James Maddison and Aaron Ramsdale are just two examples of young and talented players with just one England cap to their names – with the Nations League looming this summer both will be hoping to kick on with their international careers
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Gareth Southgate is about to unveil his squad for UEFA Nations League, in what will no doubt be a vital opportunity for the England gaffer to take a good look at some different parts of his squad ahead of the World Cup in Qatar this winter.
In the running for selection among household names like Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling, are exciting players less established in the team.
Some of these players, including the likes of James Maddison, Marc Guéhi and Aaron Ramsdale have only picked up one cap for England despite playing frequently for some of the best club sides in the country.
Getting a single call up to play for your national side is a huge honour and the stuff of dreams for millions. However, the one-cap wonder club is, unfortunately, enormous and full of names that never managed to kick on and secure a regular place in the England national squad.
Now, with the newly created UEFA Nations League looming, players like Maddison – who has had an excellent season with Leicester – will be hoping now is his moment to make the leap out of the one cap club.
When is the England UEFA Nation Nations League squad being announced?
The England UEFA Nation Nations League squad is being announced at 2pm on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
The team named will be heading to play in Group A3 of the tournament, where they will be taking on the likes of Hungary, Germany and fellow Euros finalists, Italy.
How many players have only got one cap for England?
At the time of writing, 360 players have played just one game for England.
The first of these were Robert Barker, John Brockbank, Frederick Chappell, Charles Clegg, Charles Morice and Arnold Kirke Smith, who all played against Scotland in 1872.
Since then, hundreds of players have pulled on the three lions, only to never do so again. 20 of these players are still active and playing professional football and so, at least in theory, have a chance of playing for England once again and getting themselves out of the one-cap wonder club.
Every England player in the one-cap wonder club
- Robert Barker GK
- John Brockbank FW
- Frederick Chappell HB
- Charles Clegg FW
- Charles Morice FW
- Arnold Kirke Smith FW
- Alfred Goodwyn HB
- Leonard Howell FB
- William Kenyon-Slaney FW
- Alexander Morten GK
- Robert Vidal FB
- John Edwards FW
- Robert Kingsford FW
- Robert Ogilvie FB
- John Owen FW
- Alfred Stratford FB
- Charles Alcock FW
- William Carr GK
- Richard Geaves FW
- Edward Haygarth FB
- Herbert Rawson FW
- Ernest Bambridge HB
- Walter Buchanan FW
- Frederick Green FB
- Francis Heron FW
- Arthur Savage GK
- Charles Smith FW
- John Bain FW
- Morton Betts GK
- William Lindsay FB
- Alfred Lyttelton FW
- Cecil Wingfield-Stratford FW
- Percy Fairclough FW
- Edward Lyttelton FB
- Conrad Warner GK
- John Wylie FW
- Rupert Anderson GK
- Thomas Sorby FW
