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Saturday, 10 October 1998
European Championship 2000 Group Five qualification match

England 0 Bulgaria 0 [0-0]

Match Summary
England Squad

Bulgaria Squad

Team Records
   
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The Three Lions squad for the matches against Bulgaria and Luxembourg  October 1998
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club St Sub App G Capt
Adams, Tony A. 10 October 1966 31 D Arsenal FC 56 0 56 4 13 2
Anderton, Darren R. 3 March 1972 26 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 23 0 23 6 0 None
Batty, David 2 December 1968 29 M Newcastle United FC 26 9 35 0 0 3
Beckham, David R.J. 2 May 1975 23 M Manchester United FC 15 3 18 1 0 3
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David Beckham is suspended for the match against Bulgaria
Butt, Nicholas 21 January 1975 23 M Manchester United FC 2 4 6 0 0 None
Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18 September 1974 24 D Tottenham Hotspur FC 18 3 21 0 1 3
Dublin, Dion 22 April 1969 29 F Coventry City FC 2 1 3 0 0 None
Ferdinand, Rio G. 7 November 1978 19 D West Ham United FC 1 2 3 0 0 None
Flowers, Timothy D. 3 February 1967 31 G Blackburn Rovers FC 11 0 11 0 0 None
Hinchcliffe, Andrew G. 5 February 1969 29 M Sheffield Wednesday FC 6 0 6 0 0 None
Ince, Paul E.C. 21 October 1967 30 M Liverpool FC 42 2 44 2 7 5
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Paul Ince is suspended for the match against Bulgaria, and later against Luxembourg.
Keown, Martin R. 24 July 1966 32 D Arsenal FC 17 1 18 1 0 2
Le Saux, Graeme P. 17 October 1968 29 D Chelsea FC 28 2 30 1 0 2
Lee, Robert M. 1 February 1966 32 M Newcastle United FC 12 7 19 2 0 1
Martyn, A. Nigel 11 August 1966 32 G Leeds United AFC 6 1 7 0 0 None
Merson, Paul C. 20 March 1968 30 M Middlesbrough FC 8 12 20 2 0 -
Neville, Gary A. 18 February 1975 23 D Manchester United FC 28 2 30 0 0 2
Neville, Philip A. 21 January 1977 21 D Manchester United FC 9 3 12 0 0 None
Owen, Michael J. 14 December 1979 18 F Liverpool FC 5 5 10 3 0 1
Parlour, Raymond 7 March 1973 25 M Arsenal FC 0 0 0 0 0 None
Redknapp, Jamie F. 25 June 1973 25 M Liverpool FC 6 3 9 0 0 1
Scholes, Paul 16 November 1974 23 M Manchester United FC 11 1 12 4 0 4
Seaman, David A. 19 September 1963 35 G Arsenal FC 41 4 45 24 GA 1 1
Shearer, Alan 13 August 1970 28 F Newcastle United FC 42 2 44 21 15 2
Sheringham, Edward P. 2 April 1966 32 F Manchester United FC 28 8 36 9 0 2
Southgate, Gareth 3 September 1970 28 D Aston Villa FC 24 4 28 0 0 2
Wright, Ian E. 3 November 1963 34 F West Ham United FC 16 15 31 9 0 -
All information is complete to and including England's last match, the first of the 1998-99 season, against Sweden on 5 September 1998.

Diary

Friday, 2 October 1998 - The England squad for the two European Championship 2000 qualifiers this month has been named.  David Beckham is suspended for the first match against Bulgaria at Wembley on October 10th, but is set to return four days later in Luxembourg.  Coach Glenn Hoddle hopes Paul Ince will also be able to play in Luxembourg and will only serve a one game suspension for being sent off against Sweden last month.

Friday, 9 October 1998 - Darren Anderton is set to miss the crucial qualifier against Bulgaria tomorrow with the recurrence of a groin problem.  The Tottenham player will also need a scan to investigate a thigh muscle injury and he is a doubt for the next match in Luxembourg on Wednesday. Michael Owen may be dropped if he does not score in the next two matches and there is a possibility that Owen will not be in the starting eleven to face Bulgaria with his place going to old stager Teddy Sheringham of Manchester United and their reserves of late.  Hoddle may just be trying to use reverse psychology on Owen to provoke a goal scoring response.

Saturday, 10 October 1998 - Paul Ince has been banned for three matches by UEFA after his dismissal against Sweden last month.  Glenn Hoddle had hoped that Ince would only receive a one match ban but his reaction to the red card included gestures and verbal abuse of the referee and the ban was extended to three matches. Ince will not be allowed to play a competitive game for England until June 1999 - a home tie in Euro 2000 qualifying Group 5 against Sweden.

England Form: last six games
D W L W D L f 8:a success: 50%
746 29 May 1998 - Belgium 0 England 0 [0-0]
Penalties [4-3]
Complexe Sportif Mohamed V, Casablanca
(25,000)
TC ND
747 15 June 1998 - England 2 Tunisia 0 [1-0]
Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
(54,587)
Shearer, Scholes WCF NW
748 22 June 1998 - Romania 2 England 1 [0-0]
Stade Municipal, Toulouse (37,500)
Moldovan, Petrescu
Owen
NL
749 26 June 1998 - England 2 Colombia 0 [2-0]
Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens
(41,275)
Anderton, Beckham NW
750 30 June 1998 - Argentina 2 England 2 [2-2]
AET [2-2] & Penalties [4-3]

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne (35,500)
Batistuta (pen), Zanetti
Shearer (pen), Owen
ND
Beckham
751 5 September 1998 - Sweden 2 England 1 [2-1]
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna
(35,394)
A.Andersson, Mjällby
Shearer
ECP AL
Ince
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