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Harry Thompson

England’s one-cap wonders – Long line of players who only played once after their call ups

Gareth Southgate is about to unveil his squad for UEFA Nations League, in what will no doubt be a vital opportunity for the England gaffer to take a good look at some different parts of his squad ahead of the World Cup in Qatar this winter.

In the running for selection among household names like Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling, are exciting players less established in the team.

Some of these players, including the likes of James Maddison, Marc Guéhi and Aaron Ramsdale have only picked up one cap for England despite playing frequently for some of the best club sides in the country.

Getting a single call up to play for your national side is a huge honour and the stuff of dreams for millions. However, the one-cap wonder club is, unfortunately, enormous and full of names that never managed to kick on and secure a regular place in the England national squad.

Now, with the newly created UEFA Nations League looming, players like Maddison - who has had an excellent season with Leicester - will be hoping now is his moment to make the leap out of the one cap club.

When is the England UEFA Nation Nations League squad being announced?

The England UEFA Nation Nations League squad is being announced at 2pm on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

The team named will be heading to play in Group A3 of the tournament, where they will be taking on the likes of Hungary, Germany and fellow Euros finalists, Italy.

How many players have only got one cap for England?

At the time of writing, 360 players have played just one game for England.

The first of these were Robert Barker, John Brockbank, Frederick Chappell, Charles Clegg, Charles Morice and Arnold Kirke Smith, who all played against Scotland in 1872.

Since then, hundreds of players have pulled on the three lions, only to never do so again. 20 of these players are still active and playing professional football and so, at least in theory, have a chance of playing for England once again and getting themselves out of the one-cap wonder club.

