Wikipedia; The
England national football
team represents England in
association
football and is controlled
by the Football Association,
the governing body for
football
in England. England is the
joint oldest national
football team in the world,
alongside
Scotland, whom they
played in the world's first
international football match
in 1872.
England's home ground is
Wembley Stadium in London
and their head coach is
currently Fabio Capello.
England are one of eight
national teams to have won
the FIFA World Cup, which
they
did in 1966 when they hosted
the finals. They defeated
West Germany 4–2 in extra
time
in the final. Since then
their best performance at a
World Cup was a fourth place
finish
in 1990. They reached the
semi-finals of the UEFA
European Championship in
1968
and 1996. They were the most
successful of the Home
Nations in the British Home
Championship with 54 wins
(including 20 shared wins)
before the competition
was suspended in 1984.
The traditional rival of
England is Scotland; the
England and Scotland
football rivalry
began when they became
opponents in the
representative matches of
the 1870s. As
regular fixtures against
Scotland came to an end in
the late 1980s, rivalries
with other
national teams have become
more prominent. Matches
against Argentina and
Germany have produced
particularly eventful
encounters.
Honours:
FIFA World Cup
Winners (1): 1966
Fourth place (2): 1990, 2018
UEFA European Football
Championship
Third place (1): 1968
Semi-finals (1): 1996
Biggest win
18 Feb 1882 Ireland 0 -
England 13 Knock Ground,
Belfast
18 Feb 1899 England 13 -
Ireland 2 Roker Park,
Sunderland
08 Jun 1908 Austria 1 -
England 11 Hohe Warte
Stadion, Vienna
27 May 1964 USA 0 - England
10 Downing Stadium, New York
25 May 1947 Portugal 0 -
England 10 Estadio Nacional,
Lisbon
Heaviest deafeats
23 May 1954 Hungary 7 -
England 1 Nepstadion,
Budapest
02 Mar 1878 Scotland 7 -
England 2 Hampden Park
(First), Glasgow
12 Mar 1881 England 1 -
Scotland 6 Kennington Oval,
London
11 May 1958 Yugoslavia 5 -
England 0 Stadion Partizana,
Belgrade
30 May 1964 Brazil 5 -
England 1 Est?io do Maracan?
Rio de Janeiro
Misc. Youngest player
Theo Walcott, 17 years 75
days, 30 May 2006, vs.
Hungary
Oldest player
Stanley Matthews, 42 years
103 days, 15 May 1957, 4–1
vs. Denmark
Oldest outfield player to
feature at the World Cup
finals
Stanley Matthews, 39 years,
145 days, 26 June 1954
Youngest player to feature
at the World Cup finals
Michael Owen, 18 years, 183
days, 15 June 1998
Longest England career
Stanley Matthews, 22 years
228 days, 29 September 1934
— 15 May 1957
Shortest England career.
Martin Kelly, 2 minutes, May
26 12012 (vs. Norway)
First goal
William Kenyon-Slaney, 8
March 1873, 4-2 vs. Scotland
Most goals
Wayne Rooney, 53
Most goals in a match
Howard Vaughton, Steve
Bloomer, Willie Hall and
Malcolm Macdonald, all 5
Most goals in total at
World Cup tournaments
Gary Lineker, 10
English football