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Black Players Used by Match
Overview

This is a list of all England matches that have included black players as part of the participating players in a match.  It includes a brief summary of the black players used, as well as how many of the players were black.

Season 1978-79
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
526 07-Sep-1978 England 1 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr 1/12 8.33
  Notes Viv Anderson became the first black player to be capped.
529 16-May-1979 England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1/13 7.69
Notes Laurie Cunningham became the first black forward to be capped.
532 24-May-1979 Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län Fr 2/14 14.29
Notes Viv Anderson and Laurie Cunningham win their second caps.
533 24-May-1979 Austria 4 England 3 [3-1] Praterstadion, Wien Fr 1/14 7.14
Notes Laurie Cunningham became the first black substitute, after 70 minutes.

Season 1979-80
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
536 22-Nov-1979 England 2 Bulgaria 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 1/11 9.09
Notes Viv Anderson became the first black player to be capped in a major tournament.
537 06-Feb-1980 England 2 Republic of Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 1/12 8.33
Notes Laurie Cunningham became the first black player to be capped while playing for a foreign club side, Real Madrid.
538 26-Mar-1980 Spain 0 England 2 [0-1] Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona, Barcelona Fr 1/13 7.69
Notes Laurie Cunningham wins his fifth cap as a 77th minute substitute.
Euro Champs Finals 1980

Italy
546 18-Jun-1980 Spain 1 England 2 [0-1] Stadio San Paolo, Napoli ECF 1/13 7.69
Notes Viv Anderson became the first black player to be capped at the finals of a major tournament.  Also the first to be substituted after 83 minutes.

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