David Beckham is a bit marmite, but on the 6th October 2001 he was certainly not a villain, when he scored that fabulous 30 yard free kick in the 93rd minute to earn England a draw with Greece in a World Cup Qualifier at Old Trafford. THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR MEDIA TODAY...AS IF WE NEEDED TO BE REMINDED OF THE OCCASION!
The draw meant that England went through to the Finals in 2002, the only home nation international team to qualify. Earlier they lost to Germany at the last ever game at the "old" Wembley when Dietmar Hamann scored and Kevin Keegan resigned from the manager's job in the home team toilet! An earlier draw with Finland 0-0 left England bottom of their group and five points adrift from Germany. Keegan was replaced by Sven-Goran Eriksson and Michael Owen came up with a hat trick in Munich to see England win 5-1.It's one of those games when everyone remembers where they were!
Then came their final game against Greece and they had to match or better Germany's final result. England had beaten Greece in six previous games and drawn the other. England spluttered to being behind twice and Germany were drawing in Finland.
In the Japanese/Korean Finals, England scored 2 goals in three matches in the qualifying group drawing 2 and winning one with Beckham's penalty against Argentina. It all came alive in the second round knock out, beating Denmark encouragingly 3-0 and then we lost to 10 man Brazil 1-2 in Shizuoka. Owen scored again, Rivaldo equalised with that long free kick over Seaman.
On the 8th October 2005 Beckham was sent off for getting two yellow cards for fouls on Austrian Ibertsberger in a World Cup Qualifier v Austria, again at Old Trafford. He became the first England international to be sent off twice. With only 10 men, England muddled through to victory after Lampard's penalty. England had drawn with Austria 2-2 away.
Beckham had previously been sent off against Argentina in 1998.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHCqp7Xbjdg
Remember??
The list to the right has been added -you will note it that it has been "squeezed in"! Apologies for any ??
| Match | PLAYER | Date | Opponent | Venue | Type | Res | Time | Details |
| 424 | Alan Mullery (11th appearance, 26yrs 194) | 5 June 1968 - 0-1 vs. Yugoslavia Stadio Communale, Firenze | ECF | NL | 90 | Retaliatory kick at Dobrivoje Trivic, despite constant provocation throughout the match. | ||
| 472 | Alan Ball (65th appearance, 28yrs 25) | 6 June 1973 - 0-2 vs. Poland Stadion Śląski, Chorzów | WCP | AL | 77 | Grabbed Leslaw Cmikiewicz by the throat, picking up up from the floor, after he and Martin Peters had brought him down. | ||
| 513 | Trevor Cherry (11th appearance, 29yrs 109) | 12 June 1977 - 1-1 vs. Argentina Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires | Fr | AD | 83 | Foul tackle from behind; Daniel Bertoni knocked out two teeth in retaliation and also was sent off. | ||
| 615 | Ray Wilkins (82nd appearance, 29yrs 265) | 6 June 1986 - 0-0 vs. Morocco Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | WCF | ND | 42 | Straight red - showed disgust at an offside decision, the ball he threw hit the referee's feet. | ||
| 750 | David Beckham (18th appearance, 23yrs 59) | 30 June 1998 - 2-2 vs. Argentina Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne | WCF | ND | 47 | Retaliatory kick after whistle had blown for foul by Diego Simeone. | ||
| 751 | Paul Ince (44th appearance, 30yrs 319) | 5 September 1998 - 1-2 vs. Sweden Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Stockholm | ECP | AL | 67 | Two cautions - two foul tackles, the second a late tackle on Henrik Larsson. | ||
| 758 | Paul Scholes (17th appearance, 24yrs 201) | 5 June 1999 - 0-0 vs. Sweden Wembley Stadium, Wembley | ECP | HD | 51 | Two cautions - two foul tackles | ||
| 761 | David Batty (42nd & final app, 30yrs 280) | 8 September 1999 - 0-0 vs. Poland Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa | ECP | AD | 84 | Foul late tackle on Radoslaw Michalski | ||
| 798 | Alan Smith (6th appearance, 21yrs 353) | 16 October 2002 - 2-2 vs. Macedonia Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton | ECP | HD | 90+2 | Two cautions - two foul tackles | ||
| 832 | David Beckham (85th appearance, 30yrs 159) | 8 October 2005 - 1-0 vs. Austria Old Trafford, Manchester | WCP | HW | 59 | Two cautions - two foul tackles | ||
| 842 | Wayne Rooney (33rd appearance, 20yrs 250) | 1 July 2006 - 0-0 vs. Portugal Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen | WCF | ND | 62 | Alleged stamp on Ricardo Carvalho | ||
| 879 | Rob Green (8th appearance, 29yrs 265) | 10 October 2009 - 0-1 vs. Ukraine Stadion Dnepr-Arena, Dnepropetrovsk | WCP | AL | 14 | Professional foul on Artem Milevskiy | ||
| 900 | Wayne Rooney (73rd appearance, 25yrs 348) | 7 October 2011 - 2-2 vs. Montenegro Stadion Pod Goricam, Podgorica | ECP | AD | 74 | For a petulant kick out at Miodrag Dzudović, after he miscontrols the ball and takes out his frustration | ||
| 912 | Steven Gerrard (98th appearance, 32yrs 104) | 11 September 2012 - 1-1 vs. Ukraine The National Stadium, Wembley | WCP | HD | 88 | Two cautions - first for jumping for the same ball, second for a lunge tackle | ||
| 930 | Raheem Sterling (4th appearance, 19yrs 178) | 4 June 2014 - 2-2 vs. Ecuador (sub) Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens | Fr | ND | 79 | A bad challenge on Antonio Valencia that also his opponent him being sent off for retaliation | ||
| 1002 | Kyle Walker (49th appearance, 30yrs 100) | 5 September 2020 - 1-0 vs. Iceland Laugardalsvöller, Reykjavík | NLP | AW | 70 | Two cautions - first for pushing, the second for a lunge tackle | ||
| 1006 | Harry Maguire (28th appearance, 27yrs 223) | 14 October 2020 - 0-1 vs. Denmark National Stadium, Wembley | NLP | HL | 31 | Two cautions - first for a late tackle, the second for a dangerous lunge | ||
| Reece James (3rd appearance, 20yrs 311) |  | Sent-off after the final whistle for arguing with the referee | ||||||
| 1034 | John Stones (58th appearance, 28yrs 17) | 14 June 2022 - 0-4 vs. Hungary Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton | NLP | HL | 82 | Two cautions - first for an innocuous elbow, the second for getting in the way. | ||
| 1043 | Luke Shaw (29th appearance, 27yrs 254) | 23 March 2023 - 2-1 vs. Italy Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Napoli | ECP | AW | 80 | Two cautions - the first for timewasting, the second for a trip | ||
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