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TheFA.com looks back to England's 5-0 win over

TheFA.com looks back to England's 5-0 win over Turkey back in October 1985, a victory that was earned thanks to goals from Chris Waddle, Bryan Robson and a hat-trick from Everton's Gary Lineker...

1986 World Cup, Group F Qualifier
England 5-0 Turkey
Wembley Stadium
16 October 1985

Luck and a 40-year-old goalkeeper with the Tottenham reserves had helped Northern Ireland to a shock 1-0 victory over Romania in Bucharest earlier in the day and that result ensured England of their long-awaited ticket to Mexico for the 1986 World Cup Finals.

The Turks were playing to restore a little pride at Wembley after the humiliation of Istanbul, where they lost 8-0, but the 52,500 Wembley crowd were still confidently expecting another deluge of goals.

The visitors managed to hold out for fourteen minutes before Chris Waddle scored a spectacular solo goal, picking the ball up near the half-way line and embarking on a run which finished with the winger squeezing it inside Yasar's nearside post. Waddle's long dribble was more like a marathon and virtually constituted a tour of the Turkish half.

Three minutes later, Gary Lineker made it 2-0 with a bullet header from clubmate Stevens' pin-point centre and it was starting to look like another night of despair for the Turks.

Skipper Bryan Robson forced in a near-post goal at the second attempt and Lineker soared to meet another Stevens cross and head England to a 4-0 advantage at the interval.

Lineker added to the expectation of a rout when he completed his hat-trick nine minutes into the second half with a blistering right-footer from twenty yards.

However soon after, Robson limped away with a hamstring injury and with his departure a lot of the sparkle went out of England's performance.

What should have been a night of celebration for England ended in near silence. Peter Shilton won his 74th cap, a record for an England goalkeeper, but he had been largely superfluous on this occasion. Turkey did not manage a worthwhile shot until the 78th minute.

Teams

England: Shilton, Stevens, Sansom, Hoddle, Wright, Fenwick, Robson (Steven), Wilkins, Hateley (Woodcock), Lineker, Waddle

Turkey: Yasar, Ismail, Yusef, Rasit, Sedat, Abdulkerim, Huseyin, Mujdat, Hasan (Senol), Unal, Selcuk

Referee: A Milchenko (USSR)

Attendance: 52,500

Player View - Terry Fenwick

Terry Fenwick, who wore the no.6 shirt in the match, spoke to TheFA.com about his memories of the game: "They were a very different footballing side to us," he said.

"Obviously we won the match 5-0 but it wasn't that great a spectacle for the crowd.

"In the end it was a professional enough performance and we got the points we needed."

So how does Fenwick, who won 20 caps between 1984 and 1988, rate England's chances next Saturday?

"Oh, I think we can do it. I think Sven will play Heskey and Owen and adopt a counter-attacking approach to the game. They can do it."


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