England end perfect qualifying campaign as Republic of Ireland make the play-offs

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🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

England wrapped up a perfect World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win against Albania. Victory in Tirana made it 8 wins from 8, with 22 goals scored and none conceded. Alistair Bruce-Ball is joined by former England defenders Stephen Warnock and Conor Coady for reaction to that match and to assess the key questions that lie ahead for Thomas Tuchel.

We hear from the England head coach, captain Harry Kane, and Dean Henderson.

There’s also reaction to an incredible comeback from the Republic of Ireland, they booked themselves a play-off spot for the World Cup with a 3-2 win in Hungary. The Irish Independent’s Dan McDonnell joins us to discuss Troy Parrott’s hattrick and the emotional scenes at the fulltime whistle.

Timecodes: 01:24 – Albania 0-2 England 05:00 – The importance of Harry Kane 08:01 – Harry Kane Interview 12:13 – Who should be England’s 10? 13:07 – Thomas Tuchel Interview 18:50 – MID 19:03 – Dean Henderson Interview 27:29 – Republic of Ireland book a play-off spot

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.5	This winter, cricket's oldest rivalry is reignited.
0:15.0	England and Australia do battle to compete for the ashes.
0:20.8	That is extraordinary.
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0:27.4	And get analysis and reaction of every day's play with the Test Match Special podcast.
0:32.9	The Stamps out of the ground.
0:34.4	Test match special at the Ashes.
0:37.3	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:40.8	This is the Football Daily podcast with Alistair Bruce Ball.
0:45.8	Welcome to the Football Daily in the World Cup qualifiers.
0:49.2	England have made it eight wins out of eight.
0:51.5	They've won two-nil away to Albania.
0:53.7	Harry Kane scored both the
0:55.2	goals. That is 78 international goals for him. The other game in the group has seen Serbia
1:00.7	beat Latvia by two goals to one, but Albania already had the runners-up spot sewn up. So
1:05.8	they go into the playoffs, Republic of Ireland into the playoffs with their three-two win away to Hungary.
1:10.8	Portugal have qualified for the World Cup emphatically today, Bruno Fernandez and Jua the playoffs. Republic of Ireland into the playoffs with their three two win away to Hungary. Portugal
1:11.1	have qualified for the World Cup emphatically today Bruno Fernandez and Jowal Neves both scored
1:15.9	hat tricks in Portugal's 9-1 win against Armenia. France won 3-1 away to Azerbaijan and Ukraine
1:23.0	into the playoffs. They have beaten Iceland by two goals to nil. So let's start in Tirana.
1:30.8	England have finished that World Cup qualifying campaign with a 100% record, a 2-0 win,
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