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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 2004-05

No. Date

Match

Venue

Type Used %
818 18-Aug-2004 England 3 Ukraine 0 [2-0] St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Fr 8/17 47.06
Notes 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 2 England 2 [0-1] Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien WCP 4/14 28.57
Notes David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 76th minute substitute.
820 08-Sep-2004 Poland 1 England 2 [0-1] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP 4/14 28.57
Notes Ashley Cole, Ledley King & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe scored.  Kieron Dyer was an 87th minute substitute for Defoe.
821 09-Oct-2004 England 2 Wales 0 [1-0] Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 5/14 35.71
Notes 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 0 England 1 [0-1] Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP 6/14 42.86
Notes 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 1 England 0 [1-0] Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Fr 5/17 29.41
Notes 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 England 0 Netherlands 0 [0-0] Villa Park, Birmingham Fr 5/16 31.25
Notes 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 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 4/14 28.57
Notes Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Kieron Dyer was a 72nd minute substitute, Jermain Defoe was a 80th minute substitute.
826 30-Mar-2005 England 2 Azerbaijan 0 [0-0] St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne WCP 5/14 35.71
Notes Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Kieron Dyer & Ledley King were 77th minute substitutes, Jermain Defoe was a 84th minute substitute.
827 28-May-2005 U.S.A. 1 England 2 [0-2] Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois Fr 9/15 60.00
Notes Sol Campbell was Captain. David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Kieran Richardson started. Zat 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.  Seven black players started for England for the first time.
828 31-May-2005 Colombia 2 England 3 [1-2] Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States Fr 7/16 43.75
Notes 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

Match

Venue

Type Used %
829 17-Aug-2005 Denmark 4 England 1 [0-0] Parken Stadion, Indre Østerbro, København Fr 6/17 35.29
Notes 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 0 England 1 [0-0] Stadiwm Y Mileniwm, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd, Caerdydd WCP 5/14 35.71
Notes 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 1 England 0 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast WCP 4/14 28.57
Notes Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 76th minute substitute.
832 08-Oct-2005 England 0 Austria 0 [1-0] Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 4/14 28.57
Notes Sol Campbell started.  Ledley King was a 62nd minute substitute, Rio Ferdinand, 65th minute for Ferdinand, & Kieran Richardson after 81 minutes.
833 12-Oct-2005 England 2 Poland 1 [1-1] Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 4/14 28.57
Notes Rio Ferdinand, Ledley King & Shaun Wright-Phillips started.  Jermaine Jenas was an 84th minute substitute.
834 12-Nov-2005 Argentina 2 England 3 [1-1] Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland Fr 2/14 14.29
Notes Rio Ferdinand & Ledley King started.  King was substituted after 59 minutes.
835 01-Mar-2006 England 2 Uruguay 1 [0-1] Anfield Road, Liverpool Fr 6/17 35.29
Notes Rio Ferdinand & Darren Bent started. Ledley King and Jermaine Jenas came on at half-time, followed by Shaun Wright-Phillips after 64 minutes, and Jermain Defoe after 82, who replaced King.
836 30-May-2006 England 3 Hungary 1 [0-0] Old Trafford, Manchester Fr 4/15 26.67
Notes Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Theo Walcott came on as substitute after 65 minutes, becoming the youngest ever England player, and Sol Campbell followed after 76 minutes.
837 03-Jun-2006 England 6 Jamaica 0 [4-0] Old Trafford, Manchester Fr 5/17 29.41
Notes Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Sol Campbell was a 33rd minute substitute. Cole was replaced after 35 minutes. David James came on at half-time and Aaron Lennon after 68 minutes.

World Cup Finals 2006

Germany

838 10-Jun-2006 England 1 Paraguay 0 [1-0] Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen WCF 2/13 15.38
Notes Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started.
839 15-Jun-2006 England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 [0-0] easyCredit-Stadion, Nürnberg, Bayern WCF 3/14 21.43
Notes Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Aaron Lennon was a 58th minute substitute.
840 20-Jun-2006 Sweden 2 England 2 [0-1] Rhein-Energie-Stadion, Köln WCF 3/14 21.43
Notes Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Sol Campbell was a 56th minute substitute for Ferdinand.
841 25-Jun-2006 England 1 Ecuador 0 [0-0] Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart WCF 3/14 21.43
Notes Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Aaron Lennon was an 87th minute substitute.
842 01-Jul-2006 England 0 Portugal 0 [0-0]
AET
[0-0] & Penalties [1-3]
Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen WCF 3/14 21.43
Notes Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started. Aaron Lennon was a 51st minute substitute, replaced after 118 minutes.

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