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2 unusual facts about England national amateur football team


England national amateur football team

Their first international match was against France on 1 November 1906 and resulted in a 15-0 win for England, with Stanley Harris netting seven goals and Vivian Woodward four.

Gerry Alexander

He also won a Blue at football, and went on to win an England amateur cap and an FA Amateur Cup winner’s medal in 1953 playing for Pegasus.


Kenneth Hegan

He earned 23 caps for England at amateur level, including at the 1920 Olympics held in Antwerp, when Great Britain were eliminated in a 3–1 defeat by Norway.

Stan Charlton

He started his career as an amateur with Bromley, and won four caps for the England amateur team, and was a member of the 1952 Olympic football tournament squad for the Great Britain team, although he did not play.

Stan Hauser

In 1914 he was capped twice by England at amateur level, playing in an 8–1 victory in Brussels against the Belgium national team and a 3–0 defeat to the Denmark national side in Copenhagen.


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