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England's Black Players

2008-10


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 2008-09
865 20 August 2008 - England 2 Czech Republic 2 [1-1], The National Stadium, Wembley Fr 7/17 41.18

David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started. Emile Heskey replaced Defoe at half time. Ferdinand came off after 58 min. Jermain Jenas came on after 79.  Brown scored.

866 6 September 2008 - Andorra 0 England 2 [0-0], Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain WCP 7/14 50
 

David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe all started. Emile Heskey replaced Defoe as a half-time substitute.

867 10 September 2008 - Croatia 1 England 4 [0-1], Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb WCP 7/14 50

David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.  Jermaine Jenas was a 56th min. substitute. Walcott scored a hat-trick, before coming off after 85 min.

868 11 October 2008 - England 5 Kazakhstan 1 [0-0], The National Stadium, Wembley WCP 8/14 57.14

David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started. Shaun Wright-Phillips was a half-time substitute. Walcott was replaced after 79 min, before Jermain Defoe came on after 87 min. Ferdinand and Defoe scored. Ferdinand was captain.

869 15 October 2008 - Belarus 1 England 3 [1-1], Dinamo Stadion, Minsk WCP 6/14 42.86
  David James, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started. Shaun Wright-Phillips replaced Walcott as a 68th min. substitute. Heskey was replaced after 70 min. Ferdinand was captain.
870 19 November 2008 - Germany 1 England 2 [0-1], Olympiastadion, Berlin Fr 7/15 46.67
  David James, Glen Johnson, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermain Defoe and Gabriel Agbonlahor all started. Darren Bent was a half-time substitute in place of Defoe. James was also replaced at half-time. Ashley Young replaced Agbonlahor after 77 min. Wright-Phillips was replaced in the last minute.
871 11 February 2009 - Spain 2 England 0 [1-0], Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla Fr 7/17 41.18
  David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Emile Heskey and Gabriel Agbonlahor all started. James and Heskey were replaced at half-time, Carlton Cole replaced Agbonlahor as a 75th min. substitute.
872 28 March 2009 - England 4 Slovakia 0 [1-0], The National Stadium, Wembley Fr 6/17 35.29
David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Aaron Lennon and Emile Heskey all started. Heskey scored and was replaced by Carlton Cole after 15 minutes.  Carlton Cole was then replaced after 35 min. James and Lennon were replaced at half-time.
873 1 April 2009 - England 2 Ukraine 1 [1-0], The National Stadium, Wembley WCP 6/14 42.86
  David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Aaron Lennon all started.  Lennon was replaced after 58 min. as Shaun Wright-Phillips came on after 79. Ferdinand was replaced after 88.
874 6 June 2009 - Kazakhstan 0 England 4 [0-2], Ortalyk Tsentralnyi Stadium, Almaty WCP 6/14 42.86
Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Theo Walcott & Emile Heskey started.  Wright-Phillips was a half-time substitute for Walcott, Defoe replaced goalscorer Heskey after 80 min.
875 10 June 2009 - England 6 Andorra 0 [3-0], The National Stadium, Wembley WCP 6/14 42.86
Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott & Theo Walcott started. Ashley Young & Jermain Defoe were half-time substitutes, Defoe scoring twice. Cole was substituted after 64 min.
  Season 2009-10
876 12 August 2009 - Netherlands 2 England 2 [2-0], Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Fr 8/17 47.06
Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey and Ashley Young started.  Shaun Wright-Phillips and Jermain Defoe were half-time substitutes. Defoe replaced Heskey and scored twice. Carlton Cole was a 58th min. substitute.  Young was replaced after 68 mins., Ashley Cole after 84.
877 5 September 2009 - England 2 Slovenia 1 [1-0], The National Stadium, Wembley Fr 8/17 47.06
Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Emile Heskey started.  Aaron Lennon (replacing Wright-Phillips) and Jermain Defoe (replacing Heskey) were half-time substitutes. Joleon Lescott came on after 64 mins. and Carlton Cole after 80 mins, Defoe scored.
878 9 September 2009 - England 5 Croatia 1 [2-0], The National Stadium, Wembley WCP 5/14 35.71
  Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Aaron Lennon and Emile Heskey started. Jermain Defoe was a 59th substitute for Heskey.
879 10 October 2009 - Ukraine 1 England 0 [1-0], Dnipro Arena, Dnepropetrovsk WCP 6/14 42.86
  Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Aaron Lennon and Emile Heskey.  David James was a 12th min. substitute for Lennon. Carlton Cole, a 72nd min. substitute for Heskey.
880 14 October 2009 - England 3 Belarus 0 [1-0], The National Stadium, Wembley WCP 6/14 42.86
Glen Johnson, Rio Ferdinand, Aaron Lennon, Gabby Agbonlahor and Shaun Wright-Phillips started. Carlton Cole replaced Agbonlahor after 66 mins. Wright-Phillips scored.
881 14 November 2009 - Brazil 1 England 0 [0-0], Khalifi International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Fr /15  
  Wes Brown, Joleon Lescott, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermaine Jenas and Darren Bent started. Jermain Defoe was a 54th min. substitute for Bent.  Tom Huddlestone after 82nd mins.  Ashley Young, after 87 mins.

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