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Between 1949 and 1958, the 'condition of selection' was that no player could play for the B team if they had accrued more than one British Championship appearance.
Season 1946-47

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Walter Winterbottom

Friendly match
1 21 May 1947 - Switzerland 0 FA XI 0 [0-0]
Genève
(c.20,000)
  AD

Season 1947-48
End of season tour
2 19 May 1948 - Switzerland 1 England 5 [0-3]
Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona
(10,000)
Ballamann
Mortensen (3), Wright, Pearson
AW
u/o 22 May 1948 - FC Schaffhausen 0 England 6 [nk]
a school playing field in Schaffhausen
(-)
Mortensen (3), Mannion, Pearson, Cockburn AW

Season 1948-49
End of season continental tour
3 15 May 1949 - Finland A 0 England 4 [0-1]
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
(22,218)
Mullen, Morris, Wilshaw (2) AW
4 18 May 1949 - Netherlands A 0 England 4 [0-0]
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
(60,000)
Rowley (3), Parsons AW

Season 1949-50
World Cup trial matches
5 18 January 1950 - England 5 Switzerland 0 [2-0]
Hillsborough, Sheffield
(43,053)
Gray, Baily, Rickett, Briggs, Froggatt
HW
6 22 February 1950 - England 1 Netherlands A 0 [0-0]
St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne (43,068)
Lofthouse HW

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Jimmy Trotter

Friendly matches
7 11 May 1950 - Italy 5 England 0 [3-0]
Stadio Civićo San Siro, Milano
(45,000)
Capello (2), Boniperti (2), Burini AL
8 17 May 1950 - Netherlands A 3 England 0 [1-0]
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
(60,000)
Rijvers, Roosenburg, Lenstra
AL
9 21 May 1950 - Luxembourg A 1 England 2 [1-0]
Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg
(12,000)
Gales
Lewis (2)
AW
 
"The F.A are introducing this season an intermediate committee to assist the main selection committee by searching for those players in those League by-ways which managers, fans and other have thought so neglected in the past. The new body of five will devote their activities exclusively to the Second and Third Divisions. The five are:-
Harold Shentall, Chesterfield, David Wiseman, Birmingham, Frank Adams, Joe Richards, Barnsley and Harry Hughes." -
Daily Herald, Monday, 20 August 1951
 

Season 1951-52
 

Bill Ridding

10 26 March 1952 - Netherlands 0 England 1 [0-0]
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (63,000)
Mitchell (pen) AW
International Trial
u/o 30 April 1952 - England 3 Great Britain & Northern Ireland Olympic 0 [2-0]
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
(7,383)
Stubbs, Harmer (pen), French NW

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Tom Whittaker

Friendly matches
11 22 May 1952 - France 7 England 1 [3-0]
stade municipal du Havre, Le Havre
(7,000)
Curyl, Césari, Piantoni (2), Gaulion, Domingo, Kopa
Barlow
AL

"Mr Joe Richards, of Barnsley, who is president of the Midland League, has succeeded Mr H. Shentall as chairman of the F.A.'s Intermediate International Selection Committee." - The Football Post, Saturday, 4 October 1952
 
Season 1952-53

Walter Winterbottom

12 11 March 1953 - Scotland 2 England 2 [0-1]
Easter Road, Edinburgh
(16,875)
McMillan, Morrison
Holden, Grainger
AD

Team selection is limited to players with no more than two full appearances

Season 1953-54
13 3 March 1954 - England 1 Scotland 1 [0-0]
Roker Park, Sunderland (21,048)
Hooper
Cumming
HD
14 24 March 1954 - West Germany 0 England 4 [0-1]
Glückauf Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
(42,000)
Jezzard (3), Shannon AW

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Joe Richards

Pre-World Cup tour of Europe
15 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 2 England 1 [0-0]
Centralni Stadion, Ljubljana
(20,000)
Herceg (2)
Jezzard
AL
16 22 May 1954 - Switzerland 2 England 0 [1-0]
St.Jakob Stadium, Basel
(14,000)
Riva, Mauron AL

Season 1954-55
 

Walter Winterbottom

pp 2 March 1955 - Scotland vs. England
Ibrox Park ,Glasgow
match postponed because of a waterlogged pitch
17 23 March 1955 - England 1 West Germany 1 [1-0]
Hillsborough, Sheffield
(32,630)
Swinbourne
Juskowiak (pen)
HD
 
at some point, between these two matches, Frank Adams became the chairman of the Intermediate Selection Committee
 
