Trinidad & Tobago

0-3

England

 

 

Gareth Barry 12, Jermain Defoe 15, 49


International Friendly
10.30pm (5.30pm local time), Sunday 1 June 2008
Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Live on BBC1

90+3

Bentley almost finds Crouch with another cross from the right which is intercepted by the head of Lawrence. The referee then brings the game to a close. Full-Time: Trinidad & Tobago 0-3 England

90

Good footwork from Ashley Young outside the Trinidad area. His well struck drive is palmed away by Ince.

87

Trinidad Captain Autis Whitley has the home side's best chance, but blazes over 15 yards out from Edwards' square pass.

87

Walcott latches onto Lawrence's mistake and goes through on Ince one on one. His shot is easily saved by the keeper, but he still can't hold it. Crouch pounces but Ince does better to claim at the second attempt

84' Another debutant enters the field, Stephen Warnock coming on for Wayne Bridge

83

Ashley Young puts in an inswinging cross from the left towards Crouch. As the Liverpool striker shapes to head goalwards, Dennis Lawrtence gets a vital tough to take it away.

76' Kevaughhn Connell replaces Keon Daniel, but the moment the home fans have been waiting for a Trinidad legend Dwight Yorke comes out of retirement to play against England. He comes on for Khaleem Hyland

74' Jerrol Forbes comes on to replace Stern John

69' Theo Walcott comes on for Jermain Defoe to win his second England cap two years and two days after making his debut

65

Nervous moment in goal for Joe Hart who misses a couple of catches, but is helped out by his defence to see the ball go to safety

60

Bentley sends on another cross from the right which catches the wind and almost sneaks inside the far post with Ince beaten

58

Great move from England as Gerrard, Crouch and Defoe link up well. Crouch has the final shot which is pushed away for a corner by Ince

58' Ashley Young comes on for Stewart Downing

54

Defoe has a chance for his hat-trick but his first touch eight yards out sees the space closed down and he pokes wide

53

A speculative first-time Khaleem Hyland shot gets Joe Hart scrambling across his goal, but he has it covered as the ball rolls wide

51

Bentley almost tees Gerrard up for a volley on the turn on the edge of the area, but he hooks his shot wide of the mark

49

GOAL! David Bentley delivers in a nice cross towards Peter Crouch at the back post. Kareem Smith gets a head to it, but only puts the ball into the path of Defoe ten yards out and he tucks away with ease.

47

England begin the second half as they started the first, playing keep ball.

There are four substitutions for England at the break with Beckham being replaced by David Bentley, Peter Crouch coming on for Dean Ashton and two debuts - Joe Hart and Phil Jagielka on for David James and Rio Ferdinand. Trinidad changes, Osei Telesford and Kareem Smith on for Kern Cupid and Darryl Roberts. Gareth Barry takes the armband from Beckham

45+1

Referee Enrico Wijngaarde from Surinam brings to close the first half.

42

At the other end, Downing comes in from the left to have a pop at Ince's goal with his right foot. Ince can't hold it first time, but scoops up the loose ball.

41

Good move from Trinidad & Tobago as Roberts finds room in the England area and fires in a cross from the bye-line, but Ferdinand gets his head on the end of it to clear

38

Ashton makes space inside the box to latch onto Beckham's deep ball into the danger zone, but his volley is off target.

34

Jermain Defoe has another opportunity from a tight angle, but as the ball drops from the sky, he volleys high over the bar.

31

Dangerous attack for England, Barry heading towards the box, but Makan Hislop makes a fine challenge to take the ball

30' Hyland again tries to tease Gerrard on the left wing, but goes over a tackle from the Liverpool midfielder. Gerrard gets booked, Trinidad fans cheer.

27

A ball into England six yard box is dangerous but a toe from Ferdinand clears the ball from Darryl Roberts winding up for the shot. Ferdinand goes down injured.

26

Khaleem Hyland wins a free-kick in a dangerous area after wrong-footing Steven Gerrard. Carlos Edwards' effort hits the wall and goes off for a corner.

24

Defoe has another try, this time from a central position as the Trinidad defence back off. His shot goes straight at Ince though.

15

GOAL! Jermain Defoe break down the left had channel losing Kern Cupid and shoots across Clayton Ince and the ball bobbles into the corner of the net.

12

GOAL! Wayne Bridge breaks down the left and clips in a cross from the bye-line. Gareth Barry arrives to fire home from close range to grab his first goal for England

11' Jones' night is over and on comes Darryl Roberts.

7

Kenwyn Jones nips in to capitalise on a mix-up between Rio Ferdinand and David James. James recovers to tackle Jones, but the Sunderland man looks injured and goes off for treatment

6

Jermain Defoe is handed a fine opportunity from a Beckham cross, but he couldn't quite make contact to send the ball goalward five yards out

4

David Beckham lines up a free-kick just outside the box after a foul from Dennis Lawrence. His strike hits the wall and away to safety

3

Carlos Edwards tries his luck with a hopefully effort from 20 yards that takes a deflection without troubling David James

1

England play a bit of keep ball and captain David Beckham cross from the right but Kern Cupid clears from the six yard box.

The carnival atmosphere greets the two teams before the game, it's hot and humid as Dean Ashton, on his debut, kicks off for England  



As the loudspeakers blasted out Caribbean music to the vibrant crowd, England entered the Hasely Crawford stadium to a roar of approval from the eager Trinidadians who had to come to see the first English side to play on these shores.

The Teams

Trinidad and Tobago
1 Clayton Ince, 2 Kern Cupid (5 Osei Telesford, 46), 3 Ancil Farrier, 4 Makan Hislop, 6 Dennis Lawrence, 7 Carlos Edwards, 8 Khaleem Hyland (19 Dwight Yorke 76), 9 Aurtis Whitley (c), 14 Stern John (24 Jerrol Forbes, 74), 17 Kenwyne Jones (10 Darryl Roberts, 11 (13 Kareem Smith, 46)), 18 Keon Daniel (12 Kevaughhn Connell, 76)
Substitutes 11 Hayden Tinto, 15 Akeem Adams, 16 Anton Pierre, 21 Jan Michael Williams, 25 Keyeno Thomas, 26 Jamal Gay

England
1 David James (12 Joe Hart, 46), 2 Glen Johnson, 3 Wayne Bridge (13 Stephen Warnock, 84), 4 Gareth Barry, 5 Rio Ferdinand (15 Phil Jagielka 46), 6 Jonathan Woodgate, 7 David Beckham (c) (16 David Bentley, 46), 8 Stewart Downing (17 Ashley Young 58), 9 Dean Ashton (19 Peter Crouch, 46), 10 Steven Gerrard, 11 Jermain Defoe (20 Theo Walcott, 69)
Substitutes 14 David Wheater, 18 Tom Huddlestone, 21 Gabriel Agbonlahor, 22 Joe Lewis

Officials
Referee Enrico Wijngaarde (Surinam)
Assistant referees Ramon Lousiville (Surinam) and Dion Inniss (Guyana)
Fourth Official Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)