The International Select Committee	226 matches in charge P 226 W 138 D 37 L 51 F 674: A 293 69% successful 1872-1939 discipline: 0 0 players managed: 654
Profile
Full name	The Selection Committee of the National Association
Established	The Football Association founded 26 October 1863
England Career
England tenure	Football Association functionaries, at first its secretary and later its International Committee, had sole responsibility for selecting the England team from the first unofficial match in 1870 through the last match before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
First match	No. 1, 30 November 1872, Scotland 0 England 0, a friendly match at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow.
Last match	No. 226, 24 May 1939, Romania 0 England 2, friendly match at Stadionul ANEF in Bucharest.
Major tournaments	The FA declined to join the World Cup Finals 1930, 1934 and 1938; British Championships from 1882-83 through to 1938-39.
Team honours	British Championship winners 1887-88, 1890-91, 1891-92, 1892-93, 1894-95, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1900-01, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1937-38, shared 1885-86, 1889-90, 1902-03, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1911-12, 1926-27, 1930-31, 1934-35, 1938-39.
Individual honours	None
Backroom Staff	various trainers have been employed. Herbert Chapman and Thomas Whittaker were two of the popular choices from the 1930's.

 

Matches in which the International Select Committee were in charge of England
1-40	1872-1890	41-70	1890-1900	71-119	1900-1914	120-172	1919-1930	173-226	1930-1939
England's first thirty-one matches were overseen by the FA's founding father, Charles Alcock.

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