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Players Index

England's Unused Players

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No. Player Born
Died
Club(s) Pos Squad Career
1   Thomas Hooman 28 December 1850
22 September 1938
Wanderers F November 1872 to March 1873
(withdrew injured, twice)
2   Alexis Baillon 22 February 1847
27 May 1898
Nottingham nk November 1872 (party member)
3   Frederick Soden 30 March 1846
13 April 1877
Crystal Palace nk November 1872 (party member)
4   George Holden nk Clapham Rovers nk November 1872 (reserve)
5   Henry Rose 3 September 1853
9 June 1895
Cambridge University nk March 1873 (withdrew injured)
6   A.C. Thompson nk Wanderers nk March 1873 (withdrew injured)
7   John van Sommer 25 January 1852
19 November 1874
Pilgrims nk March 1874 (reserve)
8   William Stacey nk Sheffield nk March 1874 (reserve)
9   Edgar Lubbock 22 February 1847
9 September 1907
Old Etonians F March 1875 (withdrew injured)
10 Robin Benson 24 September 1850
7 April 1929
Old Etonians F March 1875 (reserve)
11 Herbert Bevington 15 December 1852
9 August 1926
Clapham Rovers nk March 1876 (reserve)
12   Herbert Talbot 29 March 1856
19 May 1933
Swifts nk March 1876 (reserve)
13 C.J. Fox nk Clapham Rovers nk March 1877 (reserve)
14 Jack Lowis 12 October 1855
11 April 1905
Cambridge University B March 1877 (reserve)
15   William Page 12 December 1858
1 July 1884
Charterhouse School,
Oxford University,
Old Carthusians
CH March 1877 (reserve)
April 1879 (reserve)
February 1882 (reserve)
March 1882 (reserve twice)
16   Robert Hedley 11 January 1857
29 January 1884
Royal Engineers F March 1878 (withdrew injured) to March 1879 (match postponed, then reserve)
17   Rev. William Blackmore nk Remnants & Christ Church GK January 1879 (withdrew injured)
18   George Childs 11 August 1857
4 March 1909
Oxford University B March 1879 (match postponed)
19   Fred Earp 25 September 1860
11 February 1948
Nottingham Forest F March 1879 (reserve - match postponed)
20   Tommy Britten 6 March 1858
24 October 1910
Grantham F March 1879 (reserve - match postponed)
21 Francis Tuck 23 October 1956
15 July 1921
Cambridge University B March 1879 (reserve - match postponed)
22   Charles Hammond 6 December 1856
9 December 1933
Cambridge University GK March & April 1879 (reserve)
23   Edwin Ellis 7 June 1857
30 September 1939
Grey Friars HB April 1879 (reserve)
24   Harry Sedgwick 18 December 1855
17 March 1931
Old Etonians F April 1879 (reserve)
25   Charles Learoyd 23 October 1859
29 December 1946
Royal Engineers IR March 1880 (reserve and withdrew injured)
26   Charles Clerke 8 September 1857
7 November 1944
Old Etonians OR March 1880 (withdrew injured)
27   Reginald Heygate 7 January 1858
1 March 1947
Oxford University nk March 1881 (reserve)
28   Ernest Wilson 14 February 1861
25 May 1948
Old Carthusians LF February 1882 (withdrew injured)
March 1882
(reserve twice)
29   Arthur Mallinson July 1860
5 July 1896
Barnsley Wanderers & Heeley GK February 1882 (reserve)
March 1882
(reserve twice)
30   Walter Norris 8 April 1863
14 May 1931
Old Carthusians FB February 1882 (reserve)
31 Eliot Colvin 18 July 1861
2 August 1940
Old Carthusians HB February 1882 (reserve)
32   Edward Hansell 15 November 1860
