ENGLAND MATCH REPORTS

Beckham 27
Owen 50
Wright-Phillips 72

      
1. James
2. G Neville (Johnson 46)
3. Ash Cole (Carragher 61)
4. Gerrard (Dyer 46)
5. Terry
6. King
7. Beckham
8. Lampard (Jenas 74)
9. A Smith (Defoe 46)
10. Owen
11. Butt (Wright-Phillips 53)
Substitutes
12. Johnson
13. Robinson
14. Upson
15. Jenas
16. Carragher
17. Wright-Phillips
18. Hargreaves
19. Vassell
20. Dyer
21. Defoe
22. Kirkland

MATCH DETAILS

Match: International Friendly
Venue: St James Park
Date: 18th Aug 2004
Rankings: E7 U85
Att: 35,387
Ref: M McCurry (Scotland)
Weather: Wet
Rating: 

MATCH STATS

7 Shots on target 4
11 Shots off target 7
8 Corners 1
5 Fouls conceded 21
3 Offsides 0
0 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
57% Possession 43%
1. Shovkovsky
2. Federov
3. Rusol 10
4. Yezerskyi
5. Nesmachny (Radchenko 63)
6. Tymoschuk 33
7. Shelayev
8. Vorobey 61
9. Rotan (Zakarliuka 67)
10. Husev (Kormiltsev 63)
11. Shevchenko (Voronin 53)
Substitutes
14. Gusev
15. Rebrov
16. Voronin
17. Kormiltsev
18. Zakarliuka
19. Nazarenko
20. Radchenko
21. Matiukhin
23. Reva
 
MINI REPORT

England's first game of the season produced a good 3-0 win against Ukraine at St James Park. Skipper David Beckham opening the scoring on 27 minutes and Real Madrid team-mate Michael Owen made it two on fifty minutes heading home a Beckham cross. Manchester City's Shaun Wright-Phillips capped a good debut with a great goal on 72 minutes and England had a few more chances to increase their lead in a good overall performance.

PRESS MATCH REPORTS

AFTER MATCH COMMENTS

Sven Goran Eriksson said: "Shaun Wright-Phillips has incredible pace, good technique, he's a very positive player and I'm very happy for him.

"To have a debut like that must be a dream for every English schoolboy or young player. It was absolutely perfect. He took his goal very well. He showed that he is ready. Whether he starts a game or is in the squad, I don't know yet."

Shaun Wright-Phillips said: "It's absolutely everything I've always wanted - to become a footballer and play for England, so to get a goal on my debut tops it off," he said.

"My confidence is due to the players I've been training with last two days - it's down to the people around me. It's great to make people happy - my family, my friends and myself - that's all I want to do.

"Hopefully I'll get picked for the World Cup qualifiers in September, and I'll take each step as it comes after that."