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Quiz on the England National Football Team

Test your knowledge about the England national football team with this engaging quiz covering historical facts, achievements, and trivia.

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1 Their first ever defeat on home soil to a non-UK team was a 0–2 loss to the Republic of Ireland on 21 September 1949 at ________.

2 When was the England national football team formed?

3 ________

4 ________

5 What is the England national football team's nickname?

6 Which of the following titles did the England national football team have?

7 They joined FIFA in 1906 and played their first ever games against countries other than the Home Nations on a tour of ________ in 1908.

8 England are one of seven national teams to have won the ________, which they did in 1966 when they hosted the finals.

9 ________

10 They were the most successful of the home nations in the ________ with 54 wins (including 20 shared wins) before the competition was suspended in 1984.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • former England footballer Mick Channon is now a successful horse trainer.
  • in 1885, Jimmy Forrest was the first professional footballer to appear for the England national football team.
  • despite making his national team debut in 1924, footballer James Mitchell remains the only player to represent England while wearing spectacles.
  • current Arsenal F.C. reserve player Emmanuel Frimpong began his international career with Ghana before switching to England and then back to Ghana.
  • although England centre forward Geoff Hurst had scored a hat-trick and was therefore entitled to keep the match ball, it was German striker Helmut Haller who took it home after the 1966 World Cup final.
  • brothers and England football defenders Arthur Melmoth Walters and Percy Melmoth Walters (pictured) were known as "Morning" and "Afternoon" in allusion to their initials.
  • in Claude Ashton's only international appearance for the English national football team, he captained the squad.
  • no footballer has scored a hat-trick against England since Marco van Basten in 1988.
  • the England national football team is to train on the football pitch of the Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College, as it is the only one identical to one in Russia on which they are due to play in October 2007.
  • there were an estimated 8,000 members of Sam's Army in the stands at the U.S. men's soccer team's opening game of the 2010 World Cup in group play against England.
  • the England national football team has only had fifteen managers since the position was made a full-time post in 1946.
  • the England football squad for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico contained two players called Gary Stevens.
  • players from the 1990 England and West Germany association football teams replayed their Italia '90 World Cup semi-final match in aid of charity, for the Sir Bobby Robson Trophy.
  • William Bambridge, the father of England Football international Charles Bambridge was a member of the Te Waimate mission, New Zealand who became official photographer to Queen Victoria.
  • Tommy Cheetham had a trial for the England national football team while playing in the Third Division in his first season as a professional.
  • Norwegian football commentator Bjørge Lillelien famously taunted Margaret Thatcher after Norway's victory over England in 1981.
  • Alan Mullery became the first England association football player to be sent off in a full international match during the 1968 European Championship semi-final against Yugoslavia.
  • England football captain Eddie Hapgood was forced by diplomats to give a Nazi salute before a match with Germany in 1938.
  • England's Tom Brittleton is the oldest footballer ever to play a competitive match for Sheffield Wednesday.
  • English football full back Alfred Bower was the last amateur player to captain the English national team in 1927.
  • Fred Forman scored two goals in England's 13–2 win over Ireland in 1899—the highest-scoring match involving England in international football history.
  • Les Cocker, a coach with the victorious England team at the 1966 World Cup, received a winner's medal in June 2009, nearly 30 years after his death, following a campaign launched by his family.
  • Thurston Rostron is the fourth-youngest player in the history of the England national football team.
  • Tom Smith was one of five Preston North End players to play for Scotland when they won 1–0 against England at Wembley in the 1938 British Home Championship.
  • Ray Wilson, who was the eldest member of England's victorious 1966 World Cup team, became an undertaker after he retired from football.
  • Nat Lofthouse was the England football team's highest goalscorer of all-time for eight years.
  • Mick Mills was made captain of the England national football team which started the 1982 World Cup because Kevin Keegan was unable to play through injury.
  • English cricketer and footballer Arthur Milton was the last surviving person to have played Test cricket for the England cricket team and international football for the England football team.
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