List of England national football team captains

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This article lists all the captains of the England national football team.

The first ever England captain was Cuthbert Ottaway, who captained England in the first ever international match, against Scotland on 30 November 1872. He went on to captain England on just one further occasion, the third international match, 7 March 1874, against the same opposition. Alexander Morton captained England in their first international on home soil, 8 March 1873 vs Scotland, and was the first international captain to win a match. This was his only international appearance.

The current captain of England is John Terry, whose tenure began in Steve McLaren's first match as manager. Since Terry's first match as captain he has missed one England match through injury, with Steven Gerrard fulfilling captain's duties on that occasion. Michael Owen, Sol Campbell and former captain David Beckham are the only other currently active players to have led England.

Contents

Figures include all recognised matches up to and including Andorra vs England on 24 March 2007. The default order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy. Only confirmed captaincies are counted.

[edit] List of Captains

# Player England career Caps as captain Total caps First captaincy
1 Billy Wright 1946-1959 90 105 1948-10-09
1 Bobby Moore 1962-1973 90 108 1963-05-29
3 Bryan Robson 1980-1991 65 90 1982-11-17
4 David Beckham 1996-2006 58 94 2000-11-15
5 Alan Shearer 1992-2000 34 63 1996-09-01
6 Kevin Keegan 1972-1982 31 63 1976-03-24
7 Emlyn Hughes 1969-1980 23 62 1974-03-11
8 Bob Crompton 1902-1914 22 41 1903-03-02
8 Johnny Haynes 1954-1962 22 56 1960-05-15
10 Eddie Hapgood 1933-1939 21 30 1934-11-14
11 David Platt 1989-1996 19[1] 62 1993-02-17
12 Gary Lineker 1984-1992 18 80 1990-09-12
13 Norman Bailey 1878-1887 15 19 1881-03-12
13 Jimmy Armfield 1959-1966 15 43 1961-09-28
13 Peter Shilton 1970-1990 15 125 1982-05-25
13 Tony Adams 1987-2000 15 66 1994-10-12
17 Viv Woodward 1903-1911 14 23 1908-02-15
18 Gilbert Smith 1893-1901 13 or 14[2] or 15[3] 20 1896-04-04
18 George Hardwick 1946-1948 13 13 1946-09-28
20 Roy Goodall 1926-1933 12 25 1928-03-31
21 Ray Wilkins 1976-1986 10 84 1982-09-22
21 Stuart Pearce 1987-1999 10 78 1991-06-08
23 John Hill 1925-1929 8 11 1927-04-02
23 Mick Mills 1972-1982 8 42 1978-05-13
23 Gerry Francis 1976-1976 8 12 1975-09-03
23 Michael Owen 1998-present 8 80 2002-04-17
23 John Terry 2003-present 8 36 2006-08-16
28 George Wilson 1921-1924 7 12 1921-10-22
28 Terry Butcher 1980-1990 7 77 1986-11-12
28 Paul Ince 1992-2000 7 53 1993-06-09
31 George Male 1934-1939 6 19 1936-11-18
31 Alan Ball 1965-1975 6 72 1975-03-12
31 Phil Thompson 1976-1982 6 42 1979-11-22
34 Percy Walters 1885-1890 5 13 1886-03-13
34 Willis Edwards 1926-1929 5 16 1928-10-22
34 Ronald Clayton 1955-1960 5 35 1959-10-17
37 Tinsley Lindley 1886-1891 4 13 1888-02-04
37 Stanley Harris 1904-1906 4 6 1905-02-25
37 Sam Wadsworth 1922-1926 4 9 1924-10-22
37 David Jack 1924-1932 4 9 1930-04-05
37 Ernie Blenkinsop 1928-1933 4 26 1931-12-09
37 Thomas Cooper 1927-1934 4 15 1934-04-14
37 Martin Peters 1966-1974 4 67 1971-05-19
44 Robert Holmes 1888-1895 3 7 1893-03-13
44 Howard Spencer 1897-1905 3 6 1903-02-14
44 Arthur Grimsdell 1920-1923 3 6 1921-04-09
44 Alfred Bower 1923-1927 3 5 1924-12-08
44 William Walker 1920-1932 3 18 1925-05-21
44 Alfred Strange 1930-1933 3 20 1931-05-14
44 Samual Barkas 1936-1937 3 18 1937-10-23
