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Black Players Used against Wales

No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
529 23-May-1979 Wales Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 0 0 1/13 7.69
Laurie Cunningham became the first black forward to be capped.

553

20-May-1981

Wales Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 0 0 1/12 8.33
Viv Anderson wins his seventh cap.

560

27-Apr-1982

Wales Ninian Park, Cardiff BC 1 0 1/13 7.69
Cyrille Regis wins his second cap as an 80th minute substitute.

574

23-Feb-1983

Wales Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC 2 1 1/11 9.09
Luther Blissett wins his third cap.

587

02-May-1984

Wales 'Y Cae Ras', The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham BC 0 1 1/13 7.69
Luther Blissett was a 77th minute substitute.
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.
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.

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