Most Goals Scored in a Loss
England once scored four goals and still lost the match, against
Scotland at the first Hampden Park on 13 March 1880. The year
before Scotland had scored four and still lost to England, also 5-4,
at The Oval, Kennington.
England have scored three goals and lost four times, against Wales,
5-3, at the The Racecourse in Wrexham on 13 March 1882, against
Spain, 4-3, in Madrid, their first loss to a foreign side, against
Hungary, 6-3, at Wembley Stadium on 25 November 1953, their first
loss on home soil to a Continental European team, and against
Austria, 4-3, in Vienna on 13 June 1979.
Most Goals Conceded in a
Win
England have conceded four
goals and still won the match on three occasions, all by 5-4,
against Scotland at the The Oval, Kennington on 5 April 1879,
against Scotland again at Hillsborough in Sheffield on 10 April
1920, and against Czechoslovakia at White Hart Lane on 1 December
1937. They have won 12 matches in which they gave up three
goals, the last the 4-3 victory over Denmark in Copenhagen in the
European Championship qualifying match on 20 September 1978.
Most Goals Scored/Conceded
in a Draw
The highest
scoring England draw was 4-4, achieved twice, against the Rest of Europe
at Wembley on 21 October 1953, and against Belgium in extra-time at the
World Cup final tournament in Switzerland on 17 June 1954. England
have played six 3-3 draws, the last against Sweden at Elland Road in the
Umbro Cup International Challenge Tournament match on 8 June 1995.
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Team
Most Experienced England Team (Starting XI)
With a total of 574 caps between them, an average of 52.2
caps each, the England team that were playing the World Cup 1990
Finals match against Republic of Ireland in Cagliari is the most
experienced team to be fielded.
The most experienced opposing side was against Egypt in a
2010 friendly. The Egyptians were winning their 804th caps, an
avarage of 73.1 caps each. A staggering amount.
Least Experienced England Team (Starting XI)
Besides the very first England
team in 1872, which obviously had no previous international
experience, there were several other matches in the early years with
just a handful of caps behind them: 1873 vs. Scotland had only two
previous appearances amongst the caps, and only four against
Scotland in 1876 and Wales in 1892.
The least experienced England team in the Twentieth Century
beat Sweden in 1923 with seven new caps and only seven previous
appearances between the other four. The least experienced
post-war team was against Ireland in the first peactime
international, the England team were winning 25 caps between them.
Since the arrival of the Ramsey era, numbers have gone up
dramatically and only one England team has played a match with fewer
than fifty caps behind them, the second match against Wales in 1976.
There was three new caps, but only 47 appearances between the rest,
winning their 61st caps between them all, averaging 5.5 caps between
them.
The least experienced opposing side, apart from the first
Scotland side in 1872, is most certainly the 10-0 defeat of USA in
1964. They fielded ten new caps and the one experienced player
was winning his seventh cap.
Oldest Starting XI
The England team in 1920 that beat Scotland 5-4 had an
average age of 30 years. (Totalling 332 years, ave. 30.2).
There is a possibilty that the team that played West Germany in 1954
averaged over 31 years.
The oldest opposition team was the Wales team in 1920,
average age of 31 years and 258-327 days. The Brazilian side
in the 1962 World Cup Final had an average age of 30 years and 111
days.
Youngest Starting XI
The team in 1872 had an average age of 22.1, the oldest
player being only 25 years old. In modern times, the eleven
that played against Wales in 1959 were all under 26 with an average
age of 22 years and 254 days. They were also all under 26 against
Sweden, Northern Ireland and Scotland in the 1958-59 season. The
youngest by far, was the team against Wales in 1880, averaging 21½
years old.
The youngest opposing team was one of the Hungary teams from
either 1908 or 1909. The average 1908 team aged under 24, maybe even
under 23. But the 1909 side played with three to five teenagers. The
average age was between 20 years and 215 days and 21 years and 212
days.
Streaks
Most consecutive wins:
Ten matches between June 1908 and June 1909, that was part
of the run of consecutive scoring. Beating the previous record
of nine matches between March 1891 and April 1893.
Recent: Eight matches between
October 2005 to June 2006.
Most
consecutive losses:
England have never lost more than
three games in a row, beginning with the three matches against
Scotland between 1876 and 1878. Three matches were lost between May
and October 1936, also between 1927-28.
Recent: The three losses in the
European Championship Finals of 1988. Previous to that, three
matches between May and June 1985. They also lost three
consecutive matches in the 1959 American tour.
Most
consecutive draws:
Four consecutive draws were played out in
the run-up and including the 1958 World Cup Finals.
Recent: Four draws, three of them
scoreless, between June and December 1989. Previous
to that, four matches in the summer of 1977, again, three of them
scoreless.
Most
consecutive matches scoring:
Forty-nine matches, beginning in March 1884 and only ended
in March 1902, after 194 goals. The single scoreless draw against
Wales on 3 March 1902 was only a hic-cup, becuase England went on
for another thirty-two matches, from 22 March 1902, a run that ran
until March 1910, another marathon that produced another 99 goals.
Eighteen matches from October until 1950 until the April
1953, it produced 49 England goals.
Recent: Seventeen matches between
June 1990 and June 1991, scoring 27 goals. There were sixteen
matches between November 2010 and June 2012, culminating in 25
goals.
There were also seventeen matches in which England scored
between May 1938, the Berlin match, and May 1947. Another
seventeen matches happened between May 1935 and December 1937.
Most
consecutive matches without scoring:
Four matches in the Spring of
1981, from Glenn Hoddle's 27th minute goal against Spain, until
Terry McDermott's 54th minute goal against Switzerland, a run of 477
minutes. The four matches were all at Wembley Stadium.
Most
consecutive matches conceding a goal:
Thirteen matches between May 1959 and
October 1960, a run that saw England concede 27 goals.
Most
consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets):
A run of six consecutive clean sheets occurred in the run-up
and included the opening matches of the 1966 World Cup Finals, a run
that took 708 minutes without conceding a goal. Eusebio's penalty
for Portugal in the 1966 World Cup semi-final also ended Gordon
Banks record of seven consecutive clean sheets.
Recent: The last run of matches that saw a run of clean
sheets was in a spate of six games in 2006. Paul Robinson kept goal
and unbeaten between 25 June 2006, against Ecuador in the World Cup
Finals, and FYR Macedonia on 7 October 2006. Robinson remained
unbeaten for 631 official minutes (655 actual minutes).
Previous to this, Shilton and Clemence helped England keep
six clean sheets between March and June 1983, that is, 643
official minutes. Also between June 1974 and May 1975, another
635 minutes.
Seasons
Most wins in a season
Most draws in a
season
Most losses in
a season
Most goals for
in a season
Most goals
against in a season
Best record in
a season
Fewest wins in
a season
Fewest draws in
a season
Fewest losses
in a season
Fewest goals
for in a season
Fewest goals
against in a season
Worst
record in a season
Discipline
Most expulsions
in a match
Most cautions
in a match
Most expulsions
in a season
Most cautions in a season
Opponents
Most wins against an opponent
Most losses
against an opponent
Most
draws against an opponent
Most consecutive wins against an opponent:
Most
consecutive losses against an opponent:
Most
consecutive draws against an opponent:
Most goals scored against an opponent
Most
goals conceded against an opponent
Fewest etc.
Tournaments
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