England v France (1992) | From The Archive

[@damianomen6077]

It's a shame lineker and shearer didn't get more game time together..would of been a great partnership if lineker had been a few years younger!

[@cddb5408]

damian Omen I was thinking the same. 10 years between Lineker and Shearer and then about the same age difference between Shearer and Owen as well. Although Owen never scored more than 2 in a major tournament where as Liniker and Shearer got golden boots but would've been good to have 2 strikers at the same tournament getting many goals between them.

[@DannyMiami09]

Shearer injury didn't help

[@pwareham61]

Just thinking that

[@sir9048]

Do u see that the English players were shaking hands with each other for goal celebration. Truly gentlemen behavior

[@cousinleigh1470]

YIKI ALEX maybe corona was around lol

[@brendandoe3082]

Damn I feel old... I went to this game on a school trip 😁

[@cragg22]

Hey! I was there too and I was on a school trip! :D

[@jumpvelocity3953]

i am amazed by the camera quality

[@Skibbitypappappa]

It wasn't 1892 lol

[@a.tanner8524]

I think that it’s because they used proper film cameras in those days rather than the digital ones they use today. Photography experts, is this correct?

[@ihateyoumother-fucker3204]

BAD finish by Jeff Thomas there 1:54 - those old enough to remember will know that finish haunted him for the rest of his career.

[@shanekelley7682]

Even now when I play, If I do a mistake, I call it a Geoff Thomas.

[@a.tanner8524]

So many legends on that field. What a pity that Lineker/Shearer partnership was so short lived.

[@BeatleMark85]

I bet everyone thought back then that Lineker would beat Charlton's goals record.

[@ihateyoumother-fucker3204]

He got stuck on 49 goals because in his last appearance he missed a Penalty against Argentina @ Wembley. PS he must have felt slightly better though a couple of years later when R.Baggio skied his penalty against Brazil in that WC finial.

[@ijay22]

england were probably the only team to wear short shorts in 1992

[@lahire8190]

Albania too.

[@nikwalsh435]

I was at this game. Don't remember too much about it, but this video helps.

[@Instasamps]

Neither made USA’94

[@butcher0074]

When you see the lineups and their records to that point (also their groups), that's almost impossible. Also ENG to the semis 4 years later, France World Champions 6 years later... Maybe there was something in the water back then 😂

[@joseparcenary4706]

It's notable that FIFA/UEFA radically changed around their qualification process for Europe after 1994. "Play-offs", "more complex seeding methods", "playing more games per qualifying group", "doubling the number of teams the qualify for Euros" etc etc right around this period. IMO this was doing solely because they wanted to ensure the "big" teams (England, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and to a lesser extent Netherland, Portugal) qualify every single time. UEFA knew making larger groups, 2 leg play-offs etc would almost guarantee qualification for teams with large squad depth. I think not having TWO of the "big 5" teams at the World Cup was the final straw for them.

[@petergibbins6306]

My first and (to date) only England game in the flesh. Privilege to see Shearer score on debut and Lineker with a classic finisher's goal (I think Jimmy Hill described it as 'like a mongoose after a snake' - even that thug Boli couldn't stop him. TBH I'd forgotten Cantona played that night. Shame for Geoff Thomas with his howler but he has since made his mark by fighting off leukaemia and becoming a charity hero. Have to say I was put off going again for years by the shambolic ticketing arrangements which meant we missed the KO, and the dire state of the crumbling old Wembley.

[@pwareham61]

My first visit to the old wembley, was to watch Birmingham v Carlisle in the final of Auto windscreens cup in 1995. It was a dull game, only livened up by the first golden goal, which blues scored. I remember going for a pee, and thinking, this place is a bit of a dump. In 2001 blues played Liverpool in the league cup final at the new Cardiff stadium. It was light years ahead of wembley. It was magnificent.

[@DingKong]

@@pwareham61 I was at that match too. Wembley was indeed crumbling but it had loads of character. Carlisle dug in and matched Birmingham in the game, but the gulf in divisions eventually showed (especially after Mountfield went off)

[@kizinho10]

This was the first England game I went to

[@mxvrc.10]

lineker is the best striker england’s ever had !

[@prinzdodo]

Rare partnership #LinekerShearer

[@anklepick9524]

The technical skills of the English players lol smh. Those two chips/lobs were horrible.

[@jamesmason8436]

Haha, that Thomas shot will never be forgotten. This was the Taylor era and England were a shambles without Waddle (who was class, but that idiot Taylor didn't like him) and Gazza (always injured).

[@subconscious.com_usa6691]

The first one by Lineker was a decent effort. the one by Geoff Thomas was a bit terrible though, but do you expect from a 2nd division midfielder

[@anklepick9524]

1:30

[@lodersracing]

Why is Lineker on the bench ?

[@chipbuttytime3396]

32 years old and lost pace, sharpness.

[@GiveMeAnOKUsername]

Lineker apparently told Taylor he was going to retire at the end of the season so Taylor wanted to try out other strikers.

[@jamesyfc8073]

2

[@DDaSilva1980]

This team would show today's overpaid youngsters what real soccer is about. Graham Taylor > Roy Hodgson.

[@urusai93]

la France ne gagne jamais contre l'Angleterre hélas

[@DoktorKoch]

😂😂

[@leleoparddu62]

Peut être a cette époque mais plus maintenant ;)

[@DingKong]

Typical Boli 'challenge' in this match

[@timoresetermite625]

5th

[@madjididj6293]

À mon avis c'était la dernière victoire de l'Angleterre face à la France et depuis les anglais ne récoltent que les défaites à domicile ou à l'extérieur face aux.bleus

[@scoobusmaximusiii]

England last beat France 2-0 in a friendly from 2015 btw but go off ig

[@leleoparddu62]

Faux, ils ont par la suite battus la France au tournoi de France en juin 1997 1-0 et comme le dit pigeon en novembre 2015 2-0

[@richardwallace5226]

England beat France when Glenn hoddle was in charge at that Le Touremoir tournament a year before 98 world cup when shearer scored in a 1-0 victory at Stade de France

[@matthewtiller3986]

1st

[@akumarmalai]

Cantona, most overrated French footballer