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Declan Rice, born in Kingston upon Thames on 14 January 1999, had Irish grandparents born in Cork, and so, in May 2017, the Republic of Ireland manager, Martin O'Neill, chose the eighteen-year-old Rice to be a part of the Irish squad that was to play Mexico, Uruguay and Austria the following month. In March 2018, Rice made his international debut in a friendly match with Turkey. That was followed up with two more friendly appearances in the close-season against France and United States. On 13 February 2019, Rice decided to change his allegiance to England, and this was ratified by FIFA on 5 March, thus allowing Rice to make his England debut in the European Championship qualification match against Czech Republic on 22 March 2019 - and playing in the Nations League Finals tournament shortly after. He has since completed 64 appearances up until March 2025, scoring against his old side followed by a muted celebration.

Since the early 1960s, FIFA has prohibited players from flippantly appearing for more than one senior national side.  But before then, four players made appearances in official matches for both England and other national sides.  Two of them played against England and one of them scored against England.

John (Jack) Reynolds, born in Blackburn on 21 February 1869, moved to Ireland as a boy.  Before it was discovered he was an Englishman, he made five appearances for Ireland, four as a halfback and one as a winger, in 1890 and 1891 while playing for Distillery and Ulster, including the 9-1 and 6-1 losses to England.  Later, between 1892 and 1897, he made eight appearances at halfback for England while with West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa, including the 2-2 draw with Ireland in 1894.  Reynolds scored for Ireland against England in the 8-1 loss in 1890, the only international in which he played as a winger.  He also scored for England in the 6-0 victory against Wales in 1893, the 5-2 win against Scotland in 1893 and the 2-2 draw with Scotland in 1894, but not in his only match against Ireland.  He is the only player to score both for and against England.

John Hawley Edwards, born in Shrewsbury on 21 March 1850, made one appearance for England while playing for Shropshire Wanderers, against Scotland in Glasgow as an inside forward in 1874.  He became the first treasurer of the Football Association of Wales on its formation in 1876, and later that year while with The Wanderers played for Wales, again at inside forward, in their first international match, also against Scotland.  That was his only Wales appearance.

Robert (Bobby) Ernest Evans, born in Chester on 19 October 1885 of Welsh parents, became a regular at outside left for Wales, making 10 appearances between 1906 and 1910 while with Wrexham, Aston Villa and Sheffield United.  He played four times against England, the 1-0 loss in 1906, the 1-1 draw in 1907, the 7-1 loss in 1908 and the 1-0 loss in 1910.  After he scored his only two goals for Wales against Ireland in his tenth international match, England's selectors discovered his birthplace.  He then made four appearances for England, all at outside left and all as a Sheffield United player, in 1911 and 1912, including 3-0 and 2-0 victories against Wales.  He scored his only England goal on his debut against Ireland.

Kenneth (Ken) Armstrong, born in Bradford on 3 June 1924, made one appearance for England, at right halfback in the 7-2 drubbing of Scotland at Wembley on 2 April 1955.  It was a banner year for Ken, as his club side, Chelsea, won their only Football League championship.  He emigrated to New Zealand in May 1957 after making a record 362 League appearances for Chelsea (broken in 1969-70 by Peter Bonetti).  He then made 13 appearances for New Zealand's national side between 1958 and 1964 and became chief coach for the New Zealand Football Association.  Ken played until he was 47, but died on 13 June 1984, just after his 60th birthday.

Three other players, plus Declan Rice, have played for England and another nation:

Jackie Sewell, who scored three goals in six appearances for England, also played ten matches for a newly-independent Zambia in 1964 and 1965, scoring seven goals.

Wilfried Zaha, played for England in two friendly matches in 2012 and 2013. On 26 November 2016, he switched his allegiance to Côte d'Ivoire, however, his place of birth, and he has played in 33 matches, and scored five goals.