Season 1955-56
18 19 October 1955 - England 5 Yugoslavia 1 [2-0]
Maine Road, Manchester
(25,683)
Atyeo, Jezzard (2), Perry (2)
Prljincević
HW
19 29 February 1956 - Scotland 2 England 2 [0-1]
Dens Park, Dundee (11,500)
McCulloch, Mulkerrin
Taylor, Atyeo
AD
20 21 March 1956 - England 4 Switzerland 1 [1-0]
The Dell, Southampton
(18,919)
T.Taylor (3), Rowley
Hamel
HW

Season 1956-57
21 6 February 1957 - England 4 Scotland 1 [3-0]
St. Andrew's, Birmingham (39,376)
Pilkington, Clough, Thompson, Hooper (pen)
Gardiner
HW

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Bill Nicholson
The 'Iron Curtain' tour
22 19 May 1957 - Bulgaria 2 England 1 [1-1]
Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia
(55,000)
Diev, Vladimirov
Clough
AL
Stan Anderson
23 26 May 1957 - Romania 0 England 1 [0-0]
Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti (100,000)
Haynes AW
24 30 May 1957 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 2 [0-1]
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
(22,000)
Edwards (2) AW
The Iron Curtain tour is often credited as being an under-23 tour, but the England crest worn, as well as the itinerary and programmes, all confirm this as being a 'B' team tour.

Season 1957-58
Sheffield FC Centenary Match
u/o 23 October 1957 -
Sheffield and District 4 England
5 [4-3]
Hillsborough, Sheffield
(-)
Quixall, Hawksworth (2), Howitt
Robson (3), Allen, McEvoy OG
AW
England: F.Else, J.Bond, D.Evans, E.Colman, R.Gratrixᶜ, Ron Flowers, Bryan Douglas, Bobby Robson, Ronnie Allen, J.Barrett, Bill Perry. Reserve: A.Stokes.



Season 1977-78

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3 January 1978: Bobby Robson

Friendly match
25 21 February 1978 - West Germany 1 England 2 [0-0]
Rosenau-Stadion, Augsburg (8,000)
Worm
McDermott, Fairclough
AW
England: Joe Corrigan, John Gidman, Alan Kennedy, Phil Thompson, D.Needham, D.Mortimer, Terry McDermott, Paul Mariner, D.Fairclough, M.Flanagan (Alan Sunderland), Gordon Hill (G.Owen).
Air New Zealand Tour
26 30 May 1978 - Malaysia A 1 England 1 [1-1]
Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
(45,000)
Dhari
Kennedy
AD
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Alan Kennedy, Brian Talbot, S.Sims (G.Roeder), D.Needham, John Hollins (G.Owen), S.Daley, Paul Mariner, John Richards (D.Geddis), Gordon Hill.
u/o 3 June 1978 -
Trans Tours United 2 England 2
[nk]
English Park, Christchurch
(-)
Park (2 pens)
Speight, Talbot
AD
u/o 5 June 1978 - Otago 0 England 6 [nk]
Dunedin
(-)
Hill (2), Talbot, Owen, Daley, Kennedy AW
27 7 June 1978 - New Zealand A 0 England 4 [0-2]
Christchurch
(4,000)
Talbot, Needham, Hollins, Hill AW
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Alan Kennedy, Brian Talbot, D.Needham, G.Roeder, John Hollins, S.Daley, John Richards (M.Speight), G.Owen, Gordon Hill (Paul Mariner).
28 11 June 1978 - New Zealand A 1 England 3 [1-2]
Wellington
(5,000)
nk
Anderson, Needham, Hill
AW
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Alan Kennedy, Brian Talbot (M.Speight), D.Needham, G.Roeder, John Hollins, S.Daley (T.Langley), Paul Mariner, G.Owen, Gordon Hill (M.Eves).
29 14 June 1978 - New Zealand A 0 England 4 [0-2]
Auckland
(10,000)
Talbot (2), Speight, Mariner AW
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Alan Kennedy, Brian Talbot, D.Needham, G.Roeder, John Hollins (T.Langley), M.Speight, Paul Mariner, G.Owen (S.Daley), Gordon Hill (M.Eves).
30 18 June 1978 - Singapore A 0 England 8 [0-1]
National Stadium, Singapore City
(40,000)
Anderson, Kennedy, Daley, Mariner, Langley, Hill (2), Eves AW
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Alan Kennedy, Brian Talbot (G.Owen), D.Needham, G.Roeder, John Hollins (M.Speight), S.Daley, Paul Mariner, John Richards (T.Langley), Gordon Hill (M.Eves).

