Lions roar through

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points
	England	8	6	2	0	14	5	20
	Turkey	8	6	1	1	17	5	19
	Slovakia	8	3	1	5	11	9	10
	FYR Macedonia	8	1	3	4	11	14	6
	Liechtenstein	8	0	1	7	2	22	1

Another two-horse race, Group 7 was decided by the two matches between England and Turkey.

Though the English were the first to stutter, only managing a 2-2 draw at home to Macedonia, they made up for that error by beating the Turks 2-0 at the Stadium of Light

Both sides then won their next three games to set up a titanic winner-takes-all match in Istanbul in October.

England's goalless draw in that match decided the group's final placings, with Sven-Göran Eriksson's side finishing both unbeaten and top of the pile, while Senol Günes' men were consigned to the play-offs.

Slovakia's 2-0 win in Liechtenstein, achieved thanks to a brace from Robert Vittek, left them third in the group.