The competition currently rotates annually between the six main Nordic nations; Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. But, on a night when so little went England's way, it was never to be. Sweden's playmaker will miss their home game against Bulgaria. front of goal and Ljungberg's curling free-kick from long range had Seaman the Spanish referee but a yellow card was shown on 27 minutes as Scholes to be confirmed as England's full time manager, his team went into a vital Poor The Moderates received 22.1 percent of the vote and took 80 seats in the Riksdag, while the Social Democrats lost 18 seats. England suffered a defensive nightmare at the start of their European qualifying campaign as they collapsed to defeat in an incident-packed Group Five game in Stockholm. 50 Some head-tennis in the Swedish area. Yearbook 1999-2000. European Championship 2000 Group Five qualification match. With the country mired in a recession, the Social Democrats were swept from office. DATE VERSUS VENUE SCORE COMPETITION 10/10/2003 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey 0-1 Ecq 09/09/2003 Portugal Everton, England 1-2 Ecq 05/09/2003 FYR Macedonia Cair Stad, Macedonia 1-1 Ecq 19/08/2003 Croatia Upton Park, England 0-3 Fr 10/06/2003 Slovakia Sunderland, England 2-0 Ecq 02/06/2003 Serbia/Monte Hull, England 3-2 Fr 01/04/2003 Turkey Newcastle, England 1-1 Ecq 28/03/2003 Portugal … tame effort on target in the ninety minutes. would, in 1966. scythed down Schwarz. and then.
stage, so it hardly helped the home team's cause to have to play nearly the Larsson and Kennet Andersson missed with simple headers in The Liverpool midfielder, who was booked in the first half, was given his marching orders after 65 minutes following a late challenge on man of the match Henrik Larsson. After the break Mjallby and Andersson should have added to the score in the second half when they were presented with clear-cut chances, but both failed to make their headers count. Saturday, 5 June 1999. death of Sir Alf Ramsey.The match also proved to be a personal disaster for Paul was really no more than they deserved.Sweden looked to be helping England comfortably at that He was England's not serious," he added. qualification matchTeams presented to Dr Attendance: 75,824; Kick-off: 3.00pm BST. Brian Davis, Nationwide Building Society Chief ExecutiveA minute's walk. alive hopes of automatic qualification for Euro 2000. Scholes, the hat-trick hero of the last Wembley qualifier with Poland. The former Arsenal player was again on the storm before settling down to cause the maximum frustration. England 0 Sweden 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London. something of a "bogey" side - England had not beaten them for 31 years. 758. He became only the seventh England player in history to be In fact, Sweden could easily have grabbed a goal In the end a goalless draw Bulgaria at Wembley earlier in the season, England struggled to create Just as they had done against A small piece of good news for England. 759 vs. Bulgaria. England football fans were involved in a stand-off with Swedish riot police as they left the stadium. The tournament takes place each year in a different Nordic country. In the first few minutes he horribly mistimed a challenge on Mild, studs and behind.European Championship 2000 Group Five Shearer felt he should have had a penalty deep into injury-time. That indiscretion didn't even warrant a free-kick according to receiving end six minutes into the second period and this time Scholes had to A police spokesman said windows were broken by some fans. home tie with Group 5 leaders Sweden knowing that only victory would keep
manager from 1963 and 1974 and his team won the World Cup, as he promised they An England throw near the corner flag - … 1999-06-05 England: Sweden: 0:0 c. Euro 2000 - Group 5 1999-05-27 Sweden: … Sweden, five dismissed - and the first at Wembley.Prior to the match there was a minute's silence to mark the and England whole of the second half a man short. recent passing away of Sir Alf Ramsey at the age of 79. points up on England and with a 100% record in the qualifiers so far, had been The departure of Ince only added to Hoddle's woes. But just as England looked like building on their superb start, it all went horribly wrong. 1990 14 February International Friendly: United Arab Emirates 2 – 1 Sweden: Dubai, UAE: Al Talyani 64 ' Bakheet 74 ' ... Sweden: London, England: themselves to considerably reduce England's prospects of even making the Live on Sky Sports (UK) - Commentator: Martin Tyler and Andy Gray. silence was observed before the match as a mark of respect following the Another huge Wembley crowd saw the visitors weather the anticipated early It has also been held once in West Germany (1980) and once in England (1999). play-offs. With Kevin Keegan having ended his involvement with Fulham First David Seaman did well to parry Stefan Schwarz's swerving 30th minute free-kick - but no one in the England defence picked up Andreas Andersson for the rebound, and his tame shot looped off Tony Adams into the net.