June 11th 1986

[Mich Caine]

21 years ago today that Lineker scored a hat-trick for England v Poland in Mexico 86!

21 years ago. Yikes!

[Batman]

Blimey, if only he was as good a pundit as he was a striker.........

[sluffy]

The teams that day -

ENGLAND AGE D.O.B. CLUB
1 GK Peter Shilton (c) 36 18 Sep 1949 Southampton
2 DF Gary Stevens 23 27 Mar 1963 Everton
3 DF Kenny Sansom 27 26 Sep 1958 Arsenal
6 DF Terry Butcher 27 28 Dec 1958 Ipswich Town
14 DF Terry Fenwick 26 17 Nov 1959 Queens Park Rangers
4 MD Glenn Hoddle 28 27 Oct 1957 Tottenham Hotspur
16 MD Peter Reid 29 20 Jun 1956 Everton
17 MD Trevor Steven 22 21 Sep 1963 Everton
18 MD Steve Hodge 23 25 Oct 1962 Aston Villa
10 FW Gary Lineker (-86) 25 30 Nov 1960 Everton
20 FW Peter Beardsley (-76) 25 18 Jan 1961 Newcastle United

Substitutes
11 FW Chris Waddle (+76) 25 14 Dec 1960 Tottenham Hotspur
21 FW Kerry Dixon (+86) 24 24 Jul 1961 Chelsea

Coach: Bobby Robson 53 18 Feb 1933



POLAND AGE D.O.B. CLUB
1 GK Jozef Mlynarczyk 32 20 Sep 1953 FC Porto (POR)
4 DF Marek Ostrowski 26 22 Nov 1959 Pogon Szczecin
5 DF Roman Wojcicki 28 08 Jan 1958 Widzew Lodz
10 DF Stefan Majewski 30 31 Jan 1956 1FC Kaiserslautern (GER)
18 DF Krzysztof Pawlak 28 12 Feb 1958 Lech Poznan
6 MD Waldemar Matysik (-46) 24 27 Sep 1961 Gornik Zabrze
13 MD Ryszard Komornicki (-24) 26 14 Aug 1959 Gornik Zabrze
20 MD Zbigniew Boniek (c) 30 03 Mar 1956 AS Roma (ITA)
21 MD Dariusz Dziekanowski 23 30 Sep 1962 Legia Warszawa
8 FW Jan Urban 24 14 May 1962 Gornik Zabrze
11 FW Wlodzimierz Smolarek 28 16 Jul 1957 Widzew Lodz

Substitutes
9 MD Jan Karas (+24) 27 17 Mar 1959 Legia Warszawa
15 MD Andrzej Buncol (+46) 26 21 Sep 1959 Legia Warszawa

Coach: Antonie Piechniczek 44 03 May 1942



http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986 ... v_pol.html

[Zulus Thousand of em]

Bloody hell! I would have scored a hat-trick too, just playing against the keeper, with my mates, for ninety minutes.