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.

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No.	Date	Match	Venue	Type	Used	%
827	28-May-2005	U.S.A. 1 England 2 [0-2]	Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois	Fr	9/15	60.00
	Notes	David James, Sol Campbell, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Kieran Richardson started.
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No.	Date	Match	Venue	Type	Used	%
871	11-Feb-2009	Spain 2 England 0 [1-0]	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla	Fr	7/17	41.18
	Notes	David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Emile Heskey and Gabriel Agbonlahor all started.
868	11-Oct-2008	England 5 Kazakhstan 1 [0-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	8/14	57.14
	Notes	David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.
867	10-Sep-2008	Croatia 1 England 4 [0-1]	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	WCP	7/14	50.00
	Notes	David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.
866	06-Sep-2008	Andorra 0 England 2 [0-0]	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuďc, Barcelona, Spain	WCP	7/14	50.00
	Notes	David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe all started.
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No.	Date	Match	Venue	Type	Used	%
873	01-Apr-2009	England 2 Ukraine 1 [1-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	6/14	42.86
	Notes	David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Aaron Lennon all started.
872	28-Mar-2009	England 4 Slovakia 0 [1-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	6/17	35.29
	Notes	David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Aaron Lennon and Emile Heskey all started.
870	19-Nov-2008	Germany 1 England 2 [0-1]	Olympiastadion, Berlin	Fr	7/15	46.67
	Notes	David James, Glen Johnson, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermain Defoe and Gabriel Agbonlahor all started.
869	15-Oct-2008	Belarus 1 England 3 [1-1]	Dinamo Stadion, Minsk	WCP	6/14	42.86
	Notes	David James, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott and Emile Heskey all started.
865	20-Aug-2008	England 2 Czech Republic 2 [1-1]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	7/17	41.18
	Notes	David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.
863	28-May-2008	England 2 USA 0 [1-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	6/17	35.29
	Notes	David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.
861	06-Feb-2008	England 2 Switzerland 1 [1-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	7/16	43.75
	Notes	David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Jermaine Jenas started.
858	17-Oct-2007	Russia 2 England 1 [0-1]	Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva	ECP	5/14	35.71
	Notes	Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.
857	13-Oct-2007	England 3 Estonia 0 [3-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	6/14	42.86
	Notes	Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.
856	12-Sep-2007	England 3 Russia 0 [2-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	5/14	35.71
	Notes	Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Shaun Wright-Phillips & Emile Heskey all started.
855	08-Sep-2007	England 3 Israel 0 [1-0]	The National Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	5/14	35.71
	Notes	Micah Richards, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Shaun Wright-Phillips & Emile Heskey all started.
828	31-May-2005	Colombia 2 England 3 [1-2]	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States	Fr	7/16	43.75
	Notes	David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Zat Knight & Jermaine Jenas all started.
822	13-Oct-2004	Azerbaijan 0 England 1 [0-1]	Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku	WCP	6/14	42.86
	Notes	Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Jermaine Jenas & Jermain Defoe all started.
799	12-Feb-2003	England 1 Australia 3 [0-2]	Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London	Fr	9/22	40.91
	Notes	David James, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Kieron Dyer all started.
795	21-Jun-2002	England 1 Brazil 2 [1-1]	Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi city	WCF	7/14	50.00
	Notes	Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.
794	15-Jun-2002	Denmark 0 England 3 [0-3]	Niigata Sutajiamu, Niigata-shi	WCF	6/14	42.86
	Notes	Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.
793	12-Jun-2002	Nigeria 0 England 0 [0-0]	Ōsaka-shi Nagai Rikujō Kyōgijō, Ōsaka-shi	WCF	6/14	42.86
	Notes	Ashley Cole, Trevor Sinclair, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.
791	02-Jun-2002	England 1 Sweden 1 [1-0]	Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama-shi	WCF	6/13	46.15
	Notes	Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.
790	26-May-2002	England 2 Cameroon 2 [1-1]	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan	Fr	7/18	38.89
	Notes	Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.
789	21-May-2002	Korea Republic 1 England 1 [0-1]	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si	Fr	8/19	42.11
	Notes	Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.
786	13-Feb-2002	Netherlands 1 England 1 [1-0]	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam	Fr	7/19	36.84
	Notes	Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Michael Ricketts, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all started.
776	28-Feb-2001	England 3 Spain 0 [1-0]	Villa Park, Birmingham	Fr	7/18	38.89
	Notes	David James, Chris Powell, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started.
694	28-Apr-1993	England 2 Netherlands 2 [2-1]	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	5/12	41.67
	Notes	Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes & Les Ferdinand all started.
693	31-Mar-1993	Turkey 0 England 2 [0-2]	Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir	WCP	5/13	38.46
	Notes	Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes & Ian Wright all started.
675	08-Jun-1991	New Zealand 0 England 2 [0-1]	Athletic Park, Wellington	Fr	5/12	41.67
	Notes	Des Walker, Gary Charles, Ian Wright, Brian Deane & John Salako started.  Deane was substituted at half-time.

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