Every England player in the one-cap wonder club

  1. Robert Barker GK
  2. John Brockbank FW
  3. Frederick Chappell HB
  4. Charles Clegg FW
  5. Charles Morice FW
  6. Arnold Kirke Smith FW
  7. Alfred Goodwyn HB
  8. Leonard Howell FB
  9. William Kenyon-Slaney FW
  10. Alexander Morten GK
  11. Robert Vidal FB
  12. John Edwards FW
  13. Robert Kingsford FW
  14. Robert Ogilvie FB
  15. John Owen FW
  16. Alfred Stratford FB
  17. Charles Alcock FW
  18. William Carr GK
  19. Richard Geaves FW
  20. Edward Haygarth FB
  21. Herbert Rawson FW
  22. Ernest Bambridge HB
  23. Walter Buchanan FW
  24. Frederick Green FB
  25. Francis Heron FW
  26. Arthur Savage GK
  27. Charles Smith FW
  28. John Bain FW
  29. Morton Betts GK
  30. William Lindsay FB
  31. Alfred Lyttelton FW
  32. Cecil Wingfield-Stratford FW
  33. Percy Fairclough FW
  34. Edward Lyttelton FB
  35. Conrad Warner GK
  36. John Wylie FW
  37. Rupert Anderson GK
  38. Thomas Sorby FW
  39. Herbert Whitfeld FW
  40. Reg Birkett GK
  41. Edward Christian FB
  42. Arnold Hills FW
  43. Harold Morse FB
  44. James Prinsep HB
  45. Arthur Goodyer FW
  46. Segar Bastard FW
  47. Samuel Widdowson FW
  48. John Sands GK
  49. Alf Harvey FB
  50. George Tait FW
  51. Reginald Macaulay FW
  52. Horace Barnet FW
  53. Robert King HB
  54. John Rawlinson GK
  55. Percival Parr FW
  56. Bruce Russell FB
  57. Jack Hudson HB
  58. John Dixon FW
  59. Jimmy Ward FB
  60. Thomas Danks FW
  61. Charles Dobson HB
  62. Teddy Leighton FW
  63. Thelwell Pike FW
  64. George Shutt HB
  65. Teddy Brayshaw HB
  66. Jimmy Sayer FW
  67. Frank Saunders HB
  68. Charlie Shelton HB
  69. Albert Allen FW
  70. Billy Betts HB
  71. Arthur Lowder HB
  72. Frank Burton FW
  73. Jack Yates EW
  74. Henry Hammond HB
  75. Nat Walton FW
  76. John Barton HB
  77. Jem Bayliss HB
  78. Elphinstone Jackson FB
  79. Joe Marsden FB
  80. Tom Porteous FB
  81. Leonard Wilkinson GK
  82. John Cox HB
  83. Harry Lilley FB
  84. John Pearson FW
  85. Michael Whitham HB
  86. Chris Charsley GK
  87. Norman Cooper HB
  88. Walter Gilliat FW
  89. Harry Chippendale FW
  90. Joe Reader GK
  91. Arthur Topham HB
  92. John Veitch FW
  93. Richard Barker HB
  94. Gerard Dewhurst FW
  95. Hugh Stanbrough FW
  96. Steve Smith FW
  97. Cuthbert Burnup FW
  98. Harry Bradshaw FW
  99. Bernard Middleditch HB
  100. William Foulke GK
  101. Ben Garfield FW
  102. Tommy Morren HB
  103. Charlie Richards FW
  104. Tom Perry HB
  105. Phil Bach FB
  106. Jack Hillman GK
  107. Dan Cunliffe FW
  108. Fred Priest FW
  109. Alf Spouncer FW
  110. Jack Plant FW
  111. Herbert Banks FW
  112. C. B. Fry FB
  113. George Hedley FW
  114. William Jones HB
  115. Bertie Corbett FW
  116. Matt Kingsley GK
  117. Walter Abbott HB
  118. Bert Lipsham FW
  119. John Calvey FW
  120. Harry Hadley HB
  121. Tom Holford HB
  122. Arthur Lockett FW
  123. Rex Corbett FW
  124. William Garraty FW
  125. Arthur Capes FW
  126. Percy Humphreys FW
  127. Bert Lee HB
  128. Bernard Wilkinson HB
  129. Billy Balmer FB
  130. Frank Booth FW
  131. Albert Gosnell FW
  132. Gordon Wright FW
  133. James Conlin FW
  134. Tim Coleman FW
  135. Irvine Thornley FW
  136. Harry Maskrey GK
  137. Frank Bradshaw FW
  138. Arthur Berry FW
  139. Joe Cottle FB
  140. George Richards HB
  141. Harold Halse FW
  142. Arthur Cowell FB
  143. Bert Hall FW
  144. Bert Morley FB
  145. Wally Hardinge FW
  146. Billy Hibbert FW
  147. George Woodger FW
  148. Bob Benson FB
  149. Tommy Boyle HB
  150. George Utley HB
  151. Hugh Moffat HB
  152. Ernald Scattergood GK
  153. Frank Buckley HB
  154. Henry Martin FW
  155. Harry Colclough FB
  156. Jimmy Bagshaw HB
  157. Sid Bowser HB
  158. Arthur Knight FB
  159. Robert Turnbull FW
  160. Frank Barson HB
  161. Dicky Downs FB
  162. Jack Mew GK
  163. Jack Bamber HB
  164. Bert Coleman GK
  165. Bert Bliss FW
  166. Harold Gough GK
  167. Jack Fort FB
  168. Archibald Rawlings FW
  169. Albert Read HB
  170. Ernie Simms FW
  171. Billy Kirton FW
  172. Teddy Davison GK
  173. Max Woosnam HB
  174. Jack Alderson GK
  175. Frank Hartley FW
  176. Harry Jones FB
  177. Seth Plum HB
  178. Norman Creek FW
  179. James Moore FW
  180. Harold Miller FW
  181. Billy Moore FW
  182. Fred Bullock FB
  183. Tommy Meehan HB
  184. Harry Pantling HB
  185. Graham Doggart FW
  186. Billy Brown FW
  187. Ronnie Sewell GK
