List of England international footballers capped while playing for a lower division club
The England national football team represents the country of England in international association football. It is fielded by The Football Association, the governing body of football in England, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. England competed in the first official international football match on 30 November 1872, a 0–0 draw with Scotland at Hamilton Crescent.[1]
England have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have been capped while playing for clubs not in the top division of English football, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his usual playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and the years spent playing for England while also playing for a Football League club. For example, Trevor Brooking was capped 47 times, but 12 of those caps were when West Ham United were in the Second Division. The names are initially ordered by the year of debut, and then by alphabetical order.
Players[]
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Player | Pos. | Club | League | Years | Caps | Refs. |
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Edgar Kail | MF | Dulwich Hamlet | Isthmian League | 1929 | 3 | [2] |
Frank Swift | GK | Manchester City | Second Division | 1946–47 | 8 (19) | |
Tommy Lawton | FW | Notts County | Third Division South | 1947–48 | 5 (23) | [3] |
Ted Ditchburn | GK | Tottenham Hotspur | Second Division | 1948–49 | 2 (6) | |
Alf Ramsey | DF | Southampton Tottenham Hotspur |
Second Division | 1948 1949–50 |
1 (32) 7 (32) |
|
Jack Haines | FW | West Bromwich Albion | Second Division | 1948 | 1 | |
Bill Ellerington | DF | Southampton | Second Division | 1949 | 2 | |
Tom Finney | FW | Preston North End | Second Division | 1949–51 | 14 (76) | |
Bernard Streten | GK | Luton Town | Second Division | 1949 | 1 | |
Bill Eckersley | DF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1950–53 | 17 | |
Gil Merrick | GK | Birmingham City | Second Division | 1951–54 | 23 | |
Jackie Sewell | FW | Sheffield Wednesday | Second Division | 1951–52 | 3 (6) | |
Syd Owen | DF | Luton Town | Second Division | 1954 | 3 | |
Bedford Jezzard | FW | Fulham | Second Division | 1954–55 | 2 | |
Johnny Haynes | FW | Fulham | Second Division | 1954–59 | 32 (56) | |
Geoff Bradford | FW | Bristol Rovers | Second Division | 1955 | 1 | |
Ronnie Clayton | DF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1955–58 | 21 (35) | |
John Atyeo | FW | Bristol City | Second Division | 1955–57 | 6 | |
Reg Matthews | GK | Coventry City | Third Division South | 1956–57 | 5 | [3] |
Colin Grainger | FW | Sheffield United | Second Division | 1956 | 2 (7) | |
Alan Hodgkinson | GK | Sheffield United | Second Division | 1957–60 | 5 | |
Bryan Douglas | MF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1957–58 | 10 (36) | |
Alan A'Court | FW | Liverpool | Second Division | 1957–58 | 5 | |
Jim Langley | DF | Fulham | Second Division | 1958 | 3 | |
Graham Shaw | DF | Sheffield United | Second Division | 1958–59 | 4 (5) | |
Tony Allen | DF | Stoke City | Second Division | 1959 | 3 | |
Brian Clough | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1959 | 2 | |
Edwin Holliday | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1959 | 3 | |
Ray Wilson | DF | Huddersfield Town | Second Division | 1960–64 | 30 (63) | |
Mick McNeil | DF | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1960–61 | 9 | |
Johnny Byrne | FW | Crystal Palace | Third Division | 1962 | 1 (11) | [3] |
Stan Anderson | DF | Sunderland | Second Division | 1962 | 2 | |
Alan Peacock | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1962 | 4 (6) | |
Mike O'Grady | FW | Huddersfield Town | Second Division | 1962 | 2 (3) | |
Terry Paine | FW | Southampton | Second Division | 1963–66 | 19 | |
Keith Newton | DF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1967–69 | 17 (27) | |
Peter Shilton | GK | Leicester City | Second Division | 1970–71 | 2 (125) | |
Rodney Marsh | FW | Queens Park Rangers | Second Division | 1971 | 1 (9) | [4] |
David Watson | DF | Sunderland | Second Division | 1974–75 | 14 (65) | |
Mick Channon | FW | Southampton | Second Division | 1974–77 | 25 (45) | |
