Appearances
Most Appearances
Peter Shilton, 125. His first appearance came in
the 3-1 friendly victory against GDR at Wembley on 25
November 1970, and his last in the 2-1 loss to Italy in the
third-place match at the World Cup finals on 7 July 1990. Shilton would have had many more caps had he not had to share England
goalkeeping duties for a large part of his career, first with Gordon
Banks and later Ray Clemence.
Evolution of the
Appearances Record [to come]
Most
consecutive appearances
Billy Wright, 70. The streak began in
the 2-2 friendly draw with France at Arsenal Stadium on 3 October 1951
and ended in the 8-1 win against the U.S.A. at Wrigley Field in Los
Angeles on 28 May 1959, which was Wright's 105th and last appearance
for England. Wright was England's captain in all 70 matches of
the streak.
Most
appearances as captain
Billy Wright and Bobby Moore, 90.
Most
appearances at Major Tournaments
David Beckham 22.
Peter Shilton
and Ashley Cole 20 each.
Longest
international career
Stanley Matthews made his debut in the
4-0 win against
Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff on 29 September 1934 and his 54th and final appearance
in the 4-1 victory over Denmark in the Idraetsparken in Copenhagen on
15 May 1957 in a career stretching over 23 years but interrupted by World
War II's seven-year break in official international play.
Matthews, the first England player to be knighted, also played for
England in 29 unofficial wartime and victory internationals from 1939
to 1946.
Goals
Most Career Goals
Bobby Charlton, 49, the first coming on his debut in
the 4-0 win against Scotland at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 19 April
1958 and the last in the friendly 4-0 victory over Colombia at El
Campin in Bogota on 21 May 1970, just before he ended his
international career at the 1970 World Cup final tournament in Mexico.
Evolution of
the Career Goalscoring Record [to come]
Most Goals in a Match
Four England players have scored five goals in a
single match, each accomplishing the feat only once. They are
Howard Vaughton, Steve Bloomer, Willy Hall and Malcolm Macdonald.
Evolution
of the Match Goalscoring Record [to come]
Most
four-goals-or-more matches
Five England players have
scored four or more goals in a match on two occasions. They are
Steve Bloomer (one five-goal match included), Vivian Woodward, Tommy
Lawton, Jimmy Greaves and Gary Lineker.
Most
three-goals-or-more matches
Jimmy Greaves, six (two of four
goals and four of three goals).
Most
two-goals-or-more matches [to come]
Most
consecutive matches scoring goals
Tinsley
Lindley, Cambridge University, scored in nine consecutive England
matches between 13 March 1886 and 7 April 1888. The goals were
spread over a three-year stretch because England then played only
three matches per season, all against the other home countries in the
British Championship.
Overlooking
Lindley's achievement, some sources credit Paul Mariner with this
record on the claim he scored in six straight matches
between the 2-0 victory over Netherlands at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 1982 and the 2-0 win against Czechoslovakia in Bilbao, Spain at the
World Cup finals on 20 June 1982. But the day before Mariner
scored in England's 4-1 win against Finland in Helsinki on 3 June 1982, another England team with an entirely different lineup drew 1-1 with Iceland in Reykjavik.
The team that played Iceland was actually the England "B"
team, but the Football Association yielded to the insistence of
Icelandic football officials and recognized the Iceland match as a
full international. Thus it cannot be said with full accuracy
that Mariner scored in six straight England matches. Mariner
also scored in England's 1-0 win against Hungary at Wembley on 18 November
1981, his last appearance immediately preceding the
Netherlands match of 25 May 1982 since he missed the home internationals
against Northern Ireland and Wales in February and April, 1982.
What Mariner did do, then, was score in seven straight matches in
which he appeared, no mean feat although it is not the
record.
Fastest
goal from start of match
Tommy
Lawton of Chelsea scored the fastest England goal in history, 17 seconds
after kickoff in the 10-0 friendly match victory against Portugal in
Lisbon on 25 May 1947.
Players
Scoring the Fastest England Goals from Kickoff
Fastest
two goals: [to come]
Fastest
three goals: [to come]
Substitutes
Most appearances as a substitute:
Jermain Defoe, 31.
Most appearances as substitute without starting: [to come]
Longest
appearance as a substitute: [to come]
Shortest
appearance as a substitute:
The final
whistle blew immediately after Phil Neal came on during stoppage time in
the 3-1 victory against France in the opening group match at the World
Cup 1982 final tournament in Spain. Against Slovakia in
Bratislava in the European Championship preliminary match on 12 October
2002, Alan Smith came on during stoppage time with the ball out of play
behind England's goal, and the final whistle blew immediately after
David Seaman took the ensuing goal kick. Both players thus earned
caps without ever touching the ball (although they may not be the only
England players to achieve this).
