First England match you saw?

[Mr Blobby]

Mine was (for the senior team)

England 8 - 0 Turkey 14.10.1987
Gary Lineker 3, John Barnes 2, Bryan Robson, Peter Beardsley, Neil Webb
Captain: Bryan Robson

1. Peter Shilton Derby County
2. Gary Stevens Everton
3. Kenny Sansom Arsenal
4. Trevor Steven Everton sub Glenn Hoddle (Monaco)
5. Tony Adams Arsenal
6. Terry Butcher Rangers
7. Bryan Robson Manchester United
8. Neil Webb Nottingham Forest
9. Peter Beardsley Liverpool sub Cyrille Regis (Coventry City)
10. Gary Lineker Barcelona
11. John Barnes Liverpool

I first saw England U21s at the Goldstone

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER
06/09/1977, Brighton, Goldstone Ground
ENGLAND U21 6-0 NORWAY U21
Scorers: Peter Ward 16', 35', 67', Peter Barnes 29', John Deehan 49', 77'

ENGLAND U21:
John Middleton [Derby County] [1/0]
Paul Hinshelwood [Crystal Palace] [1/0]
David Peach [Southampton] [4/1]
Steve Williams [Southampton] [4/0]
Steve Simms [Leicester City] [5/0]
Paul Futcher [Manchester City] [5/0]
Laurie Cunningham [West Bromwich Albion] [4/1]
Peter Ward [Brighton & Hove Albion] [1/3]
John Deehan [Aston Villa] [2/3]
Gary Owen [Manchester City] [4/0]
Peter Barnes [Manchester City] [5/2]

Some interesting names in both line ups! Would the current England team beat the 1987 line up?

 

[maffew]

Mine was England Croatia, Portugal 2004

cant complain

 

[hans kraay fan club]

First I saw [live] was England v Brazil at Wembley. It was 1-1, with goals from Lineker and Romario.

 

[Horsham Gull]

England Vs USA at Wembley

 

[Easy 10]

First one I attended was the 3-0 World Cup win over Poland at Wembley around 1993. Pearce, Gascoigne and Ferdinand were the scorers (I think).

 

[Uncle Buck]

England v Columbia at Wembley when their keeper did that stupid save with his legs.

 

[Mendoza]

I went to the England B international at the Goldstone against Italy, but didnt go to senior game for a lot longer after that

Not a bad one, I started in Euro 96, as I was then allowed by my parents to go without adult supervision to games, so went to…….

England 4 (Shearer 23 pen, 57, Sheringham 51,62)
Holland 1 (Kluivert 78)

David Seaman
Gary Neville
Tony Adams
Gareth Southgate
Stuart Pearce
Darren Anderton
Paul Gascoigne
Paul Ince (David Platt 67)
Steve McManaman
Teddy Sheringham (Robbie Fowler 75)
Alan Shearer (Nick Barmby 75)

 

[London Calling]

v Hungary, I believe we won 3-0 or 3-1.

It was England'd lowest crowd, (17,000 ish) it was cold, damp and zero atmosphere, a probable low of English national gootball.

 

[Tooting Gull]

England 1 Denmark 0 (Keegan)
12.9.1979
Wembley, European Championship Qualifier

Team
Clemence R N (Liverpool),
Neal P G (Liverpool),
Mills M D (Ipswich Town),
Thompson P B (Liverpool),
Watson D V (Manchester City),
Wilkins R C (Chelsea),
McDermott T (Liverpool),
Coppell S J (Manchester United),
Brooking T D (West Ham United),
Keegan J K (Hamburg SV) - Captain,
Barnes P S (Manchester City).

 

[Buzzer]

England v Sweden world cup qualifier on 19th October 1988 Nil-Nil draw.

 

[Brovion]

I think it was early 1969, certainly I was 11 and in my first year at secondary school. It was 1-1 draw v Romania. I prefer to remember my 2nd game which was a few months later and was a 5-0 win over France.

 

[Trigger]

12th September 1984:
England 1-0 East Germany

 

[Cian]

Ireland 1 - 0 England (match abandoned), Lansdowne Road, 1995

Also the last one I've ever been at.

 

[Marc]

England 1 - 1 Brazil

Linekar scored with a diving header and they equalised within a minute

 

[strings]

England 2-1 Switzerland (February 2008) - Capello's first match in charge.

Jermain Jenas and Shaun Wright-Phillips scored.

I saw the Under 21's play at Molineux in June vs. Poland 0-0 (We had decent seats above the halfway line and were surprised when 5 mins prior to kick-off, Stuart Pearce came and sat next to us).

 

[wigman]

England 5 Luxemborg 0 about 1976

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

First game was England v Italy Under 21's when I was young with the football team I played for.

First senior game was this abomination

BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | Denmark 4-1 England

Rommedahl RAPED us purely becase Cashley spent most of the game in their half entirely neglecting his defencive duties as always!

 

[Zesh Rehman]

England 2-0 Scotland

at Wembley, Euro 96, you know it.

 

[bright1064]

England 0 - 0 Norway

In 1994, a proper early/mid-nineties England friendly performance. Rubbish game, the only thing I can remember was David Platt having a goal from a free kick disallowed.

Our starting team that day...

Seaman, David
Adams, Tony
Bould, Steve A.
LeSaux, Graeme
Ince, Paul Emerson Carlyle
Wise, Dennis
Anderton, Darren
Platt, David Andrew
Beardsley, Peter
Shearer, Alan
Jones, Robert Marc ("Rob")

 

[house your seagull]

First one I attended was the 3-0 World Cup win over Poland at Wembley around 1993. Pearce, Gascoigne and Ferdinand were the scorers (I think).

mine too i think, although i have recollections of england - norway earlier in that fated USA'94 campaign. KNC might remember

Seaman D A (Arsenal),
Jones R M (Liverpool),
Pearce S (Nottingham Forest) - Captain,
Ince P E C (Manchester United),
Pallister G A (Manchester United),
Adams T A (Arsenal),
Platt D A (Sampdoria),
Gascoigne P J (Lazio),
Ferdinand L (Queens Park Rangers),
Wright I E (Arsenal),
Sharpe L S (Manchester United).