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Individual International Appearances, Part Eight- Gary Winston Lineker (Part 2)


Official International Appearance No. 21 / 18 Goals

Date: February 18, 1987
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Madrid-Estadio Santiago Bernabeu  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)
Referee: Claudio Pieri (Italy)
Attendance: 35,000
Spain 2-England 4 (Emilio Butragueno 14, Ramon Vazquez 77 / Gary Lineker 23, 27, 46, 56)
Notes:
1-First and only match vs.Spain.
2-Lineker scored his first quadruple for the National Team. Lineker scored his 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th goals for England.
3- Gary Lineker scored 4 goals against his Barcelona clubmate Andoni Zubizaretta at rivals Real Madrid’s home stadium.
4-Gary Lineker was club teammates with Spain’s Zubizaretta, Victor, Roberto and Carrasco.
5-Gary Lineker’s 4 goals were the most by an English player in the same match, since April 16, 1975 when Malcolm Mac Donald scored all 5 of England’s goals in a 5-0 Euro Qualifier win vs Cyprus.
6-Gary Lineker’s 4 goals are the most ever by any one player in a single match vs Spain.
7-For more detail, see:


Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(Standing second from the right, England squad, February 18, 1987, Spain 2-England 4)




Official International Appearance No. 22 / 18 Goals

Date: April 1, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4
Venue: Belfast- Windsor Park
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
Attendance: 20,578
Northern Ireland 0-England 2 (Bryan Robson 19, Chris Waddle 43)
Notes:
1-Third match vs. Northern Ireland and the first and only time at Belfast.

Official International Appearance No. 23 / 18 Goals

Date: April 29, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4
Venue: İzmır -Kemal Atatürk Stadyumu
Referee: Valery Butenko (USSR
Attendance: 25,000
Turkey 0-England 0 (-)
Notes:
1-Second match vs. Turkey.

Official International Appearance No. 24 / 19 Goals

Date: May 19, 1987
Competition: Sir Stanley Rous Cup (Friendly)
Venue: London - Wembley
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance: 92,000
England 1-Brazil 1 (Gary Lineker 35 / Mirandhina 36)
Notes:
1-First match and goal vs, Brazil.
2-Lineker scored his 19th goal for England.
3-Third South American opponent after Paraguay and Argentina. Lineker has scored against all South American opponents faced.
4-Second match in the Rous Cup, first after 1985.
5-Gary Lineker was replaced by Mark Hateley in the 76th minute.
6-For more detail, see:


Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Chile, 1989
(Gary Lineker scoring with a header, May 19, 1987, Rous Cup, England 1-Brazil 1)




Photo From: Forever England, A History of the National Side, Authors Mark Shaoul, Tony Williamson
(Gary Lineker celebrating, May 19, 1987, Rous Cup, England 1-Brazil 1)



Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Brazil, 1990
(May 19, 1987, Rous Cup, England 1-Brazil 1)



Official International Appearance No. 25 / 20 Goals

Date: September 9, 1987
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Düsseldorf – Rheinstadion
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Attendance: 50,000
West Germany 3-England 1 (Pierre Littbarski 24, 33, Wolfram Wuttke 84 / Gary Lineker 42)
Notes:
1-Second match and first goal vs. West Germany.
2-Lineker scored his 20th goal for England.
3-Gary Lineker was replaced by Mark Hateley in the 76th minute
4-For more detail, see:



Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(Standing first from the left, England squad, September 9, 1987, West Germany 3-England 1)



Photo From: Kicker-EM-1988
(Standing first from the left, England squad, September 9, 1987, West Germany 3-England 1)



Official International Appearance No. 26 / 23 Goals

Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4
Venue: London - Wembley
Referee: Albert Rudolph Thomas (Holland)
Attendance: 45,528
England 8-Turkey 0 (John Barnes 1, 28,  Gary Lineker 8, 42, 71, Bryan Robson 59, Peter Beardsley 62, Neil Webb 88)
Notes:
1-Third match vs. Turkey.
2-Third hat trick for England and second vs. Turkey (last time in 1985).
3-Lineker scored his 21st, 22nd and 23rd goals for England.



