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Only one Bristol Rovers player has ever represented England while on the books at the club: Geoff Bradford, who won a single cap in 1955, scoring in a 5–1 victory over Denmark. Twenty-two other Rovers players have been capped by England either before they joined the club or after they left it. The record for the most England appearances by a Bristol Rovers player is held by Alan Ball with 72 caps, followed by Mick Channon with 46.

There have been 190 full international matches where the England side included a player who spent part of his career with Bristol Rovers, and the highest number of Rovers players who have been in a single England side is 3. This has happened four times, all of which were in the 1970s:

  1. England v Switzerland (9 November 1971): Alan Ball, Terry Cooper and Larry Lloyd
  2. England v Portugal (20 November 1974): Mick Channon, Terry Cooper and Gerry Francis
  3. England v Wales (21 May 1975): Alan Ball, Mick Channon and Gerry Francis
  4. England v Scotland (24 May 1975): Alan Ball, Mick Channon and Gerry Francis

The first player to play for both England and Bristol Rovers was George Kinsey, who made his national team debut on 5 March 1892 in a Home Championship match against Wales in Wrexham. He went on to win another cap the next year and a further two in 1896, before joining Rovers in 1897.

At the time of writing (August 2013) the most recent Rovers man to play for England is Rickie Lambert, who after spending three years with The Gas between 2006 and 2009 went on to represent his nation in 2013, scoring England's winner against Scotland with his first touch of the ball after coming on as a 67th minute substitute.

List of England internationals[]

A full list of England internationals to play for Bristol Rovers is given in the table below. Players capped while on Rovers' books are shown in bold.

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Player Caps International
years
Rovers years
Hugh Adcock 5 1929–1930 1935–1936
Alan Ball 72 1965–1975 1982–1983
Jack Ball 1 1927 1921–1922
Billy Beats 2 1901–1902 1903–1906
Geoff Bradford 1 1955 1949–1964
Cliff Britton 9 1934–1937 1928–1930
Mick Channon 46 1973–1978 1982–1983
Tommy Cook 1 1925 1931–1933
Terry Cooper 20 1969–1975 1979–1981
Keith Curle 3 1992 1981–1983
Ronnie Dix 1 1938 1927–1932
Gerry Francis 12 1974–1976 1985–1988
Vivian Gibbins 2 1924–1925 1932–1933
George Kinsey 4 1892–1896 1897–1902
Rickie Lambert 1 2013 2006–2009
Larry Lloyd 4 1971–1980 1968–1969
Gary Mabbutt 16 1982–1992 1978–1982
Nigel Martyn 23 1992–2002 1987–1990
John Scales 3 1995 1985–1987
Phil Taylor 3 1947 1935–1936
John Townrow 2 1925–1926 1932–1933
Mark Walters 1 1991 1999–2002
Bobby Zamora 2 2010–2011 1999–2000

List of England matches featuring Bristol Rovers players[]

All matches featuring a current, future or former Bristol Rovers player in the England lineup are listed below. Only players who took part in the game are included, unused substitutes have been omitted.

N.B. England's score is always listed first. (Source: http://englandstats.com/)

