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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Preston North End
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Preston North End FC Profile |
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Club name
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Preston North End Football Club |
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Ground(s) |
Deepdale, since formation |
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Founded
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1881; turned professional 1885 |
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Colours |
White shirts, navy blue shorts, white stockings. |
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Domestic honours |
Football League Champions 1888-89, 1889-90; Division
Two winners 1903-04, 1912-13, 1950-51, 1999-2000; Division Three
winners 1970-71, 1995-96;
FA Cup winners 1888-89, 1937-38, runners-up 1887-88, 1921-22, 1936-37,
1953-54, 1963-64; |
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European honours |
None |
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International honours |
None |
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Most capped player |
Tom Finney, 76, England |
Chronologically
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Most Capped |
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
| 661 |
Finney,
Thomas |
1946-58 |
76 |
0 |
76 |
0 |
30 |
| 130 |
Dewhurst,
Frederick |
1886-89 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
11 |
| 148 |
Holmes, Robert J. |
1888-95 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
| 306 |
Bond, Richard |
1905-06 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
| 370 |
McCall,
Joseph |
1913-20 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
| 134 |
Howarth, Robert Henry |
1887-91 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 145 |
Goodall,
John |
1888-89 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
| 466 |
Roberts,
William Thomas |
1923-24 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 624 |
Holdcroft, George Henry |
1936 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 663 |
Langton,
Robert |
1948-49 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 221 |
Becton, Francis |
1895 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 418 |
Rawlings,
Archibald |
1921 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 709 |
Thompson,
Thomas |
1957 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 13 |
Total |
1886-1958 |
119 |
0 |
119 |
4 |
49 |
Notes
Lilywhite players featured early in England's
line-ups. Due to the unprecedented success of the club in the formative
years of the Football League. Three of these players, Bob Howarth, John
Goodall and Fred Dewhurst, started for England twice, against Wales and
Scotland, 4 February and 17 March, 1888.
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