Photo From: World  Soccer, April 2003
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, England 8-Turkey 0)



Photo From: World Soccer , November 1987
(Standing second from the right, England squad, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, England 8-Turkey 0)



Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, England 8-Turkey 0)



Official International Appearance No. 27 / 23 Goals

Date: November 11, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4
Venue: Belgrade, Stadion Crvene Zvezde (Red Star)
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance: 70,000
Yugoslavia 1-England 4 (Srecko Katanec 80 / Peter Beardsley 4,  John Barnes 17,  Bryan Robson 20, Tony Adams 25)
Notes:
1-Second match vs. Yugoslavia.
2-First Euro Finals qualification and second Official Tournament qualification.
3-Gary Lineker and Dragan Stojkovic were for a brief time teamamtes at Japan’s Nagoya Grampus 8 in 1994, just before Lineker’s retirement.
4-For more detail, see:


Photo From: France Football, Issue 2178 , January 5, 1988
(Standing second from the left, England squad, November 11, 1987, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 1-England 4)




Photo From: European Football Yearbook, 88-89, Editor Mike Hammond
(November 11, 1987, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 1-England 4)



Photo From: France Football, Issue 2171, November 17, 1987
(November 11, 1987, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 1-England 4)



Photo From: Mondial, new series, Issue 93, December 1987
(November 11, 1987, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 1-England 4)


Official International Appearance No. 28 / 24 Goals

Date: March 23, 1988
Competition: Friendly
Venue: London - Wembley
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
Attendance: 74,590
England 2-Holland 2 (Gary Lineker 13, Tony Adams 61 / Tony Adams (own goal) 20, Johnny Bosman 25)
Notes:
1-First match and goal vs. Holland.
2- Lineker scored his 24th goal for England.
4-For more detail, see:



Photo From: Kicker-EM-1988
(March 23, 1988, England 2-Holland 2)



Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Scotland, 1988
(March 23, 1988, England 2-Holland 2)



Official International Appearance No. 29 / 24 Goals

Date: April 27, 1988
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Budapest -Nepstadion
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)
Attendance: 30,000
Hungary 0-England 0 (-)
Notes:
1-First match vs. Hungary.
2-Gary Lineker was replaced by Tony Cottee in the 83rd minute


Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Colombia, 1988
(April 27, 1988, Hungary 0-England 0)


Photo From: World Soccer, June 1988
(Standing third from the right, England squad, April 27, 1988, Hungary 0-England 0)


Official International Appearance No. 30 / 24 Goals

Date: May 21, 1988
Competition: Sir Stanley Rous Cup (Friendly)
Venue: London - Wembley
Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)
Attendance: 70,480
England 1-Scotland 0 (Peter Beardsley 12)
Notes:
1-Third and last match vs Scotland.
2-Third and last Rous Cup participation.
3-For more detail, see:

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 2, March 1989
(Alex McLeisch and Gary Lineker, May 21, 1988, Rous Cup, England 1-Scotland 0)


Official International Appearance No. 31 / 25 Goals

Date: May 24, 1988
Competition: Sir Stanley Rous Cup (Friendly)
Venue: London - Wembley
Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (West Germany)
Attendance: 25,576
England 1-Colombia 1 (Gary Lineker 22  / Andres Escobar 66)
Notes:
1-First and only match vs. Colombia. First goal vs. Colombia.
2-Fourth South American opponent and Lineker has scored in every match.
3-England won the Rous Cup.
4-Gary Lineker scored his 25th goal for England.


Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Chile, 1989
(May 24, 1988, Rous Cup, England 1-Colombia 1)




Official International Appearance No. 32 / 26 Goals

Date: May 28, 1988
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Lausanne – Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance: 10,000
Switzerland 0-England 1 (Gary Lineker 59)
Notes:
1-First and only match vs. Switzerland. First goal vs. Switzerland.
2-Gary Lineker scored his 26th goal for England.


Official International Appearance No. 33 / 26 Goals

Date: June 12, 1988
Competition: UEFA European Championships 1988- Group B
Venue: Stuttgart –Neckarstadion, West Germany
Referee: Sigfried Kirschen (East Germany)
Attendance: 55,500
Republic of Ireland 1-England 0 (Ray Houghton 6)
Notes:
1-Second match vs. Republic of Ireland.
2-First participation in the Finals of the UEFA European Championships and the second Finals of an Official Tournament.


Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(Standing second from the left, England squad, June 12, 1988, UEFA European Championships, Republic of Ireland 1-England 0)



Photo From: Onze, Issue 151, July 1988
(June 12, 1988, UEFA European Championships, Republic of Ireland 1-England 0)


Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 25, February 1991
(June 12, 1988, UEFA European Championships, Republic of Ireland 1-England 0)




Official International Appearance No. 34 / 26 Goals

Date: June 15, 1988
Competition: UEFA European Championships 1988- Group B
Venue: Dusseldorf - Rheinstadion, West Germany
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Attendance: 63,940
Holland 3-England 1 (Marco van Basten 44, 72, 76 / Bryan Robson 54)
Notes:
1-Second match vs. Holland just three months after first one.

Photo From: BBC SportsYear Magazine WC90
(celebrating Bryan Robson’s goal, June 15, 1988, UEFA European Championships, Holland 3-England 1)


Official International Appearance No. 35 / 26 Goals

Date: June 18, 1988
Competition: UEFA European Championships 1988- Group B
Venue: Frankfurt -Waldstadion, West Germany
Referee: Jose Rosa Dos Santos (Portugal)
Attendance: 53,000
USSR 3-England 1 (Sergei Aleinikov 3, Aleei Mikhailichenko 28, Viktor Pasulko 72 / Tony Adams 15)
Notes:
1-Second match vs. USSR.
2-Third straight loss in the Euros and elimination.
3-Gary Lineker was replaced by Mark Hateley in the 64th minute


Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(Standing first from the left, England squad, June 18, 1988, UEFA European Championships, USSR 3-England 1)



Photo From: Voetbal magazine, Issue 30, July 1988
(June 18, 1988, UEFA European Championships, USSR 3-England 1)


Official International Appearance No. 36 / 26 Goals

Date: October 19, 1988
Competition: FIFA World Cup 1986 Qualifier-UEFA Zone-Group 2
Venue: London - Wembley
Referee: Gerard Biguet (France)
Attendance: 62,628
England 0-Sweden 0 (-)
Notes:
1-First match vs. Sweden.
2-Second FIFA World Cup qualifiers.


Photo From: World Soccer , November 1988
(October 19, 1988, World Cup qualifier, England 0-Sweden 0)


Photo From: World Soccer, September 1989
(October 19, 1988, World Cup qualifier, England 0-Sweden 0)



Official International Appearance No. 37 / 26 Goals

Date: November 16, 1988
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Riyadh-King Fahd Stadium
Referee: Jasem Mandi (Bahrain)
Attendance: 8,000
Saudi Arabia 1-England 1 (Abdullah 15 / Tony Adams 54)
Notes:
1-First and only match vs. Saudi Arabia.
2-First match vs. an Asian Nation. First match on Asian soil.


Official International Appearance No. 38 / 26 Goals

Date: February 8, 1989
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Athens-Olympiako Stadio Athinas 'Spyros Louis' (OAKA)
Referee: Heinz Holzmann (Austria)
Attendance: 6,000
Greece 1-England 2 (Dimitris Saravakos 2 pen / John Barnes 9, Bryan Robson 79)
Notes:
1-First and only match vs. Greece.

Official International Appearance No. 39 / 26 Goals

Date: March 8, 1989
Competition: FIFA World Cup 1986 Qualifier-UEFA Zone-Group 2
Venue: Tiranë (Tirana)- Stadiumi Kombetar ‘Qemal Stafa’
Referee: John Blankenstein (Holland)
Attendance: 30,000
Albania 0-England 2 (John Barnes 16, Bryan Robson 63)
Notes:
1-First match vs. Albania.
2-Gary Lineker was replaced by Alan Smith in the 78th minute.

Photo From:  Official Match Programme,  England v Italy, 1989
(Standing second from the right, March 8, 1989, World Cup qualifier, Albania 0-England 2)


Official International Appearance No. 40 / 27 Goals

Date: April 26, 1989
Competition: FIFA World Cup 1986 Qualifier-UEFA Zone-Group 2
Venue: London - Wembley
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)
Attendance: 60,602
England 5-Albania 0 (Gary Lineker 23, Peter Beardsley 12,64, Chris Waddle 72, Paul Gascoigne 88)
Notes:
1-Second and last match vs. Albania. First goal vs. Albania.
2-Consecutive matches vs. the same opponent.
3-First International goal in nearly a year.
4-Gary Lineker scored his 27th goal for England.




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