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| Date | 15.2.1995 |
| Location | Dublin |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | Eire V England |
| Result | 1-0 (abandoned after 27 mins - crowd trouble) |
| Eire Scorer | D Kelly (22 mins) |
| Eire Team | A Kelly, D Irwin, M Phelan, A Kernaghan, P McGrath, McGoldrick, A Townsend, D Kelly, N Quinn, Sheridan, S Staunton. |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Barton W D (Wimbledon), Adams T A (Arsenal), Pallister G A (Manchester United), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Ince P E C (Manchester United), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Platt D A (Sampdoria) - Captain, Beardsley P A (Newcastle United), Le Tissier M P (Southampton), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers). |
| Attendance | 46,000 |
| Referee | D Jol (Holland) |
| Date | 29.3.1995 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Uruguay |
| Result | 0-0 |
| England Team | Flowers T D (Blackburn Rovers), Jones R M (Liverpool), Adams T A (Arsenal), Pallister G A (Manchester United), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Venison B (Newcastle United), Platt D A (Sampdoria) - Captain, Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Barnes J C B (Liverpool), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Beardsley P A (Newcastle United), Subs: S McManaman for Le Saux (46 mins), N J Barmby for Beardsley (65 mins), and A A Cole for Sheringham (71 mins). |
| Uruguay Team | Ferro O (Penarol), Lopez D (River Plate), Aguirregaray O (Penarol), Gutierrez A (Nacional), Montero R (Atalanta), Cedras G (River Plate), Dorta D (Penarol), Bengoechea P (Penarol), Francescoli E (River Plate), Poyet G (Real Zaragoza), Fonseca D (Roma), Sub: D Debray for Francescoli (85 mins). |
| England Booking | Le Saux |
| Uruguay Bookings | Aguirregaray, Montero, Poyet, Bengeochea |
| Attendance | 34,849 |
| Referee | H Krug (Germany) |
| Date | 3.6.1995 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Umbro Cup '95 |
| Fixture | England V Japan |
| Result | 2-1 |
| England Scorers | Anderton (48 mins), Platt (87 mins - pen) |
| Japan Scorer | Ihara (62 mins) |
| England Team | Flowers T D (Blackburn Rovers), Neville G A (Manchester United), Scales J R (Liverpool), Unsworth D G (Everton), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Batty D (Blackburn Rovers), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Platt D A (Sampdoria) - Captain, Beardsley P A (Newcastle United), Collymore S V (Nottingham Forest), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Subs: Gascoigne P J for Batty, S McManaman for Beardsley, and E P Sheringham for Collymore. |
| Japan Team | Maekawa, Tasaka, Hashiratani, Ihara, Narahashi, Morishima, Yamaguchi, Kitazawa, Soma, Miura, Nakayama, Subs: Kurosaki for Nakayama (65 mins), Yanagimoto for Soma (74 mins), and Fukuda for Morishima (81 mins). |
| Attendance | 21,142 |
| Japan Dismissal | Hashiratani (87 mins) |
| Referee | J Uilenberg (Holland) |
| Date | 8.6.1995 |
| Location | Elland Road, Leeds |
| Competition | Umbro Cup '95 |
| Fixture | England V Sweden |
| Result | 3-3 |
| England Scorers | Sheringham (45 mins),
Platt (89 mins), Anderton (91 mins) |
| Sweden Scorers | Mild (2) (10 & 36 mins), Andersson (46 mins) |
| England Team | Flowers T D (Blackburn Rovers), Barton W D (Wimbledon), Cooper C T (Nottingham Forest), Pallister G A (Manchester United), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Barnes J C B (Liverpool), Platt D A (Sampdoria) - Captain, Beardsley P A (Newcastle United), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Subs: J R Scales for Pallister, P J Gascoigne for Barnes (63 mins), and N J Barmby for Beardsley (63 mins). |
| Sweden Team | Ravelli T (IFK Gothenburg), Sundgrun G (Alk Stokcholm), Lucic T (Vatra F), Bjorklund J (IFK Gothenburg), Kamark P (IFK Gothenburg), Alexandersson N (Halmstad), Erlingmark M (IFK Gothenburg), Mild H (Servette), Gudmundsson N (Halmstad), Larsson H (Feyenoord), Anderson K (Caen), Subs: D Lidman for Anderson (85 mins), and O Andersson for Erlingmark (89 mins). |
| Attendance | 32,008 |
| Referee | L Mottram (Scotland) |
| Date | 11.6.1995 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Umbro Cup '95 |
| Fixture | England V Brazil |
| Result | 1-3 |
| England Scorer | Le Saux (38 mins) |
| Brazil Scorers | Juninho (54 mins), Ronaldo (61 mins), Edmundo (76 mins) |
| England Team | Flowers T D (Blackburn Rovers), Neville G A (Manchester United), Scales J R (Liverpool), Cooper C T (Nottingham Forest), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Platt D A (Sampdoria) - Captain, Batty D (Blackburn Rovers), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Subs: P J Gascoigne for Batty (79 mins), W D Barton for Scales (90 mins), and S V Collymore for Sheringham (90 mins). |
| Brazil Team | Zetti (Sao Paulo), Jorginho (Kashima Antlers), Aldair (AS Roma), Santos M (Foirentina), Carlos R (Palmeiras), Dunga (VFB Stuttgart), Sampaio C (Yokohama Flugels), Zinho (Yokohama Flugesl), Junhinho (Sao Paulo), Edmundo (Palmerias), Ronaldo (PSV Eindhoven), Subs: Giovanni for Ronaldo (76 mins), Leonardo for Juninho (84 mins), and Ronaldao for Aldair (89 mins). |
| England Bookings | Cooper, Batty |
| Attendance | 67,318 |
| Referee | P Pairetto (Italy) |
| Date | 6.9.1995 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Colombia |
| Result | 0-0 |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Howey S N (Newcastle United), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Redknapp J F (Liverpool), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Wise D F (Chelsea), McManaman S (Liverpool), Barmby N J (Middlesbrough), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Subs: R M Lee for Redknapp (75 mins), J C B Barnes for Gascoigne (75 mins), and E P Sheringham for Shearer (75 mins). |
| Colombia Team | Higuita R (Athletico Nacional), Santa J-F (Amercia Cali), Bermudez J (America Cali), Mendoza A (America Cali), Perez W (America Cali), Lozano H (Palmeiras), Alvarez L (America), Asprilla F (Parma), Valenciano I (Junior), Rincon, Valderrama, Sub: L Quinonez for Lozano (46 mins). |
| Colombia Bookings | Alvarez, Rincon, Valenciano, Asprilla |
| Attendance | 20,038 |
| Referee | M Batta (France) |
| Date | 11.10.1995 |
| Location | Oslo |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | Norway V England |
| Result | 0-0 |
