The England football team who played Ireland in the World Cup Italia ’90. The match took place in Stadio Sant’Elia in Cagliari. The England team were: Peter Shilton, Gary Stevens, Stuart Pearce, Des Walker, Terry Butcher, Bryan Robson, Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne, Peter Barnes, Gary Lineker (Steve Bull 83′), Peter Beardsley (Steve McMahon 69′)
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They are the men who made modern English football.
While Jack Charlton’s Boys in Green put Irish football on the map with a quarter-final finish, the England players’ fortunes at the 1990 World Cup came at a time of desolation and despair for the beautiful game across the water.