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No 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.
 

Season 1978-79
527 22-Feb-1979 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW
528 13-May-1979 Northern Ireland 0 England 2 [0-2] Windsor Park, Belfast BC AW
530 20-May-1979 England 3 Scotland 1 [1-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW
531 19-Apr-1979 Bulgaria 0 England 3 [0-1] Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofija ECP AW

Season 1979-80
534 12-Sep-1979 England 1 Denmark 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW
535 17-Oct-1979 Northern Ireland 1 England 5 [0-2] Windsor Park, Belfast AW
539 13-May-1980 England 3 Argentina 1 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW
540 17-May-1980 Wales 4 England 1 [2-1] Y Cae Ras, Mold Road, Wrecsam BC AL
541 20-May-1980 England 1 Northern Ireland 1 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HD
542 24-May-1980 Scotland 0 England 2 [0-1] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow AW
543 31-May-1980 Australia 1 England 2 [0-2] Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney Fr AW

Euro Champs Finals 1980

Italy
544 12-Jun-1980 Belgium 1 England 1 [0-1] Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino ECF ND
545 15-Jun-1980 England 0 Italy 1 [0-1] Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino AL

Season 1980-81
549 19-Nov-1980 England 2 Switzerland 1 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HW
550 25-Mar-1981 England 1 Spain 2 [1-2] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HL
552 12-May-1981 England 0 Brazil 1 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HL
555 30-May-1981 Switzerland 2 England 1 [2-0] Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel WCP AL
556 06-Jun-1981 Hungary 1 England 3 [1-1] Népstadion, Budapest AW

Season 1981-82
557 09-Sep-1981 Norway 2 England 1 [2-1] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo WCP AL
558 18-Nov-1981 England 1 Hungary 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HW
561 25-May-1982 England 2 Netherlands 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW
562 29-May-1982 Scotland 0 England 1 [0-1] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow BC AW
564 03-Jun-1982 Finland 1 England 4 [0-2] Olympiastadion, Helsinki Fr AW

World Cup Finals 1982

Spain
565 16-Jun-1982 England 3 France 1 [1-1] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao WCF NW
566 20-Jun-1982 England 2 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao NW
567 25-Jun-1982 England 1 Kuwait 0 [1-0] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao NW
568 29-Jun-1982 England 0 West Germany 0 [0-0] El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid ND
569 05-Jul-1982 England 0 Spain 0 [0-0] El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid AL

Season 1982-83
572 17-Nov-1982 Greece 0 England 3 [0-1] Kaftantzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki ECP AW

Season 1985-86
606 16-Oct-1985 England 5 Turkey 0 [4-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HW
607 13-Nov-1985 England 0 Northern Ireland 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HD
611 23-Apr-1986 England 2 Scotland 1 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London T/C HW

World Cup Finals 1986

Mexico
614 03-Jun-1986 Portugal 1 England 0 [0-0] Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey WCF NL
615 06-Jun-1986 England 0 Morocco 0 [0-0] Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey ND
616 11-Jun-1986 England 3 Poland 0 [3-0] Estadio Universitário de Nuevo León, Monterrey NW
617 18-Jun-1986 England 3 Paraguay 0 [1-0] Estadio Azteca, Santa Úrsula, ciudad de México NW

Season 1986-87
626 23-May-1987 Scotland 0 England 0 [0-0] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow T/C AD

Season 1995-96
715 11-Oct-1995 Norway 0 England 0 [0-0] Ullevål Stadion, Oslo Fr AD
716 15-Nov-1995 England 3 Switzerland 1 [1-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW

Euro Champs Finals 1996

England
725 22-Jun-1996 Spain 0 England 0 [0-0]
AET [0-0] & Penalties [2-4]		 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECF HD

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