Southgate is deliberating over his England team to face Wales, but he has nobody in his squad on this list. Yet. Though some might put Maddison on there before too long. The following all have at least 15 caps but never appeared at a World Cup or Euros...
The following all have at least 15 caps but never appeared at a World Cup or European Championships for England.One of seven players to be named the top scorer in an English first-tier season for two separate clubs, Malcolm Macdonald was the first to achieve the feat post-war.
His last England cap perhaps summed up the conundrum best: Chivers started in the disastrous 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Poland in October 1973 and was the only player substituted by Alf Ramsay as the champions of seven years prior failed to even make the field in West Germany. The striker was just 28 at the time of his last international appearance but was phased out along with a handful of others – including the manager – as England stumbled into an uncomfortable unknown.
The best chance Dixon would have had was in 1994 but England were unable to make it out of a tough qualifying group and the opportunity went by. He was expected to finish on 21 caps, the last of which came against San Marino at the end of that unsuccessful campaign in November 1993.
Channon might have viewed the 1974 World Cup as the perfect platform at which to showcase his abilities. The striker finished as First Division top scorer on 21 goals despite Southampton’s relegation, with that sort of form earning him a first competitive cap in that ill-fated and aforementioned qualifier against a strong Poland side in 1973. He was one of many who failed to beat
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