Steven Caulker, made a single appearance for England in 2012, scoring in a 4-2 defeat in Sweden. In 2022, he switched his allegiance to Sierra Leone, and made his 18th appearance, as captain, in November 2024.

There were at least five close calls....
Beaumont G. Jarrett, who played at centre-halfback for England three times,
the 3-0, 3-1 and 7-2 losses to Scotland in 1876, 1877 and 1878, had been selected by Wales for their inaugural match, against Scotland in 1876, but did not play.

Robert Topham, who played for England as a winger and inside forward in the 6-1 victory against Ireland in 1893 and the 5-1 win against Wales in 1894, had been picked to play for Wales against Scotland in 1885, but did not accept.

According to a note appearing in the Association of Football Statisticians website's Today in History feature:  "On his way [on 21 January 1914] to an England international trial game at Sunderland Alex Donaldson of Bolton Wanderers revealed that he was actually born in Scotland. [Charles W.] Wallace of Aston Villa had to take his place in the trial and Donaldson ended up in the Scottish side which faced England on April 4th of the same year!"  Donaldson made six Scotland appearances from 1914 to 1922, including the 3-1 win against England in 1914 and the 5-4 loss to England in 1920.

Thomas (Tommy) Johnson Britten, played for Wales against Scotland in Glasgow a year before he was chosen as a reserve for England against Scotland in 1879. Another year on, Britten won a second appearance for Wales, again against Scotland, again in Glasgow. Britten would have played for Wales against England in 1883 but for a last-minute withdrawal which again happened in the 1887 fixture.

George Farmer, as the star of Oswestry's successful Welsh Cup win, featured for the Welsh side against England and Scotland in the British Championship of 1885. Two years later, after it was established that Farmer was English, he featured as a reserve against Ireland and Wales.

England Players Appearing for Other National Sides in Unofficial Matches

At least ten England players have appeared for other national selections in unofficial matches, and there could be more. Nine of those we know of all played against England.

Four England players appeared for Scotland in one or more of the five unofficial matches against England in 1870 and 1871, which were played at The Oval in Kennington, London before the first official international match, the scoreless draw of November 30, 1872 at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow.  Since no football association had yet been formed in Scotland, the Scotland teams were drawn from London-based Scots plus a few "all-comers" needed to make a full eleven. 

William Lindsay, born in India and capped for England in the 3-1 loss to Scotland in 1877, played for Scotland in all five of these unofficial internationals: the 1-1 draw on 5 March 1870, the 1-0 England victory on 19 November 1870, the 1-1 draw on 25 February 1871, the 2-1 England win on 18 November 1871 and the 1-0 England victory on 24 February 1872Alexander Morten, thought to have been born in Middlesex and goalkeeper for England in their 4-2 victory against Scotland in the second official international in 1873, appeared for Scotland in the first of these unofficial matchesArnold Kirke Smith, born in Ecclesfield, near Sheffield, and capped for England in the first official international, the scoreless draw with Scotland in 1872, also played for Scotland in the third and fourth of these unofficial matches.  Frederick Patey Chappell, who apparently was born in England and who changed his name to Frederick Brunning Maddison in 1873 after he appeared for England in the first official international in 1872, also played for Scotland in the third of these unofficial matches.  

Stanley (Stan) Harding Mortensen, born in South Shields, scored 23 goals in 25 appearances for England at inside forward and centre-forward between 1947 and 1953 while playing for Blackpool.  He also made three England appearances in unofficial wartime matches, scoring three goals.  But his international debut came as a substitute for Wales in the wartime international against England at Wembley on 25 September 1943.  Injury forced Wales left halfback Ivor Powell to leave the match, and, with England leading 4-1, the teams agreed that England reserve Mortensen would be allowed to replace him.  Mortensen went to inside left and Ron Burgess moved to left halfback.  Fortunately, Morty didn't score that day, and England won, 8-3.

