[net.sport] England '85

nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (01/22/86)

Date	Opponent		Location *	Result	Competition **

27/2	Northern Ireland	Belfast		1-0	WCQ
26/3	Eire			London		2-1	fr.
1/5	Rumania			Bucharest	0-0	WCQ
22/5	Finland			Helsinki	1-1	WCQ
25/5	Scotland		Glasgow		0-1	"fr."
6/6	Italy			Mexico City	1-2	fr.
9/6	Mexico			Mexico City	0-1	fr.
12/6	West Germany		Mexico City	3-0	fr.
16/6	USA			Los Angeles	5-0	fr.
11/9	Rumania			London		1-1	WCQ
16/10	Turkey			London		5-0	WCQ
13/11	Northern Ireland	London		0-0	WCQ

* London is the only home site

** fr=friendly WCQ=World Cup Qualifier "fr."=Auld Enemy

1985 Record:  5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws

England is not the England of old.  In the last two years, they have
beaten West Germany and Brazil, two of their biggest problems, but
still struggle with the lesser teams.  I expect them to reach
the eighth-final easily, but they are prone to an upset there.

Caps:  Shilton, Anderson, Sansom, Martin, Butcher, Wilkins, Stevens,
Woodcock, Hateley, Barnes, Francis, Bailey, Steven, Wright, Robson,
Lineker, Waddle, Hoddle, Davenport, Mariner, Fenwick, Dixon, Watson,
Reid, Bracewell, Woods
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

"It's a sort of mini-clone!"  Who said them, what story?