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The appearance record is held by goalkeeper Peter Shilton, [3] which he set on 7 June 1989 in a 1–1 away draw with Denmark in a friendly. [4] Shilton's last match for England was the third-place match against Italy on 7 July 1990 in the World Cup. He finished his England career on 125 caps. [3]
It is fielded by The Football Association, the governing body of football in England, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. England competed in the first official international football match on 30 November 1872, a 0–0 draw with Scotland at Hamilton Crescent. [1]
The history of the England national football team, also known as the Three Lions, begins with the first representative international match in 1870 and the first officially-recognised match two years later. England primarily competed in the British Home Championship over the following decades. Although the FA had joined the international ...
In 2007, Paul Robinson was the third goalkeeper to score in a Premier League match, when a free kick around 75 yards (69 m) from goal [5] bounced and then went over the head of opposition goalkeeper Ben Foster. [2] [3] The fourth and fifth goals were both from clearances from within the goalkeepers' own penalty areas and were assisted by the wind.
His 119th appearance for his country saw England draw 1–1 with the Republic of Ireland in the opening group game; England got through the group, beat Belgium 1–0 in the second round match, and then edged past Cameroon 3–2 in the quarter-finals, thanks to two Lineker penalties after England went 2–1 down. Then came the West Germans in ...
Roy Hodgson announced England's 23-man squad on 16 May 2012, along with a five-man stand-by list. [6] The England team is the only squad to consist entirely of players from their domestic league. On 25 May, John Ruddy was ruled out with a broken finger; Jack Butland was called up as his replacement. [7]
It is fielded by The Football Association, the governing body of football in England, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations, which encompasses the countries of Europe. England competed in the first official international football match on 30 November 1872, a 0–0 draw with Scotland at Hamilton Crescent. [1]
Pope training with England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Pope was called up to the England national team for the first time on 15 March 2018. [64] He was named in the 23-man England squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [65] Pope made his debut on 7 June 2018 as a 65th-minute substitute as England beat Costa Rica 2–0 in a pre-tournament friendly. [66]