25 May 1938
Old Carthusians OR February 1882 (reserve)
33   Edwin Buttery 13 October 1857
10 May 1923
Heeley F March 1882 (reserve twice)
34   William Vidal 13 November 1860
14 January 1896
Royal Engineers nk February 1883 (withdrew injured)
35   Percy Bates 11 November 1859
17 October 1921
Barnes & Upton Park GK February 1883 (reserve)
36   Kenneth Wilson 31 May 1861
18 May 1949
Hendon CF February 1884 (withdrew injured)
37   Tom Dewhurst 20 December 1862
20 January 1940
Blackburn Olympic OR February 1884 (withdrew misconduct)
38   George Vidal 12 February 1862
18 July 1928
Oxford University GK March 1885 (withdrew injured)
39   Francis Ingram 6 November 1864
10 August 1933
Old Westminsters & Corinthians FB March 1886 (withdrew injured)
February 1887 (reserve)
40   Arthur Wardle December 1863
19 February 1916
Leek HB February 1887 (reserve)
41 George Farmer 13 December 1862
4 May 1905
Everton OL February 1887 (reserve twice)
42 Frank Coulton February 1867
11 March 1929
Aston Villa FB March 1887 (reserve)
43   Tom Wardle nk Stoke HB February 1888 (reserve)
44   Jack Keenan late 1863
16 March 1906
Burnley HB February 1888 (reserve)
March 1888 (reserve)
45 Willie Almond 5 April 1868 Blackburn Rovers HB March 1889 (withdrew injured)
46   Albert Brown early 1865
7 May 1923
Aston Villa OR March 1889 (withdrew injured)
47   Johnny Horne 17 January 1862
31 October 1926
Accrington GK March 1889 (reserve)
48   Billy Locker 16 February 1866
15 August 1952
Long Eaton Rovers IL March 1889 (reserve)
49   Gilbert Vassall 5 April 1876 Oxford University OR March 1889 (withdrew injured)
50   Harry Green 19 January 1860
1900?
West Bromwich Albion FB March 1890 (reserve)
51   Sid Oliver 1867? Sunderland HB April 1890 (reserve)
52   James Tattersall nk Accrington B March 1891 (withdrew injured)
53 William Smith 10 November 1868
28 September 1907
Nottingham Forest IR April 1891 (reserve)
54   Bob Chatt 18 October 1869
1955
Aston Villa OR April 1894 (reserve)
55   Jamie Haydock 6 December 1872
24 March 1900
Blackburn Rovers OR March 1895 (withdrew injured)
56 Joseph Gettins 19 November 1874
6 June 1954
Millwall Athletic IL February 1897 (reserve)
57 Ambrose Langley 10 March 1870
29 January 1937
Wednesday FB April 1898 (reserve)
58 Charles Alexander 8 December 1874
18 April 1941
Corinthians F April 1898 (reserve)
59 Walter Bull 19 December 1874
21 July 1952
Notts County, Tottenham Hotspur HB March 1900 (reserve), February 1906 (reserve), March 1906 (reserve)
60   Charlie Simmons early 1878
June 1932
West Bromwich Albion IF March 1902 (reserve), April 1902 (reserve), May 1902 (reserve)
61 Jackie Dewhurst 15 December 1876
27 May 1952
Blackburn Rovers CF April 1902 (reserve)
-   Abraham Jones late 1875
mid 1942
Middlesbrough CH April 1904 (reserve)
-   Edgar Bluff 19 March 1882
2 July 1952
Southampton IR February 1905 (reserve)
- John Brearley 8 November 1875
nk
Tottenham Hotspur F February 1905 (reserve)
-   Dick Duckworth 14 September 1882
summer 1942
Manchester United RH April 1907 (reserve)
-   Sam Greenhalgh July 1882
1955
Bolton Wanderers CH March 1908 (reserve), April 1908 (reserve)
- Bill Appleyard 13 August 1878
14 January 1958
Newcastle United CF April 1908 (reserve)
- Harry Stapley 29 April 1883
