Since the first BME player featured in 1978, there
have been 41 matches that have not featured any BME players whatsoever. The last time no BME player featured was in the quarter-final of Euro
96, when England eliminated Spain in a Penalty shoot-out.
Season 1979-80 |
European Championship preliminary matches |
|
534 |
12 September 1979 -
England 1
Denmark 0
[1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley
(82,000) |
|
HW |
535 |
17 October 1979 -
Northern
Ireland 1
England 5
[0-2]
Windsor Park, Belfast
(17,755/25,000) |
|
AW |
Friendly match |
539 |
13 May 1980 -
England 3
Argentina
1
[1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley
(90,000) |
|
HW |
Home International Championship |
540 |
17 May 1980 -
Wales 4
England 1
[2-1]
Racecourse
Ground, Wrexham
(24,236) |
|
AL |
541 |
20 May 1980 -
England 1
Northern
Ireland 1
[0-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(33,676) |
|
HD |
542 |
24 May 1980 -
Scotland 0
England 2
[0-1]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(85,000/88,000) |
|
AW |
Winfield Cup celebrating Australian F.A. Centenary |
543 |
31 May 1980 -
Australia 1
England 2
[0-2]
Sydney Cricket
Ground, Sydney
(30,084/c.45,000) |
|
AW |
European Championship Finals in Italy |
544 |
12 June 1980 -
Belgium 1
England 1
[0-1]
Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino
(15,186/200) |
|
ND |
545 |
15 June 1980 -
England 0
Italy 1
[0-0]
Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino
(56,649/59,649) |
|
AL |
Season 1980-81 |
World Cup preliminary match |
|
549 |
19 November 1980 -
England 2
Switzerland 1
[2-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(69,000) |
|
HW |
Friendly |
550 |
25 March 1981 -
England 1
Spain 2
[1-2]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(71,840) |
|
HL |
Friendly |
552 |
12 May 1981 -
England 0
Brazil 1
[0-1]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(75,000) |
|
HL |
World Cup preliminary matches/England Summer Tour |
555 |
30 May 1981 -
Switzerland 2
England 1
[2-0]
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel
(40,000) |
|
AL |
556 |
6 June 1981 -
Hungary 1
England 3
[1-1]
Népstadion,
Budapest
(62,000 to 70,000) |
|
AW |
Season 1981-82 |
World Cup preliminary matches |
|
557 |
9 September 1981 -
Norway 2
England 1
[2-1]
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo
(28,000/500) |
|
AL |
558 |
18 November 1981 -
England 1
Hungary 0
[1-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(92,000) |
|
HW |
Friendly match |
561 |
25 May 1982 -
England 2
Netherlands 0
[0-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley
(69,000) |
|
HW |
British Championship |
562 |
29 May 1982 -
Scotland 0
England 1
[0-1]
Hampden Park,
Glasgow
(80,529) |
|
AW |
Finnish F.A. 75th Anniversary Celebration Match |
564 |
3 June 1982 -
Finland 1
England 4
[0-2]
Olympiastadion,
Helsinki
(21,421) |
|
AW |
World Cup Finals in Spain |
565 |
16 June 1982 -
England 3
France 1
[1-1]
Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao
(44,172) |
|
NW |
566 |
20 June 1982 -
England 2
Czechoslovakia 0
[0-0]
Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao
(44,182) |
|
NW |
567 |
25 June 1982 -
England 1
Kuwait 0
[0-0]
Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao
(31,000) |
|
NW |
568 |
29 June 1982 -
West Germany
0
England 0
[0-0]
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
(75,000) |
|
ND |
569 |
5 July 1982 -
Spain 0
England 0
[0-0]
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
(65,000) |
|
AD |
Season 1985-86 |
World Cup preliminary matches |
|
606 |
16 October 1985 -
England 5
Turkey
0
[4-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (52,500) |
|
HW |
607 |
13 November 1985 -
England 0
Northern Ireland
0
[0-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (70,500) |
|
HD |
Rous Cup |
611 |
23 April 1986 -
England 2
Scotland 1
[2-0]
Wembley
Stadium, Wembley (68,357) |
|
HW |
World Cup Finals in Mexico |
614 |
3 June 1986 -
Portugal
1
England 0
[0-0]
Estadio Tecnologico, Monterrey
(19,998) |
|
NL |
615 |
6 June 1986 -
England 0
Morocco 0
[0-0]
Estadio Tecnologico, Monterrey
(22,600) |
|
ND |
Ray Wilkins |
616 |
11 June 1986 -
England 3
Poland
0
[3-0]
Estadio Universitario
de Nuevo León, Monterrey
(22,600) |
|
NW |
617 |
18 June 1986 -
England 3
Paraguay
0
[1-0]
Estadio Azteca, ciudad de México
(98,728) |
|
NW |