England's two XIs from loss to Australia with Wayne Rooney debut and one-cap wonder's goal
Wayne Rooney made his England debut in February 2003, but it turned into a day that Australian football will always remember.
Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka and co headed to Upton Park and recorded what is still their only win against the Three Lions. The current crop will hoping to take inspiration when they play Gareth Southgate's crop of stars on Friday night at Wembley.
Rewind two decades and it was Sven-Goran Eriksson who was making the calls with England. Still digesting the country's World Cup quarter-final exit less than a year earlier, focus was firmly on Euro 2004 with youngsters looking to make their mark - none more so than Rooney, who was beginning to make a name for himself with Everton.
Eriksson liked to spring a surprise and the Swede opted to give 22 players a chance to impress at West Ham United's old ground. He went for two separate XIs with a completely new team coming out in the second half, albeit it didn't improve England's fortunes as a 2-0 half-time deficit ended in a 3-1 defeat.
England's first-half XI: David James, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes, Kieron Dyer, James Beattie, Michael Owen
It was the established stars who were outplayed in the first-half as the Aussies took the lead through a Tony Popovic header. Kewell then got the better of his former Leeds United team-mate Ferdinand to double his side's lead. James was in goal from the off, having started to establish himself as No 1 with David Seaman being phased out.
Lampard too was growing in stature at Chelsea and was becoming an increasingly regular figure alongside Scholes. Newcastle were enjoying a promising season under Sir Bobby Robson and Dyer was given a chance to showcase
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