List of England national football team captains

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This article lists all the captains of the England national football team.

The first ever England captain was Cuthbert Ottaway, who captained England in the first ever international match, against Scotland on 30 November 1872. He went on to captain England on just one further occasion, the third international match, 7 March 1874, against the same opposition. Alexander Morton captained England in their first international on home soil, 8 March 1873 vs Scotland, and was the first international captain to win a match. This was his only international appearance.

The current captain of England is John Terry, whose tenure began in Steve McLaren's first match as manager. Since Terry's first match as captain he has missed one England match through injury, with Steven Gerrard fulfilling captain's duties on that occasion. Michael Owen, Sol Campbell and former captain David Beckham are the only other currently active players to have led England.

1 List of Captains
- 1.1 Disputed captaincies
2 Unofficial captaincies
3 Footnotes
4 External links

Figures include all recognised matches up to and including Andorra vs England on 24 March 2007. The default order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy. Only confirmed captaincies are counted.

[edit] List of Captains

#	Player	England career	Caps as captain	Total caps	First captaincy
1	Billy Wright	1946-1959	90	105	1948-10-09
1	Bobby Moore	1962-1973	90	108	1963-05-29
3	Bryan Robson	1980-1991	65	90	1982-11-17
4	David Beckham	1996-2006	58	94	2000-11-15
5	Alan Shearer	1992-2000	34	63	1996-09-01
6	Kevin Keegan	1972-1982	31	63	1976-03-24
7	Emlyn Hughes	1969-1980	23	62	1974-03-11
8	Bob Crompton	1902-1914	22	41	1903-03-02
8	Johnny Haynes	1954-1962	22	56	1960-05-15
10	Eddie Hapgood	1933-1939	21	30	1934-11-14
11	David Platt	1989-1996	19^[1]	62	1993-02-17
12	Gary Lineker	1984-1992	18	80	1990-09-12
13	Norman Bailey	1878-1887	15	19	1881-03-12
13	Jimmy Armfield	1959-1966	15	43	1961-09-28
13	Peter Shilton	1970-1990	15	125	1982-05-25
13	Tony Adams	1987-2000	15	66	1994-10-12
17	Viv Woodward	1903-1911	14	23	1908-02-15
18	Gilbert Smith	1893-1901	13 or 14^[2] or 15^[3]	20	1896-04-04
18	George Hardwick	1946-1948	13	13	1946-09-28
20	Roy Goodall	1926-1933	12	25	1928-03-31
21	Ray Wilkins	1976-1986	10	84	1982-09-22
21	Stuart Pearce	1987-1999	10	78	1991-06-08
23	John Hill	1925-1929	8	11	1927-04-02
23	Mick Mills	1972-1982	8	42	1978-05-13
23	Gerry Francis	1976-1976	8	12	1975-09-03
23	Michael Owen	1998-present	8	80	2002-04-17
23	John Terry	2003-present	8	36	2006-08-16
28	George Wilson	1921-1924	7	12	1921-10-22
28	Terry Butcher	1980-1990	7	77	1986-11-12
28	Paul Ince	1992-2000	7	53	1993-06-09
31	George Male	1934-1939	6	19	1936-11-18
31	Alan Ball	1965-1975	6	72	1975-03-12
31	Phil Thompson	1976-1982	6	42	1979-11-22
34	Percy Walters	1885-1890	5	13	1886-03-13
34	Willis Edwards	1926-1929	5	16	1928-10-22
34	Ronald Clayton	1955-1960	5	35	1959-10-17
37	Tinsley Lindley	1886-1891	4	13	1888-02-04
37	Stanley Harris	1904-1906	4	6	1905-02-25
37	Sam Wadsworth	1922-1926	4	9	1924-10-22
37	David Jack	1924-1932	4	9	1930-04-05
37	Ernie Blenkinsop	1928-1933	4	26	1931-12-09
37	Thomas Cooper	1927-1934	4	15	1934-04-14
37	Martin Peters	1966-1974	4	67	1971-05-19
44	Robert Holmes	1888-1895	3	7	1893-03-13
44	Howard Spencer	1897-1905	3	6	1903-02-14
44	Arthur Grimsdell	1920-1923	3	6	1921-04-09
44	Alfred Bower	1923-1927	3	5	1924-12-08
44	William Walker	1920-1932	3	18	1925-05-21
44	Alfred Strange	1930-1933	3	20	1931-05-14