29 April 1937
West Ham United CF June 1908 (withdrew)
-   Herbert Lock 21 January 1886
16 March 1957
Southampton GK April 1909 (injured reserve)
-   Syd Owen summer 1885
22 August 1925
Leicester Fosse F March 1910 (reserve)
-   Ginger Owers 21 October 1888
June 1964
Bristol City CF February 1911 (reserve)
-   Billy Silto 1 May 1883
mid-1959
Swindon Town CH March 1912 (reserve)
- Billy Booth nk Brighton & Hove Albion nk February 1913 (reserve)
-   Jimmy Harrop 5 February 1884
25 May 1954
Aston Villa CH March 1913 (reserve), March 1914 (reserve)
-   Billy McLeod 4 June 1887
27 December 1959
Leeds City CF March 1914 (reserve)
-   Eddie Edmonds 4 April 1893
10 December 1989
Watford, Fulham CF October 1919 (reserve), May 1924 (reserve)
-   Bill Voisey 19 November 1891
19 October 1964
Millwall Athletic nk October 1919 (reserve), May 1921 (reserve)
-   Stan Fazackerley 3 October 1891
20 June 1946
Sheffield United IR April 1920 (replacement reserve)
-   Alex Finney 13 March 1901
1982
Bolton Wanderers LB May 1924 (withdrew injured)
-   Jimmy Skinner 11 October 1898
September 1984
Tottenham Hotspur HB May 1924 (reserve)
-   Jack Elkes 31 December 1894
22 January 1972
Tottenham Hotspur IL April 1925 (reserve), April 1926 (reserve)
-   Sid Glidden nk West Bromwich Albion nk May 1925 (reserve)
-   Harry Wightman 19 June 1894
5 April 1945
Derby County CH May 1925 (reserve)
- Horace Cope mid 1899
late 1961
Notts County LB October 1925 (injured)
- Jack Leslie 17 August 1901
25 November 1988
Plymouth Argyle CF October 1925 (reserve)
-   Reg Dellow nk Barking Town nk May 1926 (reserve)
- George Briggs 3 May 1903
nk
Birmingham OR October 1926 (reserve), March 1928 (reserve)
-   George Clifford 10 February 1896
nk
Portsmouth RB May 1928 (tour reserve)
-   Albert Harrison 15 February 1904
nk
Nottingham Forest CH May 1928 (reserve)
- George Beel 26 February 1900
30 December 1980
Burnley CF October 1928 (reserve)
-   Archie Clarke 4 April 1904
14 January 1967
Everton RH December 1931 (reserve)
-   Jim Hammond 7 November 1907
16 June 1985
Fulham CF December 1932 (reserve)
-   Arthur Maw 29 December 1909
Spring 1964
Leicester City CF October 1933 (reserve)
-   Jack Milburn 18 March 1908
August 1979
Leeds United LB May 1934 (reserve twice)
- Charlie Craven 2 December 1909
30 March 1972
Grimsby Town IL May 1935 (reserve)
-   Albert Dawes 23 April 1907
23 June 1973
Crystal Palace F April 1936 (reserve)
- George Ashall 29 September 1911
May 1998
Wolverhampton Wanderers OL December 1937 (withdrawn replacement)
- Arthur Bateman 15 March 1908
September 1979
Brentford FB May 1938 (tour reserve)
-   George Taylor nk Bolton Wanderers nk November 1938 (reserve)
- Harry Clifton 28 May 1914
October 1998
Chesterfield IF May 1938 (tour reserve)
-   Bob Hesford 13 April 1916
15 June 1982
Huddersfield Town GK May 1939 (tour reserve)
-   Teddy Maguire 23 July 1917
mid-2000
Wolverhampton Wanderers OL May 1939 (withdrawn tour reserve)
- Peter Kippax 17 July 1922
21 September 1987
Burnley OL May 1947 (withdrew)
- Dicky Robinson 19 January 1927
19 April 2009
Middlesbrough CHB May 1947 (unused sub twice),
May 1950 (unused sub twice)
- Leon Leuty 23 October 1920
15 December 1955
