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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 1980-81
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
547 10-Sep-1980 England 4 Norway 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 1/11 9.09
Notes Viv Anderson became the first black player to play in the World Cup qualifying stages.
548 15-Oct-1980 Romania 2 England 1 [1-0] Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti WCP 1/13 7.69
Notes Laurie Cunningham comes on as 65th minute substitute.
551 29-Apr-1981 England 0 Romania 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 1/13 7.69
Notes Viv Anderson wins his sixth cap.
553 20-May-1981 England 0 Wales 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1/12 8.33
Notes Viv Anderson wins his seventh cap.
554 23-May-1981 England 0 Scotland 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 1/13 7.69
Notes Viv Anderson wins his eighth cap.

Season 1981-82
No. Date

Match

Venue

 Type Used %
559 23-Feb-1982 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London BC 2/13 15.38
Notes Viv Anderson started.  Cyrille Regis becomes the third black player to be capped, as a 65th minute substitute.
560 27-Apr-1982 Wales 0 England 1 [0-0] Parc Ninian, Tongwynlais, Caerdydd BC 1/13 7.69
Notes Cyrille Regis wins his second cap as an 80th minute substitute.
563 02-Jun-1982 Iceland 1 England 1 [1-0] Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Fr 2/13 15.38
Notes Viv Anderson & Cyrille Regis both start the match, Regis is substituted in the 40th minute.

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