The Football League XI

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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

Football Association's centenary celebrations, ending in a 3–3 draw,[4][5]

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
Scotland Scottish Football League XI[note 1][15][16] 75 42 14 19 56 18.7 25.3
Ireland/Northern Ireland Irish Football League XI 63 54 6 3 85.7 9.5 4.8
Republic of Ireland League of Ireland XI 17 14 2 1 82.4 11.8 5.9
Italy Serie A/Serie B 13 x x x x x x
England Southern League XI[17][18] 6 4 1 1 66.7 16.7 16.7
United Kingdom Army XI[19] 2 2 0 0 100 0 0
England 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 Wales & Ireland XI[23][9] 1 1 0 0 100 0 0
England England[24][4][5] 1 0 1 0 0 100 0
Scotland Glasgow XI[25][6][7] 1 0 0 1 0 0 100
United Kingdom 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

  1. Second World War
    . In both World Wars, regular league football was suspended.

References

  1. ^ The Football League vs The Scottish League – 1890s, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 5 April 2014
  2. ^ "Wed 17 Mar 1976 SFL 0 English Football League 1". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ISBN 9780600622543. Retrieved 28 February 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  4. ^ a b England v Football League, 24 May 1963, 11v11.com
  5. ^ a b "Draw at Highbury". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 25 May 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b It's Spot on Sandy, match report, 1977 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  7. ^ a b King Kenny and the Queen’s Silver Jubilee match, Glasgow Select v English League Select, The Celtic Star, 12 June 2019
  8. ^ The day Queen Elizabeth united Celtic and Rangers, BBC News, 14 September 2022
  9. ^ a b "Supranational Sides". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  10. ^ a b England Player Honours: International Representative Teams, England Football Online
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ When the Football League took on the world…, England Memories, 7 August 2015
  13. ^ When the best of Serie A beat a Football League all-star XI, The Guardian, 3 July 2019
  14. ^ "Taylor reveals U-21 League squad". BBC Sport. 30 January 2006.
  15. ^ "Scotland Scores by Team". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  16. ^ Football League Representative Matches, AyresomePark.co.uk
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  18. ^ Football League v Southern League, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 27 November 2017
  19. ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 86
  20. ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 6
  21. ^ Football: League v. Alliance, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1891
  22. ^ Belgian League v Football League, 27 September 1967, 11v11.com
  23. ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 86
  24. ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 87
  25. ^ Spiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 88
  26. ^ "CLASSIC PLAY AT GOODISON". Liverpool Daily Post. 6 November 1939. Retrieved 10 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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