Brian Little | FW | Aston Villa | Second Division | 1975 | 1 | |
Peter Taylor | MF | Crystal Palace | Third Division | 1976 | 4 | [3] |
Tony Towers | MF | Sunderland | Second Division | 1976 | 3 | |
Trevor Brooking | MF | West Ham United | Second Division | 1979–81 | 12 (47) | [5] |
Kenny Sansom | DF | Crystal Palace | Second Division | 1979 | 1 (86) | [6] |
Alan Devonshire | MF | West Ham United | Second Division | 1980 | 2 (8) | |
Alvin Martin | DF | West Ham United | Second Division | 1981 | 2 (17) | |
John Gregory | MF | Queens Park Rangers | Second Division | 1983 | 3 (6) | |
Mark Hateley | FW | Portsmouth | Second Division | 1984 | 4 (32) | |
Chris Woods | GK | Norwich City | Second Division | 1986 | 3 (43) | |
Steve Bull | FW | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Third Division Second Division |
1989 1989–90 |
2 (13) 11 (13) |
[3] |
Earl Barrett | DF | Oldham Athletic | Second Division | 1990–91 | 1 (3) | |
Stuart Pearce | DF | Nottingham Forest | First Division | 1993–94 | 3 (78) | [7] |
Michael Gray | DF | Sunderland | First Division | 1999 | 3 | [8][9][10] |
Kevin Phillips | FW | Sunderland | First Division | 1999 | 1 (8) | [8] |
David James | GK | West Ham United | First Division | 2003 | 5 (53) | [11][12][13][14] |
David Nugent | FW | Preston North End | Championship | 2007 | 1 | [15] |
Jay Bothroyd | FW | Cardiff City | Championship | 2010 | 1 | [16][17] |
Wilfried Zaha[a] | FW | Crystal Palace | Championship | 2012 | 1 (2) | [19][20] |
Sam Johnstone | GK | West Bromwich Albion | Championship | 2021 | 1 (2) | [21] |
Notes[]
- ^ Zaha was capped twice by England, both of which came in friendlies. He decided to represent the country of his birth, the Ivory Coast (French: Côte d'Ivoire) in 2016, and was cap-tied officially in his third appearance for the country, when the Ivory Coast played Togo in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[18]
References[]
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- ^ Keogh, Frank (17 February 2003). "Football's local hero". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Ashdown, John; McFarland, Ben (28 May 2008). "Who's the lowest lower-league international?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "England players from the lower leagues to play for the Three Lions - Rodney Marsh". The Daily Telegraph. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "England players from the lower leagues to play for the Three Lions - Kenny Sansom". The Daily Telegraph. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "England players from the lower leagues to play for the Three Lions - Rodney Marsh". The Daily Telegraph. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersP/BioPearceS.html
- ^ a b Wrenn, Alex (29 April 1999). "Hungary 1–1 England". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "England 0–0 Sweden". BBC News. 5 June 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Bulgaria 1–1 England". BBC News. 9 June 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "England 3–1 Croatia". BBC Sport. 20 August 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Macedonia 1–2 England". BBC Sport. 6 September 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "England 2–0 Liechtenstein". BBC Sport. 10 September 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Turkey 0–0 England". BBC Sport. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (28 March 2007). "Andorra 0–3 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Terry, Cole & Agbonlahor to miss England game". BBC Sport. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (17 November 2010). "England 1–2 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Ivory Coast 0–0 Togo". BBC Sport. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Wilfried Zaha & Carl Jenkinson get England nod as five pull out". BBC Sport. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Ornstein, David (14 November 2012). "Sweden 4–2 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "England 4-0 Andorra: Three Lions score three late goals after slow start". BBC Sport. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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