23 years, 11 month, 4 days
Left Midfield - 87'86:22
- 16
- Peter CrouchLiverpool, 3rd of 42 caps
24 years, 8 months, 13 days
Centre Forward 
68'67:08
- 14
- Jermaine JenasSpurs, 14th of 21 caps
22 years, 7 months, 22 days
Right Midfield - 84'83:42
- 15
- Alan SmithMan Utd, 16th of 19 caps
24 years, 11 month, 15 days
Left Midfield - 87'86:22
- "Poland strike back immediately. Breaking down the right, Sobolewski beats Terry to the ball and floats a cross to the No17 [Frankowski], who smashed a volley past Robinson with aplomb." Tomasz Frankowski, 45'45:25 +1
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- 1
- Artur BorucArtur Boruc.
Born 20th Feb 1980, Siedlce.
- 2
- Mariusz JopMariusz Jop.
Born 3rd Aug 1978, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
- 14
- Michał ŻewłakowMichał Żewłakow.
Born 22nd Apr 1976, Warsaw.
- 4
- Marcin BaszczyńskiMarcin Baszczyński.
Born 7th Jun 1977, Ruda Slaska.
60:22 Pulling the shirt of Cole. To be fair they were both at it. Baszczyński is unfortunate.
- 5
- Kamil KosowskiKamil Kosowski.
Born 30th Aug 1977, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
- 6
- Jacek BąkJacek Bąk.
Born 24th Mar 1973, Lublin.
(c)
- 7
- Radosław SobolewskiRadosław Sobolewski.
Born 13th Dec 1976, Bialystok.
72:29 More shirt pulling, this time on Lampard. Milton Nielsen gets this one right. - 80'79:22
- 8
- Euzebiusz SmolarekEuzebiusz Ebi Smolarek.
Born 9th Jan 1981, Łódź, Poland.
- HT'45:00
- 9
- Maciej ŻurawskiMaciej Żurawski.
Born 12th Sep 1976, Poznan.
- 39'38:21
- 10
- Mariusz LewandowskiMariusz Michał Lewandowski.
Born 18th May 1979, Legnica.
- 11
- Grzegorz RasiakGrzegorz Rasiak.
Born 12th Jan 1979, Szczecin.
- 17
- Tomasz FrankowskiTomasz Frankowski.
Born 14th Aug 1974, Bialystok.
- 39'38:21
- 18
- Jacek KrzynówekJacek Krzynówek.
Born 15th May 1976, Kamieńsk, Poland.
- HT'45:00
- 16
- Arkadiusz RadomskiArkadiusz Radomski.
Born 27th Jun 1977, Gniezno.
- 80'79:22
Notes
- England Qualify for 2006 World CupEngland qualify by winning group 6.
- Goal MilestoneFrank Lampard's 10th Goal
Referee
Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 9 ranking points to 1955 points
England - 5th - 1 
Poland - 19th
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
