26 March 2005
GOAL: Frank Lampard v Northern Ireland

Frank Lampard rounds off the scoring with a delightful goal to secure all three points for England.

26 March 2005
GOAL: Chris Baird own goal v Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland defender Chris Baird was helpless to stop Wayne Rooney's cross from deflecting in for 3-0.

26 March 2005
GOAL: Michael Owen v Northern Ireland

Michael Owen scores a poacher's goal to put England 2-0 up against at Old Trafford.

26 March 2005
GOAL: Joe Cole v Northern Ireland

Watch Joe Cole make it 1-0 to England to start a comprehensive victory over Northern Ireland at Old Trafford.


With kick-off for England's game against Northern Ireland fast approaching, we've delved into our video archives to bring you goal action from the Three Lions victory over the Irish in March. 

The visitors were holding England at the break in front of a vociferous 65,239 Old Trafford crowd. But just moments after the restart, Chelsea midfielder Cole broke the deadlock and sent Sven's men on their way to a comprehensive 4-0 win.

Wayne Rooney tried to find David Beckham inside the box. The ball was cut out by Tony Capaldi, only as far as Cole on the edge of the box and he made no mistake this time planting a sweet shot past Taylor into the corner of the net.

England soon made it two on 52 minutes. Lampard played a crucial role in helping the ball through to Owen inside the box and the Real Madrid striker showed he has lost none of his goalscoring instincts when he neatly chipped the ball over Taylor and in.

There was nothing stopping Eriksson's side now and England added a third just two minutes later.

The Northern Ireland players simply couldn't handle the threat of Rooney who weaved his way into the box past two players.

The England striker attempted to cut the ball back to his strike partner Owen, but Northern Ireland defender Chris Baird turned the ball into his own net from close-range.

And England soon scored a fourth on 62 minutes when Lampard's blistering 25-yard shot took a wicked deflection off Colin Murdock and completely wrong-footed Taylor in the Northern Ireland goal.

To watch all four of the goals click on the links above, sit back and enjoy.