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Most Black Players Used in a Single Match by Highest Percentage
 

60% of  Black Players Used in 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 was Captain.  David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Kieran Richardson also started.  Knight was a half-time substitute for Campbell.  Richardson was substituted after 59 minutes.  Defoe was a 63rd minute substitute for Cole.
50% of  Black Players Used in 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, Montjuďc, Barcelona, Spain WCP 2 0 7/14 50.00
David James, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe all started.  Emile Heskey replaced Defoe as a second half substitute.
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 & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 56th minute substitute for Sinclair.  Darius Vassell was a  79th minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 80 minutes.
40% or more of Black Players Used in a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
818 18-Aug-2004 Ukraine St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne F 3 0 8/17 47.06
David James, Ashley Cole & Ledley King all started. Glen Johnson, Kieron Dyer & Jermain Defoe were all half-time substitutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 53rd minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 62 minutes.  Jermaine Jenas was a 75th minute substitute.
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 & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 74th minute substitute for Vassell.
778 28-Mar-2001 Albania Stadiumi Kombetar "Qemal Stafa Stadium", Tiranë WCP 3 1 6/13 46.15
Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started.  Wes Brown was a 29th minute substitute for Campbell.
697 09-Jun-1993 U.S.A. Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts T/C 0 2 6/13 46.15
Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes & Les Ferdinand started.   Ian Wright was a 35th minute substitute for Ferdinand. Des Walker was a 61st minute substitute for Palmer.
674 03-Jun-1991 New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland F 1 0 6/13 46.15
Des Walker, Paul Parker, Earl Barrett & Mark Walters started.  Brian Deane was a half-time substitute.  John Salako was a 70th minute for Walters.
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.  Shaun Wright-Phillips and Ashley Young were second half-substitutes.  Wright-Phillips replaced Jenas.  Wright-Phillips and Jenas scored.
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 & Jermaine Jenas all started.  James was substituted at half-time.  Kieran Richardson & Jermain Defoe were 73rd minute substitutes. 
860 21-Nov-2007 Croatia The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP 2 3 6/14 42.86
Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Sol Campbell & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe & Darren Bent were second half substitutes.
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, the entire back-four, & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Joleon Lescott was a half-time substitute for Ferdinand.  Shaun Wright-Phillips scored.
851 28-Mar-2008 Andorra Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuďc, Barcelona, Spain ECP 3 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Micah Richards & Aaron Lennon all started.  Kieron Dyer and Jermain Defoe were second half substitutes.
822 13-Oct-2004 Azerbaijan Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP 1 0 6/14 42.86
Ashley cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Jermaine Jenas & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe was substituted after 55 minutes.  Shaun Wright-Phillips was a 72nd minute substitute for Jenas.
814 13-Jun-2004 France Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 1 2 6/14 42.86
David James, Ashley Cole, Ledley King & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 69th minute substitute.  Emile Heskey was a 76th minute substitute.
808 11-Oct-2003 Turkey Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul ECP 0 0 6/14 42.86
David James, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Darius Vassell was a 67th minute substitute for Heskey.  Kieron Dyer was a 71st minute substitute.
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 & Emile Heskey all started.  Kieron Dyer was a 49th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes.
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 & Emile Heskey all started.  Heskey was substituted after 69 minutes, Darius Vassell came on after 77 minutes, Cole substituted after 85 minutes.
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 & Emile Heskey all started.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Cole, Campbell & Ferdinand were replaced.  Wes Brown was a 68th minute substitute.
694 28-Apr-1993 Netherlands Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 2 2 5/12 41.67
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes & Les Ferdinand 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 & John Salako started.  Deane was substituted at half-time.
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.  Emile Heskey and Jermain Jenas were second half substitutes.
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 & Kieron Dyer all started and all were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Wes Brown, Jermaine Jenas & Darius Vassell were all half-time substitutes.
30% or more of Black Players Used in a Single Match
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Used %
790 26-May-2002 Cameroon Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan F 2 2 7/18 38.89
Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, So Campbell, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey all tarted.  David James & Trevor Sinclair were half-time substitutes, as Campbell, Ferdinand & Heskey were replaced.  Vassell was substituted after 75 minutes.
776 28-Feb-2001 Spain Villa Park, Birmingham F 3 0 7/18 38.89
David James, Chris Powell, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole started.  Ugu Ehiogu & Emile Heskey were half-time substitutes.   James, Powell & Ferdinand  were substituted at half-time.
848 15-Nov-2006 Netherlands Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam F 1 1 5/13 38.46
Micah Richards, Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand start. Kieran Richardson & Shaun Wright-Phillips are substitutes.
801 02-Apr-2003 Turkey Stadium of  Light, Sunderland ECP 2 0 5/13 38.46
David James, Rio Ferdinand & Sol Campbell started.  Darius Vassell was a 58th minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was a 89th minute substitute.
745 27-May-1998 Morocco Complexe Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco T/C 1 0 5/13 38.46
Paul Ince was captain.  Sol Campbell, Dion Dublin & Ian Wright started.  Wright was substituted after 26 minutes. Les Ferdinand was a 79th minute substitute for Dublin.
695 29-May-1993 Poland Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP 1 1 5/13 38.46
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince & John Barnes started.  Ian Wright was a 70th minute substitute for Ince.
693 31-Mar-1993 Turkey Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir WCP 2 0 5/13 38.46
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince, John Barnes & Ian Wright started.  Wright was substituted after 85 minutes.
812 01-Jun-2004 Japan City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 1 1 7/19 36.84
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were 77th minute substitutes.  Ledley King was an 88th minute substitute.
786 13-Feb-2002 Netherlands Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam F 1 1 7/19 36.84
Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Michael Ricketts, Darius Vassell & Emile Heskey started.  David James & Chris Powell were half-time substitutes.  Ferdinand, Campbell & Ricketts were substituted at half-time.  Vassell after 77 minutes.
702 17-Nov-1993 San Marino Stadio Renato Dall' Ara, Bologna, Italy WCP 7 1 4/11 36.36
Des Walker, Paul Ince, Les Ferdinand & Ian Wright all started.
692 17-Feb-1993 San Marino Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 6 0 4/11 36.36
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, John Barnes & Les Ferdinand all started.
691 18-Nov-1992 Turkey Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 4 0 4/11 36.36
Des Walker, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince & Ian Wright all 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, the entire back-four, & 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 & Emile Heskey all started.  Rio Ferdinand scored.
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 & Emile Heskey all started.   Shaun Wright-Phillips and Micah Richards both scored.
847 11-Oct-2006 Croatia Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb ECP 0 2 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown and Jermain Defoe all start.  Kieran Richardson & Aaron Lennon are substitutes.  Defoe scored twice.
844 02-Sep-2006 Andorra Old Trafford, Manchester ECP 5 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown and Jermain Defoe all start.  Kieran Richardson & Aaron Lennon are substitutes.  Defoe scored twice.
830 03-Sep-2005 Wales 'Stadiwm Y Mileniwm' The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, WCP 1 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Shaun Wright-Phillips all started.  Jermain Defoe was a 68th minute substitute.  Kieran Richardson came on after 84 minutes.
826 30-Mar-2005 Azerbaijan St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne WCP 2 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole & Rio Ferdinand started.  Kieron Dyer & Ledley King were were 77th minute substitutes, King for Ferdinand.  Jermain Defoe was a 84th minute substitute.
821 09-Oct-2004 Wales Old Trafford, Manchester WCP 2 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Jermain Defoe all started.  Defoe was substituted after 70 minutes.  Ledley King was an 87th minute substitute.
816 21-Jun-2004 Croatia Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF 4 2 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Ledley King was a 70th minute substitute.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.
815 17-Jun-2004 Switzerland Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal ECF 3 0 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell all started.  Darius Vassell was a 72nd minute substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 83rd minute substitute.
806 06-Sep-2003 Macedonia FYR Gradski Stadion, Skopje ECP 2 1 5/14 35.71
David James, Ashley Cole & Sol Campbell started.  Emile Heskey was a half-time substitute.  Kieron Dyer was an 85th minute substitute.
792 07-Jun-2002 Argentina Sapporo Dome, Sapporo City, Japan WCF 1 0 5/14 35.71
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell & Emile Heskey all started.  Trevor Sinclair was a 19th minute substitute.  Heskey was substituted after 54 minutes.
777 24-Mar-2001 Finland Anfield Road, Liverpool WCP 2 1 5/14 35.71
Sol Campbell, Chris Powell, Rio Ferdinand & Andrew Cole all started. Emile Heskey was a 72nd minute substitute.  Cole was substituted after 83 minutes.
699 19-Jun-1993 Germany Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.A. T/C 1 2 5/14 35.71
Des Walker, Earl Barrett, Paul Ince & John Barnes started.  Ian Wright was a 70th minute substitute.
698 13-Jun-1993 Brazil R. F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. T/C 1 1 5/14 35.71
Des Walker, Earl Barrett, Paul Ince & Ian Wright started.  Carlton Palmer was a 67th minute substitute for Ince.
