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Wednesday, 16 October 1991
1992 UEFA European Championship Group Seven qualification match

England 1 Turkey 0 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Turkey Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 50,896;
Kick-off: 8.00pm BST
Live on
Sky Sports (UK) - Commentator: Martin Tyler

England - Alan Smith (21)
Turkey - Gökhan Keskin (3)
England - David Batty (58)
Results 1990-1995

? kicked-off. ? minutes (? & ?).

 

Match Summary

Officials from Spain

England

Type

Turkey

Referee (black) - Antonio Martin Navarette
x (x), x, FIFA listed x.

Linesmen - Juan Ansuategui Roca and Carlo Antonio Jesus Lopez Nieto.

Reserve Official - Stephen W. Dunn, Gloucestershire.

Teams presented to Sir Alf Ramsey, ex-England manager.

American Airlines Most Valued England Player 'The Crystal Eagle' was awarded to Stuart Pearce.

  Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 3rd
Colours: The 1990 Umbro home uniform - White collared jersey with shadowed diamonds and navy collar/cuff, navy shorts with white panel and red triangle, white socks with navy tops.
Capt: Gary Lineker, tenth captaincy Manager: Graham Taylor, 47 (15 September 1944), appointed 23 July 1990,
14th match, W 10 - D 3 - L 1 - F 22 - A 8.
England Lineup
1 Woods, Christopher C.E. 31 14 November 1959 G Sheffield Wednesday FC 26 9ᵍᵃ
2 Dixon, Lee M. 27 17 March 1964 RB Arsenal FC 10 0
3 Pearce, Stuart 29 24 April 1962 LB Nottingham Forest FC 42 2
4 Batty, David 22 2 December 1968 DM Leeds United AFC 7 0
5 Walker, Desmond S. 25
180 days
26 November 1965 CD Nottingham Forest FC 37 0
6 Mabbutt, Gary V. 30 23 August 1961 CD Tottenham Hotspur FC 14 1
7 Robson, Bryan 34
278 days
11 January 1957 LM Manchester United FC 90 26
final app 1980-91
8 Platt, David A. 25 10 June 1966 RM AS Bari, Italy 24 7
9 Smith, Alan M. 28 21 November 1962 F Arsenal FC 9 2
10 Lineker, Gary W. 30 30 November 1960 CF Tottenham Hotspur FC 70 45
11 Waddle, Christopher R. 30
306 days
14 December 1960 RM Olympique de Marseille, France 62 6
final app 1985-91

unused substitutes:

12-Trevor Steven, 13-David Seaman, 14-Geoff Thomas, 15-Paul Merson, 16-Peter Beardsley.
 
- Woods -
Dixon, Walker, Mabbutt, Pearce -
Platt, Batty, Robson -
Smith, Lineker, Waddle.

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Turkey Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 55th to 56th
Colours: Made by Adidas - Red collared v-necked jerseys with white hoop/Adidas trim/cuffs and overlapping collar, red shorts with white Adidas trim, red socks with white Adidas trim.
Capt: Rıza Çalimbay Manager: Joseph Piontek
Turkey Lineup
1 Demirbaş, Hayrettin   26 June 1963 G     GA
2 Çetin, Recep   1 October 1965        
3 Temizkanoğlu, Ogün   6 October 1969
in Hamm, West Germany
       
4 Keskin, Gökhan   31 March 1966        
5 Kerimoğlu, Tugay   24 August 1970        
6 Sofuoğlu, Turhan   19 August 1965        
7 Uçar, Feyyaz, off 76th min.   27 October 1963        
8 Çalımbay, Rıza   2 February 1963        
9 Karaman, Ünal   29 June 1966        
10 Çetin, A. Oğuz,   15 February 1963        
11 Çıkırıkçı, Orhan   15 April 1967        
Turkey Substitutes
14 Mandıralı, Hami, on 76th min. for U:ccedil;ar   20 July 1968        

unused substitutes:

12-Engin İpekoğlu, 13-Bülent Korkmaz, 15-Mehmet Özdilek, 16-Ümit Birol.
 
- -

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Alan Smith headed home a Stuart Pearce cross midway through the first-half to give England maximum points in this European championship qualifier, but there was little for Graham Taylor to enthuse about. The Turks might easily have salvaged a draw but for a couple of excellent saves by Chris Woods and the intervention of a post when he was beaten by a snap shot from Riza. Bryan Robson made his ninetieth and final appearance in an England shirt that he had always worn with such pride and passion.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
UEFA.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

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CG