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The first player to be capped 10 times by England was Norman Bailey, who played his 10th match in an 8–1 away win against Ireland on 23 February 1884 in the 1883–84 British Home Championship. [2] His final match, in which he earned his 19th cap, was the 3–1 home defeat to Scotland on 19 March 1887. [ 2 ]
His performances earned him a call-up to the England national team. He went on to win 48 caps for England, making him Portsmouth's most capped English player of all time. During his record 845 club appearances for Pompey and his 48 England caps he was never once booked or sent off, earning him the nickname 'Gentleman Jim'.
Great great- grandfather and great great-grandson both capped Billy Garraty, (1 cap, 1903) and Jack Grealish, (24 caps, 2020–) Most clubs represented by one player in an England career Peter Shilton, 5, Leicester City, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Derby County, 25 November 1970 – 7 July 1990
John Wackett: Hooker won two England caps during the 1959 Six Nations. Chris Wardlow: Six-cap England international played for Northampton and Coventry. Selected for the British Lions in 1971, he ...
He became England's most capped player, beating Bobby Charlton's record by two appearances, and equalled Billy Wright's record of 90 appearances as captain. Peter Shilton, David Beckham and Steven Gerrard have since overtaken the caps record, but the joint captaincy record remains. [33]
Test yourself to see if you know the Three Lions players to have won the most caps as captain of the men's national side.
In April 1960, Wilson won his first cap for England in a 1–1 draw with Scotland. [1] Over the next 12 months, he became a fixture in the side. The FA selection committee put him in the squad for the 1962 World Cup in Chile, and Wilson played in all three group games and England's elimination in the quarter finals at the hands of Brazil. [1]
He was also the first footballer in the world to earn 100 caps, [7] reaching the landmark in a 1–0 victory over Scotland at Wembley on 11 April 1959. [9] It was more than a decade before his record was broken by another player, Bobby Charlton. More than 60 years later, just eight other players have made more appearances for the England side ...