Raymond (Ray) Crawford, born in Portsmouth during 1936, as a nineteen-year old, played left-wing for the Malayan national team on 1 April 1956 against Singapore. Malaya won 4-2 and won the annual Sportsman's Trophy match. After this, Crawford was named in the seventeen-man Malayan squad that went on a tour of Cambodia and South Vietnam, of which he featured in at least two of the six matches, losing against the South Vietnam military team, and beating the South Vietnam B team. - Neil Morrison.

Robert (Bobby) Frederick Chelsea Moore, born in Barking, Essex, who earned 108 England caps between 1962 and 1973, all as a West Ham United player, and who captained England seventy times, appeared for Team America against Italy, Brazil and England in the U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament in 1976.  The U.S.A. entry was called Team America because the official U.S.A. national side was not then strong enough to meet top-flight opposition and some of the North American Soccer League (NASL) stars on the tournament team had played for other national sides.  The Football Association deemed England's match against Team America unofficial from the beginning, but the Brazilian and Italian associations included their games against this all-star selection in their list of full internationals.  Team America matches would not meet the new standard FIFA set down in January 2001 for official full internationals because they were not played between the selections of two FIFA country members.  FIFA has retroactively desanctified matches involving other multinational all-star selections, including England's matches against the Rest of Europe and the Rest of the World, although the F.A. continues to recognise these as official internationals Moore, then playing for the San Antonio Thunder in the NASL, captained Team America against England.  There is a  photograph elsewhere on this website of Moore and England captain Gerry Francis leading out the teams for their tournament match, which England won, 3-1.  As far as we know, Moore is the only player to appear as captain both for and against England.

Thomas (Tommy) Smith, who was born in Liverpool and who earned a single cap for England as a midfielder in the scoreless draw with Wales in 1971 while playing for Liverpool, also appeared in midfield for Team America in the U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament matches against Brazil and England while playing for the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Rodney William Marsh, who was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, who earned nine caps between 1971 and 1973 while with Queen's Park Rangers and Manchester City and who went on to star for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the NASL, had been set to become the third England international to play for Team America in the 1976 tournament.  But when Team America coach Ken Furphy refused a last-minute demand from Marsh and Northern Ireland's George Best, then of the Los Angeles Aztecs, that they start all three of Team America's tournament matches, these two prima donnas walked off the team.

A pair of former England defenders, Michael Duxbury, who was born in Accrington and who earned ten caps as a Manchester United player in 1983 and 1984, and David Watson, who was born in Liverpool and who won twelve caps while with Norwich City and Everton between 1984 and 1988, lined up for the Hong Kong Golden Select XI in the 1-0 loss to England on 26 May 1996.  Although Duxbury was 36 and Watson 34, they effectively stifled England's attack, plunging the England team's prospects into doubt as they flew home for the start of the European Championship tournament.  

England Players Appearing for Another National Side at the Amateur/Semi-Professional Level

At least one England player also appeared for the amateur side of another country.  Gordon Hodgson, who was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and who earned three caps at inside right against Ireland, Wales and Scotland in 1930 and 1931 while playing for Liverpool, had already played for South Africa's amateur national team.  In fact, he came to England with a South African touring party in 1924.

Two players who have been picked for England at semi-professional level (England C) who then went on to play full international for another country.  Eamonn O'Keefe went on to play for the Republic of Ireland after playing for the England semi-pro side.  Rumour has it that he had to get special dispensation from either UEFA or FIFA (probably FIFA) who were trying to stop that sort of thing and was allowed to play for Ireland because the semi-pro side wasn't full international (in those days they only picked players from English clubs as well).  Efan Ekoku also got picked for the semi pro side.  Possibly for only one game and he was an unused sub in a game at Gloucester City against Wales. - Phil Davison.

England Players Appearing for Another National Side at the Youth Level

At least two England players also appeared for the youth side of another country.  Michael Keane, before winning his first senior cap in 2017, played for the Republic of Ireland youth; twice for the under-17 team in 2010, and twice for the under-19s in 2011.

