Peter Beardsley was an international footballer who represented England 59 times scoring 9 goals. His first cap was against Egypt on 29th January 1986 at 25 years old, and his last was vs China on 23rd May 1996 aged 35. Beardsley, born on 18th January 1961, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has a FA Legacy Number of 995 and played as a Centre Forward, Left Midfielder and Midfielder for his country.

Peter Beardsley - 59 caps (9 goals)

Full Name: Peter Andrew Beardsley
Born: 18th January 1961, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
England Career: 1986 - 1996
Positions whilst with England: Centre Forward, Left Midfielder and Midfielder
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Newcastle United (25) & Liverpool (34)
FA Legacy Number: 995

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Egypt (FR) on 29th January 1986 aged 25 years, 0 months, 11 day
Last Cap: v China (FR) on 23rd May 1996 aged 35 years, 4 months, 5 days
First Goal: v Mexico (FR) on 17th May 1986 aged 25 years, 3 months, 30 days
First Captaincy: v Israel (FR) on 17th February 1988 aged 27 years, 0 months, 30 days
Career Length: 10 years, 113 days
Starts: 46
Substitute: 13
Withdrawn: 21
Full Games: 25

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
28
2
1
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
9
1
0
0
1

European Championship QualifierECQ
8
3
0
0
1

Rous CupRC
4
1
0
0
0

European Championship FinalsECF
2
0
0
0
0

World Cup QualifierWCQ
6
2
0
0
0

Umbro International TrophyUIT
2
0
0
0
1

Competitive
31
7
0
0
3

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Away
23
1
1
0
1

Neutral
11
2
0
0
1

Home
25
6
0
0
1

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Lost
7
0
0
0
0

Drawn
21
0
1
0
1

Abandoned
1
0
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Centre Forward
54
9
1
0
2

Left Midfielder
3
0
0
0
0

Midfielder
2
0
0
0
1

Total
59
9
1
0
3

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Bobby Robson
45
7
1
0
1

England Terry Venables
10
1
0
0
1

England Graham Taylor
4
1
0
0
1

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Gary Lineker
43 Matches

Peter Shilton
40 Matches

Chris Waddle
39 Matches

John Barnes
34 Matches

Terry Butcher
32 Matches

Gary Stevens
32 Matches

Bryan Robson
31 Matches

Stuart Pearce
29 Matches

Tony Adams
24 Matches

Kenny Sansom
22 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
224 sources from 59 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