Season 1978-79
Friendly matches
31 28 November 1978 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 1 [0-0]
Praha
(5,000)
Daley AW
England: Joe Corrigan, John Gidman, Kenny Sansom, Brian Talbot, Brian Greenhoff (B.Hazell), M.Lyons, Laurie Cunningham, S.Daley, Alan Sunderland, D.Mortimer (G.Owen), M.Flanagan (Cyrille Regis).
32 12 June 1979 - Austria 0 England 1 [0-1]
Klagenfurt
(3,500)
Robson AabW
Match abandoned after 60 minutes: Floodlight Failure
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Kenny Sansom, Steve Williams, B.Wright, Terry Butcher, Glenn Hoddle, Bryan Robson, Kevin Reeves, Tony Woodcock, Graham Rix.

Season 1979-80
33 15 October 1979 - England 4 New Zealand A 1 [1-0]
Brisbane Road, Leyton
(9,634)
Almond OG, Flanagan, Hilaire, Hoddle
Nelson
HW
England: Phil Parkes, K.Bond. D.Peach, Brian Talbot (Ju.Fashanu), M.Waldron, G.Roeder, V.Hilaire, Glenn Hoddle, Alan Sunderland (R.Money), M.Flanagan, Graham Rix.
34 26 March 1980 - England 1 Spain 0 [0-0]
Roker Park, Sunderland
(14,807)
Osman HW
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Alan Kennedy, Alan Devonshire, Russell Osman, S.Elliott, Alan Sunderland, Bryan Robson, Paul Mariner, Garry Birtles, David Armstrong.

Season 1980-81
35 14 October 1980 - England 1 United States A 0 [0-0]
Old Trafford, Manchester
(14,807)
Statham HW
England: Gary Bailey, B.Batson, Derek Statham, Brian Talbot, Russell Osman, S.Elliott, Peter Barnes, Steve Williams, Cyrille Regis (Kevin Reeves), Alan Sunderland, David Armstrong.
36 17 November 1980 - England 1 Australia A 0 [0-0]
St. Andrews, Birmingham
(3,292)
Sunderland HW
England: Gary Bailey, B.Batson (K.Bond), J.Bailey, Steve Williams, J.Gallagher, B.Wright, D.Mortimer, Alan Sunderland, Cyrille Regis (Tony Morley), Gordon Cowans, Peter Ward.
37 25 March 1981 - Spain 3 England 2 [2-0]
Estádio Los Palmenos, Granada
(18,000)
Alonso, Rubio (pen), Santillana
Statham, Martin
AL
England: Joe Corrigan, B.Batson, Derek Statham, Steve Williams, Alvin Martin, S.Elliott, S.Mackenzie (P.Power), Kevin Reeves, Tony Morley, Alan Sunderland, Graham Rix.


Season 1984-85
 

Howard Wilkinson

38 13 November 1984 - England 2 New Zealand A 0 [1-0]
City Ground, Nottingham
(3,854)
Hodge, Mabbutt HW
England: Chris Woods, Gary Stevens, S.McCall (C.Gibson), Graham Roberts, Alvin Martin, D.Mountfield (N.Callaghan), Gary Mabbutt, Steve McMahon, Luther Blissett (Paul Goddard), Peter Davenport (Gary Lineker), Steve Hodge.

Season 1987-88
 

Graham Taylor

39 14 October 1987 - Malta A 0 England 2 [0-1]
Stadium Nazzjonali, Ħ'Attard
(4,200)
Sterland, Harford AW
England: David Seaman, Mel Sterland, Mt.Thomas, Steve McMahon (I.Crook), S.Bruce, C.Fairclough (Paul Parker), C.Johnston, A.Heath, Mick Harford, I.Snodin, K.Brock.

