The Football League XI
The English Football League XI was a representative side of the Football League. The team regularly played against the Scottish Football League XI and other national league select teams between 1891[1] and 1976.
For a long period the annual fixture between the English and Scottish leagues was only second in importance to
Aside from one-off exhibition matches against the Glasgow Football Association in 1977 (a 2–1 loss, celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II)[6][7][8] and against a 'World XI' at Wembley (a 3–0 victory, which was part of the League's centenary celebrations),[9][10][11][12] the Football League XI's most recent games have been against the Italian League,[13] which was a regular fixture through the 1990s and was most recently played as an Under-21 fixture in 2006.[14]
Results by opponent
- As of 10:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Opponent | P | W | D | L | %W | %D | %L |
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Scottish Football League XI[note 1][15][16] | 75 | 42 | 14 | 19 | 56 | 18.7 | 25.3 |
/ Irish Football League XI | 63 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 85.7 | 9.5 | 4.8 |
League of Ireland XI | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 82.4 | 11.8 | 5.9 |
Serie A/Serie B | 13 | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Southern League XI[17][18] | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
Army XI[19] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Football Alliance XI[20][21] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Belgian League XI[22]
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
/ Wales & Ireland XI[23][9] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
England[24][4][5] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Glasgow XI[25][6][7] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
All British XI[26] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Rest of the World[10][11] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost
Notes
- Second World War. In both World Wars, regular league football was suspended.
References
- ^ The Football League vs The Scottish League – 1890s, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 5 April 2014
- ^ "Wed 17 Mar 1976 SFL 0 English Football League 1". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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- ^ a b England v Football League, 24 May 1963, 11v11.com
- ^ a b "Draw at Highbury". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 25 May 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ a b It's Spot on Sandy, match report, 1977 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
- ^ a b King Kenny and the Queen’s Silver Jubilee match, Glasgow Select v English League Select, The Celtic Star, 12 June 2019
- ^ The day Queen Elizabeth united Celtic and Rangers, BBC News, 14 September 2022
- ^ a b "Supranational Sides". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ a b England Player Honours: International Representative Teams, England Football Online
- ^ a b "100 years bore: the arduous and elongated Football League centenary celebrations in 1988". These Football Times. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ When the Football League took on the world…, England Memories, 7 August 2015
- ^ When the best of Serie A beat a Football League all-star XI, The Guardian, 3 July 2019
- ^ "Taylor reveals U-21 League squad". BBC Sport. 30 January 2006.
- ^ "Scotland Scores by Team". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Football League Representative Matches, AyresomePark.co.uk
- ISBN 1-871872-08-1.
- ^ Football League v Southern League, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 27 November 2017
- ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 86
- ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 6
- ^ Football: League v. Alliance, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1891
- ^ Belgian League v Football League, 27 September 1967, 11v11.com
- ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 86
- ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 87
- ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 88
- ^ "CLASSIC PLAY AT GOODISON". Liverpool Daily Post. 6 November 1939. Retrieved 10 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
- Matches against the Scottish Football League at London Hearts Supporters Club
- England - Football League - International Results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation