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Ashley Cole
Ashley Cole
England's first choice left-back since his début in 2001, Ashley Cole has got better since his move to Chelsea and could well hit the hundred cap mark if he can remain…...
Bobby Charlton
Bobby Charlton
One of football’s greatest ambassadors, Bobby Charlton holds the all-time England goal-scoring record and was instrumental in the 1966 World Cup triumph....
Dave Watson: England Footballer
Dave Watson: England Footballer
Manchester City's Dave Watson played football for England and had a long and illustrious career as an international footballer despite starting as a striker and only…...
David Seaman
David Seaman
The man with the ridiculous hair, David Seaman stood tall between the sticks for England for nearly fifteen years, fighting off many pretenders to his crown and saving…...
Des Walker
Des Walker
One of the most consistently picked defenders of both Bobby Robson and Graham Taylor's managerial reigns, Nottingham Forest's Des Walker was an incredibly quick…...
Dixie Dean
Dixie Dean
Dixie Dean was one of the true legends of football, with an astonishing record of 349 goals in 399 appearances. He was capped for England 16 times, scoring 18 goals,…...
Duncan Edwards
Duncan Edwards
A celebration of the England career of legendary Manchester United player, Duncan Edwards, a Busby Babe whose life was tragically cut short by the 1958 Munich air…...
England Goal Scorer: Geoff Hurst
England Goal Scorer: Geoff Hurst
The England career of Sir Geoff Hurst, the only person to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final and one of the better performers in the defence of the title in 1972....
Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
From East Ender to West End boy, the story of Chelsea and England’s midfield playmaker with the cracking shot, Frank Lampard...
Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker
Celebration of the international career of England’s top sharp-shooter of the mid-eighties to early nineties....
Gary Neville
Gary Neville
Gary Neville's presence, almost uninterrupted, as England's full back on the right hand side for over ten years, five major tournaments and five managers says volumes…...
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle, England’s most un-English player ever?...
Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks
Englands goalkeeper in the 1966 world cup final still remembered for worlds best save against Pele....
Jack Charlton
Jack Charlton
The story of Jack Charlton’s contribution to the England World Cups winning team of 1960....
Jimmy Greaves
Jimmy Greaves
The mercurial Jimmy Greaves’ goals for England were legendary, as was the disappointment of losing his World Cup place to Geoff Hurst and the decline into alcoholism…...
Joe Cole
Joe Cole
Feted as a schoolboy and predicted to be the new Paul Gascoigne, Joe Cole has struggled to find a consistent place for club and country since leaving West Ham in 2003,…...
John Barnes
John Barnes
John Barnes was blessed with blistering pace, great control and a fierce shot and gained worldwide respect, gaining 79 caps in a distinguished twelve year England…...
Kenny Sansom
Kenny Sansom
King Kenny to the Arsenal fans, Kenny Sansom dominated the England left-back position during the Eighties and was a confident, quick and effective attacking full-back....
Martin Peters
Martin Peters
Famously described by Sir Alf Ramsey as being ten years ahead of his time, Martin Peters was the perfect left-sided midfielder for his ‘Wingless Wonders’ who stormed…...
Michael Owen
Michael Owen
The story of the (hopefully continuing) England career of the height-challenged boy-wonder Michael Owen....
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse
The England career of Nat Lofthouse, the free-scoring centre-forward who averaged nearly a goal per game during the Fifties....
Paul Gascoigne
Paul Gascoigne
The contribution to England’s football history by Paul Gascoigne, the mercurial and gifted midfielder of the eighties and nineties....
Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes
A tough tackling midfielder with vision, sublime passing skills and the ability to come in the box to score, Paul Scholes was a regular in the England side until his…...
Peter Beardsley
Peter Beardsley
An appreciation of the England performances of Gary Lineker’s favourite strike partner, the creative and ball-playing genius, Peter Beardsley....
Peter Shilton
Peter Shilton
Holder of the most caps for England, Peter Shilton was the No 1 keeper for much of the late Seventies and most of the Eighties, and one of the best ever....
Ramon Wilson
Ramon Wilson
The most reserved member of the 1966 World Cup winning team, Ray Wilson was nonetheless recognised as the best left back in the word in his prime and was a cornerstone…...
Ray Wilkins
Ray Wilkins
Ray Wilkins had a ten year career in the heart of England’s midfield under three managers, impressing all around with vision, skill, and superbly accurate long passes....
Sol Campbell
Sol Campbell
A giant of the game in more than just size, Sol Campbell's performances at the heart of the England defence made him one of the most sought after defenders in Europe…...
Stan Mortensen
Stan Mortensen
The career of a very prolific and popular Blackpool and English marksman....
Stanley Matthews
Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews, the best known English player of the last century, the Wizard of Dribble, who tormented full backs over a thirty-year period....
Steve Bloomer: England Football Player
Steve Bloomer: England Football Player
Steve Bloomer played for Derby County and England at the turn of the nineteenth century and was their most reliable providers of goals; many of his records still stand…...
Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard
A true midfield dynamo, Steven Gerrard has powered Liverpool and England with determination, hard graft, and scores show-stopping goals apparently just for fun....
Stuart Pearce
Stuart Pearce
The high and low points of Stuart ‘Psycho’ Pearce’s long and consistent England career...
The Career of Alan Ball
The Career of Alan Ball
A review of the decade-long England career of evergreen Alan Ball, the dynamic midfielder who was instrumental in the World Cup winning side of 1966 but dropped before…...
Tom Finney
Tom Finney
The Preston Plumber, as Tom Finney was known, scored a record 30 goals in 76 caps for England in a career that showed determination skill and unselfishness....
Tony Adams
Tony Adams
The international career of Tony Adams, the strident leader, defender and captain for Arsenal and England, who gained 66 caps over a thirteen year period despite not…...
Trevor Francis
Trevor Francis
The million pound man, Trevor Francis’s England career highlight was at the 1982 World Cup...
Viv Anderson: England Football Player
Viv Anderson: England Football Player
Viv Anderson was one of the finest right-backs of his day but faced stiff competition when it came to England fixtures, so despite amassing thirty caps over a ten year…...
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney was briefly England’s youngest ever player; we examine the impact so far of the teen wonder who burst onto the world stage at Euro 2004 and could become…...
Wilf Mannion
Wilf Mannion
Wilf Mannion achieved 26 caps for England being the perfect foil for England’s two supreme wing wizards, Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney, and so well-regarded that…...
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