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England's Under 21 Matches featuring Black Players

Full Under 21 Results

Season 1976-77
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
2 27-Apr-1977 Scotland U21 Bramall Lane, Sheffield F 1 0 1/11 9.09
Laurie Cunningham is the first black player to be capped at U21 level, and score.
3 26-May-1977 Finland U21 Olympiastadion, Helsinki ECQ 1 0 1/12 8.33
Laurie Cunningham started, substituted after 63 minutes.
4 01-Jun-1977 Norway U21 Brann Stadion, Bergen ECQ 2 1 1/13 7.69
Laurie Cunningham was a 84th minute substitute.
Season 1977-78
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
5 06-Sep-1977 Norway U21 Goldstone Ground, Brighton ECQ 6 0 1/11 9.09
Laurie Cunningham started.
6 12-Oct-1977 Finland U21 Boothferry Park, Hull ECQ 8 0 1/13 7.69
Laurie Cunningham started and scored.
7 03-Mar-1978 Italy U21 Maine Road, Manchester ECQF 2 1 2/13 15.38
Viv Anderson & Laurie Cunningham started and scored.
Season 1978-79
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
11 19-Sep-1978 Denmark U21 Hvidovre Stadion, København ECQ 2 1 2/11 18.18
Bob Hazell & Cryille Regis started.
12 06-Feb-1979 Wales U21 Vetch Field, Swansea ECQ 1 0 1/13 7.69
Luther Blissett started.
13 05-Jun-1979 Bulgaria U21 Minjor Stadion, Pernik ECQ 3 1 2/13 15.38
Cyrille Regis started and scored.  Luther Blissett was a substitute.
14 09-Jun-1979 Sweden U21 Arosvallen, Västerås F 2 1 2/14 14.29
Cyrille Regis started and scored.  Luther Blissett also started.
Season 1979-80
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
15 11-Sep-1979 Denmark U21 Vicarage Road Stadium, Watford ECQ 1 0 1/12 8.33
Luther Blissett started.
16 20-Nov-1979 Bulgaria U21 City Stadium, Filbert Street, Leicester ECQ 5 0 2/11 18.18
Garth Crooks & Vince Hilaire started. Crooks scored three times, Hilaire once.
17 12-Feb-1980 Scotland U21 Highfield Road Stadium, Coventry ECQF 2 1 2/11 18.18
Garth Crooks & Vince Hilaire started.
18 04-Mar-1980 Scotland U21 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen ECQF 0 0 3/12 25.00
Garth Crooks & Cyrille Regis started.  Vince Hilaire came on for Crooks after 63 minutes.
19 16-Apr-1980 East Germany U21 Bramall Lane, Sheffield ECSF 1 2 3/13 23.08
Justin Fashanu & Vince Hilaire started.  Garth Crooks was a substitute. Fashanu scored.
20 23-Apr-1980 East Germany U21 Ernst Abbe Sportfeld Stadion, Jena ECSF 0 1 2/13 15.38
Cyrille Regis & Vince Hilaire started.  Hilaire was substituted.
Season 1980-81
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
21 09-Sep-1980 Norway U21 The Dell, Southampton F 3 0 3/13 23.08
Vince Hilaire started.  Justin Fashanu & Remi Moses were substitutes.
22 14-Oct-1980 Romania U21 Stadionul Astra, Ploiesti ECQ 0 4 2/13 15.38
Vince Hilaire & Justin Fashanu started.
23 18-Nov-1980 Switzerland U21 Portman Road, Ipswich ECQ 5 0 3/13 23.08
Justin Fashanu & Remi Moses started.  Vince Hilaire was a 60th minute substitute for Moses.  Fashanu scored.
24 25-Feb-1981 Republic of Ireland U21 Anfield Road, Liverpool F 1 0 3/16 18.75
Danny Thomas & Remi Moses started. Justin Fashanu was a half-time substitute, as Moses was substituted.
25 28-Apr-1981 Romania U21 County Ground, Swindon ECQ 3 0 2/12 16.67
Remi Moses & Garry Thompson started.  Thompson scored.
26 31-May-1981 Switzerland U21 Neuenburg ECQ 0 0 2/12 16.67
Remi Moses & Garry Thompson started.
27 05-Jun-1981 Hungary U21 Keszthely F 2 1 3/14 21.43
Remi Moses, Justin Fashanu & Garry Thompson started.  Fashanu scored.
Season 1981-82
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
28 08-Sep-1981 Norway U21 Marielyst Stadion, Drammen F 0 0 3/15 20.00
Justin Fashanu & Garry Thompson both started & substituted at half-time.  Remi Moses was a half-time substitute.
29 17-Nov-1981 Hungary U21 City Ground, Nottingham ECQ 2 0 3/12 25.00
Remi Moses, Justin Fashanu & Garry Thompson all started.  Thompson & Fashanu scored.
30 17-Mar-1982 Poland U21 Warzawa ECQF 2 1 1/11 9.09
Justin Fashanu started.
31 07-Apr-1982 Poland U21 Boleyn Ground, West Ham, London ECQF 2 2 2/13 15.38
Paul Davis started. Vince Hilaire was a substitute.
32 19-Apr-1982 Scotland U21 Hampden Park, Glasgow ECSF 1 0 3/11 27.27
Chris Whyte, Paul Davis & Garry Thompson started.  Thompson scored.
33 28-Apr-1982 Scotland U21 Maine Road, Manchester ECSF 1 1 2/12 16.67
Justin Fashanu started. Chris Whyte was a substitute.
Season 1982-83
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
=34 21-Sep-1982 Denmark U21 Hvidovre Stadion, København ECQ 4 1 4/13 30.77
Chris Whyte, Cyrille Regis, Paul Davis & John Barnes all started.  Davis & Regis scored.  Davis was substituted.
=34 21-Sep-1982 West Germany U21 Bramall Lane, Sheffield ECFin 3 1 2/12 16.67
Danny Thomas started.  Justin Fashanu was a half-time substitute and scored.
36 12-Oct-1982 West Germany U21 Weserstadion, Bremen ECFin 2 3 1/13 7.69

Danny Thomas started.
37 16-Nov-1982 Greece U21 Karaiskaki Stadium, Piraeus ECQ 0 1 4/12 33.33

Chris Whyte, John Barnes, Paul Davis & Mark Chamberlain all started.  Barnes was substituted.
38 29-Mar-1983 Greece U21 Fratton Park, Portsmouth ECQ 2 1 3/13 23.08

Danny Thomas & Danny Wallace started.  Paul Davis was a substitute.  Wallace scored.
39 26-Apr-1983 Hungary U21 St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ECQ 1 0 4/13 30.77

Danny Thomas, Danny Wallace & John Barnes started.  Paul Davis was a substitute.
Season 1983-84
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
40 20-Sep-1983 Denmark U21 Carrow Road, Norwich ECQ 4 1 3/12 25.00

Brian Stein & Danny Wallace started.  Stein scored twice.  Mark Walters was a substitute.
41 11-Oct-1983 Hungary U21 Stadion Sóstói Út, Nyiregyhaza ECQ 2 0 3/12 25.00

Brian Stein & Danny Wallace started.  Stein scored.  Wallace was replaced by Mark Walters.
42 28-Feb-1984 France U21 Hillsborough, Sheffield ECQF 6 1 2/13 15.38

Danny Wallace started.  Mark Chamberlain was a half-time substitute.
43 28-Mar-1984 France U21 Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen ECQF 1 0 1/12 8.33

Danny Wallace started.
44 18-Apr-1984 Italy U21 Maine Road, Manchester ECSF 3 1 2/11 18.18

Mark Chamberlain & Howard Gayle started.
45 02-May-1984 Italy U21 Stadio Comunale, Firenze ECSF 0 1 3/12 25.00

Danny Thomas, Brian Stein & Danny Wallace started.
46 17-May-1984 Spain U21 Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville ECFin 1 0 2/12 16.67

Danny Thomas & Howard Gayle started.
47 24-May-1984 Spain U21 Bramall Lane, Sheffield ECFin 2 0 2/13 15.38

Howard Gayle started and scored.  Danny Wallace was a substitute.
Season 1984-85
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
48 16-Oct-1984 Finland U21 The Dell, Southampton ECQ 2 0 3/13 23.08

Paul Parker, Paul Elliott & Danny Wallace started.  Parker scored.  Wallace was substituted.
49 13-Nov-1984 Turkey U21 Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa ECQ 0 0 3/12 25.00

Paul Parker, Chris Fairclough & Danny Wallace started.
50 27-Feb-1985 Israel U21 Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv  F 2 1 5/16 31.25

Chris Fairclough, Louis Donowa, Danny Wallace & Mark Walters started.  Paul Parker was a substitute.  Donowa was substituted.
51 25-Mar-1985 Republic of Ireland U21 Fratton Park, Portsmouth F 3 2 3/15 20.00

