England’s 1,000th international
Next Thursday (November 14) England will play their 1,000th full international football match when they meet Montenegro in a 2020 European qualifier at Wembley.
England’s full record to date reads as follows:
* These include friendly, play-off, festival and representative matches, while games involving penalty shoot-outs are included in the general competition stats.
Fact file
England’s first international was played on 30 November 1872 when a crowd of 4,000 witnessed a 0-0 draw with Scotland at the Glasgow’s Partick cricket ground.
■ England’s first home game followed in March 1873 when they beat Scotland 4-2 at The Oval. India-born KenyonSlaney had the pleasure of scoring his country’s first international goal in front of 3,000 spectators.
■ England suffered defeat for he first time in March 1874 when they lost 2-1 to Scotland in another game at the Partick cricket ground.
■ England’s 50th international ended in a 2-2 draw with Ireland in Belfast in March 1894.
■ Fifteen years later, in March 1909, their 100th international resulted in a 2-0 win over Wales at The City Ground, Nottingham.
■ So far, of England’ 999 games, 442 have been at home, 450 away and 107 on neutral grounds.
■ England’s two biggest international wins have both been against Ireland - 13-0 in Belfast in February 1882 with Aston Villa’s Howard Vaughton scoring five goals, and 13-2 at Roker Park, Sunderland in February 1899 when George Smith (4) and James Settle (3) both netted hat-tricks.
■ Hungary inflicted upon England their heaviest defeat, winning 7-1 in Budapest in May 1954 – six months after the Magyars had won 6-3 at Wembley.
■ So far 1,244 players have won a full cap for England, the last being Aston Villa’s Tyrone Mings.
■ Goalkeeper Peter Shilton holds the record for most caps won for England with 125; Wayne Rooney (120) has won the most as an outfield player – and he’s also netted the most goals, 53.
■ Billy Wright and Bobby Moore share the record of skippering England most times at senior level – 90.