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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 Wal Wales 2–0 Wrexham Home Championship George Kinsey
2 1 April 1893 Sco Scotland 5–2 London Home Championship George Kinsey
3 7 March 1896 Ire Ireland 2–0 Belfast Home Championship George Kinsey
4 16 March 1896 Wal Wales 9–1 Cardiff Home Championship George Kinsey
5 18 March 1901 Wal Wales 6–0 Newcastle Home Championship Billy Beats
6 3 May 1902 Sco Scotland 2–2 Birmingham Home Championship Billy Beats
7 17 May 1924 Fra France 3–1 Paris Friendly Vivian Gibbins
8 28 February 1925 Wal Wales 2–1 Swansea Home Championship Tommy Cook
9 4 April 1925 Sco Scotland 0–2 Glasgow Home Championship John Townrow
10 21 May 1925 Fra France 3–2 Paris Friendly Vivian Gibbins
11 1 March 1926 Wal Wales 1–3 London Home Championship John Townrow
12 22 October 1927 Ire Ireland 0–2 Belfast Home Championship Jack Ball
13 9 May 1929 Fra France 4–1 Paris Friendly Hugh Adcock
14 11 May 1929 Bel Belgium 5–1 Brussels Friendly Hugh Adcock
15 15 May 1929 Esp (1875-1931) Spain 3–4 Madrid Friendly Hugh Adcock
16 19 October 1929 Ire Ireland 3–0 Belfast Home Championship Hugh Adcock
17 20 November 1929 Wal Wales 6–0 London Home Championship Hugh Adcock
18 29 September 1934 Wal Wales 4–0 Cardiff Home Championship Cliff Britton
19 14 November 1934 Ita (1861-1946) Italy 3–2 London Friendly Cliff Britton
20 6 February 1935 Ire Ireland 2–1 Liverpool Home Championship Cliff Britton
21 6 April 1935 Sco Scotland 0–2 Glasgow Home Championship Cliff Britton
22 18 November 1936 Ire Ireland 3–1 Stoke-on-Trent Home Championship Cliff Britton
23 2 December 1936 Hun (1920-1946) Hungary 6–2 London Friendly Cliff Britton
24 17 April 1937 Sco Scotland 1–3 Glasgow Home Championship Cliff Britton
25 14 May 1937 Nor Norway 6–0 Oslo Friendly Cliff Britton
26 17 May 1937 Swe Sweden 4–0 Stockholm Friendly Cliff Britton
27 9 November 1938 Nor Norway 4–0 Newcastle Friendly Ronnie Dix
28 18 October 1947 Wal Wales 3–0 Cardiff Home Championship Phil Taylor
29 5 November 1947 Ire Ireland 2–2 Liverpool Home Championship Phil Taylor
30 19 November 1947 Swe Sweden 4–2 London Friendly Phil Taylor
31 2 October 1955 Den Denmark 5–1 Copenhagen Friendly Geoff Bradford
32 9 May 1965 Yug Yugoslavia 1–1 Belgrade Friendly Alan Ball
33 12 May 1965 Ger West Germany 1–0 Nurenberg Friendly Alan Ball
34 16 May 1965 Swe Sweden 2–1 Gothenburg Friendly Alan Ball
35 8 December 1965 Esp (1945-1977) Spain 2–0 Madrid Friendly Alan Ball
36 5 January 1966 Pol Poland 1–1 Liverpool Friendly Alan Ball
37 23 February 1966 Ger West Germany 1–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
38 2 April 1966 Sco Scotland 4–3 Glasgow Home Championship Alan Ball
39 26 June 1966 Fin Finland 3–0 Helsinki Friendly Alan Ball
40 3 July 1966 Den Denmark 2–0 Copenhagen Friendly Alan Ball
41 5 July 1966 Pol Poland 1–0 Chorzow Friendly Alan Ball
42 11 July 1966 Uru Uruguay 1–1 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
43 23 July 1966 Arg Argentina 1–0 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
44 26 July 1966 Por Portugal 2–1 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
45 30 July 1966 Ger West Germany 4–2 London World Cup finals Alan Ball
46 20 October 1966 Nir Northern Ireland 2–0 Belfast Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
47 2 November 1966 Cze Czechoslovakia 0–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
48 16 November 1966 Wal Wales 5–1 London Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
49 15 April 1967 Sco Scotland 2–3 London Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
50 24 May 1967 Esp (1945-1977) Spain 2–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
51 27 May 1967 Aut Austria 1–0 Vienna Friendly Alan Ball
52 21 October 1967 Wal Wales 3–0 Cardiff Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
53 6 December 1967 Urs Soviet Union 2–2 London Friendly Alan Ball
54 24 February 1968 Sco Scotland 1–1 Glasgow Euro Champs qualifier
Home Championship
Alan Ball
55 3 April 1968 Esp (1945-1977) Spain 1–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
56 8 May 1968 Esp (1945-1977) Spain 2–1 Madrid Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
57 1 June 1968 Ger West Germany 0–1 Hanover Friendly Alan Ball
58 5 June 1968 Yug Yugoslavia 0–1 Florence Euro Champs finals Alan Ball
59 6 November 1968 Rou (1965-1989) Romania 0–0 Bucharest Friendly Alan Ball
60 15 January 1969 Rou (1965-1989) Romania 1–1 London Friendly Alan Ball
61 12 March 1969 Fra France 5–0 London Friendly Terry Cooper
62 3 May 1969 Nir Northern Ireland 3–1 Belfast Home Championship Alan Ball
63 7 May 1969 Wal Wales 2–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
64 10 May 1969 Sco Scotland 4–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
65 1 June 1969 Mex Mexico 0–0 Mexico City Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
66 8 June 1969 Uru Uruguay 2–1 Montevideo Friendly Alan Ball
67 12 June 1969 Bra (1968-1992) Brazil 1–2 Rio de Janeiro Friendly Alan Ball
68 10 December 1969 Por Portugal 1–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
69 14 January 1970 Ned The Netherlands 0–0 London Friendly Terry Cooper
70 25 February 1970 Bel Belgium 3–1 Brussels Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
71 18 April 1970 Wal Wales 1–1 Cardiff Home Championship Alan Ball
72 25 April 1970 Sco Scotland 0–0 Glasgow Home Championship Alan Ball
73 20 May 1970 Col Colombia 4–0 Bogota Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
74 24 May 1970 Ecu Ecuador 2–0 Quito Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
75 2 June 1970 Rou (1965-1989) Romania 1–0 Guadalajara World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
76 7 June 1970 Bra (1968-1992) Brazil 0–1 Guadalajara World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
77 11 June 1970 Cze Czechoslovakia 1–0 Guadalajara World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
78 14 June 1970 Ger West Germany 2–3 León World Cup finals Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
79 25 November 1970 Gdr East Germany 3–1 London Friendly Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
80 3 February 1971 Mlt Malta 1–0 Gzira Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
81 21 April 1971 Gre (1970-1975) Greece 3–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
82 12 May 1971 Mlt Malta 5–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
83 15 May 1971 Nir Northern Ireland 1–0 Belfast Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
84 19 May 1971 Wal Wales 0–0 London Home Championship Terry Cooper
Larry Lloyd
85 22 May 1971 Sco Scotland 3–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
86 13 October 1971 Sui Switzerland 3–2 Basle Euro Champs Qualifier Terry Cooper
87 9 November 1971 Sui Switzerland 1–1 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Terry Cooper
Larry Lloyd
88 30 November 1971 Gre (1970-1975) Greece 2–0 Athens Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
89 29 April 1972 Ger West Germany 1–3 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
90 13 May 1972 Ger West Germany 0–0 Berlin Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
91 23 May 1972 Nir Northern Ireland 0–1 London Home Championship Larry Lloyd
92 27 May 1972 Sco Scotland 1–0 Glasgow Home Championship Alan Ball
93 11 October 1972 Yug Yugoslavia 1–1 London Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
94 15 November 1972 Wal Wales 1–0 Cardiff World Cup qualifier Alan Ball
95 21 January 1973 Wal Wales 1–1 London World Cup qualifier Alan Ball
96 14 February 1973 Sco Scotland 5–0 Glasgow Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
97 12 May 1973 Nir Northern Ireland 2–1 Liverpool Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
98 15 May 1973 Wal Wales 3–0 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
99 19 May 1973 Sco Scotland 1–0 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
100 27 May 1973 Cze Czechoslovakia 1–1 Prague Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
101 6 June 1973 Pol Poland 0–2 Chorzow World Cup qualifier Alan Ball
102 10 June 1973 Urs Soviet Union 2–1 Moscow Friendly Mick Channon
103 14 June 1973 Ita Italy 0–2 Turin Friendly Mick Channon
104 26 September 1973 Aut Austria 7–0 London Friendly Mick Channon
105 17 October 1973 Pol Poland 1–1 London World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
106 14 November 1973 Ita Italy 0–1 London Friendly Mick Channon
107 3 April 1974 Por Portugal 0–0 Lisbon Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
108 11 May 1974 Wal Wales 2–0 Cardiff Home Championship Mick Channon
109 15 May 1974 Nir Northern Ireland 1–0 London Home Championship Mick Channon
110 18 May 1974 Sco Scotland 0–2 Glasgow Home Championship Mick Channon
111 22 May 1974 Arg Argentina 2–2 London Friendly Mick Channon
112 29 May 1974 Gdr East Germany 1–1 Leipzig Friendly Mick Channon
113 1 June 1974 Bul (1971-1990) Bulgaria 1–0 Sofia Friendly Mick Channon
114 5 June 1974 Yug Yugoslavia 2–2 Belgrade Friendly Mick Channon
115 30 October 1974 Cze Czechoslovakia 3–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
116 20 November 1974 Por Portugal 0–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Terry Cooper
Gerry Francis
117 12 March 1975 Ger West Germany 2–0 London Friendly Alan Ball
Mick Channon
118 16 April 1975 Cyp Cyprus 5–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Mick Channon
119 11 May 1975 Cyp Cyprus 1–0 Limassol Euro Champs qualifier Alan Ball
Mick Channon
120 17 May 1975 Nir Northern Ireland 0–0 Belfast Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
121 21 May 1975 Wal Wales 2–2 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
122 24 May 1975 Sco Scotland 5–1 London Home Championship Alan Ball
Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
123 3 September 1975 Sui Switzerland 2–1 Basle Friendly Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
124 30 October 1975 Cze Czechoslovakia 1–2 Bratislava Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
125 19 November 1975 Por Portugal 1–1 Lisbon Euro Champs qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
126 24 March 1976 Wal Wales 2–1 Wrexham Friendly Mick Channon
127 8 May 1976 Wal Wales 1–0 Cardiff Home Championship Gerry Francis
128 11 May 1976 Nir Northern Ireland 4–0 London Home Championship Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
129 15 May 1976 Sco Scotland 1–2 Glasgow Home Championship Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
130 23 May 1976 Bra (1968-1992) Brazil 0–1 Los Angeles US Bicentennial Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
131 28 May 1976 Ita Italy 3–2 New York US Bicentennial Mick Channon
132 13 June 1976 Fin Finland 4–1 Helsinki World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
Gerry Francis
133 13 October 1976 Fin Finland 2–1 London World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
134 17 November 1976 Ita Italy 0–2 Rome World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
135 30 March 1977 Lux Luxembourg 5–0 London World Cup qualifier Mick Channon
136 28 May 1977 Nir Northern Ireland 2–1 Belfast Home Championship Mick Channon
137 31 May 1977 Wal Wales 0–1 London Home Championship Mick Channon
138 4 June 1977 Sco Scotland 1–2 London Home Championship Mick Channon
139 8 June 1977 Bra (1968-1992) Brazil 0–0 Rio de Janeiro Friendly Mick Channon
140 12 June 1977 Arg Argentina 1–1 Buenos Aires Friendly Mick Channon
141 15 June 1977 Uru Uruguay 0–0 Montevideo Friendly Mick Channon
142 7 September 1977 Sui Switzerland 0–0 London Friendly Mick Channon
143 17 May 1980 Wal Wales 1–4 Wrexham Home Championship Larry Lloyd
144 13 October 1982 Ger West Germany 1–2 London Friendly Gary Mabbutt
145 17 November 1982 Gre Greece 3–0 Thessaloniki Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
146 15 December 1982 Lux Luxembourg 9–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
147 23 February 1983 Wal Wales 2–1 London Home Championship Gary Mabbutt
148 30 March 1983 Gre Greece 0–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
149 27 April 1983 Hun Hungary 2–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
150 28 May 1983 Nir Northern Ireland 0–0 Belfast Home Championship Gary Mabbutt
151 1 June 1983 Sco Scotland 2–0 London Home Championship Gary Mabbutt
152 12 October 1983 Hun Hungary 3–0 Budapest Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
153 12 November 1986 Yug Yugoslavia 2–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
154 1 April 1987 Nir Northern Ireland 2–0 Belfast Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
155 29 April 1987 Tur Turkey 0–0 Izmir Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
156 9 September 1987 Ger West Germany 1–3 Düsseldorf Friendly Gary Mabbutt
157 3 June 1991 Nzl New Zealand 1–0 Auckland Friendly Mark Walters
158 16 October 1991 Tur Turkey 1–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
159 13 November 1991 Pol Poland 1–1 Poznan Euro Champs qualifier Gary Mabbutt
160 25 March 1992 Cze Czechoslovakia 2–2 Prague Friendly Gary Mabbutt
161 29 April 1992 Cis C.I.S. 2–2 Moscow Friendly Keith Curle
Nigel Martyn
162 12 May 1992 Hun Hungary 1–0 Budapest Friendly Keith Curle
Nigel Martyn
163 11 June 1992 Den Denmark 0–0 Malmö Euro Champs finals Keith Curle
164 19 June 1993 Ger Germany 1–2 Detroit United States Cup Nigel Martyn
165 3 June 1995 Jpn Japan 2–1 London Umbro Int. Trophy John Scales
166 8 June 1995 Swe Sweden 3–3 Leeds Umbro Int. Trophy John Scales
167 11 June 1995 Bra Brazil 1–3 London Umbro Int. Trophy John Scales
168 24 May 1997 Rsa South Africa 2–1 Manchester Friendly Nigel Martyn
169 15 November 1997 Cmr Cameroon 2–0 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
170 11 February 1998 Chi Chile 0–2 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
171 29 May 1998 Bel Belgium 0–0 Casablanca King Hussein II Trnmt. Nigel Martyn
172 18 November 1998 Cze Czech Republic 2–0 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
173 10 February 1999 Fra France 0–2 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
174 4 September 1999 Lux Luxembourg 6–0 London Euro Champs qualifier Nigel Martyn
175 8 September 1999 Pol Poland 0–0 Warsaw Euro Champs qualifier Nigel Martyn
176 10 October 1999 Bel Belgium 2–1 Sunderland Friendly Nigel Martyn
177 31 May 2000 Ukr Ukraine 2–0 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
178 20 June 2000 Rou Romania 2–3 Charleroi Euro Champs finals Nigel Martyn
179 28 February 2001 Esp Spain 3–0 Birmingham Friendly Nigel Martyn
180 25 May 2001 Mex Mexico 4–0 Derby Friendly Nigel Martyn
181 15 August 2001 Ned The Netherlands 0–2 London Friendly Nigel Martyn
182 6 October 2001 Gre Greece 2–2 Manchester World Cup qualifier Nigel Martyn
183 10 November 2001 Swe Sweden 1–1 Manchester Friendly Nigel Martyn
184 13 February 2002 Ned The Netherlands 1–1 Amsterdam Friendly Nigel Martyn
185 27 March 2002 Ita Italy 1–2 Leeds Friendly Nigel Martyn
186 21 May 2002 Kor South Korea 1–1 Soegwipo Friendly Nigel Martyn
187 26 May 2002 Cmr Cameroon 2–2 Kobe Friendly Nigel Martyn
188 11 August 2010 Hun Hungary 2–1 London Friendly Bobby Zamora
189 15 November 2011 Swe Sweden 1–0 London Friendly Bobby Zamora
190 14 August 2013 Sco Scotland 3–2 London Friendly Rickie Lambert