After the match against Macedonia was done, England had a bye into the second qualifying round on September 9. However, the team didn't dismiss early. Instead, the team played a friendly match against the visiting team, Australia, in London.
That day was also Tony Twain's birthday. After this day, he would have fully lived out his forty-five years of age and would be on his way toward forty-six years old.
The national footballers from the Forest team had wanted to achieve a win to give the boss a birthday present. But Twain didn't care about the result. To him, the match was a chance for the team to get used to the new lineup. He didn't mind sending a lot of players who hadn't played in the game against Macedonia.
But Twain still had something very important to do before playing against Australia.
