OTD: ENGLAND 2-1 AUSTRALIA

On this day in 2016, Marcus Rashford scored 138 seconds into his England debut in an international friendly against Australia, held at the Stadium of Light.

This was England's third full international game at the Stadium of Light since the stadium opened in 1997, with the two previous games being a 2-1 friendly victory over Belgium in 1999 and a 2-0 win over Turkey in the qualifiers for the 2004 Euros, in 2003.

This game was also one to write into the history books as Rashford's early goal made him the youngest ever player to score on his England debut, aged just 18 years and 208 days. The United striker beat Tommy Lawton's record set in 1938! Rashford was handed his debut by Roy Hodgson following an injury to Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge who failed to even make the bench.

England:

Fraser Forster (Tom Heaton 87')

Nathaniel Clyne, Chris Smalling (Eric Dier 73'), John Stones, Ryan Bertrand

Jordan Henderson, Danny Drinkwater, Jack Wilshere (James Milner 45'), Adam Lallana (Wayne Rooney 45')

Marcus Rashford (Ross Barkley 63'), Raheem Sterling (Andros Townsend 76)

Former Sunderland players Jordan Henderson and Danny Rose were involved in the game. Whilst Henderson saw out the full game for the Three Lions, Rose was an unused substitute. Future Black Cat Bailey Wright was at the heart of Australia's defence, playing the full 90.

Rashford's opener early on was the only goal of the first half, despite an array of chances. The teenager looked a threat throughout the whole time he was on the pitch and looked as if he had secured his place in France with that performance alone! Veteran hitman Wayne Rooney's place on the plane to the Euros was under threat more than ever with pressure from Rashford as well as Spurs' Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy of Leicester City who had just won the Premier League. However, Rooney smashed home, looking fresh as ever, past Aussie keeper Matty Ryan just 10 minutes after the break and indeed being substituted on.

England's defence looked shaky but held out until late on in the second half when Eric Dier scored a diving header in his own net past an astounded Fraser Forster with just 15 minutes left on the clock. Straight after the goal, Mag winger Andros Townsend came on for Raheem Sterling. He'd been booed when warming up by a mostly-Mackem crowd, and there was an extremely mixed response when he entered the pitch.

Tom Heaton replaced Forster in the dying stages to cap off a remarkable month. The Burnley keeper had just won the Championship, and at the SoL he was handed his first ever international cap. A nice touch. England soon hosted Portugal at Wembley before they jetted off to France which would be Hodgson's last tournament as manager; England were infamously knocked out by Iceland in the round of 16. Hodgson resigned as manager after enduring one of England's most embarrassing defeats in international competitive history. Of course, Big Sam would be poached from Sunderland to the England setup - the first domino to fall leading to Sunderland's depressing recent history.