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Wednesday, 15 November 1989
International Friendly Match

England 0 Italy 0 [0-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Italy Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 67,500;
Kick-off: 8.00pm GMT

 
 
Results 1985-1990

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Match Summary

Officials from Austria

England

Type

Italy

Referee (-) - Hubert Forstinger
43 (2 September 1946).

Linesmen - Roman Steindl and Gerd Adanitsch.

Reserve Official - Robert Harris, Oxfordshire.

Teams presented to Tom Finney, O.B.E., F.A. Honorary Member; ex-England captain.

  Goal Attempts  
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  Possession  

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 7th
Colours: The 1987 Umbro home uniform - White crew-necked buttoned jersey with shadow diamonds, navy collar and red/navy/white cuffs, navy shorts, with white seams and red trim, white socks with navy/red Umbro diamond trim.
Capt: Bryan Robson, 57th captaincy
Terry Butcher, 46th min.
Manager: Robert W. Robson, 56 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
82nd match, W 40 - D 26 - L 16 - F 136 - A 48.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L., off 46th min. 40 18 September 1949 G Derby County FC 112 69ᵍᵃ
most apps 1989
2 Stevens, M. Gary 26 27 March 1963 RB Rangers FC, Scotland 36 0
3 Pearce, Stuart, off 67th min. 27 24 April 1962 LB Nottingham Forest FC 18 0
4 McMahon, Stephen, off 67th min. 28 20 August 1961 RCM Liverpool FC 8 0
5 Walker, Desmond S. 23 26 November 1965 RCD Nottingham Forest FC 12 0
6 Butcher, Terence I. 30 28 December 1958
in Alexandra Park, Singapore
LCD Rangers FC, Scotland 66 3
7 Robson, Bryan, off 46th min. 32 11 January 1957 LCM Manchester United FC 81 24
8 Waddle, Christopher R. 28 14 December 1960 RM Olympique de Marseille, France 47 6
9 Beardsley, Peter A., off 78th min. 28 18 January 1961 AM Liverpool FC 37 7
10 Lineker, Gary W. 28 30 November 1960 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 45 29
11 Barnes, John C.B., off 77th min. 26
8 days
7 November 1963
in Kingston, Jamaica
LM Liverpool FC 49 8
BME most apps
England Substitutes
95 13 Beasant, David J.W., on 46th min. for Shilton 30
242 days
20 March 1959 GK Chelsea FC 1 0ᵍᵃ
1016
1017 12 Phelan, Michael C., on 46th min. for Robson 27
51 days
24 September 1962 LCM Manchester United FC 1 0
only app 1989
14 Hodge, Stephen B., on 67th min. for McMahon 27 25 October 1962 RCM Nottingham Forest FC 17 13 0
4
1018 16 Winterburn, Nigel, on 67th min. for Pearce 25
339 days
11 December 1963 LB Arsenal FC 1 0
1019 15 Platt, David A., on 78th min. for Beardsley 23
158 days
10 June 1966 AM Aston Villa FC 1 0

unused substitutes:

17-Mark Wright, 18-David Rocastle.

substitute notes:

In 39½ years of England substitution history, this is the very first match that involved five, and thus, the first to involve four players making their very first senior appearance - Dave Beasant, Mike Phelan, Nigel Winterburn and David Platt thus become the 49th-52nd players to make their debuts as a substitute.
Peter Shilton breaks his own records in being the oldest and most experienced player to be replaced by a substitute.
David Platt is the 125th different England player to be a substitute.
Bryan Robson has now been replaced by a substitute in fifteen matches and Peter Beardsley in fourteen, but they still trail Chris Waddle's sixteen matches.

records:

England have now gone twenty matches unbeaten at Wembley Stadium, beating the record previously set by Alf Ramsey's team between 1967 and 1971. Record-equalling six clean sheets in a row.
Manager Bobby Robson played for England against Italy in May 1961.
 
4-4-2 Shilton (Beasant) -
Stevens, Walker, Butcher, Pearce (Winterburn) -
Waddle, McMahon (Hodge), Robson (Phelan), Barnes -
Beardsley
(Platt) -
Lineker

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Italy Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 4th
Colours: Made by Diadora - Azure blue crew necked collared jerseys, white shorts, blue socks with white trim.
Capt: Giuseppe Bergomi Manager: Azeglio Vicini
Italy Lineup
1 Zenga, Walter 29 28 April 1960 G FC Internazionale Milano SpA   ᵍᵃ
2 Bergomi, Giuseppe 25 22 December 1963 RB FC Internazionale Milano SpA    
3 Maldini, Paolo 21 28 June 1968 LDM AC Milan SpA    
4 Baresi, Franco 29 8 May 1960 CD AC Milan SpA    
5 Ferri, Riccardo 26 20 August 1963 LB FC Internazionale Milano SpA    
6 Berti, Nicola 22 14 April 1967 LM FC Internazionale Milano SpA    
7 Donadoni, Roberto 26 9 September 1963 RM AC Milan SpA    
8 De Napoli, Fernando 25 15 March 1964 RDM SSC Napoli SpA    
9 Vialli, Gianluca, off 81st min. 25 9 July 1964 RF UC Sampdoria SpA    
10 Giannini, Giuseppe 25 20 August 1964 CM AS Roma SpA    
11 Carnevale, Andrea A., off 70th min. 28 12 January 1961 LF SSC Napoli SpA    
Italy Substitutes
19 Serena, Aldo, on 70th min. for Carnevale 29 25 June 1960 LF FC Internazionale Milano SpA    
18 Baggio, Roberto, on 81st min. for Vialli 22 18 February 1967 RF ACF Fiorentina SpA    

unused substitutes:

12-Stefano Tacconi, 13-Ciro Ferrara, 14-Luigi De Agostini, 15-Luca Fusi, 16-Massimo Crippa, 17-Giancarlo Marocchi, 20-Roberto Mancini.
 
3-5-2 Zenga -
Bergomi, Baresi, Ferri -
De Napoli, Donadoni, Giannini, Berti, Maldini -
Vialli (Baggio), Carnevale (Serena)

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England stretched their unbeaten run to thirteen matches and nine hours without conceding a goal against the 1990 World Cup hosts and tournament favourites. Bobby Robson experimented by sending on four new caps as second-half substitutes - Dave Beasant, Nigel Winterburn, Mike Phelan and David Platt. Phelan went closest to breaking the scoring deadlock with a thirty-yard volley from a punched clearance by goalkeeper Zenga. The ball missed the target by inches in what was Phelan's only international appearance. Gary Lineker had the ball in the Italian net late in the game, only to have his celebrations cut short because the referee had spotted an obstruction by Terry Butcher a split second before Linker netted. The partnership between Des Walker and Terry Butcher at the heart of the England defence was looking impregnable, and as solid as the 1960s one between Jack Charlton and Bobby Moore.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official Teamsheet
Matchday Programme
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller
, Football Author
Italia1990

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