Paul Parker, Chris Fairclough & Mark Walters started.  Walters & Fairclough scored
52 30-Apr-1985 Romania U21 Stadionul Tineretului, Brasov ECQ 0 0 3/13 23.08

Paul Parker & Mark Walters started.  Louis Donowa was a substitute.
53 21-May-1985 Finland U21 Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli ECQ 1 3 3/12 25.00

Paul Parker & Des Walker started.  Louis Donowa was a substitute.
Season 1985-86
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
54 10-Sep-1985 Romania U21 Portman Road, Ipswich ECQ 3 0 2/13 15.38

Danny Wallace & Mark Walters started.
55 15-Oct-1985 Turkey U21 Ashton Gate, Bristol ECQ 3 0 4/13 30.77

Paul Elliott, Paul Parker & Mark Walters started.  Mitchell Thomas was an 82nd minute substitute.
56 12-Mar-1986 Denmark U21 Idrætspark, København ECQF 1 0 1/12 8.33

Lloyd McGrath started.
57 26-Mar-1986 Denmark U21 Maine Road, Manchester ECQF 1 1 5/13 38.46

Mitchell Thomas, Paul Elliott, Paul Parker, Danny Wallace & Mark Walters started.  Elliott scored.  Walters was substituted.
58 09-Apr-1986 Italy U21 Arena Garibaldi Stadio Romeo Anconetani, Pisa ECSF 0 2 1/13 7.69

Mitchell Thomas started.
59 23-Apr-1986 Italy U21 County Ground, Swindon ECSF 1 1 2/13 15.38

Danny Wallace started.  Mark Walters was a substitute.
Season 1986-87
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
60 09-Sep-1986 Sweden U21 Z-hallen, Östersund F 1 1 4/16 25.00

Des Walker, Franz Carr, David Rocastle & Jason Dozzell started.  Carr & Dozzell were substituted.
61 11-Nov-1986 Yugoslavia U21 London Road, Peterborough ECQ 1 1 4/13 30.77

Franz Carr, David Rocastle & Terry Connor started.  Jason Dozzell was a 75th minute substitute.  Rocastle was substituted.  Connor was a scorer.
62 18-Feb-1987 Spain U21 Estadio El Plantío, Burgos F 2 1 4/15 26.67

Chris Fairclough, David Rocastle & Jason Dozzell started.  Franz Carr was a half-time substitute. Rocastle scored.  Dozzell was substituted.
63 28-Apr-1987 Turkey U21 Izmir Atatürk Stadium, Izmir ECQ 0 0 5/13 38.46

Chris Fairclough, Des Walker, Paul Davis & David Rocastle started. Dale Gordon was a 68th minute substitute.
64 07-Jun-1987 Morocco U21 Stade Mayol, Toulon, France Tn 2 0 3/12 25.00

Gus Caeser & Franz Carr started.  Dake Gordon was a substitute for Carr.
65 09-Jun-1987 USSR U21 La Ciatot, France Tn 0 0 3/12 25.00

Franz Carr & Jason Dozzell started.  Gus Caeser was a substitute.
66 11-Jun-1987 France U21 Stade Mayol, Toulon Tn 0 2 3/13 23.08

Gus Caeser, Jason Dozzell & Dale Gordon started.
67 13-Jun-1987 Portugal U21 Sollies-Pont, France Tn5/6 0 0 2/13 15.38

Jason Dozzell & Dale Gordon started.  Dozzell was substituted.
Season 1987-88
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
68 08-Sep-1987 West Germany U21 Lüdensheid-Stadion, Lüdenscheid F 0 2 4/15 26.67

Paul Davis was captain.  Des Walker & David Rocastle also started.  Franz Carr was a half-time substitute.
69 13-Oct-1987 Turkey U21 Bramall Lane, Sheffield ECQ 1 1 4/12 33.33

Paul Davis was captain and scorer.  Des Walker, Franz Carr & David Rocastle also started.
70 10-Nov-1987 Yugoslavia U21 Gradski Stadium, Zemun ECQ 5 1 5/13 38.46

Michael Thomas, Paul Davis, Chris Fairclough, Franz Carr & David Rocastle started.  Carr & Rocastle scored.
71 16-Feb-1988 Scotland U21 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen ECQF 1 0 3/12 25.00

Michael Thomas, Des Walker & David Rocastle started.
72 22-Mar-1988 Scotland U21 City Ground, Nottingham ECQF 1 0 3/12 25.00

Andy Gray, Des Walker & David Rocastle started.
73 13-Apr-1988 France U21 Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon ECSF 2 4