- Herbert Whitfeld FW
- Reg Birkett GK
- Edward Christian FB
- Arnold Hills FW
- Harold Morse FB
- James Prinsep HB
- Arthur Goodyer FW
- Segar Bastard FW
- Samuel Widdowson FW
- John Sands GK
- Alf Harvey FB
- George Tait FW
- Reginald Macaulay FW
- Horace Barnet FW
- Robert King HB
- John Rawlinson GK
- Percival Parr FW
- Bruce Russell FB
- Jack Hudson HB
- John Dixon FW
- Jimmy Ward FB
- Thomas Danks FW
- Charles Dobson HB
- Teddy Leighton FW
- Thelwell Pike FW
- George Shutt HB
- Teddy Brayshaw HB
- Jimmy Sayer FW
- Frank Saunders HB
- Charlie Shelton HB
- Albert Allen FW
- Billy Betts HB
- Arthur Lowder HB
- Frank Burton FW
- Jack Yates EW
- Henry Hammond HB
- Nat Walton FW
- John Barton HB
- Jem Bayliss HB
- Elphinstone Jackson FB
- Joe Marsden FB
- Tom Porteous FB
- Leonard Wilkinson GK
- John Cox HB
- Harry Lilley FB
- John Pearson FW
- Michael Whitham HB
- Chris Charsley GK
- Norman Cooper HB
- Walter Gilliat FW
- Harry Chippendale FW
- Joe Reader GK
- Arthur Topham HB
- John Veitch FW
- Richard Barker HB
- Gerard Dewhurst FW
- Hugh Stanbrough FW
- Steve Smith FW
- Cuthbert Burnup FW
- Harry Bradshaw FW
- Bernard Middleditch HB
- William Foulke GK
- Ben Garfield FW
- Tommy Morren HB
- Charlie Richards FW
- Tom Perry HB
- Phil Bach FB
- Jack Hillman GK
- Dan Cunliffe FW
- Fred Priest FW
- Alf Spouncer FW
- Jack Plant FW
- Herbert Banks FW
- C. B. Fry FB
- George Hedley FW
- William Jones HB
- Bertie Corbett FW
- Matt Kingsley GK
- Walter Abbott HB
- Bert Lipsham FW
- John Calvey FW
- Harry Hadley HB
- Tom Holford HB
- Arthur Lockett FW
- Rex Corbett FW
- William Garraty FW
- Arthur Capes FW
- Percy Humphreys FW
- Bert Lee HB
- Bernard Wilkinson HB
- Billy Balmer FB
- Frank Booth FW
- Albert Gosnell FW
- Gordon Wright FW
- James Conlin FW
- Tim Coleman FW
- Irvine Thornley FW
- Harry Maskrey GK
- Frank Bradshaw FW
- Arthur Berry FW
- Joe Cottle FB
- George Richards HB
- Harold Halse FW
- Arthur Cowell FB
- Bert Hall FW
- Bert Morley FB
- Wally Hardinge FW
- Billy Hibbert FW
- George Woodger FW
- Bob Benson FB
- Tommy Boyle HB
- George Utley HB
- Hugh Moffat HB
- Ernald Scattergood GK
- Frank Buckley HB
- Henry Martin FW
- Harry Colclough FB
- Jimmy Bagshaw HB
- Sid Bowser HB
- Arthur Knight FB
- Robert Turnbull FW
- Frank Barson HB
- Dicky Downs FB
- Jack Mew GK
- Jack Bamber HB
- Bert Coleman GK
- Bert Bliss FW
- Harold Gough GK
- Jack Fort FB
- Archibald Rawlings FW
- Albert Read HB
- Ernie Simms FW
- Billy Kirton FW
- Teddy Davison GK
- Max Woosnam HB
- Jack Alderson GK
- Frank Hartley FW
- Harry Jones FB
- Seth Plum HB
- Norman Creek FW
- James Moore FW
- Harold Miller FW
- Billy Moore FW
- Fred Bullock FB
- Tommy Meehan HB
- Harry Pantling HB
- Graham Doggart FW
- Billy Brown FW
- Ronnie Sewell GK
- Clem Stephenson FW
- Billy Butler FW
- George Blackburn HB
- James Mitchell GK
- Jack Butler HB
- Harry Hardy GK
- Tommy Cook FW
- William Bryant HB
- Billy Felton FB
- Freddie Fox GK
- Tom Parker FB
- George Armitage HB
- Claude Ashton FW
- Billy Austin FW
- Frank Hudspeth FB
- Ted Harper FW
- George Ashmore GK
- Richard Hill FB
- Albert McInroy GK
- Willie Pease FW
- George Waterfield FB