44 Alf Ramsey 1948-1953 3 32 1950-11-15
44 Ron Flowers 1955-1966 3 49 1964-05-27
44 Bobby Charlton 1958-1970 3 106 1969-01-15
44 David V. Watson 1974-1982 3 65 1981-04-24
44 Sol Campbell 1996-2006 3 66 1998-05-24
56 Cuthbert Ottaway 1872-1874 2 2 1872-11-30
56 Charles Bambridge 1879-1887 2 18 1882-02-18
56 John Goodall 1888-1898 2 14 1891-03-07
56 Arthur Dunn 1883-1892 2 4 1892-03-15
56 George Cotterill 1891-1893 2 4 1893-02-25
56 Charles Wreford-Brown 1889-1898 2 or 3[4] 4 1895-03-18
56 Jesse Pennington 1907-1920 2 25 1920-03-15
56 Charlie Buchan 1913-1924 2 6 1921-03-14
56 Basil Patchitt 1923 2 2 1923-05-21
56 Frank Swift 1946-1949 2 19 1948-05-16
56 Mick Channon 1972-1977 2 46 1976-05-28
56 Steven Gerrard 2000-present 2 53 2004-03-31
68 Alexander Morten 1873 1 1 1873-03-08
68 C. W. Alcock 1875 1 1 1875-03-06
68 Hubert Heron 1873-1878 1 5 1876-03-04
68 William Rawson 1875-1877 1 2 1877-03-03
68 Arthur Cursham 1880-1884 1 or 2[5] 6 1878-03-02
68 Henry Wace 1878-1879 1 or 2[5] 3 1879-04-05
68 Charles Wollaston 1874-1880 1 4 1880-03-13
68 Francis Sparks 1879-1880 1 3 1880-03-15
68 John Hunter 1878-1882 1 7 1881-02-26
68 John Hudson 1883 1 1 1883-02-24
68 John B. Brodie 1889-1891 1 3 1889-03-02
68 William R. Moon 1888-1885 1 7 1891-04-06
68 R. Cunliffe Gosling 1892-1895 1 or 2[4] 5 1895-04-06
68 William Oakley 1895-1901 1 16 1901-03-09
68 Ernest Needham 1894-1902 1 16 1901-03-18
68 Reginald Foster 1900-1902 1 5 1902-03-03
68 Frank Forman 1898-1903 1 9 1902-03-22
68 Stephen Bloomer 1895-1907 1 23 1902-05-03
68 Arthur Knight 1919 1 1 1919-10-25
68 Joseph McCall 1913-1920 1 5 1920-10-23
68 Ephraim Longworth 1920-1923 1 5 1921-05-21
68 Max Woosnam 1922 1 1 1922-03-13
68 Graham Doggart 1923 1 1 1923-11-01
68 Frank Moss 1934 1 5 1924-04-12
68 Claude Ashton 1925 1 1 1925-10-24
68 Thomas Lucas 1921-1926 1 3 1926-05-24
68 Frederick Kean 1923-1929 1 9 1927-05-21
68 John R. Barker 1934-1936 1 11 1936-10-17
68 Stan Cullis 1937-1939 1 12 1939-05-24
68 Alan Mullery 1964-1971 1 35 1971-02-03
68 Colin Bell 1968-1975 1 48 1972-05-23
68 Trevor Cherry 1976-1980 1 27 1980-05-31
68 Ray Clemence 1972-1983 1 61 1981-05-12
68 Phil Neal 1976-1983 1 50 1982-06-02
68 Peter Beardsley 1986-1996 1 59 1988-02-13
68 Mark Wright 1984-1996 1 43 1991-05-21
68 David Seaman 1988-2003 1 75 1997-09-10
68 Martin Keown 1992-2002 1 43 2000-10-11

[edit] Disputed captaincies

Player England career Caps as captain Total caps
Vaughan Lodge 1894-1896 0 or 1[2] 5
George Raikes 1895-1896 0 or 1[2] 4

[edit] Unofficial captaincies

Players who have received the captain's armband during the course of a game are not considered by the Football Association as being official England captains. [1] However, the following players - who have never officially captained England - have worn the captain's armband during the course of a match when the official captain has been substituted for some reason:

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Includes abandoned match vs Ireland, 15 February 1995, for which caps were awarded.
  2. ^ a b c The captaincy for England vs Ireland, 7 March 1896 is disputed between Gilbert Smith (13 confirmed captaincies), and George Raikes and Vaughan Lodge, neither of whom had captained England in another match.
  3. ^ The captain for England vs Wales 16 March 1896 is unknown, but believed to be Gilbert Smith.
  4. ^ a b Sources differ concerning the captaincy for England vs Wales, 12 March 1894. It was either Charles Wreford-Brown or Cunliffe Gosling
  5. ^ a b CW

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