| Norway Team | Thorstvedt E (Tottenham Hotspur), Loken K P (Rosenborg), Johnsen R (Besiktas), Berg H (Blackburn Rovers), Bjornebye S I (Liverpool), Bohinen L (Blackburn Rovers), Leonhardsen O (Wimbledon), Rekdar K (Lierse), Jakobsen M (Rosenborg), Flo T A (Tromso), Fjortoft J A (Middlesbrough), Subs: S Solbakken for Leonhardsen (63 mins), and H Brattbakk H for Fjortoft (80 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Pallister G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Wise D F (Chelsea), Redknapp J F (Liverpool), Lee R M (Newcastle United), Barmby N J (Middlesbrough), McManaman S (Liverpool), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Subs: S B Stone for Wise (68 mins), and E P Sheringham for Barmby (68 mins). |
| Attendance | 21,006 |
| Referee | K-E Nilsson (Sweden) |
| Date | 15.11.1995 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Switzerland |
| Result | 3-1 |
| England Scorers | Pearce (45 mins), Sheringham (56 mins), Stone (78 mins) |
| Switzerland Scorer | Knup (41 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Pallister G A (Manchester United), Lee R M (Newcastle United), Redknapp J F (Liverpool), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), McManaman S (Liverpool), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Sub: S B Stone for Redknapp (7 mins). |
| Switzerland Team | Pascola M (Servette),
Geiger A (Grasshoppers), Hottinger M (Newcastle United), Henchoz S (Hamburg), Quentin Y (Sion), Ohrel C (St Etienne), Storza C (Bayern Munich), Fournier S (Sion), Sutter A (Freiburg), Knup (Karlsruhe), Turkyilmaz K (Galatasaray), Subs: S Wolf for Fournier (59 mins), M Grassi for Sutter (79 mins), and R Vega for Quentin (80 mins). |
| Attendance | 29,874 |
| Referee | S Pohl (Hungary) |
| Date | 12.12.1995 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Portugal |
| Result | 1-1 |
| England Scorer | Stone (44 mins) |
| Portugal Scorer | Alves (59 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Stone S B (Nottingham Forest), Howey S (Newcastle United), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Barmby N J (Middlesbrough), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Ferdinand L (Newcastle United), Wise D F (Chelsea), Subs: P A Beardsley for Ferdinand (65 mins), G P Le Saux for Pearce (79 mins), S McManaman for Barmby (79 mins), and G Southgate for Wise (79 mins). |
| Portugal Team | Neno O (Victoria Guimaraes), Secretario (FC Porto), Couto F (Parma), Costa J (FC Porto), Dimis (Benfica), Sousa P (Juventus), Helder C (Benfica), Folha (FC Porto), Figo L (Barcelona), Pinto J (Sporting Lisbon), Pinto S (Sporting Lisbon), Subs: J Dominguez for Sousa (45 mins), P Alves for Figo (45 mins), Dani for J Pinto (60 mins), and Pedro for Folha (67 mins). |
| England Booking | Howey |
| Portugal Booking | Jorge Costa |
| Attendance | 28,592 |
| Referee | R Pederson (Norway) |
| Date | 27.3.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Bulgaria |
| Result | 1-0 |
| England Scorer | Ferdinand (6 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest) - Captain, Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Howey S N (Newcastle United), McManaman S (Liverpool), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Ferdinand L (Newcastle United), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Stone S B (Nottingham Forest), Subs: R M Lee for Gascoigne, D A Platt for Ferdinand, and R B Fowler for Sheringham. |
| Bulgaria Team | Mikhailov B (Reading), Hubchev P (Hamburg), Iankov Z (Uerdingen), Ivanov T (Rapid Vienna), Kremenliev E (Olympiakos), Lechkov I (Hamburg), Kiriakov (Anorthosis Famagusta), Guinchev G (Denzilispor), Iordanov I (Sporting Lisbon), Penev L (Athletico Madrid), Kostadinov E (Bayern Munich), Subs: D Popov for Mikhailov (46 mins), D Borimirov for Iordanov (46 mins), and R Kishishev for Kremenliev (85 mins). |
| England Booking | Pearce |
| Bulgaria Bookings | Kremenliev, Ivanov |
| Attendance | 29,708 |
| Referee | G Benkoe |
| Date | 24.4.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Croatia |
| Result | 0-0 |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Wright M (Liverpool), McManaman S (Liverpool), Platt D A (Arsenal) - Captain, Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Fowler R B (Liverpool), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Stone S B (Nottingham Forest). |
| Croatia Team | Mrmic M (Varazdin), Stimac I (Derby County), Jerkan N (Real Oviedo), Bilic S (West Ham), Pavlicic D (Alicante), Asanovic A (Hajduk Split), Boban Z (AC Milan), Prosinecki R (Barcelona), Jarni R (Real Betis), Boksic A (Lazio), Suker D (Sevilla), Subs: M Stanic for Boban (45 min), Z Solda for Stimac (58 mins), I Panic for Boksic (71 mins), and M Mladenovic for Pavlicic (75 mins). |
| England Booking | Pearce |
| Croatia Bookings | Pavlicic, Asanovic |
| Attendance | 33,650 |
| Referee | Z Przesmycki |
| Date | 18.5.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Hungary |
| Result | 3-0 |
| England Scorers | Anderton (2) (38 & 63 mins), Platt (52 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Wright M (Liverpool), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Wilcox J M (Blackburn Rovers), Ferdinand L (Newcastle United), Lee R M (Newcastle United), Platt D A (Arsenal) - Captain, Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Subs: I M Walker for Seaman, G Southgate for Wright, S J Campbell for Ince, A Shearer for Ferdinand, and D F Wise for Platt. |
| Hungary Team | Petry Z (Gencerdirligi), Sebok V (Ujesti), Banif J (Aalst), Plokai A (Honved), Mrasko M (Bekescsara), Urban F (Gyori), Hahn A (Honved), Balog T (Charleroi Belgium), Nagy N (Ferencvaros), Horvath F (Fehervar), Vinczw I (BVSC Dreher), Subs: B Illes for Balog (61 mins), G Egressy for Vincze (78 mins), A Telek for Mrasko (80 mins), and I Aranyos for Horvath (80 mins). |
| Attendance | 34,184 |
| Referee | M Merk (Germany) |
| Date | 23.5.1996 |
| Location | Beijing |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | China V England |
| Result | 0-3 |
| England Scorers | Barmby (2), Gascoigne |
| China Team | Ou Chuliang, Xu Hong, Wei Qun, Fan Zyiyi, Li Hongjun, Xie Yuxin, Li Bing, Jiang Feng, Ma Mingyn, Gao Feng, Hao Haidung, Subs: Gao Zhongxun for Jiang Feng (33 mins), Peng Weiguo for Li Bing (45 mins), Li Meng for Xie Yuxin (45 min ). |
| England Team | Flowers T D (Blackburn Rovers), Neville G A (Manchester United), Neville P J (Manchester United), Redknapp J K (Liverpool), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Southgate G (Aston Villa), Barmby N J (Middlesbrough), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), McManaman S (Liverpool), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Subs: I M Walker for Flowers (64 mins), P A Beardsley for Barmby (72 mins), R B Fowler for Shearer (72 mins), U Ehiogu for Adams (76 mins), and S B Stone for McManaman. |
