Summary

  • England have six points from two qualifiers

  • Rooney scores 42nd international goal

  • Welbeck scores his third of qualifying campaign

  • Group rivals Switzerland lose in Slovenia

  • European champions Spain lose in Slovakia

  1. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Gary Lineker
    Match of the Day host

    "Not even worth pretending that a game against such weak opposition is remotely interesting, except for England's strikers. Fill your boots!"

  2. Postpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Chris Waddle
    Former England winger at Wembley for 5 live Sport

    Wayne Rooney attempts a shotImage source, AFP

    "England are moving the ball quickly enough, but they are just playing in front of San Marino. They need to get it wide, but at the moment they are playing into San Marino's hands."

  3. Postpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Arsenal and England full-backs Calum Chambers and Kieran Gibbs are pushed well up the pitch as you'd expect, with Chambers finding Wayne Rooney in the area, but his shot is blocked.

    All England, no goals. Yet.

  4. Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Chris Waddle
    Former England winger at Wembley for 5 live Sport

    "I cannot remember a keeper making a mistake like that, especially in international football! Well, the rules must be different in the San Marino league..."

  5. Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    The footballing equivalent of a cricketer being out for handling the ball - as San Marino goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini gives away a bizarre free-kick!

    He pats down a cross before then picking the ball up, handling it twice. England have a free-kick inside the penalty area which Wayne Rooney hammers in and Simoncini punches it clear.

  6. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 19:50 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Matthew Barker:, external Sort that national anthem out! That was awful!

    Charles Nurick:, external England should coast past San Marino. But people expecting them to score 10+ goals need to give the opposition some respect.

    Ian Talbot:, external I guarantee that fans will boo at half-time and the papers will have it in for Hodgson tomorrow.

  7. Postpublished at 19:50 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Phil Jagielka is called into action at the back for England, as he had to reach for a header to clear away from in front of Andy Selva. Are San Marino going to have a go?

  8. Vote result - goals, goals, goalspublished at 19:49 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    With England expected to thrash San Marino, we asked how many goals you think Roy Hodgson's side should rack up this evening.

    The answers are in, with 35.8% of you saying the Three Lions should be notching six or seven times, while 17.1% think England should be getting into double figures. Full results at the top of the page.

    Thanks for voting.

  9. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    A reminder of our talking point for the evening.

    How do you think you would get on against England? If your Sunday League team, school team, University XI or pub side played England at Wembley, what would the score be?

    Essentially, do you play for a side who are better than San Marino?

    Get in touch at #bbcfootball, external, pop on to the BBC Sport Facebook page, external or BBC Sport's Google+ area., external

    You can also text us on 81111 in the UK only - don't forget to say who you are and where you are texting from.

  10. Postpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    A reducer! No messing about from Nicola Chiaruzzi as the number eight clatters into Raheem Sterling. You'd do the same if you played at Wembley...

  11. KICK-OFFpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Under way! England have the ball...

  12. Postpublished at 19:43 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Diego CostaImage source, Getty Images

    Diego Costa starts for Spain in their Euro 2016 qualifier away to Slovakia in Group C. Costa's Chelsea team-mate Cesc Fabregas is also in the team. Fabio Capello's Russia are away to Sweden in Group G, while all of England's Group E rivals are in action, with Lithuania hosting Estonia and Switzerland away to Slovenia.

  13. Postpublished at 19:43 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Start the national anthem in a different key Mr horn player? Why not mix it up a bit? Yeah sure.

    Confused faces all around before they twig that this is indeed God Save the Queen. Here we go...

  14. Postpublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Roy HodgsonImage source, PA

    The players are out at Wembley, and Roy Hodgson is not happy about something! Not happy at all.

    The crowd looks somewhere between League Two play-off final and FA Vase.

  15. No easy gamespublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    San Marino's manager Pierangelo ManzaroliImage source, Getty Images

    San Marino's manager Pierangelo Manzaroli took charge of La Serenissima earlier this year off the back of a surprise win for his under-21s against Home Nations opposition.

    Wales' 1-0 away defeat in September 2013 was a shock, the winner coming from one Juri Biordi in the 22nd minute.

    And, back in 2007, Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland side stuttered to a 2-1 win over San Marino. As the British press, external put it at the time: "Ireland came within eight seconds of suffering the most embarrassing result in their history."

    Coach Staunton's bullish reaction at full-time? He praised his team's "heart, spirit and fight" for grinding it out for those precious three points...

  16. Team Newspublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Who's your daddy, and what does he do?

    One accountant, one clothes shop worker, a ceramics shop worker, an office clerk and one factory worker. . .welcome to San Marino's starting line-up.

    San Marino: Simoncini (accountant), F Vitaioli (clothes shop worker), Brolli, Della Valle (ceramic shop worker), Palazzi (professional at Italian fourth division club Rimini), Battistini, Chiaruzzi, Tosi (office clerk), Hirsch, Selva (youth football coach), M Vitaioli (factory worker).

  17. Postpublished at 19:38 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport Chief Football Writer at Wembley

    "England captain Wayne Rooney is just eight goals shy of Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 49 for his country - so he may see this meeting with San Marino as the perfect opportunity to eat a little further into that gap. Manager Roy Hodgson insists the result is all important but an emphatic margin of victory must surely be expected.

    "Plenty of empty seats around Wembley, with the top tier almost deserted, but a crowd of around 50,000 has been predicted, which would represent a respectably turnout."

  18. LINE-UPSpublished at 19:36 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    England: Hart, Chambers, Cahill, Jagielka, Gibbs, Henderson, Milner, Wilshere, Welbeck, Rooney, Sterling. Subs: Foster, Clyne, Baines, Delph, Shelvey, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Townsend, Lambert, Forster.

    San Marino: Simoncini, Palazzi, Fabio Vitaioli, Della Valle, Brolli, Battistini, Hirsch, Tosi, Chiaruzzi, Matteo Vitaioli, Selva. Subs: Benedettini, Cervellini, Stefanelli, Lorenzo Gasperoni, Golinucci, Buscarini, Alex Gasperoni, Valentini, Mazza, Muraccini.

    Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

  19. Postpublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Lots of people are passionate for football Lee. But not many get the chance to face England at Wembley do they?

    Or do San Marino deserve their chance? And Gibraltar?

    What do you think?

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  20. Get involved via Facebookpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 9 October 2014

    Yaseen Hassim:, external The bookies laughed at me when I put £20 on a 3-0 San Marino win... they won't be laughing when I'm £1 million richer!

    Steve Preece:, external England won't make double figures.

    Lee Jay Fryer:, external I salute the San Marino team. They don't play football for money and fame, they do it because they are passionate for football.