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Least Black Players Used in a Single Match

Since the first black player featured in 1978, there have been 41 matches that have not featured any black players whatsoever. The last time no black player featured was in the quarter-final of Euro 96, when England eliminated Spain in a Penalty shoot-out.

No Black Players Used In Any Match
Season 1978-79
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
527	07-Feb-1979	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	4	0	HW	[1-0]
528	19-May-1979	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	2	0	AW	[2-0]
530	26-May-1979	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	1	HW	[1-1]
531	06-Jun-1979	Bulgaria	Stadion Vasilij Levski, Sofiya	ECP	3	0	AW	[1-0]
Season 1979-80
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
534	12-Sep-1979	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	1	0	HW	[1-0]
535	17-Oct-1979	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	ECP	5	1	AW	[2-0]
539	13-May-1980	Argentina	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	1	HW	[1-0]
540	17-May-1980	Wales	'Y Cae Ras', Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham	BC	1	4	AL	[1-2]
541	20-May-1980	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	1	1	HD	[0-0]
542	24-May-1980	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	2	0	AW	[1-0]
543	31-May-1980	Australia	Cricket Ground, Sydney	F	2	1	AW	[2-0]
544	12-Jun-1980	Belgium	Stadio Communale, Torino, Italy	ECF	1	1	ND	[1-1]
545	15-Jun-1980	Italy	Stadio Communale, Torino	ECF	0	1	AL	[0-0]
Season 1980-81
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
549	19-Nov-1980	Switzerland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	2	1	HW	[2-0]
550	25-Mar-1981	Spain	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	2	HL	[1-2]
552	12-May-1981	Brazil	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	1	HL	[0-1]
555	30-May-1981	Switzerland	St. Jakob Park, Basel	WCP	1	2	AL	[0-2]
556	06-Jun-1981	Hungary	N�pstadion, Budapest	WCP	3	1	AW	[1-1]
Season 1981-82
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
557	09-Sep-1981	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	WCP	1	2	AL	[1-2]
558	18-Nov-1981	Hungary	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	1	0	HW	[1-0]
561	25-May-1982	Netherlands	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	0	HW	[0-0]
562	29-May-1982	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	1	0	AW	[1-0]
564	03-Jun-1982	Finland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki	F	4	1	AW	[2-0]
565	16-Jun-1982	France	Estadio San Mam�s, Bilbao, Spain	WCF	3	1	NW	[1-1]
566	20-Jun-1982	Czechoslovakia	Estadio San Mam�s, Bilbao, Spain	WCF	2	0	NW	[0-0]
567	25-Jun-1982	Kuwait	Estadio San Mam�s, Bilbao, Spain	WCF	1	0	NW	[1-0]
568	29-Jun-1982	West Germany	Estadio Santiago Bernab�u, Madrid, Spain	WCF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
569	05-Jul-1982	Spain	Estadio Santiago Bernab�u, Madrid	WCF	0	0	AD	[0-0]
Season 1982-83
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
572	17-Nov-1982	Greece	Kaftantzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki	ECP	3	0	AW	[1-0]
Season 1985-86
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
606	16-Oct-1985	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	5	0	HW	[4-0]
607	13-Nov-1985	Northern Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	0	0	HD	[0-0]
611	23-Apr-1986	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	2	1	HW	[2-0]
614	03-Jun-1986	Portugal	Estadio Tecnol�gico, Monterrey, Mexico	WCF	0	1	NL	[0-0]
615	06-Jun-1986	Morocco	Estadio Tecnol�gico, Monterrey, Mexico	WCF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
616	11-Jun-1986	Poland	Estadio Universit�rio, Monterrey, Mexico	WCF	3	0	NW	[3-0]
617	18-Jun-1986	Paraguay	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	WCF	3	0	NW	[1-0]
Season 1986-87
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
626	23-May-1987	Scotland	Hampden Park, Glasgow	T/C	0	0	AD	[0-0]
Season 1995-96
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
715	11-Oct-1995	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
716	15-Nov-1995	Switzerland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	1	HW	[1-1]
725	22-Jun-1996	Spain	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECF	0	0	HD	[0-0]

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