| Attendance | 65,000 |
| Referee | P Collina (Italy) |
| Date | 8.6.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship |
| Fixture | England V Switzerland |
| Result | 1-1 |
| England Scorer | Shearer (23 mins) |
| Switzerland Scorer | Turkyilmaz (83 mins - pen) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Southgate G (Aston Villa), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: N J Barmby for Sheringham (67 mins), S B Stone for McManaman (67 mins), and D A Platt for Gascoigne (77 mins). |
| Switzerland Team | Pascolo, Geiger, Vega, Henchoz, Quentin, Bonvin, Sforza, Vogel, Grassi, Jeanneret, Turkyilmaz, Subs: Chapuisat for Bonvin (66 mins), and Koller for Geiger (67 mins). |
| England Bookings | G Neville, Adams |
| Switzerland Bookings | Vogel, Quentin, Grassi, Vega |
| Attendance | 76,567 |
| Referee | Manuel Diaz Vega (Spain) |
| Date | 15.6.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship |
| Fixture | Scotland V England |
| Result | 0-2 |
| England Scorers | Shearer (53 mins), Gascoigne (79 mins) |
| Scotland Team | Goram, McKimmie, Boyd, Calderwood, Hendry, Spencer, McCall, McAllister, Collins, McKinlay T, Durie, Subs: McCoist for Spencer (67 mins), Burley for McKinlay (83 mins), and Jess for Durie (87 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Southgate G (Aston Villa), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: J F Redknapp for Pearce (45 mins), S B Stone for Ince (80mins), and S J Campbell for Redknapp (85 mins). |
| Scotland Bookings | Collins, Spencer, Hendry |
| England Bookings | Ince, Shearer |
| Attendance | 76,864 |
| Referee | Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) |
| Date | 18.6.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship |
| Fixture | Holland V England |
| Result | 1-4 |
| Holland Scorer | Kluivert (78 mins) |
| England Scorers | Shearer (23 mins - pen; 57 mins), Sheringham (51 & 62 mins) |
| Holland Team | van der Sar, Reiziger, Blind, Seedorf, de Boer, Bergkamp, Hoekstra, Winter, Witschge, Bogarde, Cruyff, Subs: de Kock for Witschge (45 mins), Kluivert for de Boer (72 mins), and Cocu for Hoekstra (72 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Southgate G (Aston Villa), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), McManaman S (Liverpool), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Subs: D A Platt for Ince (68 mins), N J Barmby for Shearer (76 mins), and R B Fowler for Sheringham (76 mins). |
| Holland Bookings | Winter, Blind, Bergkamp |
| England Bookings | Sheringham, Ince, Southgate |
| Attendance | 76,798 |
| Referee | Gerd Grabher (Austria) |
| Date | 22.6.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship Quarter-Final |
| Fixture | Spain V England |
| Result | 0-0 (aet) 2-4 pens |
| Spain Team | Zubizarreta, Belsue, Alkorta, Abelardo, Hierro, Sergi, Kiko, Manjarin, Amor, Salinas, Nadal, Subs: Caminero for Majarin (45 mins), Alfonso for Salinas (45 mins), and Lopez for Alkorta (74 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G A (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Southgate G (Aston Villa), Platt D A (Arsenal), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: S B Stone for Sheringham (109 mins), R B Fowler for Anderton (109 mins), and N J Barmby for McManaman (109 mins). |
| Spain Bookings | Abelardo, Belsue, Sergi, Alfonso |
| England Booking | G Neville |
| Attendance | 75,440 |
| Referee | M Batta (France) |
| Date | 26.6.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship Semi-Final |
| Fixture | England V Germany |
| Result | 1-1 (aet) 5-6 pens |
| England Scorer | Shearer (3 mins) |
| Germany Scorer | Kuntz (16 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Southgate G (Aston Villa), Platt D A (Arsenal), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Blackburn Rovers), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Anderton D R (Tottenham Hotspur), McManaman S (Liverpool). |
| Germany Team | Kopke, Reuter, Freund, Helmer, Sammer, Moller, Scholl, Kuntz, Babbel, Ziege, Eilts, Subs: Hassler for Scholl (77 mins), Bode for Helmer (110 mins), and Strunz for Freund (119 mins). |
| England Booking | Gascoigne |
| Germany Bookings | Reuter, Moller |
| Attendance | 75,862 |
| Referee | Sandor Puhl (Hungary) |
| Date | 1.9.1996 |
| Location | Kishinev |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | Moldova V England |
| Result | 0-3 |
| England Scorers | Barmby, Gascoigne, Shearer |
| Moldova Team | Romanenco, Secu, Testimitanu, Nani, Belous, Gaigamscic, Curcianu, Epuraenau, Miterev, Popovici, Clescento, Sischin, Subs: Belous for Sischin (58 mins), and Rebeja for Miterev (61 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Pallister G A (Manchester United), Neville G A (Manchester United), Beckham D R (Manchester United), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Hinchcliffe A G (Everton), Barmby N J (Middlesbrough), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Subs: D Batty for Gascoigne (81 mins), and M P Le Tissier for Barmby (81 mins). |
| Moldova Booking | Clescento |
| England Bookings | Pearce, Ince |
| Attendance | 9,500 |
| Referee | Ilca Koho (Finland) |
| Date | 9.10.1996 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Poland |
| Result | 2-1 |
| England Scorers | Shearer (24 & 38 mins) |
| Poland Scorer | Citko (7 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Hinchliffe A (Everton), Beckham D (Manchester United), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Ferdinand L (Newcastle United), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: G A Pallister for Southgate (52 mins). |
| Poland Team | Wozniak, Michalski, Wojtala, Zielinski, Waldoch, Hajto, Baluszynski, Warzycha, Nowak, Citko, Subs: Saganowski for Warzycha (75 mins). |
| Poland Booking | Hajto |
| Attendance | 74,663 |
| Referee | Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
| Date | 9.11.1996 |
| Location | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | Georgia V England |
| Result | 0-2 |
| England Scorers | Sheringham (15 mins), Ferdinand (37 mins) |
| Georgia Team | Zoide, Lobjanidze, Tskhadadze, Shelia, Kobiashvili, Nemsadze, Jamarauli, Ketsbiai, Kinkladze, Arveladze, Gogichaishvili, Subs: Gogrichiani for Arveladze (52 mins), and Ghudushauri for Kobiashvili (67 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Adams T A (Arsenal) - Captain, Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Beckham D (Manchester United), Hinchcliffe A (Everton), Batty D (Newcastle United), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Ferdinand L (Newcastle United), Subs: I E Wright for Ferdinand (81 mins). |
