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England's 69 Oldest Goalscorers
Last update includes no. 1043 against Ukraine on 26 March 2023
Thirty years-old and over
 
No. Player
 Club		 pos sts
/subs		 apps gls cmp gls mpg pens/
ht (sub)		 first & last goals (app no.) age(s) gap
yrs
603 Stan Matthews
 Blackpool		 OR 54
0		 54 10 6 489 0
1		 6 October 1956 1-1 vs. Northern Ireland (48) 41 248 22 7
661 Tom Finney
 Preston North End		 OL 76
0		 76 30 12 227 3
 1		 4 October 1958 3-3 vs. Northern Ireland (75) 36 182 12 6

On 8 June 1958, the World Cup Finals match against USSR, Finney became the oldest scoring penalty taker.
1048 Teddy Sheringham
 Manchester United		 F 30
21		 51 11 5 258 1
0 (2)		 (sub) 6 October 2001 2-2 vs. Greece (42) 35 187 6 120
1097 Frank Lampard
 Chelsea		 M 89
17		 106 28 18 264 9
0 (2)		 29 May 2013 1-1 vs. Republic of Ireland (96) 34 343 9 282
835 Jack Charlton
 Leeds United		 CH 35
0		 35 6 2 535  0 10 December 1969 1-0 vs. Portugal (33) 34 217 3 167
1131 Jermain Defoe
 Sunderland		 F 22
34		 56 20 14 120 0
1 (7)		 26 March 2017 2-0 vs. Lithuania (56) 34 170 12 199
396 Bob Kelly
 Huddersfield Town		 IR   14 8 7 158 0 31 March 1928 1-5 vs. Scotland (14) 34 136 6 356
455 Jimmy Moore
 Derby County		 IR   1 1 0 90 0 21 May 1923 4-2 vs. Sweden (1) 34 116 n/a
1039 Martin Keown
 Arsenal		 CD 39
4		 43 2 0 1652 0 3 June 2000 2-1 vs. Malta (30) 33 315 8 72
1022 Ian Wright
 Arsenal		 F 17
16		 33 9 7 187 0
1 (1)		 (2) 10 September 1997 4-0 vs. Moldova (28) 33 311 4 104
677 Alf Ramsey
 Tottenham Hotspur		 RB 32
0		 32 3 0 942 3
0		 25 November 1953 3-6 vs. Hungary (32) 33 307 1 362
998 Tony Adams
 Arsenal		 CD 66
 0		 66 5 3 1156 0 31 May 2000 2-0 vs. Ukraine (63) 33 234 12 202
999 Stuart Pearce
 Nottingham Forest		 LB 74
4		 78 5 2 1321 0 15 November 1995 3-1 vs. Switzerland (61) 33 205 5 204
543 George Camsell
 Middlesbrough		 CF   9 18 6 45 0
2		 9 May 1936 2-3 vs. Belgium (9) 33 164 7 0
322 Billy Wedlock
 Bristol City		 CH   26 2 2 1170 0 16 March 1914 2-0 vs. Wales (26) 33 139 6 0
1099 Steven Gerrard
 Liverpool		 M 110
4		 114 21 16 415 0
0 (1)		 15 October 2013 2-0 vs. Poland (107) 33 138 12 44
595 Raich Carter
 Derby County		 IR   13 7 2 167 0 3 May 1947 3-0 vs. France (12) 33 133 11 166
995 Peter Beardsley
 Liverpool		 F 46
13		 59 9 7 447 0
0 (1)		 17 May 1994 5-0 vs. Greece (51) 33 119 8 0
670 Stan Pearson
 Manchester United		 IL 8
0		 8 5 5 144 0 (2) 5 April 1952 2-1 vs. Scotland (7) 33 85 3 179
220 Steve Bloomer
  Middlesbrough		 IR   23 28 28 74 0
2		 6 April 1907 1-1 vs. Scotland (23) 33 76 12 28
702 Nat Lofthouse
 Bolton Wanderers		 CF 32
1		 33 30 13 95 0