Jack Grealish was finally capped by England in 2020. He had turned down an invitation to play for the under-17 side in 2011 to play for the Republic of Ireland youth team. He made seven Republic of Ireland under-17 appearances, scoring three goals, in 2011-12, before making six appearances with their under-18 team a year later, scoring twice. England then approached Grealish for their under-21 team in 2013, but he again declined, to make six under-21 appearances with the Irish team. Three years later, in 2016, Grealish was chosen for the English under-21 side, and scored twice in seven appearances over the next year.

England Schoolboys/Lower Level Players Appearing for Other National Sides

Eligibility for the England Schoolboys team depends entirely on place of residence and players who have appeared for a national schoolboys side in the U.K. remain free to play for another senior national side.  Ten players who appeared for England Schoolboys went on to play for senior national sides other than England.  Robert (Bob) Primrose Wilson, the Arsenal goalkeeper, who played for both the English Schools' Football Association at under-15 level, and for the Grammar Schools' Football Association, a year later, appeared twice in 1971 for Scotland's senior team, for which he was eligible through family ancestry although he was born in Chesterfield in Derbyshire, and thus could have played for England had he ever been selected.  He did not play against England.

Ryan Joseph Giggs (then known as Wilson), born in Cardiff, of Welsh ancestry and thus not eligible to play for England's senior side, appeared for the Wales senior side on 64 occasions as a Manchester United star, including the 2-0 and 1-0 World Cup qualifying losses to England in 2004 and 2005.

The following is as complete a list as realistically possible, after trawling through the details of over 1500 ex-England schoolboy internationals (under-14 1907-47, under-15 1948-96 and under-16 1996-98) - note under-18 schoolboys are not included in this list (yet!):

England Schoolboys Appearing for Other National Sides
Player Birthplace Year(s) Apps Goals Other Nation Debut Apps
William (Billy) Walsh* Dublin 1935 3   Ireland 1946 15
Robert (Bob) Wilson Chesterfield 1957-58 4   Scotland 1971 2
Jeremiah (Jerry) Murphy Stepney 1975 15 1 Republic of Ireland 1979 3
Gareth Hall Croydon 1984 8   Wales 1988 12
Andrew (Andy) Marriott Sutton-in-Ashfield 1986 11   Wales 1996 5
Dean Kiely Salford 1986 6   Republic of Ireland 1999 11
Ryan Wilson (Giggs) Cardiff 1989 9 4 Wales 1991 64
David Johnson Kingston, Jamaica 1991 6 1 Jamaica 1999 4
Rhys Weston Kingston upon Thames 1996 6   Wales 2000 7
Daniel Nardiello Coventry 1997-98 5 1 Wales 2007 3

* Billy Walsh debuted for the Belfast-based Ireland team in a wartime international in 1944, before appearing in a 1-0 defeat against England in Dublin (where he was born) for the Éire team in September 1946.  He won his first official peacetime cap for the Irish Football Association in Belfast in 1947 and made five appearances in total for them, including a 2-2 draw with England in 1947, and a 6-2 loss to England in 1948, both matches in the British Championship.  Walsh played nine times for the Dublin-based Football Association of Ireland, including the historic 2-0 win against England in 1949.  It has also been claimed on Wikipedia that he played for New Zealand against an FA XI in 1961, but this is not evidenced in lineups published in a local newspaper.

In addition to these, Trevor Ross, born at Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, made eight appearances for England Schoolboys in 1972, before winning a single cap for Scotland's under-21s in 1977.  Roger Wade of Blackheath Schools made eight appearances for England Schoolboys in 1973, and then represented the Republic of Ireland's under-21s in the Toulon Tournament of 1978.