| Georgia Booking | Lobjanidze |
| England Booking | Beckham |
| Attendance | 48,000 |
| Referee | J C Monteiro (Portugal) |
| Date | 12.2.1997 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Italy |
| Result | 0-1 |
| Italy Scorer | Zola (19 mins) |
| England Team | Walker I (Tottenham Hotspur), Neville G (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Beckham D (Manchester United), Batty D (Newcastle United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Le Tissier M P (Southampton), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: L Ferdinand for Le Tissier (61 mins), P C Merson for McManaman (77 mins), and I E Wright for Batty (89 mins). |
| Italy Team | Peruzzi, Ferrara, Maldini, Baggio, Cannavaro, Costacurta, Di Livio, Di Matteo, Casiraghi, Albertini, Zola, Subs: Ravanelli for Casiraghi (77 mins), and Fuser for Zola (90 mins). |
| Attendance | 75,055 |
| Referee | Sandor Puhl (Hungary) |
| Date | 29.3.1997 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Mexico |
| Result | 2-0 |
| England Scorers | Sheringham (20 mins - pen), Fowler (55 mins) |
| England Team | James D (Liverpool), Keown M (Arsenal), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Batty D (Newcastle United), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Lee R (Newcastle United), Ince P E C (Inter Milan) - Captain, Fowler R B (Liverpool), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: I E Wright for Sheringham, J Redknapp for Batty (54 mins), and Butt for McManaman (69 mins). |
| Mexico Team | Rios, Pardo, Suarez, Davino, Ramirez R, Coyote, Alfaro, Galindo, Garcia, Hermosillo, Zague, Subs: Pelaez for Hermosillo (46 mins), Bernal for Galindo (55 mins), and N Ramirez for Coyote (67 mins). |
| Mexico Bookings | Coyote, Garcia |
| Attendance | 48,076 |
| Referee | V Pereira (Portugal) |
| Date | 30.4.1997 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Georgia |
| Result | 2-0 |
| England Scorers | Sheringham (43 mins), Shearer (90 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Batty D (Newcastle United), Adams T A (Arsenal), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Beckham D (Manchester United), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Lee R (Newcastle United), Subs: J Redknapp for Ince (78 mins), and G Southgate for Adams (88 mins). |
| Georgia Team | Zoidze,
Shekiladze, Tskhadadze, Shelia, Chikhradze, Machavariani, Nemsadze, Jamarauli, Ketseaia, Kinkladze, Arveladze S, Gogrichidze, Subs: Gogrichidze for Machavariani (33 mins), Gakhokidze for Kinkladze (61 mins) and A Arveladze for Gogrichidze (76 mins). |
| England Bookings | Le Saux, Lee |
| Georgia Bookings | Nemsadze, Kinkladze |
| Attendance | 71,208 |
| Referee | R Harrel (France) |
| Date | 24.5.1997 |
| Location | Old Trafford |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V South Africa |
| Result | 2-1 |
| England Scorers | Lee (20 mins), Wright (76 mins) |
| South Africa Scores | Masinga (43 mins) |
| England Team | Martyn A (Leeds United), Neville G (Manchester United), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest) - Captain, Keown M (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Wright I E (Arsenal), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Lee R (Newcastle United), Subs: D Batty for Redknapp (57 mins), P Scholes for Sheringham (65 mins), N Butt for Lee (78 mins), D Beckham for Le Saux (81 mins), and S Campbell for Gascoigne (90 mins). |
| South Africa Team | Arendse, Motaung, Fish, Torvey, Radebe, Khumalo, Tinkler, Moshoeu, Masinga, Augustine, Moeti, Subs: Sikhosana for Augustine (55 mins), Mkhaele for Khumalo (77 mins), Bartlett for Tinkler (89 mins), and Buthelezi for Masinga (89 mins). |
| Attendance | 52,676 |
| Referee | A Frisk (Sweden) |
| Date | 31.5.1997 |
| Location | Chorzow, Poland |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | Poland V England |
| Result | 0-2 |
| England Scorers | Shearer (6 mins), Sheringham (90 mins) |
| Poland Team | Wozniak, Kaluzny, Jozwiak, Waldoch, Majak, Bukalski, Ledwon, Juskowiak, Nowak, Dembinski, Subs: Swierczewski for Bukalski (45 mins), Adamczyk for Juskowiak (53 mins), and Kucharski for Nowak (60 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Beckham D (Manchester United), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Lee R (Newcastle United), Subs: D Batty for Gascoigne (17 mins), and P Neville for Beckham (89 mins). |
| Poland Bookings | Jozwiak, Majak, Kaluzny |
| England Bookings | Ince, Batty |
| Attendance | 35,000 |
| Referee | U Meier (Switzerland) |
| Date | 4.6.1997 |
| Location | Nantes, France |
| Competition | Tournoi de France |
| Fixture | Italy V England |
| Result | 0-2 |
| England Scorers | Wright (26 mins), Scholes (43 mins) |
| Italy Team | Peruzzi, Ferrara, Costacurta, Cannavaro, Di Livio, Benarrivo, Baggio, Albertini, Di Matteo, Zola, Casiraghi, Subs: Fuser for Di Matteo (18 mins), Nesta for Ferrara (46 mins), and Maini for Di Livio (46 mins). |
| England Team | Flowers T (Blackburn Rovers), Pearce S (Nottingham Forest), Keown M (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Neville P (Manchester United), Ince P E C (Inter Milan) - Captain, Beckham D (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Wright I E (Arsenal), Subs: G Neville for Le Saux (46 mins), A Cole for Wright (77 mins), and P J Gascoigne for Sheringham (79 mins). |
| Italy Bookings | Cannavaro, Nesta |
| England Bookings | Beckham, Scholes, Ince, Gascoigne |
| Attendance | 30,000 |
| Referee | M Renko (Austria) |
| Date | 7.6.1997 |
| Location | Montpellier, France |
| Competition | Tournoi de France |
| Fixture | France V England |
| Result | 0-1 |
| England Scorer | Shearer (86 mins) |
| France Team | Barthez, Laigle, Blanc, Djorkaeff, Deschamps, Dugarry, Thuram, Vieira, Ngotty, Ouedec, Keller, Subs: Loko for Quedec (63 mins), Zidane for Dugarry (75 mins), and Lizarazu for Laigle (83 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Beckham D (Manchester United), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Neville P (Manchester United), Batty D (Newcastle United), Wright I E (Arsenal), Subs: P E C Ince for Batty (45 mins), R Lee for Beckham (75 mins), E P Sheringham for Wright (80 mins). |
| England Bookings | Batty, Beckham, Le Saux |
| Attendance | 25,000 |
| Referee | S Belquola (Morroco) |
| Date | 10.6.1997 |
| Location | Paris |
| Competition | Tournoi de France |
