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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.

1990-2000

Season 2000-01
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
772 02-Sep-2000 France Stade de France, Saint-Denis F 1 1 3/15 20.00
Sol Campbell & Andrew Cole started.  Kieron Dyer was a 70th minute substitute.
773 07-Oct-2000 Germany Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 0 1 2/14 14.29
Andrew Cole started.  Kieron Dyer was a half-time substitute.
774 11-Oct-2000 Finland Olympiastadion, Helsinki WCP 0 0 3/13 23.08
Andrew Cole & Emile Heskey started.  Wes Brown was a 69th minute substitute.
775 15-Nov-2000 Italy Stadio delle Alpi, Torino F 0 1 4/16 25.00
David James, Rio Ferdinand, Kieron Dyer & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 73 minutes.  Dyer after 83 minutes.
776 28-Feb-2001 Spain Villa Park, Birmingham F 3 0 7/18 38.89
David James, Chris Powell, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started.  Ugo Ehiogu & Emile Heskey were half-time substitutes.   James, Powell & Ferdinand  were substituted at half-time.  Ehiogu was a scorer.
777 24-Mar-2001 Finland Anfield Road, Liverpool WCP 2 1 5/14 35.71
Sol Campbell, Chris Powell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started. Emile Heskey was a 72nd minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 83 minutes.
778 28-Mar-2001 Albania Stadiumi Kombetar "Qemal Stafa Stadium", Tiranë WCP 3 1 6/13 46.15
Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started.  Wes Brown was a 29th minute substitute for Campbell.  Emile Heskey was a half-time substitute.  Andrew Cole was a scorer.
779 25-May-2001 México Pride Park Stadium, Derby F 4 0 5/21 23.81
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  David James was a half-time substitute, as was Chris Powell, who replaced Cole.  Heskey was substituted after 67 minutes.
780 06-Jun-2001 Greece Olympiako Stadio 'Spyros Louis', Athína WCP 2 0 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 75 min.
Season 2001-02
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
781 15-Aug-2001 Netherlands White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London F 0 2 6/22 27.27
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown & Andrew Cole started.  Chris Powell was a half-time substitute for Ashley Cole.  Wes Brown was also substituted at half-time.  David James was a half-time substitute, but came off 3 minutes later.  Ugo Ehiogu was a 50th minute substitute.  Andrew Cole was substituted after 69 minutes.
782 01-Sep-2001 Germany Olympiastadion, München WCP 5 1 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey scored.
783 05-Sep-2001 Albania St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne WCP 2 0 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 55 minutes.
784 06-Oct-2001 Greece Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 2 2 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  Andrew Cole was a half-time substitute.  Ashley Cole was substituted after 79 minutes.
785 10-Nov-2001 Sweden Old Trafford, Manchester F 1 1 3/18 16.67
Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair started.  Heskey & Sinclair were substituted after 58 minutes.
786 13-Feb-2002 Netherlands Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam F 1 1 7/19 36.84
Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Michael Ricketts, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  David James & Chris Powell were half-time substitutes.  Ferdinand, Campbell & Ricketts were substituted at half-time.  Vassell scored & was substituted after 77 minutes.
787 27-Mar-2002 Italy Elland Road, Leeds F 1 2 7/22 31.82
Sol Campbell, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair started.  David James, Ledley King, Ugo Ehiogu & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Campbell & Heskey were substituted at half-time, and Sinclair after 70 minutes.
788 17-Apr-2002 Paraguay Anfield Road, Liverpool F 4 0 3/21 14.29
Darius Vassell & Kieron Dyer started.  Trevor Sinclair was a half-time substitute for Dyer.  Vassell scored & was substituted after 68 minutes.
789 21-May-2002 South Korea Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si F 1 1 8/19 42.11
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Cole, Campbell & Ferdinand were replaced.  Wes Brown was a 68th minute substitute.
790 26-May-2002 Cameroon Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan F 2 2 7/18 38.89
Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Campbell, Ferdinand & Heskey were replaced.  Vassell scored & was substituted after 75 minutes.
791 02-Jun-2002 Sweden Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama-ken, Japan WCF 1 1 6/13 46.15
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 74th minute substitute for Vassell.  Campbell was a scorer.