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 all started.  Glen Johnson was a second-half substitute
862 26-Mar-2008 France Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris F 0 1 6/17 35.29
David James, Wes Brown, Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand started.  Joleon Lescott and Gary Johnson were second half-substitutes.  Johnson replaced Brown.
859 16-Nov-2007 Austria Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien F 1 0 6/17 35.29
Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott & Sol Campbell all started.  Jermain Defoe, Wes Brown & Ashley Young were all substitutes.
854 22-Aug-2007 Germany The National Stadium, Wembley, London F 1 2 6/17 35.29
Micah Richards & Rio Ferdinand started.  David James, Wes Brown, Kieron Dyer & Shaun Wright-Phillips were all second half substitutes.
835 01-Mar-2006 Uruguay Anfield Road, Liverpool F 2 1 6/17 35.29
Rio Ferdinand & Darren bent started.  Ledley King and Jermaine Jenas came on at half-time, followed by Shaun Wright-Phillips after 64 minutes, and Jermain Defoe after 82, who replaced King.
829 17-Aug-2005 Denmark Parken Stadion, Křbenhavn F 1 4 6/17 35.29
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Jermain Defoe all started.  David James & Glen Johnson were half-time substitutes.  Jermaine Jenas was an 84th minute substitute.
843 16-Aug-2006 Greece Old Trafford, Manchester F 4 0 6/17 35.29
Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand & Jermain Defoe all started.  Kieran Richardson, Aaron Lennon and Darren Bent were all second half substitutes.
864 01-Jun-2008 Trinidad & Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain F 3 0 6/18 33.33
David James, Glen Johnson, Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe all started.  Ashley Young and Theo Walcott were second-half substitutes.  Defoe scored twice.
802 22-May-2003 South Africa ABSA King's Park Stadium, Durban F 2 1 6/18 33.33
David James, Rio Ferdinand, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair all started.  James & Ferdinand were substituted at half-time. Jermaine Jenas was a 51st minute substitute.  Sinclair was substituted after 58 minutes.  Darius Vassell was a 65th minute substitute for Heskey.
729 09-Nov-1996 Georgia Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi WCP 2 0 4/12 33.33
Sol Campbell, Paul Ince & Les Ferdinand started.  Ian Wright was an 81st minute substitute for Ferdinand.
813 05-Jun-2004 Iceland City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C 6 1 7/22 31.82
Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell started and were substituted at half-time.  Ledley King, Emile Heskey, Kieron Dyer & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Jermain Defoe was an 84th minute substitute.
787 27-Mar-2002 Italy Elland Road, Leeds F 1 2 7/22 31.82
Sol Campbell, Emile Heskey & Trevor Sinclair started.  David James, Ledley King, Ugo Ehiogu & Darius Vassell were half-time substitutes.  Campbell & Heskey were substituted at half-time, and Sinclair after 70 minutes.
811 31-Mar-2004 Sweden Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg F 0 1 6/19 31.58
David James & Darius Vassell started.  Jermain Defoe was a 12th minute substitute for Vassell.  Anthony Gardner was a half-time substitute.  Emile Heskey & Jermaine Jenas were 60th minute substitutes.
824 09-Feb-2005 Netherlands Villa Park, Birmingham F 0 0 5/16 31.25
Ashley Cole, Wes Brown & Shaun Wright-Phillips started.  Jermaine Jenas & Kieron Dyer were 82nd minute substitutes.  Wright-Phillips was substituted after 61 minutes.
765 23-Feb-2000 Argentina Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 0 0 5/16 31.25
Sol Campbell, Kieron Dyer & Emile Heskey started.  Rio Ferdinand was a half-time substitute.  Dyer was substituted after 58 minutes.  Andrew Cole came on after 79 minutes for Heskey.
683 12-May-1992 Hungary Népstadion, Budapest F 1 0 5/16 31.25
Des Walker, Keith Curle, Carlton Palmer, Tony Daley started.  Curle was substituted at half-time.  Ian Wright was a 70th minute substitute.
846 07-Oct-2006 FYR Macedonia Old Trafford, Manchester ECP 0 0 4/13 30.77
Ashley Cole & Ledley King start. Jermain Defoe & Shaun Wright-Phillips are substitutes.
754 18-Nov-1998 Czech Republic Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 0 4/13 30.77
Sol Campbell was captain.  Rio Ferdinand, Dion Dublin & Ian Wright also started.  Wright was substituted after 70 minutes.
701 13-Oct-1993 Netherlands Stadion Feijenoord ("De Kuip"), Rotterdam WCP 0