Quiz! Can you name the last 50 players to feature in a World Cup game for England?

By Alex Reid
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Before the match that the planet is waiting for – England vs Tunisia – can you name the last 50 footballers to play in a Three Lions World Cup game?

England World Cup

Peter Shilton holds the outright record for World Cup appearances for England with 17. Yet Shilts last played for England at Italia '90 – in fact, we’re pretty sure he’s still very slowly diving to his left to not save Olaf Thon’s shootout penalty – so he doesn’t feature here.

These are the last 50 players to appear in a World Cup game for England before the 2018 tournament begins. That includes the left-back with 14 games – a joint record for an England outfield player – to the men who just had one game off the bench.

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Alex Reid
Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.