England 1980s squad

Name: England 1980s squad
Creator: Flawless
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Every player who appeared for England in the 1980s — 109 in all, with their career international caps and goals.

Peter Shilton racked up the most caps of anyone here — 125 in all. Gary Lineker leads the scoring with 48. The squad breaks down as 8 goalkeepers, 33 defenders, 40 midfielders and 28 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	Legend
Gary Lineker	FW	80	48	93
Bryan Robson	MF	90	26	93
Peter Shilton	GK	125	—	93
Kenny Sansom	DF	86	1	92
David Platt	MF	62	27	92
John Barnes	MF	79	11	92
Stuart Pearce	DF	78	5	91
Terry Butcher	DF	77	3	91
Paul Gascoigne	MF	57	10	90
Kevin Keegan	FW	63	21	90
David Seaman	GK	75	—	89
Ray Wilkins	MF	84	3	89
Tony Adams	DF	66	5	89
Chris Waddle	MF	62	6	89
David Watson	DF	65	4	89
Glenn Hoddle	MF	53	8	88
Emlyn Hughes	DF	62	1	88
Des Walker	DF	59	0	88
Tony Woodcock	FW	42	16	87
Trevor Brooking	MF	47	5	86
Steve Coppell	MF	42	7	86
Trevor Francis	FW	52	12	85
Paul Mariner	FW	35	13	85
Phil Neal	DF	50	5	85
Gary Stevens	DF	46	0	84
Chris Woods	GK	43	—	84
Peter Beardsley	FW	59	9	84
Mark Wright	DF	45	1	84
Mark Hateley	FW	32	9	83
Phil Thompson	DF	42	1	83
Mick Mills	DF	42	0	83
Trevor Steven	MF	36	4	82
Neil Webb	MF	26	4	79
Viv Anderson	DF	30	2	78
Terry McDermott	MF	25	3	78
Peter Barnes	MF	22	5	77
Trevor Cherry	DF	27	0	77
Gary Pallister	DF	22	0	74
Steve Hodge	MF	24	0	74
Ray Kennedy	MF/FW	17	3	73
Steve Bull	FW	13	4	73
Terry Fenwick	DF	20	0	73
Luther Blissett	FW	14	3	72
Paul Parker	DF	19	0	72
Brian Greenhoff	MF	18	0	71
David Johnson	FW	8	6	71
Sammy Lee	MF	14	2	71
Alan Smith	FW	13	2	71
Alvin Martin	DF	17	0	71
Graham Rix	MF	17	0	70
Steve McMahon	MF	17	0	70
Kerry Dixon	FW	8	4	70
Tony Dorigo	DF	15	0	69
Peter Withe	FW	11	1	68
David Hodgson	FW	7	3	68
Nigel Clough	MF/FW	14	0	68
Joe Corrigan	GK	9	—	68
Peter Reid	MF	13	0	68
Gordon Cowans	MF	10	2	67
Dave Watson	DF	12	0	67
Russell Osman	DF	11	0	66
Mike Duxbury	DF	10	0	65
Mark Chamberlain	DF	8	1	63
Alan Devonshire	MF	8	0	63
Tony Cottee	FW	7	0	63
Paul Walsh	FW	5	1	62
Gary Stevens	DF	7	0	62
Graham Roberts	DF	6	0	61
Steve Williams	MF	6	0	61
Tony Morley	MF	6	0	61
Laurie Cunningham	MF	6	0	61
Brian Talbot	MF	6	0	61
John Gregory	MF	6	0	61
Clive Allen	FW	5	0	60
Cyrille Regis	FW	5	0	60
Larry Lloyd	DF	4	0	58
Garry Birtles	FW	3	0	57
Ricky Hill	MF	3	0	56
Paul Bracewell	MF	3	0	56
David Armstrong	MF	3	0	56
Derek Statham	DF	3	0	56
Steve Foster	DF	3	0	56
Dave Beasant	GK	2	—	56
Gary Bailey	GK	2	—	56
John Fashanu	FW	2	0	55
Eric Gates	FW	2	0	55
Kevin Reeves	FW	2	0	55
Mick Harford	FW	2	0	55
Danny Thomas	DF	2	0	54
Alan Kennedy	DF	2	0	54
Nigel Winterburn	DF	2	0	54
Frank Lampard	DF	2	0	54
Michael Thomas	MF	2	0	54
Mark Barham	MF	2	0	54
Steve Hunt	MF	2	0	54
Danny Wallace	FW	1	1	54
Paul Goddard	FW	1	1	54
Nigel Spink	GK	1	—	52
Peter Ward	FW	1	0	52
Peter Davenport	MF/FW	1	0	52
Brian Stein	FW	1	0	52
Alan Sunderland	FW	1	0	52
Nick Pickering	MF	1	0	51
Mike Phelan	MF	1	0	51
Brian Marwood	MF	1	0	51
Steve Perryman	MF	1	0	51
Mel Sterland	DF	1	0	51
Ray Clemence	GK	—	—	49
David Mehew	MF	—	—	49

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