England Captains

Explore the captains who've worn the armband with honour, their leadership qualities, and their defining moments on the field.

England Caps : 63 Goals : 30 Player : 1992 - 2000 Alan Shearer was the epitome of the classic hard working English-style centre-forward and led the England f...

England Caps : 105 Goals : 3 Player : 1946 - 1959 Rock solid England captain Billy Wright was the first player in the world to gain 100 caps for his national...

World Cup Triumph as Captain 1966 England Caps : 108 Goals : 2 Player and Captaincy : 1962-1973 Bobby Moore OBE, was the only England captain to have won the...

England Caps : 90 Goals : 26 Player :1980 - 1991 Assistant Manager : 1994 - 1996 A classic midfield all-rounder Bryan Robson was brave to the point of occasi...

England Caps : 1 Goals : 1 Player and Captain : 1875 Although an accomplished player Charles Alcock only gained one cap, albeit as captain, against Scotland...

Cuthbert Ottaway

First Player to Captain England England Caps : 2 Goals : 0 Player and Captain : 1872 - 1874 As is so often the case one man’s misfortune is another man’s...

England Caps : Over 100 Goals : 17 Captain: 2000-2006 Player : 1996 - David Beckham's England career took an unexpected turn with his recall to the squad in...

England Caps: 62 Goals: 27 Player: 1989 - 1996 David Platt was one of the most versatile and reliable England midfielders of the Nineties and will be fondly...

England Caps: 30 Goals: 0 Player: 1933 - 1939 Edris ‘Eddie’ Hapgood was a very respected cultured defender who played for Arsenal and England in the Thir...

England Caps : 62 Goals : 1 Player and Captain : 1970-1980 Bill Shankly bought Emlyn Hughes from Blackpool when he was 18 and declared that he would be Engla...

England Caps: 20 Goals: 11 Player: 1893 - 1901 Gilbert Oswald Smith known either as ‘Gee-Oh’ or plain ‘Jo’ from his initials, was a larger than life...

England Caps: 58 Goals: 6 Player: 1999 – Captain: 2006 – John Terry has slowly and inexorably climbed the ladder of football success embodying the new Ch...

England Caps : 63 Goals : 21 Player : 1973-1982 Manager: 1999–2000 Kevin Keegan as well as giving us some iconic Seventies haircuts, including a perm and m...

England Caps: 19 Goals: 1 Player: 1878 - 1887 Norman Bailey was the first player to get more than ten England caps which was no mean feat in the days when th...

Robert Crompton

England Caps: 41 Goals: 0 Player: 1902 - 1914 In these days of transfers and three to five year contracts it’s unusual for a player to stay with one club t...

England Caps: 77 Goals: 3 Player: 1980 - 1990 Terry Butcher played in the heart of the England defence for ten years with his place secure from around 1982 o...

Vivian Woodward

England Caps : 23 Goals : 29 Player : 1903 - 1911 Vivian ‘Viv’ Woodward was the Spurs Chelsea and England centre-forward and captain in an era when Engla...

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