CHN, 3 - 0, 23rd May 1996 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 59.
Age: 35 years, 4 months, 5 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 12th Dec 1995 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 58.
Age: 34 years, 10 months, 25 days.
SWE, 3 - 3, 8th Jun 1995 (UIT) Newcastle United, Cap: 57.
Age: 34 years, 4 months, 21 day.
JPN, 2 - 1, 3rd Jun 1995 (UIT) Newcastle United, Cap: 56.
Age: 34 years, 4 months, 16 days.
URU, 0 - 0, 29th Mar 1995 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 55.
Age: 34 years, 2 months, 11 day.
IRL, 0 - 1, 15th Feb 1995 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 54.
Age: 34 years, 0 months, 28 days.
NGA, 1 - 0, 16th Nov 1994 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 53.
Age: 33 years, 9 months, 29 days.
NOR, 0 - 0, 22nd May 1994 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 52.
Age: 33 years, 4 months, 4 days.
GRE, 5 - 0, 17th May 1994 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 51.
Age: 33 years, 3 months, 30 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 9th Mar 1994 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 50.
Age: 33 years, 1 month, 22 days.
URS, 3 - 1, 21st May 1991 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 49.
Age: 30 years, 4 months, 3 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 27th Mar 1991 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 48.
Age: 30 years, 2 months, 9 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 14th Nov 1990 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 47.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 27 days.
POL, 2 - 0, 17th Oct 1990 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 46.
Age: 29 years, 8 months, 30 days.
ITA, 1 - 2, 7th Jul 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 45.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 20 days.
FRG, 1 - 1, 4th Jul 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 44.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 17 days.
CMR, 3 - 2, 1st Jul 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 43.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 13 days.
EGY, 1 - 0, 21st Jun 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 42.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 3 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 11th Jun 1990 (WCF) Liverpool, Cap: 41.
Age: 29 years, 4 months, 24 days.
TUN, 1 - 1, 2nd Jun 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 40.
Age: 29 years, 4 months, 15 days.
URU, 1 - 2, 22nd May 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 39.
Age: 29 years, 4 months, 4 days.
BRA, 1 - 0, 28th Mar 1990 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 38.
Age: 29 years, 2 months, 10 days.
ITA, 0 - 0, 15th Nov 1989 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 37.
Age: 28 years, 9 months, 28 days.
POL, 0 - 0, 11th Oct 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 36.
Age: 28 years, 8 months, 24 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 6th Sep 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 35.
Age: 28 years, 7 months, 19 days.
DEN, 1 - 1, 7th Jun 1989 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 34.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 20 days.
POL, 3 - 0, 3rd Jun 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 33.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 16 days.
ALB, 5 - 0, 26th Apr 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 32.
Age: 28 years, 3 months, 8 days.
ALB, 2 - 0, 8th Mar 1989 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 31.
Age: 28 years, 1 month, 21 day.
GRE, 2 - 1, 8th Feb 1989 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 30.
Age: 28 years, 0 months, 21 day.
KSA, 1 - 1, 16th Nov 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 29.
Age: 27 years, 9 months, 29 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 19th Oct 1988 (WCQ) Liverpool, Cap: 28.
Age: 27 years, 9 months, 1 day.
DEN, 1 - 0, 14th Sep 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 27.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 27 days.
NED, 1 - 3, 15th Jun 1988 (ECF) Liverpool, Cap: 26.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 28 days.
IRL, 0 - 1, 12th Jun 1988 (ECF) Liverpool, Cap: 25.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 25 days.
SUI, 1 - 0, 28th May 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 24.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 10 days.
COL, 1 - 1, 24th May 1988 (RC) Liverpool, Cap: 23.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 6 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 21st May 1988 (RC) Liverpool, Cap: 22.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 3 days.
HUN, 0 - 0, 27th Apr 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 21.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 9 days.
NED, 2 - 2, 23rd Mar 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 20.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 5 days.
ISR, 0 - 0, 17th Feb 1988 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 19.
Age: 27 years, 0 months, 30 days.
YUG, 4 - 1, 11th Nov 1987 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 18.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 24 days.
TUR, 8 - 0, 14th Oct 1987 (ECQ) Liverpool, Cap: 17.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 27 days.
FRG, 1 - 3, 9th Sep 1987 (FR) Liverpool, Cap: 16.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 22 days.
SCO, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1987 (RC) Newcastle United, Cap: 15.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 5 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 19th May 1987 (RC) Newcastle United, Cap: 14.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 1 day.
NIR, 2 - 0, 1st Apr 1987 (ECQ) Newcastle United, Cap: 13.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 14 days.
ESP, 4 - 2, 18th Feb 1987 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 12.
Age: 26 years, 1 month, 0 days.
YUG, 2 - 0, 12th Nov 1986 (ECQ) Newcastle United, Cap: 11.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 25 days.
NIR, 3 - 0, 15th Oct 1986 (ECQ) Newcastle United, Cap: 10.
Age: 25 years, 8 months, 28 days.
ARG, 1 - 2, 22nd Jun 1986 (WCF) Newcastle United, Cap: 9.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 4 days.
PAR, 3 - 0, 18th Jun 1986 (WCF) Newcastle United, Cap: 8.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 0 days.
POL, 3 - 0, 11th Jun 1986 (WCF) Newcastle United, Cap: 7.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 24 days.
POR, 0 - 1, 3rd Jun 1986 (WCF) Newcastle United, Cap: 6.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 16 days.
CAN, 1 - 0, 24th May 1986 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 5.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 6 days.
MEX, 3 - 0, 17th May 1986 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 4.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 30 days.
URS, 1 - 0, 26th Mar 1986 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 3.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 8 days.
ISR, 2 - 1, 26th Feb 1986 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 2.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 8 days.
EGY, 4 - 0, 29th Jan 1986 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 1.
Age: 25 years, 0 months, 11 day.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.