England cruise to 5-0 win against San Marino at Wembley

In-form England striker Danny Welbeck found the net again. Credit: PA

Wayne Rooney edged one goal closer to Sir Bobby Charlton's record as England coasted past the clothes salesman, the factory worker and the bar owner from San Marino with a simple if not spectacular 5-0 win at Wembley.

The 55,990 fans in attendance started to get anxious when England failed to open the scoring in the first 20 minutes, but Roy Hodgson's team finally broke the deadlock through Phil Jagielka's third international goal.

England were sloppy and slow in attack at times in the first half, but Rooney managed to find the net just before the break with a well-taken penalty.

The strike moved the England captain on to 42 international goals - seven short of Charlton.

Danny Welbeck and Andros Townsend found the net in the second half and Alessandro Della Valle scored an own goal to round off the win.

A list of the current top 10 scorers for England:

1 Sir Bobby Charlton - 106 caps, 49 goals

2 Gary Lineker - 80 caps, 48 goals

3 Jimmy Greaves - 57 caps, 44 goals

4 Wayne Rooney - 98 caps, 42 goals

5 Michael Owen - 89 caps, 40 goals

6th= Nat Lofthouse - 33 caps, 30 goals

6th= Alan Shearer - 63 caps, 30 goals

6th= Sir Tom Finney - 76 caps, 30 goals

9th= Vivian Woodward - 23 caps, 29 goals

9th= Frank Lampard - 106 caps, 29 goals