Date Opponent Result Venue Competition Player(s)
1 5 March 1892 Wales 2–0 Wrexham Home Championship George Kinsey
2 1 April 1893 Scotland 5–2 London Home Championship George Kinsey
3 7 March 1896 Ireland 2–0 Belfast Home Championship George Kinsey
4 16 March 1896 Wales 9–1 Cardiff Home Championship George Kinsey
5 18 March 1901 Wales 6–0 Newcastle Home Championship Billy Beats
6 3 May 1902 Scotland 2–2 Birmingham Home Championship Billy Beats
7 17 May 1924 France 3–1 Paris Friendly Vivian Gibbins
8 28 February 1925 Wales 2–1 Swansea Home Championship Tommy Cook
9 4 April 1925 Scotland 0–2 Glasgow Home Championship John Townrow
10 21 May 1925 France 3–2 Paris Friendly Vivian Gibbins
11 1 March 1926 Wales 1–3 London Home Championship John Townrow
12 22 October 1927 Ireland 0–2 Belfast Home Championship Jack Ball
13 9 May 1929 France 4–1 Paris Friendly Hugh Adcock
14 11 May 1929 Belgium 5–1 Brussels Friendly Hugh Adcock
15 15 May 1929 Spain 3–4 Madrid Friendly Hugh Adcock
16 19 October 1929 Ireland 3–0 Belfast Home Championship Hugh Adcock
17 20 November 1929 Wales 6–0 London Home Championship Hugh Adcock
18 29 September 1934 Wales 4–0 Cardiff Home Championship Cliff Britton
19 14 November 1934 Italy 3–2 London Friendly Cliff Britton
20 6 February 1935 Ireland 2–1 Liverpool Home Championship Cliff Britton
21 6 April 1935 Scotland 0–2 Glasgow Home Championship Cliff Britton
22 18 November 1936 Ireland 3–1 Stoke-on-Trent Home Championship Cliff Britton
23 2 December 1936 Hungary 6–2 London Friendly Cliff Britton
24 17 April 1937 Scotland 1–3 Glasgow Home Championship Cliff Britton
25 14 May 1937 Norway 6–0 Oslo Friendly Cliff Britton
26 17 May 1937 Sweden 4–0 Stockholm Friendly Cliff Britton
27 9 November 1938 Norway 4–0 Newcastle Friendly Ronnie Dix
28 18 October 1947 Wales 3–0 Cardiff Home Championship Phil Taylor
29 5 November 1947 Ireland 2–2 Liverpool Home Championship Phil Taylor
30 19 November 1947 Sweden 4–2 London Friendly Phil Taylor
31 2 October 1955 Denmark 5–1 Copenhagen Friendly Geoff Bradford
32 9 May 1965 Yugoslavia 1–1 Belgrade Friendly Alan Ball
33 12 May 1965 West Germany 1–0 Nurenberg Friendly Alan Ball
34 16 May 1965 Sweden 2–1 Gothenburg Friendly Alan Ball
35 8 December 1965 Spain 2–0 Madrid Friendly Alan Ball
36 5 January 1966 Poland 1–1 Liverpool Friendly Alan Ball
37 23 February 1966 West Germany 1–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
38 2 April 1966 Scotland 4–3 Glasgow Home Championship Alan Ball
39 26 June 1966 Finland 3–0 Helsinki Friendly Alan Ball
40 3 July 1966 Denmark 2–0 Copenhagen Friendly Alan Ball
41 5 July 1966 Poland 1–0 Chorzow Friendly Alan Ball
42 11 July 1966 Uruguay 1–1 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
43 23 July 1966 Argentina 1–0 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
44 26 July 1966 Portugal 2–1 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
45 30 July 1966 West Germany 4–2 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
46 20 October 1966 Northern Ireland 2–0 Belfast Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
47 2 November 1966 Czechoslovakia 0–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
48 16 November 1966 Wales 5–1 London Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
49 15 April 1967 Scotland 2–3 London Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
50 24 May 1967 Spain 2–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
51 27 May 1967 Austria 1–0 Vienna Friendly Alan Ball
52 21 October 1967 Wales 3–0 Cardiff Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
53 6 December 1967 Soviet Union 2–2 London Friendly Alan Ball
54 24 February 1968 Scotland 1–1 Glasgow Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
55 3 April 1968 Spain 1–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
56 8 May 1968 Spain 2–1 Madrid Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
57 1 June 1968 West Germany 0–1 Hanover Friendly Alan Ball
58 5 June 1968 Yugoslavia 0–1 Florence Euro Champs finals Alan Ball
59 6 November 1968 Romania 0–0 Bucharest Friendly Alan Ball
60 15 January 1969 Romania 1–1 London Friendly Alan Ball
61 12 March 1969 France 5–0 London Friendly Terry Cooper
62 3 May 1969 Northern Ireland 3–1 Belfast Home Championship Alan Ball
63 7 May 1969 Wales 2–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
64 10 May 1969 Scotland 4–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
65 1 June 1969 Mexico 0–0 Mexico City Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
66 8 June 1969 Uruguay 2–1 Montevideo Friendly Alan Ball
67 12 June 1969 Brazil 1–2 Rio de Janeiro Friendly Alan Ball
68 10 December 1969 Portugal 1–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
69 14 January 1970 The Netherlands 0–0 London Friendly Terry Cooper
70 25 February 1970 Belgium 3–1 Brussels Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
71 18 April 1970 Wales 1–1 Cardiff Home Championship Alan Ball
72 25 April 1970 Scotland 0–0 Glasgow Home Championship Alan Ball
73 20 May 1970 Colombia 4–0 Bogota Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
74 24 May 1970 Ecuador 2–0 Quito Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
75 2 June 1970 Romania 1–0 Guadalajara World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
76 7 June 1970 Brazil 0–1 Guadalajara World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
77 11 June 1970 Czechoslovakia 1–0 Guadalajara World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
78 14 June 1970 West Germany 2–3 León World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
79 25 November 1970 East Germany 3–1 London Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
80 3 February 1971 Malta 1–0 Gzira Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
81 21 April 1971 Greece 3–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
82 12 May 1971 Malta 5–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
83 15 May 1971 Northern Ireland 1–0 Belfast Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
84 19 May 1971 Wales 0–0 London Home Championship Terry Cooper
Larry Lloyd
85 22 May 1971 Scotland 3–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
86 13 October 1971 Switzerland 3–2 Basle Euro Champs Qualifier Terry Cooper
87 9 November 1971 Switzerland 1–1 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
Larry Lloyd
88 30 November 1971 Greece 2–0 Athens Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
89 29 April 1972 West Germany 1–3 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
90 13 May 1972 West Germany 0–0 Berlin Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
91 23 May 1972 Northern Ireland 0–1 London Home Championship Larry Lloyd
92 27 May 1972 Scotland 1–0 Glasgow Home Championship Alan Ball
93 11 October 1972 Yugoslavia 1–1 London Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
94 15 November 1972 Wales 1–0 Cardiff World Cup qualifier Alan Ball
95 21 January 1973 Wales 1–1 London World Cup qualifier Alan Ball
96 14 February 1973 Scotland 5–0 Glasgow Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
97 12 May 1973 Northern Ireland 2–1 Liverpool Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
98 15 May 1973 Wales 3–0 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
99 19 May 1973 Scotland 1–0 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
100 27 May 1973 Czechoslovakia 1–1 Prague Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
101 6 June 1973 Poland 0–2 Chorzow World Cup qualifier Alan Ball
102 10 June 1973 Soviet Union 2–1 Moscow Friendly Mick Channon
103 14 June 1973 Italy 0–2 Turin Friendly Mick Channon
104 26 September 1973 Austria 7–0 London Friendly Mick Channon
105 17 October 1973 Poland 1–1 London World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
106 14 November 1973 Italy 0–1 London Friendly Mick Channon
107 3 April 1974 Portugal 0–0 Lisbon Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
108 11 May 1974 Wales 2–0 Cardiff Home Championship Mick Channon
109 15 May 1974 Northern Ireland 1–0 London Home Championship Mick Channon
110 18 May 1974 Scotland 0–2 Glasgow Home Championship Mick Channon
111 22 May 1974 Argentina 2–2 London Friendly Mick Channon
112 29 May 1974 East Germany 1–1 Leipzig Friendly Mick Channon
113 1 June 1974 Bulgaria 1–0 Sofia Friendly Mick Channon
114 5 June 1974 Yugoslavia 2–2 Belgrade Friendly Mick Channon
115 30 October 1974 Czechoslovakia 3–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
116 20 November 1974 Portugal 0–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Terry Cooper
Gerry Francis
117 12 March 1975 West Germany 2–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
118 16 April 1975 Cyprus 5–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Mick Channon
119 11 May 1975 Cyprus 1–0 Limassol Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Mick Channon
120 17 May 1975 Northern Ireland 0–0 Belfast Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
121 21 May 1975 Wales 2–2 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
122 24 May 1975 Scotland 5–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
123 3 September 1975 Switzerland 2–1 Basle Friendly Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
124 30 October 1975 Czechoslovakia 1–2 Bratislava Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
125 19 November 1975 Portugal 1–1 Lisbon Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
126 24 March 1976 Wales 2–1 Wrexham Friendly Mick Channon
127 8 May 1976 Wales 1–0 Cardiff Home Championship Gerry Francis
128 11 May 1976 Northern Ireland 4–0 London Home Championship Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
129 15 May 1976 Scotland 1–2 Glasgow Home Championship Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
130 23 May 1976 Brazil 0–1 Los Angeles US Bicentennial Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
131 28 May 1976 Italy 3–2 New York US Bicentennial Mick Channon
132 13 June 1976 Finland 4–1 Helsinki World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
133 13 October 1976 Finland 2–1 London World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
134 17 November 1976 Italy 0–2 Rome World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
135 30 March 1977 Luxembourg 5–0 London World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
136 28 May 1977 Northern Ireland 2–1 Belfast Home Championship Mick Channon
137 31 May 1977 Wales 0–1 London Home Championship Mick Channon
138 4 June 1977 Scotland 1–2 London Home Championship Mick Channon
139 8 June 1977 Brazil 0–0 Rio de Janeiro Friendly Mick Channon
140 12 June 1977 Argentina 1–1 Buenos Aires Friendly Mick Channon
141 15 June 1977 Uruguay 0–0 Montevideo Friendly Mick Channon
142 7 September 1977 Switzerland 0–0 London Friendly Mick Channon
143 17 May 1980 Wales 1–4 Wrexham Home Championship Larry Lloyd
144 13 October 1982 West Germany 1–2 London Friendly Gary Mabbutt
145 17 November 1982 Greece 3–0 Thessaloniki Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
146 15 December 1982 Luxembourg 9–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
147 23 February 1983 Wales 2–1 London Home Championship Gary Mabbutt
148 30 March 1983 Greece 0–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
149 27 April 1983 Hungary 2–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
150 28 May 1983 Northern Ireland 0–0 Belfast Home Championship Gary Mabbutt
151 1 June 1983 Scotland 2–0 London Home Championship Gary Mabbutt
152 12 October 1983 Hungary 3–0 Budapest Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
153 12 November 1986 Yugoslavia 2–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
154 1 April 1987 Northern Ireland 2–0 Belfast Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
155 29 April 1987 Turkey 0–0 Izmir Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
156 9 September 1987 West Germany 1–3 Düsseldorf Friendly Gary Mabbutt
157 3 June 1991 New Zealand 1–0 Auckland Friendly Mark Walters
158 16 October 1991 Turkey 1–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
159 13 November 1991 Poland 1–1 Poznan Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
160 25 March 1992 Czechoslovakia 2–2 Prague Friendly Gary Mabbutt
161 29 April 1992 C.I.S. 2–2 Moscow Friendly Keith Curle
Nigel Martyn
162 12 May 1992 Hungary 1–0 Budapest Friendly Keith Curle
Nigel Martyn
163 11 June 1992 Denmark 0–0 Malmö Euro Champs finals Keith Curle
164 19 June 1993 Germany 1–2 Detroit United States Cup Nigel Martyn
165 3 June 1995 Japan 2–1 London Umbro Int. Trophy John Scales
166 8 June 1995 Sweden 3–3 Leeds Umbro Int. Trophy John Scales
167 11 June 1995 Brazil 1–3 London Umbro Int. Trophy John Scales
168 24 May 1997 South Africa 2–1 Manchester Friendly Nigel Martyn
169 15 November 1997 Cameroon 2–0 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
170 11 February 1998 Chile 0–2 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
171 29 May 1998 Belgium 0–0 Casablanca King Hussein II Trnmt. Nigel Martyn
172 18 November 1998 Czech Republic 2–0 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
173 10 February 1999 France 0–2 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
174 4 September 1999 Luxembourg 6–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Nigel Martyn
175 8 September 1999 Poland 0–0 Warsaw Euro Champs qualifier Nigel Martyn
176 10 October 1999 Belgium 2–1 Sunderland Friendly Nigel Martyn
177 31 May 2000 Ukraine 2–0 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
178 20 June 2000 Romania 2–3 Charleroi Euro Champs finals Nigel Martyn
179 28 February 2001 Spain 3–0 Birmingham Friendly Nigel Martyn
180 25 May 2001 Mexico 4–0 Derby Friendly Nigel Martyn
181 15 August 2001 The Netherlands 0–2 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
182 6 October 2001 Greece 2–2 Manchester World Cup qualifier Nigel Martyn
183 10 November 2001 Sweden 1–1 Manchester Friendly Nigel Martyn
184 13 February 2002 The Netherlands 1–1 Amsterdam Friendly Nigel Martyn
185 27 March 2002 Italy 1–2 Leeds Friendly Nigel Martyn
186 21 May 2002 South Korea 1–1 Soegwipo Friendly Nigel Martyn
187 26 May 2002 Cameroon 2–2 Kobe Friendly Nigel Martyn
188 11 August 2010 Hungary 2–1 London Friendly Bobby Zamora
189 15 November 2011 Sweden 1–0 London Friendly Bobby Zamora
190 14 August 2013 Scotland 3–2 London Friendly Rickie Lambert