England C national football team

England C
Nickname(s) The Three Lions
Association The Football Association
Head coach Paul Fairclough
Home colours
Away colours
Website http://www.TheFA.com/England/England-C

The England C National Football Team (previously known as the England National Game XI and the England Semi-Pro national team) is the football team that represents England at non-league level.

Formed in 1979 as the England Non-League team, it features players who play for clubs outside of the Football League.

Many players who have been capped at non-league level have gone on to play at a higher level. Currently, the majority of selected players are full-time professionals with Conference National league clubs.

Home matches are played at various League and non-league grounds around the country. Friendly matches are played with equivalent teams from other nations, and compete in the Four Nations Tournament each season, along with Scotland, Wales and the full Gibraltar teams.

They won the tournament for the seventh time in May 2008, winning all three of their matches without conceding a goal. They are also the current holders of the European Challenge Trophy.

Since January 2003, the team has been managed by Paul Fairclough, who used to manage Barnet until he left the club by mutual consent in December 2008.

The team reached the final of the 2011 International Challenge Trophy, played at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium.

Contents

Seasons

2011–12 Results

Competition Opponents Score England goalscorers Date
Friendly Gibraltar 1–3 Connor Jennings 15 November 2011 [1]

2010–11 Results

Competition Opponents Score England goalscorers Date
International Challenge Trophy Portugal U23 0–1 19 May 2011 [2]
International Challenge Trophy Belgium U23 1–0 Matthew Barnes-Homer 9 February 2011 [3]
International Challenge Trophy Estonia U23 1–0 Jake Howells 12 October 2010 [4]
Friendly Wales Semi-Pro 2–2 Kyle McFadzean, Alex Rodman 14 September 2010[5]

2009–10 Results

Competition Opponents Score England goalscorers Date
International Challenge Trophy Republic of Ireland 2–1 Andrew Fleming, Max Porter 26 May 2010
Friendly † East of Scotland League XI 1–0 Max Porter 22 May 2010
Friendly Poland U23 2–1 Chris Holroyd, Matthew Barnes-Homer 17 November 2009
Friendly Hungary U23 1–1 Louis Briscoe 15 September 2009

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2008–09 Results

Competition Opponents Score England goalscorers Date
International Challenge Trophy Belgium U21 0–1 19 May 2009
Friendly Malta 4–0 Paul Brown, Lee Tomlin, Sean Newton, Shaun Densmore 17 February 2009
International Challenge Trophy Italy Lega Pro 2–2 Josh Simpson, James Constable 12 Nov 2008
Friendly Bosnia and Herzegovina B 2–6 Luke Moore, Jon Shaw 16 September 2008

2007–08 Results

Competition Opponents Score England goalscorers Date
International Challenge Trophy Finland 2–0 Michael Morrison, Matthew Tubbs 15 Nov 2007
International Challenge Trophy Wales Semi-Pro U23 2–1 Mitchell Cole, Michael Morrison 21 Feb 2008
Four Nations Tournament Gibraltar 1–0 Mitchell Cole 20 May 2008
Four Nations Tournament Scotland 1–0 Steve Morison 22 May 2008
Four Nations Tournament Wales 3–0 Andy Burgess, Michael Morrison, Shaun Harrad 24 May 2008
Friendly Grenada 1–1 Steve Morison 31 May 2008
Friendly Barbados 2–0 Jon Shaw, Russell Penn 2 Jun 2008

2006–07 Results

Competition Opponents Score England goalscorers Date
European Challenge Trophy The Netherlands 4–1 Steve Morison, Kieran Charnock, George Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith 29 Nov 2006
International Friendly Northern Ireland 1–3 Paul Benson 13 Feb 2007
Four Nations Tournament Ireland 5–0 Mitchell Cole (3), Glen Southam, Matthew Tubbs 22 May 2007
Four Nations Tournament Scotland 3–0 Andy Burgess, John Grant, Jon Ashton 25 May 2007
Four Nations Tournament Wales 3–0 Gareth Seddon (2), Mitchell Cole 27 May 2007
International Friendly Finland 1–0 Mitchell Cole 1 June 2007