| Fixture | England V Brazil |
| Result | 0-1 |
| Brazil Scorer | Romario (61 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Ince P E C (Inter Milan), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Le Saux G P (Blackburn Rovers), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Sheringham E P (Tottenham Hotspur), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Neville P (Manchester United), Keown M (Arsenal), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: G Neville for Keown (20 mins), R Lee for Scholes (75 mins), and I E Wright for Sheringham (75 mins). |
| Brazil Team | Taffarel, Cafu, Aldair, Carlos R, Dunga, Ronaldo, Leonardo, Romario, Silva, Conceircao, Denilson, Subs: Djalminha for Denilson (22 mins), and Ze Roberto for Leonardo (83 mins). |
| England Bookings | Shearer, Campbell, Scholes |
| Brazil Bookings | Dunga, Ronaldo, Silva |
| Attendance | 50,000 |
| Referee | T Rendon (Colombia) |
| Date | 10.9.1997 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Moldova |
| Result | 4-0 |
| England Scorers | Scholes (28 mins), Wright (46 & 90 mins), Gascoigne (80 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal) - Captain, Neville G (Manchester United), Neville P (Manchester United), Batty D (Newcastle United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Beckham D (Manchester United), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Ferdinand L (Tottenham Hotspur), Wright I E (Arsenal), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: S Ripley for Beckham (68 mins), N Butt for Ripley (79 mins), and S Collymore for Ferdinand (83 mins). |
| Moldova Team | Romanenko, Fistikan, Tistimitanu, Calibari, Spynu, Stroenko, Curcianu, Sischin, Miterev, Rebeza, Rogaciou. |
| England Booking | Campbell |
| Moldova Bookings | Curcianu, Spynu |
| Attendance | 74,102 |
| Referee | K I Nielson (Sweden) |
| Date | 11.10.1997 |
| Location | Rome |
| Competition | World Cup Qualifier |
| Fixture | Italy V England |
| Result | 0-0 |
| Italy Team | Peruzzi, Nesta, Maldini, Albertini, Cannavaro, Costacurta, Di Livio, Baggio, Vieri, Zola, Inzaghi, Subs: Benarrivo for Maldini (32 mins), Chiesa for Inzaghi (46 mins), and Del Piero for Zola (63 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D A (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Le Saux G P (Chelsea), Ince P E C (Liverpool) - Captain, Adams T A (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Beckham D (Manchester United), Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Wright I E (Arsenal), Sheringham E P (Manchester United), Batty D (Newcastle United), Sub: N Butt for Gascoigne (89 mins). |
| Italy Sending Off | Di Livio (77 mins) |
| Italy Bookings | Di Livio, Costacurta, Benarrivo, Albertini, Chiesa |
| England Bookings | Campbell, Southgate |
| Attendance | 81,200 |
| Referee | Mario Van Der Ende (Holland) |
| Date | 15.11.1997 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Cameroon |
| Result | 2-0 |
| England Scorers | Scholes (45 mins), Fowler (45 mins) |
| England Team | Martyn N (Leeds United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Neville P (Manchester United), Ince P E C (Liverpool) - Captain, Southgate G (Aston Villa), Hinchcliffe A (Everton), Beckham D (Manchester United, Gascoigne P J (Glasgow Rangers), Fowler R (Liverpool), Scholes P (Manchester United), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: R Ferdinand for Southgate (38 mins), R Lee for Gascoigne (73 mins), and C Sutton for Scholes (79 mins). |
| Cameroon Team | Ongandzi, Song, Wome, Mimboe, Kalla, Job, Mboma, Etchi, Etame, Foe, Ipoua, Subs: Billong for Ipoua (46 mins), Olembe for Etame (73 mins), and Njitap for Mboma (75 mins). |
| Cameroon Bookings | Ipoua, Foe |
| England Bookings | None |
| Attendance | 46,176 |
| Referee | T Hauge (Norway) |
| Date | 11.2.98 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Chile |
| Result | 0-2 |
| England Team | Martyn N (Leeds United), Neville G (Manchester United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Batty D (Newcastle United), Adams T (Arsenal) - Captain, Neville P (Manchester United), Lee R (Newcastle United), Butt N (Manchester United), Dublin D (Coventry City), Sheringham T (Manchester United), Owen M (Liverpool), Subs: G Le Saux for P Neville (46 mins), P Ince for Batty (62 mins), and A Shearer for Sheringham (62 mins). |
| Chile Team | Tapia, Villarroel, Reyes, Fuentes, Margas, Rojas, Parraguez, Acuna, Sierra, Barrera, Salas, Subs: Carreno for Barrera (77 mins), and Valenzuela for Sierra (88 mins). |
| England Booking | Ince |
| Chile Bookings | Salas |
| Attendance | 65,228 |
| Referee | R Wokcik (Poland) |
| Date | 25.3.98 |
| Location | Berne |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | Switzerland V England |
| Result | 1-1 |
| Switzerland Scorer | Vega (37 mins) |
| England Scorer | Merson (70 mins) |
| Switzerland Team | Corminboeuf
Vogel, Fornier, Henchoz, Vega, Yakin, Sesa, Wicky, Grassi, Sforza, Chapuisat, Subs: Lonfat for Wicky (81 mins), and Kunz for Sesa (88 mins). |
| England Team | Flowers T (Blackburn Rovers), Keown M (Arsenal), Hinchliffe A (Sheffield Wednesday), Ince P (Liverpool), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Ferdinand R (West Ham United), McManaman S (Liverpool), Merson P (Middlesbrough), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Owen M (Liverpool), Lee R (Newcastle United), Subs: T Sheringham for Owen (69 mins), and D Batty for Merson (81 mins). |
| Attendance | 17,000 |
| Referee | P Garidan (France) |
| Date | 22.4.98 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Portugal |
| Result | 3-0 |
| England Scorers | Shearer (5 & 65 mins), Sheringham (46 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Ince P (Liverpool), Adams T (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Beckham D (Manchester United), Batty D (Newcastle United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Sheringham T (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: P Merson for Beckham (45 mins), M Owen for Sheringham (77 mins), and P Neville for G Neville (81 mins). |
| Portugal Team | Baia, Kavier, Dimas, Beto, Couto, Sousa, Figo, Joao V Pinto, Calado, Santos, Cadete, Subs: Barbosa for Dimas (54 mins), Capucho for Joao V Pinto (68 mins), and Oceano for Sousa (75 mins). |
| Attendance | 63,463 |
| Portugal Dismissal | Capucho (80 mins) |
| England Booking | Batty |
| Portugal Booking | Beto |
| Date | 23.5.98 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Saudi Arabia |
