September 17, 2002

Details of important England tie with Iceland in first leg of WWCup 2002 qualifier semi-final

Attendance 3,000

England
Brown, Rachel
Stoney,Casey
Phillip,Mary
White, Faye
Unitt,Rachel
Burke, Karen
Exley,Vicky
Britton,Sammy
Yankey, Rachel
Walker, Karen
Barr, Amanda (Nwajei, Una, 76)

Substitutes not used Sue Smith, Leanne Hall, Fara Williams, Carly Hunt, Kristy Moore, Kirsty Pealling

Captain Karen Walker scored twice as England came from behind to finish with a 2-2 tie.

England dominated early proceedings but failed to finish numerous early chances. They were made to pay dearly for their missed chances at 42 minutes when against the run of play Iceland went ahead when Olga Faerseth slotted the ball past Rachel Brown, but two minutes later Walker put away a deflected ball for the equaliser.

Iceland took the advantage again at 56 minutes with Erla Hendriksdottir heading home to make it 2-1, and it was left for Walker's equaliser four minutes from time to give England an away-goal advantage into the return leg in six days time. It earned her a bottle of champagne as the Nationwide Player Of The Match and England.


Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)