List of England international footballers capped while playing for a lower division club

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The England national football team represents the country of England in international association football. It is fielded by The Football Association, the governing body of football in England, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. England competed in the first official international football match on 30 November 1872, a 0–0 draw with Scotland at Hamilton Crescent. [1]

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England have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have been capped while playing for clubs not in the top division of English football, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his usual playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and the years spent playing for England while also playing for a Football League club. For example, Trevor Brooking was capped 47 times, but 12 of those caps were when West Ham United were in the Second Division. The names are initially ordered by the year of debut, and then by alphabetical order.

Players

Players from non-League clubs

PlayerPos.ClubLeagueYearsCapsRefs.
Alfred Bower DF Corinthians -1923–275
William Bryant MF Clapton Isthmian League 19251
Vivian Gibbins FW Clapton Isthmian League 19251
Claude Ashton FW Corinthians -19251
Edgar Kail MF Dulwich Hamlet Isthmian League 19293 [2]
Bernard Joy DF Casuals Isthmian League 19361 [3]

Players from Third Division clubs

PlayerPos.ClubLeagueYearsCapsRefs.
Freddie Fox GK Millwall Third Division South 19251
George Armitage MF Charlton Athletic Third Division South 19251
Richard Hill DF Millwall Third Division South 19261
Len Oliver MF Fulham Third Division South 19291
Albert Barrett MF Fulham Third Division South 19291
Joe Payne FW Luton Town Third Division South 19371
Tommy Lawton FW Notts County Third Division South 1947–485 (23) [4]
Reg Matthews GK Coventry City Third Division South 1956–575 [4]
Johnny Byrne FW Crystal Palace Third Division 19611 (11) [4]
Peter Taylor MF Crystal Palace Third Division 19764 [4]
Steve Bull FW Wolverhampton Wanderers Third Division 19892 (13) [4]