Players

Current squad

The following squad was selected to play Gibraltar on 15 November 2011 at Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar.[7][8]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Jonathan Hedge 19 July 1988 (1988-07-19) (age 23) 0 0 Tamworth
GK Preston Edwards 5 September 1989 (1989-09-05) (age 22) 1 0 Ebbsfleet United
DF Shane Killock 12 March 1989 (1989-03-12) (age 22) 0 0 AFC Telford United
DF Shaun Beeley 21 November 1988 (1988-11-21) (age 23) 0 0 Fleetwood Town
DF Junior Brown 7 May 1989 (1989-05-07) (age 22) 0 0 Fleetwood Town
DF Jamie Turley 7 April 1990 (1990-04-07) (age 21) 0 0 Forest Green Rovers
DF Sean Newton ‡ 23 September 1988 (1988-09-23) (age 23) 2 1 AFC Telford United
MF Kenny Davis 17 April 1988 (1988-04-17) (age 23) 0 0 Braintree Town
MF Jai Reason 9 January 1990 (1990-01-09) (age 22) 0 0 Braintree Town
MF Rory McAuley 16 October 1989 (1989-10-16) (age 22) 0 0 Cambridge United
MF Robbie Willmott 16 May 1990 (1990-05-16) (age 21) 0 0 Luton Town
MF Adam Watkins 8 September 1991 (1991-09-08) (age 20) 0 0 Luton Town
MF Lindon Meikle 21 March 1988 (1988-03-21) (age 23) 0 0 Mansfield Town
MF Danny Rose 21 February 1988 (1988-02-21) (age 24) 2 0 Newport County
MF John Paul Kissock ‡ 2 December 1989 (1989-12-02) (age 22) 0 0 Luton Town
MF Michael West ‡ 9 February 1991 (1991-02-09) (age 21) 0 0 Ebbsfleet United
FW Adam Boyes 1 November 1990 (1990-11-01) (age 21) 0 0 Barrow
FW Scott Spencer 1 January 1989 (1989-01-01) (age 23) 0 0 Hyde
FW Amari Morgan-Smith 3 April 1989 (1989-04-03) (age 22) 1 0 Luton Town
FW Connor Jennings 26 September 1991 (1991-09-26) (age 20) 0 0 Stalybridge Celtic
FW Ashley Chambers 1 March 1990 (1990-03-01) (age 21) 0 0 York City

Managers

Notable players

See also Category:England semi-pro international footballers

Honours

See also

Football portal

References

  1. ^ "England rocked by Gibraltar". The FA. 2011-11-15. http://www.thefa.com/England/england-c/News/match-centre/2011/GibraltarvEngland/report-151111. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
  2. ^ "Lions lose out to single goal". The FA. 2011-05-19. http://thefa.com/England/england-c/News/match-centre/2011/England-C-v-Portugal/190511. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
  3. ^ "Matt the Hatter sees off Belgium". The FA. 2011-02-09. http://thefa.com/England/england-c/News/match-centre/2011/EnglandvBelgium. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
  4. ^ "England C into ICT semis". The FA. 2010-10-12. http://www.thefa.com/England/england-c/News/2010/Estonia121010. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
  5. ^ "Bayliss blasts England selectors". North West Evening Mail. 7 October 2010. http://www.nwemail.co.uk/afc/news/bayliss-blasts-england-selectors-1.759440?referrerPath=/evening_mail_news_round-up_1_118665. 
  6. ^ "Narrow win for Rep side". The FA. 2010-05-22. http://www.thefa.com/England/england-c/News/2010/farep-scotland-220510. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  7. ^ "Squad named for Gibraltar trip". The FA. 2 November 2011. http://thefa.com/England/england-c/News/match-centre/2011/GibraltarvEngland/Previews/squad-021111. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "England C Team statistics". The FA. http://thefa.com/England/england-c/Team. Retrieved 4 August 2011. 

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