Most
career goals scored as a substitute:
Jermain Defoe has scored seven goals in his 31 appearances
as a substitute.
Most
goals in a match by a substitute:
Two. Although this has been
achieved for as long as substitutes have been used. Nat
Lofthouse, after he replaced Tom Finney, scored twice against
Finland in May 1956. Tommy Taylor achieved the same achievement as a
double-scoring substitute six months later in November.
It
was not until September 2008 that the same achievement was repeated
when Joe Cole scored twice against Andorra. Since then,
however, the achievement has been recorded on a further four
occasions. Jermani Defoe did it twice in 2009, against Andorra in
June and against Netherlands in August. Peter Crouch against Egypt
in March 2010. Finally, Adam Johnson against Switzerland in
September 2010.
Fastest
goal by a substitute
Teddy Sheringham scored
immediately after
he substituted for Robbie Fowler in the 68th minute of the 2-2 World
Cup 2002 preliminary match draw with Greece at Old Trafford, Manchester
on 6 October 2002. He came on during the stoppage that followed a
foul and scored on a header from David Beckham's ensuing free kick to
bring England level at 1-1. Albert Sewell, the trivia expert who
authors
BBC
Sport website's "Ask Albert" column, wrote:
"It was
certainly the fastest [goal] by a sub in British international football.
We have checked and re-checked the tape, and can confirm that just 15
seconds elapsed from the time Teddy stepped on to the field and when his
header crossed the goal line."
Discipline
Most
expulsions
David Beckham & Wayne Rooney have been sent off on two occasions.
Nine
players share the distinction of one sending-off.
Most
cautions: [to
come]
Most
games without a caution: [to
come]
European Championship
Final Tournaments
Most tournaments:
[to come]
Most appearances:
[to come]
Most
appearances in a single tournament: [to come]
Most
consecutive appearances: [to come]
Most
tournaments as captain:
England
have appeared in the European Championship final tournament eight times
and each time have had a different captain. The eight players
who have served as captain are Bobby Moore, 1968 in Italy, Kevin Keegan,
1980 in Italy, Bryan Robson, 1988 in West Germany, Gary Lineker, 1992 in
Sweden, Tony Adams, 1996 in England, Alan Shearer, 2000 in The Lowlands, David Beckham, 2004 in Portugal
and Steven Gerrard, 2012 in Ukraine/Poland.
Most
appearances as captain:
Tony
Adams appeared as captain in five European Championship final tournament
matches, all in 1996 in England.
Youngest
player to appear:
When
Wayne Rooney of Everton started England's game against France in the
European Championships 2004 in Portugal, he was 18 years old, seven
months and 19 days. Making him the youngest England player to
appear in this tournament.
Oldest
player to appear: [to come]
Most
goals: [to come]
Most
goals in a match: [to come]
Most
goals in a single tournament:
Alan
Shearer scored 5 goals in the European Championships 1996 in England, 1
against Switzerland, 1 against Scotland, 2 against Netherlands and 1
against Germany.
Most
consecutive games with goals: [to come]
Most
tournaments scored in: [to come]
Fastest
goal: [to come]
Youngest
player to score:
Everton's
Wayne Rooney scored the first of his four goals in The European
Championships 2004 against Switzerland on 17 June 2004. He was 18
years, seven months and 24 days old. For 4 days, he was the
youngest player ever to score in the Tournament. Switzerland's
Johan Vonlathen was 18 years, five months and 19 days on 21 June 2004.
Oldest
player to score: [to come]
Most
expulsions: [to come]
Most
cautions: [to come]
Most
cautions in a single tournament: [to come]
British Championship Tournaments
Most tournaments:
[to come]
Most appearances:
[to come]
Most
appearances in a single tournament: [to come]
Most
consecutive appearances: [to come]
Most
appearances as captain: [to come]
Most
tournaments as captain: [to come]
Youngest
player to appear: [to come]
Oldest
player to appear: [to come]
Most
goals: [to come]
Most
goals in a match: [to come]
Most
goals in a single tournament: [to come]
Most
consecutive games with goals: [to come]
Most
tournaments scored in: [to come]
Fastest
goal: [to come]
Youngest
player to score: [to come]
Oldest
player to score: [to come]
Most
expulsions: [to come]
Most
cautions: [to come]
Most
cautions in a single tournament: [to come]
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