Colin Hill, born in Uxbridge, was in England's under-14 squad at the Montaigu tournament in 1978, and made 27 appearances for Northern Ireland.  Sean Lane, born in Bristol, made five appearances for England Schoolboys in 1979, scoring once, and represented Australia's B team in 1985.  John Neal, born in Hornsey in London, made four appearances for England Schoolboys in 1981, scoring once, and made two appearances for the Republic of Ireland at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in Georgia in the Soviet Union, at the age of 19.

Andrew (Andy) Turner, born in Woolwich, played twice for England Schoolboys in 1990, and nine times for the Republic of Ireland's under-21 team, debuting in 1993.  Steven Blaney, born in Orsett in Essex, played five times for England Schoolboys in 1992, before representing Wales' under-21s in 1996 for the first of three appearances.

Tommy Mason also managed this feat, playing for England at schoolboy level before qualifying for New Zealand by residence.  Oddly enough, he didn't get picked for New Zealand at full international level until he had returned to England and was playing for Farnborough Town. - Phil Davison. [Update: We can find no record of a Tommy Mason appearing for England Schoolboys at either under-15 or under-18 level, so presumably, he didn't quite win a cap]

Angus Gunn appeared as a goalkeeper for England at several youth levels between 2011 and 2017, and was also on the substitutes' bench for the senior side against Brazil in November 2017, then switched his allegiance to the Scottish national side in March 2023 and then made two senior appearances within the month, making his 15th appearance in September 2024.

Demarai Gray appeared for England at several youth levels between 2014 and 2019, and was also on the substitutes' bench for the senior side against Switzerland in September 2018, then switched his allegiance to Jamaica in June 2023.  He made his 22nd appearance in March 2025, having scored seven goals.

Boaz Myhill, Wales' second-choice goalkeeper, has also appeared for the England under-18 and under-20 side. - Phil Davison. [Update: Myhill won 19 caps for Wales, and was on the bench for the two World Cup qualifiers against England in 2011]

The following is a list of players that represented England at youth levels only before winning full international caps for another nation:

