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Wednesday, 8 September 1993
1994 FIFA World Cup UEFA Group Two qualification match

England 3 Poland 0 [1-0]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Poland Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 70,220;
Kick-off: 8.00pm BST
Live on
Sky Sports (UK) - Commentator: Martin Tyler

England - Les Ferdinand (5), Paul Gascoigne (volley 49), Stuart Pearce (22-yard blasted free-kick 53)
Poland - Dariusz Adamchuk
England - Paul Gascoigne
Results 1990-1995

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Match Summary

Officials from Belgium

England

Type

Poland

Referee (black) - Frans Van Den Wijngaert
x (x), x, FIFA listed x.

Linesmen - Marc Van Den Broeck and Robert Surkijn.

Reserve Official - Fernand Meese.

Teams presented to His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, F.A. President & Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent.
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England Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (8 August 1993) 11th
EFO ranking

ELO rating 13th to 12th
Colours: The 1993 Umbro home uniform - White collared shadowed zig-zag jersey with navy collar/red trim, navy shadowed zig-zag shorts with red hem, white socks with navy tops/red trim.
Capt: Stuart Pearce, seventh captaincy Manager: Graham Taylor, 48 (15 September 1944), appointed 23 July 1990,
36th match, W 17 - D 13 - L 6 - F 55 - A 29.
England Lineup
1 Seaman, David A. 29 19 September 1963 G Arsenal FC 10 7 ᵍᵃ
2 Jones, Robert M. 21 5 November 1971 RB Liverpool FC 2 0
3 Pearce, Stuart 31 24 April 1962 LB Nottingham Forest FC 54 4
4 Sharpe, Lee S. 22 27 May 1971 M Manchester United FC 7 0
5 Adams, Tony            
6 Pallister, Gary A. 28 30 June 1965 CD Manchester United FC 10 0
7 Platt, David A. 27 10 June 1966 M UC Sampdoria SpA, Italy 43 20
8 Gascoigne, Paul J. 26 27 May 1967 M SS Lazio SpA, Italy 28 6
9 Ferdinand, Leslie            
10 Wright, Ian E. 29 3 November 1963 F Arsenal FC 14 1
11 Ince, Paul            
England Substitutes
1              
unused substitutes: 12-Des Walker, 13-Chris Woods, 14-Andy Sinton, 15-Nigel Clough, 16-Teddy Sheringham.
teamsheet notes: The original teamsheet states that Pallister wore 5, and Adams wore 6.
team notes: Stuart Pearce's free-kick his second, contributing to half the goals he has scored for his country. It was England's fourteenth overall.
 
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Poland Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (8 August 1993) 20th
EFO ranking

ELO rating 23rd to 24th
Colours: Made by Lotto - Red v-necked collared jerseys with two large white broad inverted 'L' on shoulders and white collars trimmed with red, red shorts, red socks.
Capt: Jan Furtok - teamsheet says Roman Kosecki Manager:  
Poland Lineup
1 Bako, Jaroslaw     G     GA
2 Czachowski, Piotr            
3 Kozminksi, Marek            
4 Lesiak, Andrzej            
5 Adamczuk, Dariusz            
Adamchuk cautioned for felling Les Ferdinand, Pearce scored from the resultant free-kick
6 Kosecki, Roman            
7 Brzeczek, Jerzy            
8 Warczycha, Robert            
9 Swierczewski, Piotr            
10 Furtok, Jan            
11 Lesniak, Marek            
Poland Substitutes
18 Ziober, Jacek, on 46th min            
15 Bak, Jacek            
unused substitutes: 12-Adam Matysek, 14-Kasimierz Wegrzyn.
teamsheet notes: The teamsheet above is from actual footage, the original teamsheet vastly differs... 3-Brzeczek, 4-Kozminski, 5-Lesiak, 6-Warzycha, 7-Swierczewski, 8-Adamchuk, 9-Furtok, 10-Kosecki (Captain) and 16-Ziober, were the differences.
 
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    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

England, inspired by a fiery and fluent performance from Paul Gascoigne, were rarely stretched by a dispirited-looking Poland side in this World Cup qualifier. They were in command from the fifth minute when Les Ferdinand scored after receiving a perfectly flighted pass from David Platt. The goal settled England's nerves and they dominated the match with an exciting, attacking display. Schemer Gascoigne turned scorer in the forty-ninth minute and four minutes later Stuart Pearce blasted in a well-worked free-kick from twenty-two yards. The only scar on the evening was a caution for Gascoigne that would keep him out of the next World Cup qualifier in Holland.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Official Teamsheet
(albeit vastly wrong!)
Rothman's Yearbooks
F.A. Yearbook
Norman Giller
, Football Author

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