Bobby Robson brought his squad to Buckingham Road for a warm-up and though they scored seven unanswered goals, little good it did them
Despite scoring, Gary Lineker has no recollection of playing in the game, but 32-year-old pre-match footage proves the tanned striker, playing for Barcelona at the time, was definitely there. A text inquiry to Stuart Pearce, not quite as prominent in the extremely cramped dressing room but present on the England squad sheet, drew a similarly bewildered blank. “Sorry, can’t help you on this, I don’t remember the game,” came his reply.
A similarly high-profile international legend was at least able to dredge up some sketchy recollection, which we will get to anon. By contrast, Cliff Hercules, the splendidly monikered star striker for the home team, admits he has pondered the events of 4 June 1988 every day since. It was on that day non-league Aylesbury United hosted England in a friendly. Approaching the anniversary his memories, while vivid, are not entirely fond.
Written by Barry Glendenning
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/04/when-england-turned-up-at-aylesbury-united-for-a-pre-euro-88-friendly under the title “When England turned up at Aylesbury United for a pre-Euro 88 friendly | Barry Glendenning”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