0 (2)		 22 October 1958 5-1 vs. USSR (32) 33 56 7 334
894 Dave Watson
 Southampton		 CH 63
2		 65 4 4 1378 0 22 November 1979 2-0 vs. Bulgaria (47) 33 48 288
565 Jack Smith
 Portsmouth		 IR   3 4 2 68 0 (2) 9 December 1931 7-2 vs. Spain (3) 33 42 53
941 Bryan Robson
 Manchester United		 M 90
0		 90 26 17 294 1
1		 (2) 13 December 1989 2-1 vs. Yugoslavia (82) 32 336 8 95
145 John Goodall
 Derby County		 IL   14 11-
12		 11-
12		 105-
115		 0 16 March 1896 9-1 vs. Wales (12) 32 271 7 365
1071 Gareth Southgate
 Middlesbrough		 CD 44
13		 57 2 1 2163 0 22 May 2003 2-1 vs. South Africa (53) 32 261 4 220
896 Trevor Brooking
 West Ham United		 M 42
5		 47 5 5 737 0 (2) 6 June 1981 3-1 vs. Hungary (43) 32 247 3 202
767 Bobby Charlton
 Manchester United		 CF 105
1		 106 49 27 193 3
4 (1)		 20 May 1970 4-0 vs. Colombia (101) 32 221 12 31
674 Len Shackleton
 Sunderland		 IL   5 1 0 450 0 1 December 1954 3-1 vs. West Germany (5) 32 212 n/a
662 Wilf Mannion
 Middlesbrough		 IR 26
0		 26 11 8 206 0
1		 15 November 1950 4-2 vs. Wales (23) 32 183 4 48
667 Stan Mortensen
 Blackpool		 IF 25
0		 25 23 9 98 0
3		 25 November 1953 3-6 vs. Hungary (25) 6 184
1170 Jordan Henderson
 Liverpool		 DM 49
25		 74 3 3 1547 0
0 (1)		 4 December 2022 3-0 vs. Senegal (73) 32 170 1 154
1168 Gary Cahill
 Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea		 CD 57
4		 61 5 2 1008 0 2 June 2018 2-1 vs. Nigeria (59) 32 165 6 273
439 Vic Watson
 West Ham United		 CF   5 4 4 113 0 (2) 5 April 1930 5-2 vs. Scotland (3) 32 146 7 31
530 Vince Matthews
 Sheffield United		 CH   2 1 0 180 0 19 May 1928 3-1 vs. Belgium (2) 32 125 n/a
706 Bill Nicholson
 Tottenham Hotspur		 RH 1
0		 1 1 0 90 0 19 May 1951 5-2 vs. Portugal (1) 32 113 n/a
1195 Rickie Lambert
 Liverpool		 F 3
8		 11 3 1 106 0
0 (1)		 4 June 2014 2-2 vs. Ecuador (4) 32 108 294
31 Charlie Alcock
 Wanderers		 F   1 1 0 90 0 6 March 1875 2-2 vs. Scotland (1) 32 94 n/a
1156 Phil Jagielka
 Everton		 CD 30
10		 40 3 1 939 0 9 October 2014 5-0 vs. San Marino (31) 32 53 2 55
470 David Jack
 Arsenal		 IR   9 3 1 270 0 10 May 1930 3-3 vs. Germany (6) 32 37 1 359
911 Phil Neal
 Liverpool		 RB 49
1		 50 5 4 845 2
0		 23 February 1983 2-1 vs. Wales (43) 32 3 3 283
483 Frank Roberts
 Manchester City 		IR   4 2 2 180 0 (2) 28 February 1925 2-1 vs. Wales (2) 31 331 4 min
283 Vivian Woodward
 Chelsea		 IL   23 28 14 74 0
4		 (2) 13 March 1911 3-0 vs. Wales (23) 31 271 8 27
952 Peter Withe
 Aston Villa		 CF 9
2		 11 1 1 788 0 27 April 1983 2-0 vs. Hungary (7) 31 240 n/a
365 Charlie Buchan
 Sunderland		 IR   6 4 2 135 0 10 May 1923 4-1 vs. France (5) 31 230 10 85
597 Fred Tilson