Derby County CD November 1948 (reserve), April 1949 (reserve), May 1949 (party member)
- Don Roper 14 December 1922
8 June 2001
Arsenal CF December 1948 (unused sub)
- George Swindin 4 December 1914
26 October 2005
Arsenal GK December 1948 (unused sub)
- Colin Gibson 16 August 1923
27 March 1992
Aston Villa OR May 1949 (party member)
-   Walter Harrison 16 January 1923
27 June 1979
Leicester City HB May 1949 (party member)
- Eric Parsons 9 November 1923
7 February 2011
West Ham United OR May 1949 (party member)
- Eric Westwood 25 September 1917
21 July 2001
Manchester City LB May 1949 (party member)
- Arthur Wright 23 September 1919
27 May 1985
Sunderland LHB May 1949 (withdrawn party member)
- Johnny Crosland 10 November 1922
6 May 2006
Blackpool CHB May 1950 (party member)
- Reg Lewis 7 March 1920
2 April 1997
Arsenal CF May 1950 (party member)
- Ray Middleton 6 September 1919
12 April 1977
Chesterfield GK May 1950 (party member)
- Jimmy Payne 10 March 1926
22 January 2013
Liverpool OR May 1950 (party member)
- Eddie Quigley 13 July 1921
18 April 1997
Preston North End CF May 1950 (party member)
-   Jackie Wright 11 August 1926
22 June 2005
Blackpool FB May 1950 (party member)
- Tommy Cummings 12 September 1928
12 July 2009
Burnley CHB October 1950 (reserve), April 1956 (reserve), May 1956 (unused sub & tour unused sub)
- Doug Lishman 14 September 1923
21 December 1994
Arsenal IF October 1951 (unused sub)
- Charlie Vaughan 23 April 1921
17 March 1989
Charlton Athletic CF October 1951 (reserve)
November 1951 (party member)
- Ted Burgin 29 April 1927
26 March 2019
Sheffield United GK November 1951 (unused sub), May 1954 (party member) (& unused sub), June 1954 (party member)
- Derek Hawksworth 16 July 1927
24 March 2021
Sheffield United OL November 1951 (party member)
- Les Bennett 10 January 1918
29 April 1999
Tottenham Hotspur IF April 1952 (reserve)
- Joe Kennedy 15 November 1925
17 September 1986
West Bromwich Albion CHB October 1952 (reserve), November 1952 (reserve & unused sub), December 1954 (unused sub), October 1955 (reserve)
- Johnny Dixon 10 December 1923
20 January 2009
Aston Villa IF November 1952 (reserve)
- Jimmy Adamson 4 April 1929
8 November 2011
Burnley RHB April 1953 (reserve)
- Len Quested 9 January 1925
20 August 2012
Huddersfield Town FB November 1953 (reserve)
- Jack Ball 13 March 1925
16 July 1998
Bolton Wanderers RB May 1954 (provisional party member), June 1954 (provisional party member)
- Eric Bell 27 November 1929
22 July 2012
Bolton Wanderers LHB May 1954 (party member), June 1954 (provisional party member)
- Jimmy Dugdale 15 January 1932
25 February 2008
West Bromwich Albion CHB May 1954 (party member)
- Ken Green 27 April 1924
7 June 2001
Birmingham City RB May 1954 (party member), June 1954 (party member)
- Harry Hooper 14 June 1933
26 August 2020
West Ham United, Birmingham City OR May 1954 (party member), June 1954 (home reserve), November 1954 (party member), December 1954 (party member), May 1955 (unused sub), May 1958 (provisional party member)
- Ray King 15 August 1924
19 July 2014
Port Vale GK May 1954 (unused sub)
- Jackie Mansell 22 August 1927
19 March 2016
Portsmouth LB May 1954 (unused sub)
- George Thompson 15 September 1926
7 March 2004
Preston North End GK May 1954 (party member)
