List of England international footballers capped while playing for Football League clubs

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 Football League clubs, 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.
Tommy Lawton FW Notts County Third Division South 1948–1949 4 [2]
Reg Matthews GK Coventry City Third Division South 1956–1957 5 [2]
Johnny Byrne FW Crystal Palace Third Division 1962 1 [2]
Rodney Marsh FW Queens Park Rangers Second Division 1971 1 [3]
Peter Taylor MF Crystal Palace Second Division 1976 4 [2]
Trevor Brooking MF West Ham United Second Division 1979–1981 12 [4]
Kenny Sansom DF Crystal Palace Second Division 1979 1 [5]
Steve Bull FW Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division
Third Division		 1989–1990 13 [2]
Michael Gray DF Sunderland First Division 1999 3 [6][7][8]
Kevin Phillips FW Sunderland First Division 1999 1 [6]
David James GK West Ham United First Division 2003 4 [9][10][11][12]
David Nugent FW Preston North End Championship 2007 1 [13]
Jay Bothroyd FW Cardiff City Championship 2010 1 [14][15]
Wilfried Zaha[lower-alpha 1] FW Crystal Palace Championship 2012 1 [17][18]

Notes
  1. 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.[16]

References
  1. Mitchell, Paul. "The first international football match". BBC. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. Ashdown, John; McFarland, Ben (28 May 2008). "Who's the lowest lower-league international?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. "England players from the lower leagues to play for the Three Lions - Rodney Marsh". The Daily Telegraph. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. "England players from the lower leagues to play for the Three Lions - Kenny Sansom". The Daily Telegraph. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. "England players from the lower leagues to play for the Three Lions - Rodney Marsh". The Daily Telegraph. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. Wrenn, Alex (29 April 1999). "Hungary 1–1 England". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. "England 0–0 Sweden". BBC News. 5 June 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  8. "Bulgaria 1–1 England". BBC News. 9 June 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  9. "England 3–1 Croatia". BBC Sport. 20 August 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  10. "Macedonia 1–2 England". BBC Sport. 6 September 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  11. "England 2–0 Liechtenstein". BBC Sport. 10 September 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  12. "Turkey 0–0 England". BBC Sport. 11 October 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  13. McNulty, Phil (28 March 2007). "Andorra 0–3 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  14. "Terry, Cole & Agbonlahor to miss England game". BBC Sport. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  15. McNulty, Phil (17 November 2010). "England 1–2 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  16. "Ivory Coast 0–0 Togo". BBC Sport. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  17. "Wilfried Zaha & Carl Jenkinson get England nod as five pull out". BBC Sport. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  18. Ornstein, David (14 November 2012). "Sweden 4–2 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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