44	Samual Barkas	1936-1937	3	18	1937-10-23
44	Alf Ramsey	1948-1953	3	32	1950-11-15
44	Ron Flowers	1955-1966	3	49	1964-05-27
44	Bobby Charlton	1958-1970	3	106	1969-01-15
44	David V. Watson	1974-1982	3	65	1981-04-24
44	Sol Campbell	1996-2006	3	66	1998-05-24
56	Cuthbert Ottaway	1872-1874	2	2	1872-11-30
56	Charles Bambridge	1879-1887	2	18	1882-02-18
56	John Goodall	1888-1898	2	14	1891-03-07
56	Arthur Dunn	1883-1892	2	4	1892-03-15
56	George Cotterill	1891-1893	2	4	1893-02-25
56	Charles Wreford-Brown	1889-1898	2 or 3^[4]	4	1895-03-18
56	Jesse Pennington	1907-1920	2	25	1920-03-15
56	Charlie Buchan	1913-1924	2	6	1921-03-14
56	Basil Patchitt	1923	2	2	1923-05-21
56	Frank Swift	1946-1949	2	19	1948-05-16
56	Mick Channon	1972-1977	2	46	1976-05-28
56	Steven Gerrard	2000-present	2	53	2004-03-31
68	Alexander Morten	1873	1	1	1873-03-08
68	C. W. Alcock	1875	1	1	1875-03-06
68	Hubert Heron	1873-1878	1	5	1876-03-04
68	William Rawson	1875-1877	1	2	1877-03-03
68	Arthur Cursham	1880-1884	1 or 2^[5]	6	1878-03-02
68	Henry Wace	1878-1879	1 or 2^[5]	3	1879-04-05
68	Charles Wollaston	1874-1880	1	4	1880-03-13
68	Francis Sparks	1879-1880	1	3	1880-03-15
68	John Hunter	1878-1882	1	7	1881-02-26
68	John Hudson	1883	1	1	1883-02-24
68	John B. Brodie	1889-1891	1	3	1889-03-02
68	William R. Moon	1888-1885	1	7	1891-04-06
68	R. Cunliffe Gosling	1892-1895	1 or 2^[4]	5	1895-04-06
68	William Oakley	1895-1901	1	16	1901-03-09
68	Ernest Needham	1894-1902	1	16	1901-03-18
68	Reginald Foster	1900-1902	1	5	1902-03-03
68	Frank Forman	1898-1903	1	9	1902-03-22
68	Stephen Bloomer	1895-1907	1	23	1902-05-03
68	Arthur Knight	1919	1	1	1919-10-25
68	Joseph McCall	1913-1920	1	5	1920-10-23
68	Ephraim Longworth	1920-1923	1	5	1921-05-21
68	Max Woosnam	1922	1	1	1922-03-13
68	Graham Doggart	1923	1	1	1923-11-01
68	Frank Moss	1934	1	5	1924-04-12
68	Claude Ashton	1925	1	1	1925-10-24
68	Thomas Lucas	1921-1926	1	3	1926-05-24
68	Frederick Kean	1923-1929	1	9	1927-05-21
68	John R. Barker	1934-1936	1	11	1936-10-17
68	Stan Cullis	1937-1939	1	12	1939-05-24
68	Alan Mullery	1964-1971	1	35	1971-02-03
68	Colin Bell	1968-1975	1	48	1972-05-23
68	Trevor Cherry	1976-1980	1	27	1980-05-31
68	Ray Clemence	1972-1983	1	61	1981-05-12
68	Phil Neal	1976-1983	1	50	1982-06-02
68	Peter Beardsley	1986-1996	1	59	1988-02-13
68	Mark Wright	1984-1996	1	43	1991-05-21
68	David Seaman	1988-2003	1	75	1997-09-10
68	Martin Keown	1992-2002	1	43	2000-10-11

[edit] Disputed captaincies

Player	England career	Caps as captain	Total caps
Vaughan Lodge	1894-1896	0 or 1^[2]	5
George Raikes	1895-1896	0 or 1^[2]	4

[edit] Unofficial captaincies

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Players who have received the captain's armband during the course of a game are not considered by the Football Association as being official England captains. [1] However, the following players - who have never officially captained England - have worn the captain's armband during the course of a match when the official captain has been substituted for some reason:

[edit] Footnotes

^ Includes abandoned match vs Ireland, 15 February 1995, for which caps were awarded.
^ ^a ^b ^c The captaincy for England vs Ireland, 7 March 1896 is disputed between Gilbert Smith (13 confirmed captaincies), and George Raikes and Vaughan Lodge, neither of whom had captained England in another match.
^ The captain for England vs Wales 16 March 1896 is unknown, but believed to be Gilbert Smith.
^ ^a ^b Sources differ concerning the captaincy for England vs Wales, 12 March 1894. It was either Charles Wreford-Brown or Cunliffe Gosling
^ ^a ^b CW