Wayne Rooney in action during the match against Poland at Wembley.
The headband was to protect a wound he suffered in training some weeks earlier. It did not
stop him heading England's opening goal of the game.
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING MATCHES.
ENGLAND 5:0 SAN MARINO. (Rooney 35 m pen, 70m, Welbeck 37m, 72m, Oxlade - Chamberlain 77 m ).
Wembley Stadium, 12th October 2012.
England: (1) Joe HART (GK), (2) Kyle WALKER, (3) Leighton BAINES, (4) Michael CARRICK (Jonjo SHELVEY 66 min), (5) Phil JAGIELKA,
(6) Gary CAHILL, (7) Theo WALCOTT (Aaron LENNON 10 min, (8) Tom CLEVERLEY, (9) Danny WELBECK,
(10) Wayne ROONEY (20. Andy CARROLL 73min), (11) Alex OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN.
POLAND 1: 1 ENGLAND. (Rooney 31 m). National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland. 17th. October 2012.
England: (1) Joe HART (GK), (2) Glen JOHNSON, (3) Ashley COLE, (4) Steven GERRARD (C), (5) PHIL JAGIELKA,
(6) Joleon LESCOTT, (7) James MILNER, (8) Michael CARRICK, (9) Jermain DEFOE (22. Danny WELBECK 67 min),
(10) Wayne ROONEY (17. Alex OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN 73 min), (11) Tom CLEVERLEY.
SAN MARINO 0:8 ENGLAND. (Della Valle, 12'm(og), Oxlade-Chamberlain 28m, Defoe, 35m, Young, 39m,
Lampard 42m, Rooney 54m, Sturridge, 70m, Defoe 77m) Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle. 22nd March 2013.
England: 1. Joe Hart, 2. Kyle Walker, 3. Leighton Baines, 4. Tom Cleverley (20. Leon Osman 56 min), 5. Jolean Lescott
6. Chris Smalling 7. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 8. Frank Lampard (c) (12. Scot Parker 66 min), 9.Jermain Defoe
10.Wayne Rooney (Daniel Sturridge 55 min), 11.Ashley Young .
MONTENEGRO 1 - 1 ENGLAND. (Rooney 6 min) Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica, Montenegro. 26th. March 2013.
England: 1. Joe Hart, 2. Glen Johnson, 3. Ashley Cole, 4. Steven Gerrard (c), 5. Jolean Lescott, 6. Chris Smalling
7. James Milner, 8. Michael Carrick, 9. Danny Welbeck, 10. Wayne Rooney, 11. Tom Cleverley (Ashley Young 78 min) .
ENGLAND 4:1 MONTENEGRO. (Rooney 48m, Boskovic 62m og, Townsend 78m, Sturridge 90+3m) Wembley Stadium, 11th. October 2013.
England: 1. Joe Hart, 2. Kyle Walker, 3. Leighton Baines, 4. Steven Gerrard (17. James Milner 87 min), 5. Gary Cahill, 6. Phil
Jagielka,
7. Andros Towsend (19. Jack Wilshere 80 min), 8. Frank Lampard ( 16. Michael Carrick 65 min), 9. Daniel Sturridge,
10. Wayne Rooney, 11. Danny Welbeck.
ENGLAND 2:0 POLAND. (Rooney 41 m, Gerrard 88 m). Wembley Stadium, London. 15th. October 2013.
England: 1. Joe Hart, 2. Chris Smalling, 3. Leighton Baines, 4. Steven Gerrard, 5. Gary Cahill, 6. Phil
Jagielka,
7. Andros Towsend (17. James Milner 86 min), 8. Michael Carrick (16. Frank Lampard 71 min), 9. Daniel Sturridge (19. Jack Wilshere 82 min),
10. Wayne Rooney, 11. Danny Welbeck.
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP H.
| Team |
Played |
Won |
Drew |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Points |
| England |
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
31 |
4 |
22 |
| Ukraine |
10 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
28 |
4 |
21 |
| Montenegro |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
17 |
15 |
| Poland |
10 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
18 |
12 |
13 |
| Moldova |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
17 |
11 |
San Marino
|
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
54 |
0 |