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San Marino 0 England 6: Rooney equals Charlton's record

Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton's goalscoring record as England booked their place at Euro 2016 with a 6-0 win in San Marino.

The England and Manchester United captain has been closing in on Charlton's marker during the current qualifying campaign and, on the occasion of his 106th cap – matching Charlton's appearance haul – he pulled level with his 49th goal in international football.

Ross Barkley's first England goal made it 3-0 shortly after the interval, before substitutes Fabian Delph and Theo Walcott combined for the fourth.

Harry Kane - on in place of Rooney - chipped the visitors into a 5-0 lead, and Walcott rounded off the scoring with his second of the match as England convincingly sealed their place in next year's tournament in France.

After a whipped James Milner free-kick into the box appeared to hit Stones on the hand, the referee confusingly chose to penalise San Marino – booking Marco Berardi – and Rooney stepped up to slot the ball into the bottom right-hand corner.

San Marino managed their first shot on target through Danilo Rinaldi in the closing stages, but the result was never in doubt and Hodgson can now turn his attentions to planning for next year's tournament.