He earned his first cap for England in 1984 against Scotland during the 1983–84 British Home Championship.[2] He played his last game for England in a 2–1 loss against Sweden in a Euro 1992 group stage match.[3] He almost equalled the England goalscoring record, held at the time by Bobby Charlton, in a pre-tournament friendly against Brazil, but he missed a penalty kick, leaving him one goal short of Charlton's total, which was overtaken by Wayne Rooney in 2015.[4]