England Youth Players Appearing for Other National Sides
Player Birthplace Year(s) Levels Other Nation Debut
Benik Afobe Leyton 2008-10,2012-13 U16/17/19/21 DR Congo 2017
Foluwashola (Shola) Ameobi Zaria 2001-03 U21 Nigeria 2012
Ethan Ampadu Exeter 2015 U15/16 Wales 2017
Folarin Balogun New York 2018-22 U17/18/20/21 United States 2023
Saido Berahino Bujumbura 2008-15 U16/17/18/19/20/21 Burundi 2018
Gäel Bigirimana Bujumbura 2013 U20 Burundi 2015
Dexter Blackstock Oxford 2004-05,2007-08 U18/19/20/21 Antigua and Barbuda 2012
Coniah Boyce-Clarke Reading 2016-19 U15/16/17 Jamaica 2023
Febian Brandy Manchester 2004-09 U16/17/18/19/20 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2015
Benjamin (Ben) Brereton Stoke-on-Trent 2017-18 U19/20 Chile 2021
Matthew Briggs Wandsworth 2006-11 U16/17/19/20/21 Guyana 2015
Tyias Browning Liverpool 2010,2013-14 U17/19/21 China 2021
Lee Camp Derby 2000-07 U16/17/19/20/21 Northern Ireland 2011
Hamza Choudhury Loughborough 2018-19 U21 Bangladesh 2025
Ciaran Clark Harrow 2005-09 U17/18/19/20 Republic of Ireland 2011
Carl Cort Southwark 1998-2000 U21 Guyana 2011
Jordan Cousins Greenwich 2008-11,2014 U16/17/18/21 Jamaica 2022
Jay Dasilva Luton 2012-19 U16/17/18/19/20/21 Wales 2024
Grady Diangana Lubumbashi 2018-19 U20/21 DR Congo 2023
Jamie Donley Antrim 2019,2021-24 U15/16/17/18/19 Northern Ireland 2025
Abraham (Jeriel) Dorsett Enfield 2017,2019 U15/16/18 Montserrat 2023
Benjamin (Ben) Elliott Kingston upon Thames 2016,2018 U15/16 Cameroon 2023
Jason Euell Lambeth 1998-99 U20/21 Jamaica 2004
Rory Fallon Gisborne 1999 U17 New Zealand 2009
Jonathan Forte Sheffield 2001-04 U16/17/18 Barbados 2008
Daniel (Danny) Fox Winsford 2008 U21 Scotland 2009
Emmanuel Frimpong Kumasi 2007-09 U16/17 Ghana 2013
Demarai Gray Birmingham 2014-19 U18/19/20/21 Jamaica 2023
Angus Gunn Norwich 2011,2013-19 U16/17/19/20/21 Scotland 2023
George Hirst Sheffield 2016-19 U17/18/19/20 Scotland 2025
Hallam Hope Manchester 2009-13 U16/17/18/19 Barbados 2018
Gavin Hoyte Leytonstone 2007-09 U17/18/19/20 Trinidad and Tobago 2014
Justin Hoyte Leytonstone 2000-07 U17/19/20/21 Trinidad and Tobago 2013
Christopher (Chris) James Wellington 2002-05 U16/17/18 New Zealand 2006
Andrew (Andy) Johnson Bristol 1992 U19 Wales 1998
Brennan Johnson Nottingham 2016-17 U16/17 Wales 2020
William (Will) Keane Stockport 2009-12,2014 U16/17/19/21 Republic of Ireland 2021
Kyle Kelly Northampton 2020 U16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2024
Dean Kiely Salford 1986-88 U16/17 Republic of Ireland 1999
Nohan Kenneh Zwedru 2017-20 U15/16/17 Liberia 2023
Tariq Lamptey Hillingdon 2018-20 U18/19/20/21 Ghana 2022
Joel Latibeaudiere Doncaster 2016-19 U16/17/18/20 Jamaica 2023
Ademola Lookman Wandsworth 2016-19 U19/20/21 Nigeria 2022
Jonathan (Jon) Macken Manchester 1997 U20 Republic of Ireland 2004
Samuel (Sam) Magri Portsmouth 2009-12 U16/17/18/19 Malta 2016
Michael Mancienne Feltham 2003-11 U16/17/18/19/21 Seychelles 2022
Rabbi Matondo Cardiff 2015 U15 Wales 2018
Andrew (Andy) Marriott Sutton-in-Ashfield 1992 U21 Wales 1996
Dominic Matteo Dumfries 1993-94,1998 U19/21 Scotland 2000
Ntazana Mayembe Bridgend 2017 U15 Zambia 2021
James (Jay) McEveley Liverpool 2003 U20/21 Scotland 2007
Mark McGuinness Slough 2015 U15 Republic of Ireland 2024
Liam Moore Loughborough 2009,2012,2014-15 U17/21 Jamaica 2021
James Morrison Darlington 2002-05 U17/18/19/20 Scotland 2008
Ravel Morrison Manchester 2008-10,2013-14 U16/17/18/21 Jamaica 2020
Victor Moses Kaduna 2005-10 U16/17/18/19/21 Nigeria 2012
Yunus Musah New York 2016-20 U15/16/17/18/19 United States 2020
Jamal Musiala Stuttgart 2016-20 U15/16/17/21 Germany 2021
Glyn (Boaz) Myhill Modesto, United States 2001-02 U18/19/20 Wales 2008
Adam Newton Grays 2000 U21 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2004
Felix Nmecha Hamburg 2015,2018-19 U16/18/19 Germany 2023
Lukas Nmecha Hamburg 2013-18 U16/17/18/19/20/21 Germany 2021
Oliver Norwood Burnley 2006-07 U16/17 Northern Ireland 2010
Andrew (Andy) O'Brien Harrogate 1997,1999 U18/21 Republic of Ireland 2001
Claudio Osorio Fatuhada 2016-17 U15/16 Timor-Leste 2024
Krystian Pearce Birmingham 2006-08 U17/18/19 Barbados 2018
Matthew (Matt) Phillips Aylesbury 2010-11 U19/20 Scotland 2012
Ian Poveda Southwark 2015-16,2018-19 U16/17/18/19/20 Colombia 2023
Isaac Price Pontefract 2018 U15 Northern Ireland 2023
Nigel Quashie Southwark 1993-95,1997-98 U16/18/21 Scotland 2004
Callum Robinson Northampton 2011-15 U16/17/19/20/21 Republic of Ireland 2018
Thomas (Hal) Robson-Kanu Acton 2007-09 U19/20 Wales 2010
Cherno Samba Banjul 1999-2003,2005 U16/17/18/19/20 Gambia 2008
Jlloyd Samuel San Fernando, Trinidad 1999-2003 U19/20/21 Trinidad and Tobago 2009
Jeremy Sarmiento Madrid, Spain 2017-19 U16/17/18 Ecuador 2021
Bradley (Brad) Smith Penrith, Australia 2011-12,2014 U17/19/21 Australia 2014
Thomas (Tommy) Smith Macclesfield 2006-07 U17/18 New Zealand 2010
Luke Southwood Oxford 2016-17 U19/20 Northern Ireland 2022
Easah Suliman Birmingham 2012-18 U16/17/18/19/20 Pakistan 2023
Benjamin (Ben) Thatcher Swindon 1996-97 U21 Wales 2004
Blair Turgott Bromley 2009-13 U16/17/18/19 Jamaica 2021
Iké Ugbo Lewisham 2014-15,2017 U17/18/20 Canada 2022
James Walker Hackney 2003-05 U17/18 Antigua and Barbuda 2012
Myles Weston Lewisham 2003-06 U16/17/18/19 Antigua and Barbuda 2014

