Postpublished at 22:36 British Summer Time 8 September 2014
Righto, that's it from us for now - see you tomorrow for Wales.
Welbeck finishes swift break with his shin
Then strikes on break in injury-time
Tom Rostance
Righto, that's it from us for now - see you tomorrow for Wales.
San Marino, England's next opponents in Group G, made a losing start as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Lithuania, while Estonia beat Slovenia 1-0.
In Group G, Fabio Capello's Russia overcome Liechenstein 4-0 with the help of two own-goals and a penalty as they also look to bounce back from a dismal World Cup campaign.
The unfortunate Franz Burgmeier scored the best of the own-goals just after half-time as Russia scored three times after the break.
Austria and Sweden shared the points from a 1-1 draw in Vienna.
Bayern Munich defender David Alaba puts the hosts ahead with an early penalty but the Swedes quickly levelled as Erkan Zengin fired home from a Zlatan Ibrahimović flick.
Montenegro beat Moldova 2-0.
Tomorrow sees Wales get in on the Euro 2016 action with a trip to face Andorra. Can they start with three points? You'll be able to find out right here.
Elsewhere tonight in the Euro qualifiers, Spain shook off the disappointment of their lame World Cup defence by beating Macedonia 5-1 in Group C.
The reigning European champions scored twice in as many minutes early on to set up an impressive victory in Valencia with Sergio Ramos cheekily converting from the penalty spot and debutant Paco Alcacer notching on his home ground.
Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets scored his first international goal in his 69th game to make it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time after Macedonia had pulled one back from the spot.
David Silva and Pedro Rodriguez, with a superb chip, then wrapped it up for Vicente del Bosque's side.
In the same group, Slovakia won 1-0 against Ukraine in Kiev thanks to a goal from Róbert Mak.
Luxembourg led Belarus before drawing 1-1.
Orlando in London: Welbeck hasn't put a smile on my face; had £2 in him to score the only goal at 50-1 then he goes and scores a second in the last minute. Even when England win they make me unhappy! Typical.
Tom in Rugby: Does anyone else think the team looked much more balanced without Daniel Sturridge tonight? Welbeck's hunger and aggression in the tackle were key tonight, something you don't get with Sturridge. Can they both fit in the same team?
If anyone is contemplating going to Euro 2016 in France - regardless of whether England or any of the other home nations do qualify - it looks like a good one to get around at.
There will be 10 venues used, from Lens in the north to Marseille in the south. Get your holiday requests in for June/July 2016...
Chris Bailey:, external Roger Federer, H.R. Giger, William Tell, some bars of Toblerone....your boys took one hell of a beating!
Antoine V:, external A lot made of the Swiss taking Argentina all the way in the WC. They did also get THUMPED 5-2 by France. Calm down everyone
Luke:, external This is how we should have gone about the WC qualifiers. Play a young team that can mature together before the tournament.
The football may be ticking down but the sport is set to rock on for hours yet.
It's the final of the men's US Open, as Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic battle it out in New York.
You can follow all the action here - or more importantly you can see pictures of Bob Dylan playing George Harrison. In jeans.
Mark Wakerly, external: Do you reckon Roy Hodgson will be happy to discuss the stats of tonight's match
Tom Miszkowski, external: Plenty of positives to take out of tonight, Hodgson has found a system that suits the players, hitting teams on the break
Former England international Danny Mills
BBC Radio 5 live
"The World Cup was hopeless. It was absolutely diabolical. It's basically the same group of players, with a couple of retirements, and they have gone from diabolical to decent and respectable this evening. It's a long process but we have seen signs of positivity."
England manger Roy Hodgson speaking to ITV Sport: "I thought the way we approached the game from the first minute was exactly what we wanted and we got our reward. We pressurised the ball well, but you need that first goal to get people to come out and attack you. From then I thought we looked dangerous and we had several chances to aggravate the scoreline before Danny Welbeck's second.
"I think we can improve on how we see out the game, but you have to expect that some players will show a little naivety in that area."
That was England's best away performance since, oooh, er, the last time they won in Switzerland.
It may make the rest of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign a touch dull though, eliminating the jeopardy from the group...
Are England's attackers learning semaphore? Danny Welbeck has put a smile plenty of faces tonight.
Alan Green
BBC Radio 5 live
"Well done Roy Hodgson. He doesn't like criticism, he would have been hurt but he's come back tonight."
Don't come here with your logic and reason MNG. That won't wash round here.
A note of caution from MNG: Great result but l seem to remember that qualifying has not been the issue. Performance AT the tournament is key.
England goalscorer Danny Welbeck speaking to ITV Sport: "We created a number of chances in the first half where the final pass was missing, but once we got the goal we were in control. I think it was a good team performance overall."
Former England international Danny Mills
BBC Radio 5 live
"The defence is a bit of a worry. It was a bit panicky at times, but they will learn."
England captain Wayne Rooney speaking to ITV Sport: "We defended well as a team and took our chances, catching them on the break with the speed we had been hoping to show.
"I think we knew the game against Norway on Wednesday was going to be difficult, but tonight was always going to be more important and we were focusing on that. We have worked on springing from defence to attack which you saw tonight. It was a happy performance from us."
Let's not forget that Joe Hart made two very good saves in the game, at crucial times too. It could have been different for England.