| Result | 0-0 |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Hinchcliffe A (Sheffield Wednesday), Batty D (Newcastle United), Adams T (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Beckham D (Manchester United), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Sheringham T (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: P Gascoigne for Beckham (60 mins), I Wright for Sheringham (60 mins), and P Neville for Hinchcliffe (74 mins). |
| Saudi Arabia Team | Al-Daye, Al-Jahni, Al-Khlaiwi, Zebramawi, Amin Al-Shahrani, Al-Jaber, S Al-Owairan Solaimani, Al-Muwalid, K Al-Owairan Subs: Al-Dosary for Amin (78 mins), and Al-Temiyat for S Al-Owairan (75 mins). |
| Attendance | 63,733 |
| Saudi Arabia Booking | S Al-Owairan, Al-Jahni |
| Referee | D Z G Jol (Netherlands) |
| Date | 27.5.98 |
| Location | Morocco |
| Competition | King Hassan II Tournament |
| Fixture | England V Morocco |
| Result | 1-0 |
| England Scorer | Owen (59 mins) |
| England Team | Flowers T (Blackburn Rovers), Keown M (Arsenal), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Ince P (Liverpool) - Captain, Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Gascoigne P (Middlesbrough), Dublin D (Coventry City), Wright I (Arsenal), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: M Owen for Wright (26 mins), and L Ferdinand for Dublin (79 mins). |
| Morocco Team | Benzekri, Saber, Rossi, Negrouz, Hadrioui, Chiba Taher, Chippo, Bassir, Ouakili, Robbi Subs: Amzine for Chiba (63 mins), Reda for Ouakili (73 mins), Sellami for Chippo (79 mins). |
| Attendance | 80,000 |
| England Booking | Keown |
| Morocco Booking | Rokki |
| Referee | M Daami (Tunisia) |
| Date | 29.5.98 |
| Location | Morocco |
| Competition | King Hassan II Tournament |
| Fixture | Belgium V England |
| Result | 0-0 (4-3 pens) |
| Belgium Team | Van de Walle, Deflandre, Van Meir, Verstraeten, Borkelmans, De Boeck, Verheyen, L M'Penza, Goossens, Scifo, Boffin, Subs: M M'Pena for Goossens (45 mins), and Claessens for Verheyen (62 mins). |
| England Team | Martyn N (Leeds United), Neville G (Manchester United), Neville P (Manchester United), Butt N (Manchester United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur) - Captain, Keown M (Arsenal), Lee R (Newcastle United), Gascoigne P (Middlesbrough), Ferdinand L (Tottenham Hotspur), Merson P (Middlesbrough), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Subs: M Owen for P Neville (45 mins), D Beckham for Gascoigne (50 mins), and D Dublin for Campbell (76 mins). |
| Attendance | 25,000 |
| Belgium Bookings | Van Meir, De Boeck |
| Referee | E L Arjoune (Morocco) |
| Date | 15.6.98 |
| Location | Velodrome Stadium, Marseille, France |
| Competition | World Cup Finals - First Round |
| Fixture | England V Tunisia |
| Result | 2-0 |
| England Scorers | Shearer (43 mins), Scholes (89 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Adams T (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P (Liverpool), Batty D (Newcastle United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Sheringham T (Manchester United), Scholes (Manchester United), Subs: M Owen for Sheringham (85 mins). |
| Tunisia Team | El Ouaer, H Trabelsi, S Trabelsi, Badra, Boukadida, Clayton, Ghadhbane, Chihi, Souayah, Ben Slimane, Sellimi, Subs: Beya for Souayah (45 mins), Ben Younes for Ben Slimane (65 mins), and Thabet for H Trabelsi. |
| Attendance | 54,587 |
| England Booking | Campbell |
| Referee | Masayoshi Okada (Japan) |
| Date | 22.6.98 |
| Location | Municipal de Toulouse, Toulouse, France |
| Competition | World Cup Finals - First Round |
| Fixture | Romania V England |
| Result | 2-1 |
| Romania Scorers | Moldovan (47 mins), Petrescu (90 mins) |
| England Scorer | Owen (79 mins) |
| Romania Team | Stelea, Ciubotaiu, Petrescu, Filipescu, Gh Popescu, Munteanu, Galca, Hagi, G Popescu, Ilie, Moldovan, Subs: Stinga for Hagi (73 mins), Marinescu for Stinga (84 mins), Lacatus for Moldovan (87 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Adams T (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P (Liverpool), Batty D (Newcastle United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Sheringham T (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: D Beckham for Ince (33 mins), M Owen for Beckham (73 mins). |
| Attendance | 33,500 |
| Romania Bookings | Hagi, Gh Popescu, Ciuborariu, Marinescu |
| Referee | Marc Batta (France) |
| Date | 26.6.98 |
| Location | Felix Bollaert Stadium, Lens, France |
| Competition | World Cup Finals - First Round |
| Fixture | Colombia V England |
| Result | 0-2 |
| England Scorers | Anderton (20 mins), Beckham (29 mins) |
| Colombia Team | Mondragon, Palacios, Bermudez, Cabrera, Moreno, Serna Lozano, Valderrama, Rincon, De Avila, Preciado , Subs: Valencia for Preciado (45 mins), Aristizabal for Serna (45 mins), Ricard for De Avila (45 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Adams T (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P (Liverpool), Beckham D (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Owen M (Liverpool), Subs: S McManaman for Scholes (74 mins), R Lee for Anderton (80 mins), D Batty for Ince (83 mins). |
| Attendance | 38,100 |
| Colombia Bookings | Serna, Aristizabal, Bermundez |
| England Bookings | Scholes, Shearer |
| Referee | Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico) |
| Date | 30.6.98 |
| Location | Geoffroy Guichard, St Etienne, France |
| Competition | World Cup Finals - Second Round |
| Fixture | Argentina V England |
| Result | 2-2 |
| Argentina Scorers | Batistuta (5 mins - Penalty),Zanetti (45 mins) |
| England Scorers | Shearer (10 mins - Penalty), Owen (16 mins) |
| Argentina Team | Roa, Ayala, Chamot, Vivas, Zanetti, Almeyda, Simeone, Ortega, Veron, Lopez, Batistuta, Subs: Gallardo for Lopez (69 mins), Crespo for Batistuta (69 mins), and Berti for Simeone (91 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Adams T (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P (Liverpool), Beckham D (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Owen M (Liverpool), Subs: P Merson for Scholes (79 mins), and D Batty for Anderton (97 mins). |
| Attendance | 30,600 |
| England Dismissal | Beckham (46 mins) |
| Argentina Bookings | Veron, Simeone, Almeyda, Roa |
| England Bookings | Seaman, Ince |
| Referee | Kim Milton Nielson (Denmark) |
| Date | 5.9.98 |
| Location | Stockholm |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | Sweden V England |
| Result | 2-1 |
| Sweden Scorers | Andersson (30 mins), Mjallby (32 mins) |
| England Scorer | Shearer (2 mins) |
