England men's national hockey team

England
Association England Hockey
Coach Bobby Crutchley
Assistant coach Jon Bleby
Manager David Ralph
Captain Barry Middleton
FIH ranking 5 (2014)
 
First kit
 
Second kit

The England men's national field hockey team represents England in men's international field hockey.[1]

The team competes in most major international tournaments except the Olympic Games. England's only appearance at the Olympics was at London 1908 when they won gold; since then English players have competed at the Olympics as part of the combined Great Britain national field hockey team.

England's best finish in the Hockey World Cup was as runners-up to champions Australia in 1986, which was also held in London. They won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Games hockey tournament in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as in 2014 in Glasgow.

Tournament History

Summer Olympics

Hockey World Cup

Commonwealth Games

  • 1998 – 3rd
  • 2002 – 5th place
  • 2006 – 4th place
  • 20104th place
  • 20143rd

FIH Hockey World League

Hockey Champions Trophy

  • 19816th place
  • 1995 – 6th place
  • 1999 – 5th place
  • 2001 – 5th place
  • 20096th place
  • 20102nd
  • 20128th place
  • 2014 - 7th place

Hockey Champions Challenge

  • 2003 – 5th place
  • 2005 – 4th place
  • 20074th place

EuroHockey Nations Championship

  • 1970 – 6th place
  • 1974 – 4th place
  • 1978 – 3rd
  • 1983 – 5th place
  • 1987 – 2nd
  • 1991 – 3rd
  • 1995 – 3rd
  • 1999 – 3rd
  • 2003 – 3rd
  • 20056th place
  • 20075th place
  • 20091st
  • 20113rd
  • 20134th place

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Current Squad

The following players were named in the England squad for the Champions Trophy in India, in December 2014: Caps and goals updated as of 14 December 2014 after match against Belgium. (GB caps & goals not included). [2][3]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK George Pinner 18 January 1987 68 0 Holcombe
19 GK Patrick Smith 28 July 1991 4 0 East Grinstead
27 DF Dan Fox 3 March 1983 92 2 Holcombe
12 DF Michael Hoare 14 November 1985 67 1 Wimbledon
24 DF Iain Lewers 5 January 1984 65 6 Holcombe
4 DF Ollie Willars 25 June 1990 51 1 Beeston
21 DF Tim Whiteman 2 April 1987 33 0 Beeston
18 MF Barry Middleton (captain) 12 January 1984 229 58 Holcombe
7 MF Ashley Jackson 27 August 1987 119 79 East Grinstead
26 MF Nick Catlin 8 April 1989 113 10 Holcombe
16 MF Adam Dixon 11 September 1986 119 9 Beeston
6 MF Henry Weir 13 February 1990 65 3 Wimbledon
22 MF David Condon 6 July 1991 63 8 East Grinstead
11 FW Alastair Brogdon 10 November 1987 100 14 Wimbledon
14 FW Mark Gleghorne 19 May 1985 56 14 East Grinstead
25 FW Chris Griffiths 3 September 1990 5 4 East Grinstead
23 FW Tom Carson 26 June 1990 53 14 Reading
13 FW Sam Ward 24 December 1990 6 3 Beeston

Recent Callups

The following players have been called up for the England squad in 2014.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2 GK James Bailey 13 May 1991 6 0 Wimbledon
5 DF Andy Bull 3 February 1992 12 0 East Grinstead
9 MF Harry Martin 23 October 1992 68 7 Beeston
20 MF Dan Shingles 5 July 1986 45 1 Reading
8 FW Simon Mantell 24 April 1984 139 44 Reading
15 FW Phil Roper 24 January 1992 31 6 Wimbledon

Coaches

See also

References

  1. "England Hockey official website". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. "England and GB Hockey Players - Men's Senior". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "Glasgow 2014 - Hockey - Men". Retrieved 8 December 2014.

External links