Season 1988-89

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Dave Sexton

European Tour
40 16 May 1989 - Switzerland 0 England 2 [0-0]
Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
(950)
Gascoigne, Schepull OG AW
England: Dave Beasant (S.Naylor), Gary Mabbutt, T.Mowbray, Gary Pallister (A.McLeary), Tony Dorigo, Paul Gascoigne, T.Hurlock, David Platt, D.Preece, A.Mutch (Paul Stewart), Steve Bull.
41 19 May 1989 - Iceland A 0 England 2 [0-0]
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
(775)
Hurlock, Bull AW
England: S.Naylor (Dave Beasant), Paul Parker, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Pallister (T.Mowbray), Tony Dorigo, Paul Gascoigne (T.Ford), T.Hurlock, David Platt, D.Preece, Steve Bull, Paul Stewart (A.Mutch).
42 22 May 1989 - Norway 0 England 1 [0-0]
Stavanger
(1,500)
Bull (pen) AW
England: S.Naylor (Dave Beasant), Gary Mabbutt, T.Mowbray (Gary Pallister), A.McLeary, Tony Dorigo, T.Ford, T.Hurlock (David Platt), S.Mackenzie, D.Preece, A.Mutch, Paul Stewart (Steve Bull).

Season 1989-90
Friendly matches
43 14 November 1989 - England 1 Italy 1 [1-1]
Goldstone Ground, Hove
(16,125)
Adams
Stroppa
HD
England: Nigel Martyn (Dave Beasant), Paul Parker (Lee Dixon), Tony Dorigo, Michael Thomas, Tony Adams, Gary Pallister (A.Linighan), Dennis Wise (P.Beagrie), Paul Gascoigne, Steve Bull, David Batty, Mike Newell (P.Williams).
44 12 December 1989 - England 2 Yugoslavia 1 [1-1]
The Den, New Cross
(8,231)
Wise, Newell
Mladenović
HW
England: Chris Woods (Nigel Martyn), Lee Dixon (Mel Sterland), M.Forsyth, David Batty, A.Linighan (Gary Pallister), Tony Adams, Dennis Wise, Paul Gascoigne, Ian Wright (M.Newell), P.Williams, P.Beagrie (G.Parker).
45 27 March 1990 - Republic of Ireland 4 England 1 [2-1]
Turners Cross, Cork
(10,000)
McLoughlin, Kelly (pen), Quinn (2)
Atkinson
AL
England: Dave Beasant (David Seaman), Lee Dixon (I. Snodin), Nigel Winterburn, Carlton Palmer, A.Linighan, Tony Adams, Matt Le Tissier (Tony Daley), David Batty, P.Williams (Nigel Clough), D.Athkinson, Andy Sinton (P.Lake).
46 24 April 1990 - England 2 Czechoslovakia 0 [2-0]
Roker Park, Sunderland
(15,080)
Smith (2) HW
England: David Seaman (Dave Beasant), B.Borrows, Nigel Winterburn (D.Burrows), Neil Webb (Michael Thomas), Tony Adams, Gary Pallister (A.Linighan), Dennis Wise, Gordon Cowans, Alan Smith, M.Gabbiadini, Rd.Wallace (M.Le Tissier).

Season 1990-91

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Lawrie McMenemy

47 11 December 1990 - Algeria A 0 England 0 [0-0]
Stade 7 Juillet 1962, Algiers
(1,000)
  AD

Neil Webb

England: Nigel Martyn (J.Lukic), Mel Sterland (Michael Thomas), D.Burrows, Neil Webb, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Pallister (G.Ablett), Bryan Robson, Nigel Clough, Alan Smith (Danny Wallace), Ian Wright, Geoff Thomas.
48 5 February 1991 - Wales 0 England 1 [0-1]
Vetch Field, Swansea
(4,618)
Davis AW
England: Nigel Spink (Dave Beasant), B.Laws, D.Burrows, Michael Thomas, Gary Mabbutt, Earl Barrett, D.Gordon, Peter Beardsley, Steve Bull, P.Davis (Geoff Thomas), Mark Walters.
49 27 April 1991 - England 1 Iceland A 0 [0-0]
Vicarage Road, Watford
(3,814)
Clough HW
England: Nigel Spink, R.Joseph, Tony Dorigo, David Batty, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Pallister (Keith Curle), David White, Nigel Clough, L.Chapman (Brian Deane), Steve Hodge, Warren Barton (Paul Stewart).
50 20 May 1991 - England 2 Switzerland 1 [1-1]
Bescot Stadium, Walsall
(10,628)
Hirst (2)
Chassot
HW
England: Nigel Martyn, R.Joseph (Keith Curle), P.King, I.Bishop (J.Ebbrell), P.Elliott, Earl Barrett, D.Gordon (S.Slater), David Hirst, Brian Deane, Carlton Palmer, Graeme Le Saux.