  188. Clem Stephenson FW
  189. Billy Butler FW
  190. George Blackburn HB
  191. James Mitchell GK
  192. Jack Butler HB
  193. Harry Hardy GK
  194. Tommy Cook FW
  195. William Bryant HB
  196. Billy Felton FB
  197. Freddie Fox GK
  198. Tom Parker FB
  199. George Armitage HB
  200. Claude Ashton FW
  201. Billy Austin FW
  202. Frank Hudspeth FB
  203. Ted Harper FW
  204. George Ashmore GK
  205. Richard Hill FB
  206. Albert McInroy GK
  207. Willie Pease FW
  208. George Waterfield FB
  209. Jack Ball FW
  210. Alf Baker HB
  211. Reg Osborne FB
  212. Dan Tremelling GK
  213. Tom Wilson HB
  214. Jim Barrett HB
  215. Russell Wainscoat FW
  216. Len Oliver HB
  217. Albert Barrett HB
  218. Jackie Crawford FW
  219. Herbie Roberts HB
  220. Harry Roberts FW
  221. Harold Pearson GK
  222. George Shaw FB
  223. Teddy Sandford FW
  224. Johnny Arnold FW
  225. Jack Pickering FW
  226. Billy Furness FW
  227. Tommy White HB
  228. David Fairhurst FB
  229. Arthur Rowe HB
  230. Joe Beresford FW
  231. Jackie Bestall FW
  232. Walter Alsford HB
  233. Bobby Gurney FW
  234. George Eastham FW
  235. William Richardson FW
  236. Ralph Birkett GW
  237. Sep Smith HB
  238. James Cunliffe FW
  239. Bernard Joy HB
  240. Billy Scott FW
  241. Tom Smalley HB
  242. George Tweedy GK
  243. Harry Betmead HB
  244. Joe Payne FW
  245. Jackie Morton FW
  246. Micky Fenton FW
  247. Ronnie Dix FW
  248. Doug Wright FW
  249. Pat Beasley FW
  250. Les Smith FW
  251. Jimmy Hagan FW
  252. Jack Haines FW
  253. Eddie Shimwell FB
  254. Jesse Pye FW
  255. Bernard Streten GK
  256. Jack Lee FW
  257. Bill Nicholson HB
  258. Arthur Willis FB
  259. Arthur Milton FW
  260. Derek Ufton HB
  261. Stan Rickaby FB
  262. George Robb FW
  263. Ernie Taylor FW
  264. Harry Clarke HB
  265. Ray Barlow HB
  266. Bill Foulkes FB
  267. Brian Pilkington FW
  268. Johnny Wheeler HB
  269. Ken Armstrong HB
  270. Jimmy Meadows FB
  271. Geoff Bradford FW
  272. David Pegg FW
  273. Danny Clapton FW
  274. Ken Brown HB
  275. John Angus FB
  276. Brian Miller HB
  277. Johnny Fantham FW
  278. Ray Charnley FW
  279. Chris Crowe FW
  280. Ron Henry FB
  281. Ken Shellito FB
  282. Tony Kay HB
  283. Gerry Young HB
  284. Derek Temple FW
  285. Gordon Harris FW
  286. John Hollins FW
  287. Alex Stepney GK
  288. Ian Storey-Moore FW
  289. Colin Harvey MF
  290. Tony Brown FW
  291. Tommy Smith HB
  292. Jeff Blockley HB
  293. John Richards FW
  294. Phil Parkes GK
  295. Brian Little FW
  296. Phil Boyer FW
  297. Jimmy Rimmer GK
  298. Charlie George FW
  299. John Gidman DF
  300. Trevor Whymark MF
  301. Alan Sunderland FW
  302. Peter Ward MF
  303. Steve Perryman MF
  304. Paul Goddard FW
  305. Nick Pickering DF
  306. Nigel Spink GK
  307. Brian Stein MF
  308. Peter Davenport FW
  309. Danny Wallace FW
  310. Brian Marwood MF
  311. Mel Sterland DF
  312. Mike Phelan MF
  313. Mark Walters MF
  314. Andy Gray MF
  315. David White MF
  316. Kevin Richardson MF
  317. Neil Ruddock DF
  318. David Unsworth DF
  319. Chris Sutton FW
  320. Lee Hendrie MF
  321. Steve Guppy MF
  322. Seth Johnson MF
  323. Michael Ball DF
  324. Gavin McCann MF
  325. Michael Ricketts FW
  326. Lee Bowyer MF
  327. David Dunn MF
  328. Francis Jeffers FW
  329. Anthony Gardner DF
  330. Alan Thompson MF
  331. Chris Kirkland GK
  332. Joey Barton MF
  333. David Nugent FW
  334. Dean Ashton FW
  335. Kevin Davies FW
  336. Jay Bothroyd FW
  337. Matt Jarvis MF
  338. Fraizer Campbell (still playing) FW
  339. Martin Kelly (still playing) DF
  340. John Ruddy (still playing) GK
  341. Steven Caulker DF
  342. Carl Jenkinson (still playing) DF
  343. Ryan Shawcross DF
  344. Jay Rodriguez (still playing) FW
  345. Jon Flanagan (still playing) MF
  346. Ryan Mason MF
  347. Nathan Redmond (still playing) MF
  348. Jack Cork (still playing) MF
  349. Dominic Solanke (still playing) MF
  350. Lewis Cook (still playing) MF
  351. Nathaniel Chalobah (still playing) MF
  352. Lewis Dunk (still playing) DF
  353. Alex McCarthy (still playing) GK
  354. James Maddison (still playing) MF
  355. Mason Greenwood (still playing) FW
  356. Harvey Barnes (still playing) FW
  357. Dean Henderson (still playing) GK
  358. Patrick Bamford (still playing) FW
  359. Aaron Ramsdale (still playing) GK
  360. Marc Guéhi (still playing) DF

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