- Stan Willemse 23 August 1924
5 August 2011
Chelsea LB May 1954 (unused sub), June 1954 (provisional party member)
- Joe Shaw 23 June 1928
18 November 2007
Sheffield United HB April 1955 (reserve), April 1959 (reserve)
- Bob Morton 25 September 1927
1 May 2002
Luton Town M November 1955 (reserve), October 1958 (reserve), October 1958 (reserve)
- Tony Marchi 21 January 1933
15 March 2022
Tottenham Hotspur LHB November 1956 (reserve), December 1956 (reserve), May 1957 (reserve/standby)
- Roy Gratrix 9 February 1932
20 April 2002
Blackpool FB May 1957 (reserve), May 1959 (reserve)
- Arthur Kaye 9 May 1933
12 October 2003
Barnsley FB/
CH
May 1957 (reserve/standby)
- Dennis Stevens 30 November 1933
20 December 2012
Bolton Wanderers F May 1957 (reserve)
- Maurice Setters 16 December 1936
22 November 2020
West Bromwich Albion RHB November 1957 (reserve)
- Jimmy Murray 11 October 1935
27 September 2008
Wolverhampton Wanderers RHB November 1957 (reserve)
- Gerry Harris 8 October 1935
28 July 2020
Wolverhampton Wanderers LB May 1958 (provisional)
- Joe Hayes 20 January 1936
1 February 1999
Manchester City IL May 1958 (provisional)
- Ken Barnes 16 March 1929
13 July 2010
Manchester City HB November 1958 (reserve)
- John Smith 14 January 1939
6 February 1988
West Ham United RHB October 1959 (reserve), November 1959 (reserve)
- Tony Knapp 13 October 1936 Leicester City CHB May 1960 (tour reserve)
- Peter Dobing 1 December 1938 Blackburn Rovers IF October 1960 (reserve)
- Tony Macedo 22 February 1938 Fulham GK October 1960 (withdrawn reserve)
- Don Megson 12 June 1936 Sheffield Wednesday LB October 1960 (party)
-   Alan Stevenson     IF 1974
-   Roger Kenyon 4 January 1949 Everton CD April 1975 (unused sub)
-   Kevin Lock 27 December 1953 West Ham United CD November 1975 (unused substitute)
-   Mickey Hazard   Tottenham Hotspur M May 1984 (unused sub)
-   Mitchell Thomas   Tottenham Hotspur D 1984-85 (unused sub)
-   Tony Coton     GK  
-   Stewart Robson        
- Chris Armstrong 19 June 1971 Tottenham Hotspur F March 1999 (unused sub)
-   Matt Jansen 20 October 1977 Blackburn Rovers F April 2002 (injured squad)
-   Sean Davis 20 September 1979 Fulham M February 2003 (unused sub)
-   Curtis Davies 15 March 1985 Aston Villa D February (squad) & November 2008 (unused sub)
-   David Wheater 14 February 1987 Middlesbrough D March to October 2008 (unused sub)
-   Joe Lewis 6 October 1987 Peterborough United GK May/June 2008 (unused sub twice)
- Jimmy Bullard 23 October 1978 Fulham M September (squad) & November 2008 (unused sub)
-   Michael Mancienne 8 January 1988 Wolverhampton Wanderers D November 2008 (squad member)
-   David Stockdale 20 September 1985 Fulham, Sheffield United GK February-November 2011 (unused sub five times)
June-October 2011 (squad three times)
-   Lee Clark        
-   Shaka Hislop     GK  
-   James Trafford 10 October 2002 Burnley GK March-June 2024 (unused sub three times)
-   Curtis Jones 30 January 2001 Liverpool CM June 2024 (unused sub once)
-   Jarell Quansah 29 January 2003 Liverpool CD June 2024 (unused sub twice)
  Tino Livramento 12 November 2002 Newcastle United FB September 2024 (unused sub twice)

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