Players from Second Division clubs

PlayerPos.ClubLeagueYearsCapsRefs.
Fred Kean MF The Wednesday Second Division 1923–266 (9)
George Thornewell FW Derby County Second Division 1923–254
Billy Felton DF The Wednesday Second Division 19251
Tom Parker DF Southampton Second Division 19251
Howard Baker GK Chelsea Second Division 19251 (2)
John Townrow MF Clapton Orient Second Division 1925–262
Billy Pease FW Middlesbrough Second Division 19271
Willis Edwards MF Leeds United Second Division 19283 (16)
Jack Hacking GK Oldham Athletic Second Division 1928–293
George Camsell FW Middlesbrough Second Division 19292 (9)
Joe Peacock MF Middlesbrough Second Division 19293
Joe Carter FW West Bromwich Albion Second Division 19292 (3)
Dixie Dean FW Everton Second Division 19311 (16)
Harry Roberts FW Millwall Second Division 19311
Tommy Graham DF Nottingham Forest Second Division 19312
Johnny Arnold FW Fulham Second Division 19331
George Hunt FW Tottenham Hotspur Second Division 19333
Ray Westwood FW Bolton Wanderers Second Division 1934–353 (6)
George Eastham FW Bolton Wanderers Second Division 19351
Sep Smith MF Leicester City Second Division 19351
Bobby Barclay FW Sheffield United Second Division 19361 (3)
Harold Hobbis FW Charlton Athletic Second Division 19362
Ronnie Starling FW Aston Villa Second Division 19371 (2)
Len Goulden FW West Ham United Second Division 1937–3914
Willie Hall FW Tottenham Hotspur Second Division 1937–399 (10)
Jackie Robinson FW Sheffield Wednesday Second Division 1937–384
Jackie Morton FW West Ham United Second Division 19371
Frank Broome FW Aston Villa Second Division 19383 (7)
Bert Sproston DF Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City 		Second Division 1938
1938		2 (11)
1 (11)
Reg Smith FW Millwall Second Division 19382
Frank Swift GK Manchester City Second Division 1946–478 (19)
Ted Ditchburn GK Tottenham Hotspur Second Division 1948–492 (6)
Alf Ramsey DF Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur 		Second Division 1948
1949–50		1 (32)
7 (32)
Jack Haines FW West Bromwich Albion Second Division 19481
Bill Ellerington DF Southampton Second Division 19492
Tom Finney FW Preston North End Second Division 1949–5114 (76)
Bernard Streten GK Luton Town Second Division 19491
Bill Eckersley DF Blackburn Rovers Second Division 1950–5317
Gil Merrick GK Birmingham City Second Division 1951–5423
Jackie Sewell FW Sheffield Wednesday Second Division 1951–523 (6)
Syd Owen DF Luton Town Second Division 19543
Bedford Jezzard FW Fulham Second Division 1954–552
Johnny Haynes FW Fulham Second Division 1954–5932 (56)
Geoff Bradford FW Bristol Rovers Second Division 19551
Ronnie Clayton DF Blackburn Rovers Second Division 1955–5821 (35)
John Atyeo FW Bristol City Second Division 1955–576
Colin Grainger FW Sheffield United Second Division 19562 (7)
Alan Hodgkinson GK Sheffield United Second Division 1957–605
Bryan Douglas MF Blackburn Rovers Second Division 1957–5810 (36)
Alan A'Court FW Liverpool Second Division 1957–585
Jim Langley DF Fulham Second Division 19583
Graham Shaw DF Sheffield United Second Division 1958–594 (5)
Tony Allen DF Stoke City Second Division 19593
Brian Clough FW Middlesbrough Second Division 19592
Edwin Holliday FW Middlesbrough Second Division 19593
Ray Wilson DF Huddersfield Town Second Division 1960–6430 (63)
Mick McNeil DF Middlesbrough Second Division 1960–619
Stan Anderson DF Sunderland Second Division 19622
Alan Peacock FW Middlesbrough Second Division 19624 (6)
Mike O'Grady FW Huddersfield Town Second Division 19622 (3)
Terry Paine FW Southampton Second Division 1963–6619
Keith Newton DF Blackburn Rovers Second Division 1967–6917 (27)
Peter Shilton GK Leicester City Second Division 1970–712 (125)
Rodney Marsh FW Queens Park Rangers Second Division 19711 (9) [5]
David Watson DF Sunderland Second Division 1974–7514 (65)
Mick Channon FW Southampton Second Division 1974–7725 (45)
Brian Little FW Aston Villa Second Division 19751
Tony Towers MF Sunderland Second Division 19763
Trevor Brooking MF West Ham United Second Division 1979–8112 (47) [6]
Kenny Sansom DF Crystal Palace Second Division 19791 (86) [5]
Alan Devonshire MF West Ham United Second Division 19802 (8)
Alvin Martin DF West Ham United Second Division 19812 (17)
John Gregory MF Queens Park Rangers Second Division 19833 (6)
Mark Hateley FW Portsmouth Second Division 19844 (32)
Chris Woods GK Norwich City Second Division 19863 (43)
Steve Bull FW Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division 1989–9011 (13) [4]
Earl Barrett DF Oldham Athletic Second Division 19911 (3)
Stuart Pearce DF Nottingham Forest First Division 1993–943 (78) [7]
Michael Gray DF Sunderland First Division 19993 [8] [9] [10]
Kevin Phillips FW Sunderland First Division 19991 (8) [8]
David James GK West Ham United First Division 20035 (53) [11] [12] [13] [14]
David Nugent FW Preston North End Championship 20071 [15]
Jay Bothroyd FW Cardiff City Championship 20101 [16] [17]
Wilfried Zaha [lower-alpha 1] FW Crystal Palace Championship 20121 (2) [19] [20]
Sam Johnstone GK West Bromwich Albion Championship 20212 (4) [21]

Notes

  1. ↑ Zaha was capped twice by England, both of which came in friendlies. He decided to represent the country of his birth, the Ivory Coast (French: Côte d'Ivoire) in 2016, and was cap-tied officially in his third appearance for the country, when the Ivory Coast played Togo in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [18]

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