 Manchester City		 CF   4 5 3 72 0 19 October 1935 3-1 vs. Ireland (4) 31 183 1 162
714 Ivor Broadis
 Newcastle United		 IR 14
0		 14 8 5 155 0 (2) 17 June 1954 4-4 vs. Belgium (12) 31 181 2 30
665 Jimmy Mullen
 Wolverhampton Wanderers		 OL 11
1		 12 6 2 178 0
0 (1)		 20 June 1954 2-0 vs. Switzerland (12) 31 165 5 33
979 Gary Lineker
 Tottenham Hotspur		 CF 74
6		 80 48 24 137 4
5 (1)		 29 April 1992 2-2 vs. CIS (74) 31 150 7 34
1094 Emile Heskey
 Aston Villa		 F 40
22		 62 7 3 487 0
0 (2)		 6 June 2009 4-0 vs. Kazakhstan (53) 31 146 9 3
1057 Rob Lee
 Newcastle United		 M 13
8		 21 2 0 620 0 24 May 1997 2-1 vs. South Africa (10) 31 112 2 224
1209 Jamie Vardy
 Leicester City		 F 13
13		 26 7 2 197 0
0 (3)		 27 March 2018 1-1 vs. Italy (21) 31 75 2 1
1126 Matthew Upson
 West Ham United		 CD 16
5		 21 2 1 777 0 27 June 2010 1-4 vs. Germany (21) 31 70 1 220
678 Jack Rowley
 Manchester United		 CF   6 6 4 90 0
1		 30 November 1949 2-0 vs. Italy (5) 31 54 363

On 16 November 1949, against Ireland Rowley was 31 years and 40 days, thus the oldest to score a hat-trick.
1078 David Beckham
 Real Madrid		 RM 101
14		 115 17 13 492 5
0		 25 June 2006 1-0 vs. Ecuador (93) 31 54 7 364
701 Les Medley
 Tottenham Hotspur		 OL 6
0		 6 1 0 540 0 3 October 1951 2-2 vs. France (3) 31 30 n/a
887 Kevin Keegan
 Southampton		 OR 62
1		 63 21 16 265 1
0		 23 February 1982 4-0 vs. Northern Ireland (60) 31 9 7 288
682 Roy Bentley
 Chelsea		 F 12
0		 12 9 5 120 0
1		 22 May 1955 1-3 vs. Portugal (12) 31 5 5 37
794 Bobby Smith
 Tottenham Hotspur		 CF 15
0		 15 13 10 104 0 20 November 1963 8-3 vs, Northern Ireland (13) 30 271 3 43
1125 Wayne Rooney
 Manchester United		 F 109
11		 120 52 36 172 7
0 (1)		 27 June 2016 1-2 vs. Iceland (115) 30 247 12 295
1034 Paul Merson
 Aston Villa		 IR 9
12		 21 3 0 344 0 18 November 1998 2-0 vs. Czech Republic (21) 30 243 6 238
537 Ernie Hine
 Leicester City		 IL   6 4 4 135 1
0		 18 November 1931 3-1 vs. Wales (6) 30 223 3 1
928 Paul Mariner
 Ipswich Town		 CF 30
5		 35 13 9 213 0 16 November 1983 4-0 vs. Luxembourg (33) 30 178 6 35
509 Tosh Johnson
 Everton		 IL   5 5 2 90 0 (2) 9 December 1931 7-1 vs. Spain (3) 30 112 5 199
936 Viv Anderson
 Arsenal		 RB 30
0		 30 2 2 1350 0 12 November 1986 2-0 vs. Yugoslavia (24) 30 106 1 363
1006 Paul Gascoigne
 Rangers		 M 46
11		 57 10 8 418 0
0 (1)		 10 September 1997 4-0 vs. Moldova (52) 30 106 8 137
722 Dennis Wilshaw
 Wolverhampton Wanderers		 IL 12
0		 12 10 9 108 0
1		 20 May 1956 5-1 vs. Finland (10) 30 70 3 223
313 Ben Warren
 Chelsea		 RH   22 2 0 990 0 1 June 1909 8-1 vs. Austria (19) 30 25 358

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