Summary

  • England complete 100% qualifying record

  • Barkley scores deflected long-range drive

  • Kane shot hits post, then keeper and goes in

  • Oxlade-Chamberlain smashes in third

  • Lithuania coach resigns after match

  1. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 19:06

    Group G

    Top side Austria ended their impressive qualifying campaign unbeaten after beating Lichtenstein 3-0 earlier today.

    Second placed Russia sealed automatic qualification for Euro 2016 with victory over Montenegro.

    Sweden will have to go to the play-offs, despite victory over Moldova.

  2. Get involvedpublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 12 October 2015

    #bbcfootball

  3. Get involvedpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 12 October 2015

    #bbcfootball

    Joey: England having 100% record is the minimum you'd want from the group they got. Switzerland provided the only real challenge.

    Nathan: Great Radiohead reference at 18:40. Hope I'm not a Creep for pointing that out.

    David: The Radiohead reference hasn't gone unnoticed - well played sir.

    Radiohead
  4. News travels fastpublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 12 October 2015

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    Gary NevilleImage source, PA
    Image caption,

    'Nigel Winterburn got one cap! Shocking Roy!'

  5. Easy to win a cap?published at 18:57

    The 90-minuters

    England

    For some players, 90 minutes is all you get. For some, 90 minutes would be lovely.

    We've assembled this team of players whose England careers lasted less than 90 minutes in total.

    Crystal Palace defender Martin Kelly has officially the shortest England career in history, but you can't take his two minutes against Norway in 2012 away from him.

    Some big names there too. Nigel Winterburn got just 23 minutes, Joey Barton 11. A cruel game...

    Team who played fewer than 90 minutes: Nigel Spink; Martin Kelly, Ryan Shawcross, Anthony Gardner, Nigel Winterburn; Lee Bowyer, Lee Hendrie, Joey Barton, Matt Jarvis; Fraizer Campbell, Chris Sutton

  6. Easy to win a cap?published at 18:54

    Get Involved

    Who do you agree with then, Jamie Carragher or Roy Hodgson?

    Tonight's hot topic is centred on the winners of England caps.

    Who is the most surprising player you have seen play in an England shirt? And who should have won more?

    Let us know please - and don't just give us a name, we want reasons. Expand your minds.

    Text us at 81111 (UK Only) or tweet us at #bbcfootball, external. Lovely. 

  7. Easy to win a cap?published at 18:52

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    England boss Roy Hodgson, unsurprisingly, disagrees with the notion that England caps are easy to come by these days.

    "I think you have to be careful with those sorts of comments because I don't think it's a situation where the moment you kick the ball correctly from A to B you'll get in the England team," he said. "It's not like that at all.

    "But if you do come in and make an impact as a young player and there are a lot of injuries in the first team, there may be opportunities."

  8. Easy to win a cap?published at 18:47

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    Has it ever been easier to win an England cap?

    Was competition fiercer just a few years ago?

    In the 1990s, strikers Stan Collymore, Andy Cole and Sir Les Ferdinand won 35 caps BETWEEN THEM - despite scoring 398 Premier League goals. Massive.

    In the current set-up Danny Welbeck has 33. Stewart Downing has won 35...

    Stan CollymoreImage source, PA
    Image caption,

    Stan Collymore's England career lasted 84 minutes...

    Jamie Carragher, writing in his column in the Daily Mail, , external said: "It has never been easier to win an England call-up. If anyone doubted that, Roy Hodgson's latest squad proved how quickly a young player can be elevated. Dele Alli's inclusion in the group for the games against Lithuania and Estonia caused eyebrows to be raised."  

  9. Postpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 12 October 2015

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

    "England manager Roy Hodgson and his backroom team have just been out to inspect the synthetic pitch here in this tiny stadium in Vilnius.

    "And in freezing temperatures the local fire brigade have just been soaking the surface. Interesting to see what impact that has as England go for the perfect 10 out of 10 wins in their successful Euro 2016 qualifying campaign."

    Ray Lewington, Gary Neville and Roy HodgsonImage source, Reuters
    Firemen water the pitch ahead of kick-offImage source, PA
  10. Postpublished at 18:42

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    As the players go through their final paces before the match, our man in a chilly Vilnius is doing exactly the same. 

    Phil McNulty's pre-match prep list?

    Thick coat? Check.

    Coffee? Check

    Hat? Check.

    What a sight.

    Phil McNultyImage source, bbc
    Image caption,

    JUST LOOK AT THAT HAT!

  11. From Lithuania to your living roompublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 12 October 2015

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Tonight's action is, as you'd expect, live on BBC Radio 5 live.

    Build-up begins with 5 live Sport from 19:00 BST, with live commentary 45 minutes later courtesy of John Murray, Alan Green and 19-cap man Danny Mills. 

    Tune in online, on various BBC apps, on digital TV or radio or on 909 or 693 medium-wave.

    The 5 live Football Social follows on from 22:00 BST, and you can contact the programme by calling 0500 909 693, texting 85058 (UK only) and on social media., external

  12. Fake plastic pitchpublished at 18:40

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    It looks like the real thing. It tastes like the real thing. My fake plastic, pitch.

    PitchImage source, PA

    Artificial pitch for England to contend with this evening but fear not, the fire brigade in Vilnius are making sure that it's slick enough...

  13. Team Newspublished at 18:36

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    Roy Hodgson makes eight changes from the side which beat Estonia on Friday.

    The only survivors are Adam Lallana, Ross Barkley and Harry Kane.

    England: 1 Butland 2 Walker 3 Gibbs 4 Shelvey 5 Jones 6 Jagielka (c) 7 Chamberlain 8 Barkley 9 Vardy 10 Kane 11 Lallana   

  14. It's almost over...published at 18:30

    Lithuania v England (19:45 BST)

    Jack ButlandImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland starts tonight

    Is it boring winning all the time? England fans certainly aren't used to it and this qualifying campaign has seemed all but over since the opening win away in Switzerland.

    Tonight Roy Hodgson goes for 10 wins out of 10 (though even a defeat is of no consequence if we're being honest), he's left half his team at home without being overly experimental and the most interesting nugget of the pre-match news conferences was that Lithuania will be 'well organised.'

    Let's see how well organised. German public transport? Underground car parking in Brugges? My CD collection?

    Here we go, for one final time...