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