792 07-Jun-2002 Argentina Sapporo Dome, Sapporo City, Japan WCF 1 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Trevor Sinclair was a 19th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 54 minutes.
793 12-Jun-2002 Nigeria Nagai Stadium, Osaka City, Japan WCF 0 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes, Darius Vassell came on after 77 minutes, Cole substituted after 85 minutes.
794 15-Jun-2002 Denmark Niigata Prefectural Stadium ("Big Swan"), Niigata-city, Japan WCF 3 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 49th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes.  Ferdinand & Heskey were scorers.
795 21-Jun-2002 Brazil Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi city, Japan WCF 1 2 7/14 50.00
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 56th minute substitute for Sinclair.  Darius Vassell was a  79th minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 80 minutes.
Season 2002-03
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
796 07-Sep-2002 Portugal Villa Park, Birmingham F 1 1 5/18 27.78
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  Cole & Ferdinand were substituted at half-time.  Trevor Sinclair was a 62nd minute substitute.
797 12-Oct-2002 Slovakia Štadión Tehelné Pole, Bratislava ECP 2 1 3/14 21.43
Ashley Cole & Emile Heskey started.  Kieron Dyer was a 78th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted in time-added-on.
798 16-Oct-2002 FYR Macedonia The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton ECP 2 2 3/13 23.08
Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Darius Vassell was a 58th minute substitute.
799 12-Feb-2003 Australia Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London F 1 3 9/22 40.91
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Kieron Dyer all started and all were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Darius Vassell were all half-time substitutes.
800 29-Mar-2003 Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz ECP 2 0 4/14 28.57
David James, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey & Kieron Dyer all started.  Heskey was substituted after 80 minutes.
801 02-Apr-2003 Turkey Stadium of  Light, Sunderland ECP 2 0 5/13 38.46
David James, Rio Ferdinand & Sol Campbell started.  Darius Vassell was a 58th minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was a 89th minute substitute.  Vassell also scored.
802 22-May-2003 South Africa ABSA King's Park Stadium, Durban F 2 1 6/18 33.33
David James, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair all started.  James & Ferdinand were substituted at half-time. Jermaine Jenas was a 51st minute substitute.  Sinclair was substituted after 58 minutes.  Darius Vassell was a 65th minute substitute for Heskey, after Heskey scored.
803 03-Jun-2003 Serbia and Montenegro Walkers Stadium, Leicester F 2 1 5/21 23.81
David James, Ashley Cole & Emile Heskey started.  Cole was substituted at half-time.  Jermaine Jenas was a half-time substitute.  Darius Vassell was a 61st minute substitute for Heskey.
804 11-Jun-2003 Slovakia The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough ECP 2 1 3/13 23.08
David James & Ashley Cole started.  Darius Vassell was a 57th minute substitute.
Season 2003-04
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
805 20-Aug-2003 Croatia Portman Road, Ipswich F 3 1 6/21 28.57
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Emile Heskey all started.  James was substituted at half-time.  Kieron Dyer & Trevor Sinclair were 60th minute substitutes.  Ferdinand & Cole were substituted after 60 minutes, Heskey after 76 minutes.
806 06-Sep-2003 Macedonia FYR Gradski Stadion, Skopje ECP 2 1 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey was a half-time substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 85th minute substitute.
807 10-Sep-2003 Liechtenstein Old Trafford, Manchester ECP 2 0 1/14 7.14
David James started.
808 11-Oct-2003 Turkey Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul ECP 0 0 6/14 42.86
David James, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Darius Vassell was a 67th minute substitute for Heskey.  Kieron Dyer was a 71st minute substitute.
809 16-Nov-2003 Denmark Old Trafford, Manchester F 2 3 5/19 26.32
David James, Ashley Cole & Emile Heskey all started and all were substituted at half-time.  Glen Johnson was a 15th minute substitute.  Jermaine Jenas was a 65th minute substitute.
810 18-Feb-2004 Portugal Estádio Algarve, Faro Loulé F 1 1 6/20 30.00
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started.  Cole was substituted after 17 minutes.   Kieron Dyer was a half-time substitute.  Emile Heskey was a 71st minute substitute.  Jermaine Jenas was an 86th minute substitute.  King scored.