Season 1991-92
51 18 December 1991 - Spain Olympic 0 England 1 [0-1]
Nou Estadi Castalia,
 Valencia (4,000)
Merson AW
England: David Seaman, Earl Barrett, Nigel Winterburn, Neil Webb, Martin Keown, Keith Curle, David Rocastle, K.Campbell (S.Slater), David Hirst, Carlton Palmer, Paul Merson (Brian Deane).
52 18 February 1992 - England 3 France 0 [2-0]
Loftus Road, Shepherds Bush
(4,827)
Merson, Dumas OG, Stewart HW
England: David Seaman (T.Coton), Keith Curle, Tony Dorigo, Paul Stewart, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Pallister, Paul Ince (Matt Le Tissier), Paul Merson, Ian Wright (David White), Carlton Palmer, Andy Sinton.
This B match was the first time that past, present and future England full team players made up the entire starting eleven.
53 24 March 1992 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 1 [0-0]
Stadion Na Streleckem Ostrove, Ceské Budejovice
(6,000)
Smith AW
England: Nigel Martyn, Earl Barrett, J.Dicks, David Batty, R.Jobson, Carlton Palmer, Andy Sinton, Michael Thomas, Alan Smith (Tony Dorigo), Alan Shearer (David Hirst), Matt Le Tissier.
54 28 April 1992 - CIS 1 England 1 [0-1]
Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva
(2,300)
Mamedov
Smith
AD
England: David Seaman, Lee Dixon, J.Dicks, Neil Webb, Gary Mabbutt, R.Jobson, David Rocastle, Peter Beardsley (Graeme Le Saux), Alan Smith, Geoff Thomas, Lee Sharpe (Matt Le Tissier).

Season 1993-94
 

Terry Venables

55 10 May 1994 - England 4 Northern Ireland 2 [3-2]
Hillsborough, Sheffield (8,258)
Holdsworth, Merson, Bould, Scales
O'Boyle, Quinn
HW
England: K.Pressman (Nigel Martyn), Warren Barton (R.Edghill), John Scales, Steve Bould, J.Beresford, R.Fox (N.Summerbee), Rob Lee, C.Bart-Williams (A.Stubbs), Paul Merson, D.Holdsworth, C.Sutton (C.Armstrong).

Season 1994-95
56 13 December 1994 -
England
2 Republic of Ireland 0 [1-0]
Anfield, Liverpool
(7,431)
Cole, Fowler HW
England: K.Pressman (David James), Warren Barton, J.Beresford, Tim Sherwood, John Scales (Ugo Ehiogu), Neil Ruddock, Sol Campbell (Jamie Redknapp), Chris Sutton (Nick Barmby), Andy Cole (Robbie Fowler), R.Fox, Jason Wilcox.


Season 1997-98
 

Peter Taylor

57 10 February 1998 - England 1 Chile 2 [0-0]
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
(13,917)
Heskey
Neira (2)
HL
England: K.Pressman, Keiron Dyer (Steve Guppy), Jason Wilcox (Jamie Carragher), R.Scimeca, D.Matteo, M.Hall, D.Huckerby, N.Quashie (Frank Lampard), Emile Heskey, Paul Merson, Ray Parlour (P.Murray).
58 21 April 1998 - England 4 Russia 1 [2-0]
Loftus Road, Shepherds Bush
(5,105)
Ferdinand, Le Tissier (3)
Bouznikin
HW
England: Ian Walker, S.Watson (J.Curtis), C.Serrant, D.Williams, W.Quinn, Jamie Carragher, Matt Le Tissier, Trevor Sinclair (Keiron Dyer), Les Ferdinand (Kevin Phillips), Nick Barmby (D.Johnson), Darren Anderton (Lee Hendrie).


Season 2005-06
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Sven-Göran Eriksson

59 25 May 2006 - England 1 Belarus A 2 [1-0]
Madejski Stadium, Reading (22,032)
Jenas
Kutuzov, Kornilenko
HL

Season 2006-07
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Steve McClaren

60 25 May 2007 - England 3 Albania 1 [2-1]
Turf Moor, Burnley (22,400)
Alan Smith, Stewart Downing (2).
Berisha
HW

 

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