- Will Keane is the twin brother of Michael Keane, who made twelve full international appearances for England between 2017 and 2020, scoring once.

- Blair Turgott also played for the England C team in 2016.

- Lukas and Felix Nmecha are brothers, as are Justin and Gavin Hoyte.

- George Hirst is the son of David Hirst, who made three full international appearances for England, in 1991 and 1992.

- Dominic Matteo and Nigel Quashie also played for England B in 1998.

- Brennan Johnson is the son of David Johnson, who played for Jamaica in 1999 after representing England Schoolboys at both under-15 and under-18 level, and played for England B in 1998.

There were also a number of under-21 near-misses.  Gerry Peyton was named in England's first under-21 squad in 1976, but withdrew to play for the Republic of Ireland.  Andy Goram was on the bench for a UEFA Under-21 Championship match against Greece at Portsmouth in 1983, and went on to play for Scotland.  Similarly, a year later, Stuart McCall was a substitute in another UEFA Under-21 Championship match, in Turkey, and delayed his introduction to join the match until the final whistle had sounded, and he was free to represent Scotland.  David Kelly was named in an under-21 squad in 1988, but like Peyton, withdrew to play for the Republic of Ireland.

England Players in an Unofficial Match Appearing for Another National Side

Finally, we turn to the case of the Scot who played for England against Scotland.  At least one player who appeared for England in an unofficial match also appeared for another national side in official matches.  Thomas (Tommy) Usher Pearson, who was born in Edinburgh and who played at outside-left for England in the 2-1 victory against Scotland in the 1939 unofficial wartime international, also played at outside-left for Scotland in two official 1947 matches, including the 1-1 draw against England.  Eric Brook and Sam Barkas, both of Manchester City, were the original selections at outside-left and right-back for England in the 1939 wartime international, which was played at St. James' Park in Newcastle, but they were injured in a car accident on the way to the match and were replaced by a pair of Newcastle United players, Pearson and Joseph (Joe) Richardson.  

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