| Sweden Team | Hedman, Nilsson, Andersson P, Bjorklund, Kamark, Schwarz, Andersson A, Mjallby, Ljungberg, Larsson, Petterson, Subs: Lucic for Kamark (83 mins), and D Andersson for A Andersson (90 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Ince P (Liverpool), Adams T (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Owen M (Liverpool), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: R Lee for Anderton (42 mins), P Merson for Campbell (75 mins), and T Sheringham for Scholes (86 mins). |
| Attendance | 35,000 |
| England Dismissal | Ince (67 mins) |
| Sweden Bookings | Schwarz |
| England Bookings | Scholes, Ince, Redknapp |
| Referee | P Collina (Italy) |
| Date | 10.11.98 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Bulgaria |
| Result | 0-0 |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Hinchcliffe A (Sheffield Wednesday), Lee R (Newcastle United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Owen M (Liverpool), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: G Le Saux for Hinchcliffe (34 mins), D Batty for Anderton (67 mins), and T Sheringham for Scholes (76 mins). |
| Bulgaria Team | Zdravkov, Kichichev, Zagorchich, Naidenov, Jordanov, Iankov, Kirilov, Stoichkov, Hristov, Petkov, Iliev, Subs: Batchev for Stoichkov (60 mins), Gruev for Iliev (63 mins), and G Ivanov for Hristov (90 mins). |
| Attendance | 72,974 |
| England Bookings | Anderton, Redknapp |
| Bulgaria Bookings | Kichichev |
| Referee | Laszlo Vagner (Hungary) |
| Date | 14.10.98 |
| Location | Luxembourg |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | Luxembourg V England |
| Result | 0-3 |
| England Scorers | Owen (19 mins), Shearer (40 mins - pen), Southgate (90 mins) |
| Luxembourg Team | Koch, Feron, Funck, L Deville, Strasser, Saibene, Theis, F Deville, Marcel, Cardoni, Posing, Subs: Holtz for Theis (61 mins), Amodio for Marcel (78 mins), and Alverdi for F Deville (85 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Ferdinand R (West Ham United), Neville P (Manchester United), Batty D (Newcastle United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Beckham D (Manchester United), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Owen M (Liverpool), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: R Lee for Anderton (63 mins), and I Wright for Scholes (76 mins). |
| Attendance | 8,000 |
| Luxembourg Bookings | Cardoni |
| England Bookings | Beckham |
| Referee | S Vorgias (Greece) |
| Date | 18.11.98 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Czech Republic |
| Result | 2-0 |
| England Scorers | Anderton (22 mins), Merson (39 mins) |
| England Team | Martyn N (Leeds United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur) - Captain, Keown M (Arsenal), Ferdinand R (West Ham United) Le Saux G (Chelsea), Butt N (Manchester United), Beckham D (Manchester United), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Dublin D (Aston Villa), Wright I (West Ham United), Merson P (Aston Villa), Subs: R Fowler Wright (70 mins), and L Hendrie for Merson (76 mins). |
| Czech Republic Team | Kouba, Latal, Votava, Novotny, Repka, Berger, Nemec, Poborsky, Kuka, Smicer, Bejbl, Subs: Vonasek for Nemec (45 mins), Kotulek for Smicer (45 mins). Baranek for Latal (45 mins), Lotkvenc for Novorny (45 mins), and Sloncik for Kuka (73 mins). |
| Attendance | 38,535 |
| Referee | U Meier (Switzerland) |
| Date | 10.2.99 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V France |
| Result | 0-2 |
| France Scorer | Anelka (69, 76 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Dixon L (Arsenal), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Ince P (Liverpool), Adams T (Arsenal) Keown M (Arsenal), Beckham D (Manchester United), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Owen O (Liverpool), Anderton D (Tottenham Hotspur), Subs: N Martyn for Seaman (46 mins), A Cole for Owen (66 mins), R Ferdinand for Dixon (72 mins), and J Wilcox for Keown (85 mins). |
| France Team | Barthez, Thuram, Blanc, Desailly, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Petit, Zidane, Djorkaeff, Pires, Anelka, Subs: Leboeuf for Blanc (46 mins), Dugarry for Pires (46 mins). Wiltord for Anelka (83 mins), Vieira for Djorkaeff (83 mins), and Candela for Deschamps (90 mins). |
| Attendance | 74,111 |
| Referee | H Crug (Germany) |
| Date | 27.3.99 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Poland |
| Result | 3-1 |
| England Scorers | Scholes (11,21,70 mins) |
| Poland Scorer | Brzeczek (29 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Neville G (Manchester United), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Sherwood T (Tottenham Hotspur), Keown M (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Beckham D (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Cole Andy (Manchester United), McManaman S(Liverpool), Subs: R Parlour for McManaman (69 mins), P Neville for Beckham (78 mins), and J Redknapp for Scholes (82 mins). |
| Poland Team | Matysek, Bak, Lapinski, Ratajczyk, Zielinski, Hajto, Swierczewski, Iwan, Siadqczka, Brzeczek, Trzeciak, Subs: Klos for Swierczewski (46 mins), Kowalczyk for Siadqczka (64 mins), and Justkowiak for Trzeciak (82 mins). |
| Attendance | 73,836 |
| England Bookings | Scholes, Sherwood |
| Poland Bookings | Ratajczyk, Hajto |
| Referee | V Melo-Pereiro (Portugal) |
| Date | 28.4.99 |
| Location | Budapest |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | Hungary V England |
| Result | 1-1 |
| Hungary Scorer | Hrutka (76 mins) |
| England Scorer | Shearer (21 mins) |
| Hungary Team | Kiraly, Hrutka, Korsas, Matyus, Sebok, Halmai, Dombi, Dardai, Pisont, Illis, Kosos, Subs: Somogyi for Pisont (45 mins), and Toth for Korsas (65 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Brown W (Manchester United), Neville P (Manchester United), Batty D (Leeds United), Ferdinand R (West Ham United), Keown M (Arsenal), Butt N (Manchester United), Sherwood T (Tottenham Hotspur), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Phillips K (Sunderland), McManaman S (Liverpool), Subs: J Carragher for Ferdinand (62 mins), M Gray for Brown (74 mins), and J Redknapp for McManaman (88 mins). |
| Attendance | Unknown |
| Referee | L Frohlich (Germany) |
| Date | 5.6.99 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Sweden |
| Result | 0-0 |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Neville P (Manchester United), Le Saux G (Chelsea), Sherwood T (Tottenham Hotspur), Keown M (Arsenal), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Beckham D (Manchester United), Batty D (Leeds United), Shearer A (Newcastle United) - Captain, Cole Andy (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Subs: R Ferdinand for Keown (34 mins), M Gray for Le Saux (46 mins), and R Parlour for Beckham (76 mins). |