811 31-Mar-2004 Sweden Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg F 0 1 6/19 31.58
David James & Darius Vassell started.  Jermain Defoe was a 12th minute substitute for Vassell.  Anthony Gardner was a half-time substitute.  Emile Heskey & Jermaine Jenas were 60th minute substitutes.
812 01-Jun-2004 Japan City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 1 1 7/19 36.84
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were 77th minute substitutes.  Ledley King was an 88th minute substitute.
813 05-Jun-2004 Iceland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 6 1 7/22 31.82
Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started and were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Jermain Defoe was an 84th minute substitute.  Vassell scored twice.
814 13-Jun-2004 France Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 1 2 6/14 42.86
David James, Ashley Cole, Ledley King & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 69th minute substitute.  Emile Heskey was a 76th minute substitute.
815 17-Jun-2004 Switzerland Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal ECF 3 0 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 83rd minute substitute.
816 21-Jun-2004 Croatia Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 4 2 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Ledley King was a 70th minute substitute.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.
817 24-Jun-2004 Portugal Estádio da Luz, Lisboa ECF 2 2 4/14 28.57
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 27th minute substitute.
Season 2004-05
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
818 18-Aug-2004 Ukraine St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne F 3 0 8/17 47.06
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started. Glen Johnson, Kieron Dyer & Jermain Defoe were all half-time substitutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 53rd minute substitute & a scorer.  Cole was substituted after 62 minutes.  Jermaine Jenas was a 75th minute substitute.
819 04-Sep-2004 Austria Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien WCP 2 2 4/14 28.57
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 76th minute substitute.
820 08-Sep-2004 Poland Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP 2 1 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Ledley King & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe scored.  Kieron Dyer was an 87th minute substitute for Defoe.
821 09-Oct-2004 Wales Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 2 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe was substituted after 70 minutes.  Ledley King was an 87th minute substitute.
822 13-Oct-2004 Azerbaijan Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP 1 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Jermaine Jenas & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe was substituted after 55 minutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 72nd minute substitute for Jenas.
823 17-Nov-2004 Spain Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid F 0 1 5/17 29.41
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Jermaine Jenas & Shaun Wright-Phillips were 60th minute substitutes.  Ferdinand was substituted after 62 minutes.  Jermain Defoe was a 78th minute substitute for Cole.
824 09-Feb-2005 Netherlands Villa Park, Birmingham F 0 0 5/16 31.25
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown & Shaun Wright-Phillips started.  Jermaine Jenas & Kieron Dyer were 82nd minute substitutes.  Wright-Phillips was substituted after 61 minutes.
825 26-Mar-2005 Northern Ireland Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 4 0 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Kieron Dyer was a 72nd minute substitute, Jermain Defoe was a 80th minute substitute.
826 30-Mar-2005 Azerbaijan St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne WCP 2 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Kieron Dyer & Ledley King were were 77th minute substitutes, Jermain Defoe was a 84th minute substitute.
827 28-May-2005 U.S.A. Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois F 2 1 9/15 60.00
Sol Campbell was Captain.  David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Kieran Richardson also started.  Knight was a half-time substitute for Campbell.  Richardson was substituted after 59 minutes.  Defoe was a 63rd minute substitute for Cole.  Richardson scored twice.
828 31-May-2005 Colombia Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States F 3 2 7/16 43.75
David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Zat Knight & Jermaine Jenas all started.  James was substituted at half-time.  Kieran Richardson & Jermain Defoe were 73rd minute substitutes. 
Season 2005-06
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
829 17-Aug-2005 Denmark Parken Stadion, Křbenhavn F 1 4 6/17 35.29
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Jermain Defoe all started.  David James & Glen Johnson were half-time substitutes.  Jermaine Jenas was an 84th minute substitute.
830 03-Sep-2005 Wales 'Stadiwm Y Mileniwm' The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, WCP 1 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 68th minute substitute.  Kieran Richardson came on after 84 minutes.
831 07-Sep-2005 Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast  WCP 0 1 4/14 28.57
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 76th minute substitute.
832 08-Oct-2005 Austria Old Trafford, Manchester