- Jack Ball FW
- Alf Baker HB
- Reg Osborne FB
- Dan Tremelling GK
- Tom Wilson HB
- Jim Barrett HB
- Russell Wainscoat FW
- Len Oliver HB
- Albert Barrett HB
- Jackie Crawford FW
- Herbie Roberts HB
- Harry Roberts FW
- Harold Pearson GK
- George Shaw FB
- Teddy Sandford FW
- Johnny Arnold FW
- Jack Pickering FW
- Billy Furness FW
- Tommy White HB
- David Fairhurst FB
- Arthur Rowe HB
- Joe Beresford FW
- Jackie Bestall FW
- Walter Alsford HB
- Bobby Gurney FW
- George Eastham FW
- William Richardson FW
- Ralph Birkett GW
- Sep Smith HB
- James Cunliffe FW
- Bernard Joy HB
- Billy Scott FW
- Tom Smalley HB
- George Tweedy GK
- Harry Betmead HB
- Joe Payne FW
- Jackie Morton FW
- Micky Fenton FW
- Ronnie Dix FW
- Doug Wright FW
- Pat Beasley FW
- Les Smith FW
- Jimmy Hagan FW
- Jack Haines FW
- Eddie Shimwell FB
- Jesse Pye FW
- Bernard Streten GK
- Jack Lee FW
- Bill Nicholson HB
- Arthur Willis FB
- Arthur Milton FW
- Derek Ufton HB
- Stan Rickaby FB
- George Robb FW
- Ernie Taylor FW
- Harry Clarke HB
- Ray Barlow HB
- Bill Foulkes FB
- Brian Pilkington FW
- Johnny Wheeler HB
- Ken Armstrong HB
- Jimmy Meadows FB
- Geoff Bradford FW
- David Pegg FW
- Danny Clapton FW
- Ken Brown HB
- John Angus FB
- Brian Miller HB
- Johnny Fantham FW
- Ray Charnley FW
- Chris Crowe FW
- Ron Henry FB
- Ken Shellito FB
- Tony Kay HB
- Gerry Young HB
- Derek Temple FW
- Gordon Harris FW
- John Hollins FW
- Alex Stepney GK
- Ian Storey-Moore FW
- Colin Harvey MF
- Tony Brown FW
- Tommy Smith HB
- Jeff Blockley HB
- John Richards FW
- Phil Parkes GK
- Brian Little FW
- Phil Boyer FW
- Jimmy Rimmer GK
- Charlie George FW
- John Gidman DF
- Trevor Whymark MF
- Alan Sunderland FW
- Peter Ward MF
- Steve Perryman MF
- Paul Goddard FW
- Nick Pickering DF
- Nigel Spink GK
- Brian Stein MF
- Peter Davenport FW
- Danny Wallace FW
- Brian Marwood MF
- Mel Sterland DF
- Mike Phelan MF
- Mark Walters MF
- Andy Gray MF
- David White MF
- Kevin Richardson MF
- Neil Ruddock DF
- David Unsworth DF
- Chris Sutton FW
- Lee Hendrie MF
- Steve Guppy MF
- Seth Johnson MF
- Michael Ball DF
- Gavin McCann MF
- Michael Ricketts FW
- Lee Bowyer MF
- David Dunn MF
- Francis Jeffers FW
- Anthony Gardner DF
- Alan Thompson MF
- Chris Kirkland GK
- Joey Barton MF
- David Nugent FW
- Dean Ashton FW
- Kevin Davies FW
- Jay Bothroyd FW
- Matt Jarvis MF
- Fraizer Campbell (still playing) FW
- Martin Kelly (still playing) DF
- John Ruddy (still playing) GK
- Steven Caulker DF
- Carl Jenkinson (still playing) DF
- Ryan Shawcross DF
- Jay Rodriguez (still playing) FW
- Jon Flanagan (still playing) MF
- Ryan Mason MF
- Nathan Redmond (still playing) MF
- Jack Cork (still playing) MF
- Dominic Solanke (still playing) MF
- Lewis Cook (still playing) MF
- Nathaniel Chalobah (still playing) MF
- Lewis Dunk (still playing) DF
- Alex McCarthy (still playing) GK
- James Maddison (still playing) MF
- Mason Greenwood (still playing) FW
- Harvey Barnes (still playing) FW
- Dean Henderson (still playing) GK
- Patrick Bamford (still playing) FW
- Aaron Ramsdale (still playing) GK
- Marc Guéhi (still playing) DF
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