| Sweden Team | Hedman, Nilsson, Andersson P, Bkorklund, Kaamark, Schwarz, Mild, Mjallby, Ljungberg, Larsson, Andersson K, Subs: Alexandersson for Mild (7 mins), Svensson for Larsson (69 mins), and D Andersson for Majallby (82 mins). |
| Attendance | 75,824 |
| England Dismissal | Paul Scholes (51 mins) |
| England Cautions | Scholes, Cole, Batty, Shearer |
| Sweden Cautions | Hedman, Schwarz, K Andersson |
| Referee | Jose Garcia-Aranda (Spain) |
| Date | 9.6.99 |
| Location | Sofia |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | Bulgaria V England |
| Result | 1-1 |
| Bulgaria Scorer | Markov (18 mins) |
| England Scorer | Shearer (15 mins) |
| Bulgaria Team | Ivankov, Kichichev, Zagorchich, Stoilov, Markov, Kirilov, Petrov S, Stoichkov, Yovov, Petkov M, Iliev, Subs: M pterov for Yovov (46 mins), Borimirov for Iliev (60 mins), and Batchev for Stoichkov (72 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Gray M (Sunderland), Neville P (Manchester United), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Woodgate J (Leeds United), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Batty D (Leeds United), Sheringham T (Manchester United), Shearer A Newcastle United) - Captain, Fowler R (Liverpool), Subs: R Parlour for Woodgate (63 mins), and E Heskey for Fowler (80 mins). |
| Attendance | 22,000 |
| Bulgaria Dismissal | M Petrov (58 mins) |
| Bulgaria Cautions | Iliev, M Petrov |
| England Cautions | Fowler, Southgate, Sheringham, Campbell |
| Referee | Mario Van Der Ende (Holland) |
| Date | 4.9.99 |
| Location | Wembley |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | England V Luxembourg |
| Result | 6-0 |
| England Scorers | Shearer (12, 28, 34 mins) McManaman (30, 44 mins) Owen (90 mins) |
| England Team | Martyn N (Leeds United), Dyer K (Newcastle United), Keown M (Arsenal), Adams T (Arsenal), Pearce S (West Ham United), McManaman S (Real Madrid), Beckham D (Manchester United), Batty D (Leeds United), Parlour R (Arsenal), Shearer A (Newcastle United), Fowler R (Liverpool), Subs: G Neville for Dyer (46 mins), P Neville for Adams (65 mins), and M Owen for Beckham (65 mins). |
| Luxembourg Team | Felgen, Feron, Schauls, Birsens, Funck, Saibene, Theis, Vanek, Christophe, Schnieder, Posing, Subs: Alverdi for Schnieder (46 mins), Zaritski for Christophe (63 mins), and F Deville for Posing (83 mins). |
| Attendance | 68,772 |
| England Cautions | Pearce |
| Luxembourg Cautions | Funck |
| Referee | S Shmolik (Belarus) |
| Date | 8.9.99 |
| Location | Legia Stadium, Warsaw |
| Competition | European Championship Qualifier |
| Fixture | Poland V England |
| Result | 0-0 |
| Poland Team | Matysek, Zielinski, Klos, Waldoch, Hajto, Nowak, Iwan, Michalski, Siadaczka, Gilewicz, Trzeciak, Subs: Sierczewski for Trzeciak (58 mins), Juskowiak for Gilewicz (63 mins), and Bak for Klos (89 mins). |
| England Team | Martyn N (Leeds United), Neville G (Manchester United), Keown M (Arsenal), Adams T (Arsenal), Pearce S (West Ham United), McManaman S (Real Madrid), Beckham D (Manchester United), Batty D (Leeds United), Parlour R (Arsenal), Shearer A (Newcastle United), Fowler R (Liverpool), Subs: P Neville for G Neville (12 mins), M Owen for Fowler (65 mins), and K Dyer for McManaman (79 mins). |
| Attendance | 17,000 |
| Poland Cautions | Matyesek, Hajto, Siadaczka, Iwan |
| England Dismissal | Batty (83 mins) |
| England Cautions | Keown |
| Referee | Günter Benko (Austria) |
| Date | 10.10.99 |
| Location | Stadium of Light, Sunderland |
| Competition | Friendly |
| Fixture | England V Belgium |
| Result | 2-1 |
| England Scorers | Shearer (6 mins), Redknapp (66 mins) |
| Beglium Scorer | Strupar (14 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Dyer K (Newcastle United), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Adams T (Arsenal), Keown M (Arsenal), Guppy S (Leicester City), Lampard F (West Ham United), Ince P (Middlesbrough), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Shearer A (Newcastle United), Phillips K (Sunderland Town), Subs: N Martyn for Seaman (46 mins), P Neville for Dyer (58 mins), M Owen for Phillips (58 mins), D Wise for Lampard (76 mins), and E Heskey for Shearer (86 mins). |
| Belgium Team | De Vlieger, Deflandre, Peeters, Van Meir, Oyen, Tanghe, Van de Haeghe, Wilmots, Van Kerckhoven, De Bilde, Strupar, Subs: Gascpercic for De Vlieger (46 mins), Walen for Tanghe (46 mins), and Brogno for Strupar (74 mins). |
| Attendance | 40,897 |
| England Caution | Owen |
| Beglium Caution | Van de Haeghe |
| Referee | Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| Date | 13.11.99 |
| Location | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| Competition | European Championship Playoff |
| Fixture | Scotland V England |
| Result | 0-2 |
| England Scorers | Scholes (21 & 42 mins) |
| Scotland Team | Sullivan, Weir, Ritchie, Dially, Hendry, Ferguson, Dodds, Burley, Gallacher, Hutchinson, Collins, Subs: Burchill for Gallacher (82 mins). |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Neville P (Manchester United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P (Middlesbrough), Adams T (Arsenal), Keown M (Arsenal), Beckham D (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Shearer A (Newcastle United), Owen M (Liverpool), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Subs: Andy Cole for Owen (67 mins). |
| Attendance | 50,132 |
| Scotland Cautions | Hendry, Gallacher, Dially, Ferguson, Hutchinson |
| England Cautions | Scholes, Neville, Redknapp, Adams, Ince |
| Referee | Manuel Diaz-Vega (Spain) |
| Date | 17.11.99 |
| Location | Wembley Stadium, London |
| Competition | European Championship Playoff |
| Fixture | England V Scotland |
| Result | 0-1 |
| Scotland Scorer | Hutchinson (39 mins) |
| England Team | Seaman D (Arsenal), Neville P (Manchester United), Campbell S (Tottenham Hotspur), Ince P (Middlesbrough), Adams T (Arsenal), Southgate G (Aston Villa), Beckham D (Manchester United), Scholes P (Manchester United), Shearer A (Newcastle United), Owen M (Liverpool), Redknapp J (Liverpool), Subs: E Heskey for Owen (63 mins), and R Parlour for Scholes (90 mins). |
| Scotland Team | Sullivan, Weir, Davidson, Dially, Hendry, Ferguson, Dodds, Burley, McCann, Hutchinson, Collins, Subs: Burchill for McCann (74 mins). |
| Attendance | 75,848 |
| England Cautions | Ince, Redknapp |
| Scotland Cautions | Davidson, Dailly |
| Referee | Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |