Stanley Matthews - 54 Caps (11 Goals)
- Full Name: Sir Stanley Matthews
- Born: 1st February 1915, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
- Died: 23rd February 2000, Stoke-on-Trent aged 85
- England Career: 1934 - 1957
- Positions whilst with England: Outside Right &
Inside Right
- Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Stoke City (18) &
Blackpool (36)
- FA Legacy Number: 603
- "The Wizard of Dribble" is arguably one of the best players this country has ever produced. Winner of the Football Writer's Association Award in 1948 and 1963 along with European Footballer of the year in 1956.
His longevity in the game is world-famous. Matthews signed professionally for Stoke on his 17th birthday and spent 14 years with the Potters before signing for Blackpool at 32 years of age where he spent another 14 years. He re-signed with Stoke at the ripe old age of 46 and finally retired at 50 years old in 1965. Not before he was knighted for services to football earlier that year, becoming, and still, the only knighted footballer whilst still playing.
At 19 years and 239 days, he is one of the youngest England players and at 42 years and 102 days the oldest. His England career spans a staggering 22 years and 227 days. Sadly, because of the outbreak of the Second World War, he only managed to be capped 54 times although he did play in nearly 30 unofficial wartime internationals.
He was an inaugural inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
England Career Statistics
England Match Statistics
- Match Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- British Home ChampionshipHC
- 23
- 6
- 0
- 0
- 0
- World Cup FinalsWCF
- 3
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- World Cup QualifierWCQ
- 4
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- Home, Away or Neutral
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Match Result
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Playing Positions
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Outside Right
- 53
- 11
- 0
- 0
- 0
England Managers
- Manager
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
England Team Mates (Top 10)
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
- England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
- 111 sources from 54 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.
Match List
- DEN, 4 - 1, 15th May 1957 (WCQ) Blackpool, Cap: 54.
Age: 42 years, 3 months, 14 days.
- IRL, 5 - 1, 8th May 1957 (WCQ) Blackpool, Cap: 53.
Age: 42 years, 3 months, 7 days.
- SCO, 2 - 1, 6th Apr 1957 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 52.
Age: 42 years, 2 months, 5 days.
- DEN, 5 - 2, 5th Dec 1956 (WCQ) Blackpool, Cap: 51.
Age: 41 years, 10 months, 4 days.
- YUG, 3 - 0, 28th Nov 1956 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 50.
Age: 41 years, 9 months, 27 days.
- WAL, 3 - 1, 14th Nov 1956 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 49.
Age: 41 years, 9 months, 13 days.
- NIR, 1 - 1, 6th Oct 1956 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 48.
Age: 41 years, 8 months, 5 days.
- BRA, 4 - 2, 9th May 1956 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 47.
Age: 41 years, 3 months, 8 days.
- WAL, 1 - 2, 22nd Oct 1955 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 46.
Age: 40 years, 8 months, 21 day.
- POR, 1 - 3, 22nd May 1955 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 45.
Age: 40 years, 3 months, 21 day.
- ESP, 1 - 1, 18th May 1955 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 44.
Age: 40 years, 3 months, 17 days.
- FRA, 0 - 1, 15th May 1955 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 43.
Age: 40 years, 3 months, 14 days.
- SCO, 7 - 2, 2nd Apr 1955 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 42.
Age: 40 years, 2 months, 1 day.
- FRG, 3 - 1, 1st Dec 1954 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 41.
Age: 39 years, 10 months, 0 days.
- WAL, 3 - 2, 10th Nov 1954 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 40.
Age: 39 years, 9 months, 9 days.
- NIR, 2 - 0, 2nd Oct 1954 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 39.
Age: 39 years, 8 months, 1 day.
- URU, 2 - 4, 26th Jun 1954 (WCF) Blackpool, Cap: 38.
Age: 39 years, 4 months, 25 days.
- BEL, 4 - 4, 17th Jun 1954 (WCF) Blackpool, Cap: 37.
Age: 39 years, 4 months, 16 days.
- HUN, 3 - 6, 25th Nov 1953 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 36.
Age: 38 years, 9 months, 24 days.
- NIR, 3 - 1, 11th Nov 1953 (WCQ) Blackpool, Cap: 35.
Age: 38 years, 9 months, 10 days.
- UEFA, 4 - 4, 21st Oct 1953 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 34.
Age: 38 years, 8 months, 20 days.
- SCO, 2 - 3, 14th Apr 1951 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 33.
Age: 36 years, 2 months, 13 days.
- IRE, 4 - 1, 7th Oct 1950 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 32.
Age: 35 years, 8 months, 6 days.
- ESP, 0 - 1, 2nd Jul 1950 (WCF) Blackpool, Cap: 31.
Age: 35 years, 5 months, 1 day.
- SCO, 1 - 3, 9th Apr 1949 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 30.
Age: 34 years, 2 months, 8 days.
- SUI, 6 - 0, 2nd Dec 1948 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 29.
Age: 33 years, 10 months, 1 day.
- WAL, 1 - 0, 10th Nov 1948 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 28.
Age: 33 years, 9 months, 9 days.
- IRE, 6 - 2, 9th Oct 1948 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 27.
Age: 33 years, 8 months, 8 days.
- DEN, 0 - 0, 26th Sep 1948 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 26.
Age: 33 years, 7 months, 25 days.
- ITA, 4 - 0, 16th May 1948 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 25.
Age: 33 years, 3 months, 15 days.
- SCO, 2 - 0, 10th Apr 1948 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 24.
Age: 33 years, 2 months, 9 days.
- IRE, 2 - 2, 5th Nov 1947 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 23.
Age: 32 years, 9 months, 4 days.
- WAL, 3 - 0, 18th Oct 1947 (HC) Blackpool, Cap: 22.
Age: 32 years, 8 months, 17 days.
- BEL, 5 - 2, 21st Sep 1947 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 21.
Age: 32 years, 7 months, 20 days.
- POR, 10 - 0, 25th May 1947 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 20.
Age: 32 years, 3 months, 24 days.
- SUI, 0 - 1, 18th May 1947 (FR) Blackpool, Cap: 19.
Age: 32 years, 3 months, 17 days.
- SCO, 1 - 1, 12th Apr 1947 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 18.
Age: 32 years, 2 months, 11 day.
- KJG, 1 - 2, 18th May 1939 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 17.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 17 days.
- ITA, 2 - 2, 13th May 1939 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 16.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 12 days.
- SCO, 2 - 1, 15th Apr 1939 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 14 days.
- IRE, 7 - 0, 16th Nov 1938 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 14.
Age: 23 years, 9 months, 15 days.
- NOR, 4 - 0, 9th Nov 1938 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 13.
Age: 23 years, 9 months, 8 days.
- UEFA, 3 - 0, 26th Oct 1938 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 12.
Age: 23 years, 8 months, 25 days.
- WAL, 2 - 4, 22nd Oct 1938 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 11.
Age: 23 years, 8 months, 21 day.
- FRA, 4 - 2, 26th May 1938 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 10.
Age: 23 years, 3 months, 25 days.
- SUI, 1 - 2, 21st May 1938 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 9.
Age: 23 years, 3 months, 20 days.
- GER, 6 - 3, 14th May 1938 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 8.
Age: 23 years, 3 months, 13 days.
- SCO, 0 - 1, 9th Apr 1938 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 2 months, 8 days.
- TCH, 5 - 4, 1st Dec 1937 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 6.
Age: 22 years, 10 months, 0 days.
- WAL, 2 - 1, 17th Nov 1937 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 5.
Age: 22 years, 9 months, 16 days.
- SCO, 1 - 3, 17th Apr 1937 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 4.
Age: 22 years, 2 months, 16 days.
- GER, 3 - 0, 4th Dec 1935 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 3.
Age: 20 years, 10 months, 3 days.
- ITA, 3 - 2, 14th Nov 1934 (FR) Stoke City, Cap: 2.
Age: 19 years, 9 months, 13 days.
- WAL, 4 - 0, 29th Sep 1934 (HC) Stoke City, Cap: 1.
Age: 19 years, 7 months, 28 days.
- * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.