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Wednesday, 25 April 1990
International Friendly Match

England 4 Czechoslovakia 2 [2-1]
 

 

Match Summary
England Squad
Czechoslovakia Squad

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Attendance: 21,342;
Kick-off: 8.00pm BST
Live on BSB The Sports Channel (UK) -
Commentator:
Martin Tyler and Andy Gray

Czechoslovakia - Tomáš Skuhravý (10), Luboš Kubík (free-kick 80).
England - Steve Bull (17, 55), Stuart Pearce (23), Paul Gascoigne (89).
 
Results 1985-1990

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Match Summary

Officials from France

England

Type

Czechoslovakia

Referee (-) - Michel Girard
x (-).

Linesmen - R. Harrel and M. Nounet

Reserve official - B.A. Wiggington, Gloucestershire

Teams presented to Mr Billy Wright, C.B.E., F.A. Honorary Member, ex-England captain.

Match preceded by England U18 vs. Czechoslovakia U18.

  Goal Attempts  
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England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 6th to 5th
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: Bryan Robson, 59th captaincy Manager: Robert W. Robson, 57 (18 February 1933), appointed 7 July 1982,
85th match, W 43 - D 26 - L 16 - F 143 - A 51.
England Lineup
1 Shilton, Peter L., off 46th min. 40 18 September 1949 G Derby County FC 115 71ᵍᵃ
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1021 2 Dixon, Lee M. 26
39 days
17 March 1964 RB Arsenal FC 1 0
3 Pearce, Stuart, off 46th min. 28 24 April 1962 LB Nottingham Forest FC 21 1
4 Steven, Trevor M. 26 21 September 1963 RM Rangers FC, Scotland 26 3
5 Walker, Desmond S., off 46th min. 24 26 November 1965 RCD Nottingham Forest FC 15 0
6 Butcher, Terence I. 31 28 December 1958
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LCD Rangers FC, Scotland 69 3
7 Robson, Bryan, off 75th min. 33 11 January 1957 RCM Manchester United FC 83 26
8 Gascoigne, Paul J. 22 27 May 1967 LCM Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 2
9 Bull, Steven G. 25 28 March 1965 LF Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4 3
10 Lineker, Gary W. 29 30 November 1960 RF Tottenham Hotspur FC 48 30
11 Hodge, Stephen B. 27 25 October 1962 LM Nottingham Forest FC 19 0
England Substitutes
13 Seaman, David A., on 46th min. for Shilton 26 19 September 1963 G Queen's Park Rangers FC 3 1 2ᵍᵃ
2
12 Dorigo, Anthony R., on 46th min. for Pearce 24 31 December 1965 LB Chelsea FC 2 0 0
2
14 Wright, Mark, on 46th min. for Walker 26 1 August 1963 RCD Derby County FC 23 21 0
2
15 McMahon, Stephen, on 75th min. for Robson 28 20 August 1961 RCM Liverpool FC 11 8 0
3

unused substitutes:

16-David Rocastle, 17-David Platt, 18-Tony Daley.

substitute notes:

Peter Shilton breaks his own records again in being the oldest and most experienced player to be replaced by a substitute.
Bryan Robson has now been replaced by a substitute in a record seventeen matches. Peter Shilton has been replaced in fourteen matches (between them in the list is Waddle 16 and Beardsley 15)

records:

England have now gone a record 23 matches unbeaten at Wembley Stadium.
 
4-4-2 Shilton (Seaman) -
Dixon, Walker (Wright), Butcher, Pearce (Dorigo) -
Steven, Robson (McMahon), Gascoigne, Hodge -
Bull, Lineker

Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

Czechoslovakia Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking;
EFO ranking

ELO rating 16th
Colours: Made by Adidas - RRed crew necked jerseys with white sleeves/overlapping collar and black Adidas trim, white shorts with red pinstripes and Adidas trim, blue socks with white Adidas trim.
Capt: Ivan Hašek Manager: Dr Jozef Venglos
Czechoslovakia Lineup
1 Mikloško, Ludĕk   9 December 1961 G     ᵍᵃ
2 Bielik, Július   8 March 1962        
3 Straka, Frantićek, off 68th min.   28 May 1958        
4 Hašek, Ivan   6 September 1963        
5 Kocian, Ján   13 March 1958        
6 Kinier, Vladimír   6 April 1958        
7 Bílek, Michal   13 April 1965        
8 Kubík, Luboš   20 January 1964        
9 Knoflíček, Ivo, off 60th min.   23 February 1962        
10 Skuhravý, Tomáš, off 71st min.   7 September 1965        
11 Moravčík, Ľubomír   22 June 1965        
Czechoslovakia Substitutes
16 Griga, Stanislav, on 60th min. for Knoflicek   4 November 1961        
12 Kadlec, Miroslav, on 68th min. for Straka   22 June 1964        
14 Weiss, Vladimir, on 71st min. for Skuhravy   22 September 1964        

unused substitutes:

15-Ladislav Pecko, 22-Jan Stejskal.

team notes:

Lubos Kubík's consolation free-kick was the fourteenth direct free-kick England have conceded.
 
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Averages:

Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

    Match Report by Norman Giller

Paul Gascoigne took hold of this game by the scruff of the neck and showed what an exciting prospect he was after the Czechs had startled England by taking an early lead. Gazza laid on two goals for Steve Bull, another for Stuart Pearce and then in the final moments added a fourth goal himself with a thumping left foot shot into the roof of the net. Bobby Robson knew that he had a shining diamond of a player in Gazza, but a diamond with a flaw. He said of his fellow Geordie, 'The lad is a brilliant footballer but as daft as a brush.' Gazza was to give many examples to support the description.

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

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CG