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Most Black Players to Start a Single Match

The significant mark of more black players to start a match than white players was reached on 28 May 2005, when England played USA in Chicago.  Only twice has more black players started a match than white.  The aforementioned USA match in 2005, and also as recent as September 2008, against Andorra in Barcelona.

7 Black Players to Start a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
827 28-May-2005 U.S.A. Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois F 2 1 9/15 60.00
Sol Campbell, David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas and Kieran Richardson all started.
6 Black Players to Start a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
867 10-Sep-2008 Croatia Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb WCP 4 1 7/14 50.00
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.  Jermaine Jenas was a 56th minute substitute.  Walcott scored a hat-trick.
866 06-Sep-2008 Andorra Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain WCP 2 0 7/14 50.00
David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe all started.
5 Black Players to Start a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
865 20-Aug-2008 Czech Republic The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 2 7/17 41.18
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.
863 28-May-2008 U.S.A. The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 0 6/17 35.29
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe started.
861 06-Feb-2008 Switzerland The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 1 7/16 43.75
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermaine Jenas started.
858 17-Oct-2007 Russia Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva ECP 1 2  5/14 35.71
Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.
857 13-Oct-2007 Estonia The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0 6/14 42.86
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.
856 12-Sep-2007 Russia The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0  5/14 35.71
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Emile Heskey all started.
855 08-Sep-2007 Israel The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 3 0  5/14 35.71
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Emile Heskey all started.
828 31-May-2005 Colombia Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States F 3 2 7/16 43.75
David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Zat Knight and Jermaine Jenas all started.
822 13-Oct-2004 Azerbaijan Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP 1 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Jermaine Jenas and Jermain Defoe all started.
799 12-Feb-2003 Australia Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London F 1 3 9/22 40.91
David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Kieron Dyer all started.
795 21-Jun-2002 Brazil Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi city, Japan WCF 1 2 7/14 50.00
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Emile Heskey all started.
794 15-Jun-2002 Denmark Niigata Prefectural Stadium ("Big Swan"), Niigata-city, Japan WCF 3 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Emile Heskey all started.
793 12-Jun-2002 Nigeria Nagai Stadium, Osaka City, Japan WCF 0 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Emile Heskey all started.
791 02-Jun-2002 Sweden Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama-ken, Japan WCF 1 1 6/13 46.15
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell and Emile Heskey all started.
790 26-May-2002 Cameroon Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan F 2 2 7/18 38.89
Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell and Emile Heskey all started.
789 21-May-2002 South Korea Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si F 1 1 8/19 42.11
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell and Emile Heskey all started.
786 13-Feb-2002 Netherlands Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam F 1 1 7/19 36.84
Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Michael Ricketts, Darius Vassell and Emile Heskey all started.
776 28-Feb-2001 Spain Villa Park, Birmingham F 3 0 7/18 38.89
David James, Chris Powell, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand and Andrew Cole all started.
694 28-Apr-1993 Netherlands Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 2 2 5/12 41.67
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes and Les Ferdinand all started.
693 31-Mar-1993 Turkey Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir WCP 2 0 5/13 38.46
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes and Ian Wright all started.
675 08-Jun-1991 New Zealand Athletic Park, Wellington F 2 0 5/12 41.67
Des Walker, Gary Charles, Ian Wright, Brian Deane and John Salako all started.

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