Johnny Byrne - 11 Caps (8 Goals)

Full Name: John Joseph Byrne
Born: 13th May 1938, West Horsley, Surrey
Died: 27th October 1999, Cape Town, South Africa aged 61
England Career: 1961 - 1965
Positions whilst with England: Inside Right, Centre Forward & Inside Left
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Crystal Palace (1) & West Ham United (10)
FA Legacy Number: 800
Also known as Budgie Byrne. He won his first cap whilst playing for Crystal Palace, then in the Third Division.

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Northern Ireland (HC) on 22nd November 1961 aged 23 years, 6 months, 9 days
Last Cap: v Scotland (HC) on 10th April 1965 aged 26 years, 10 months, 28 days
First Goal: v Switzerland (FR) on 5th June 1963 aged 25 years, 0 months, 23 days
Career Length: 3 years, 138 days
Starts: 11
Substitute: 0
Withdrawn: 0
Full Games: 11

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

British Home ChampionshipHC
4
0
0
0
0

FriendlyFR
4
8
0
0
0

Nations' Cup (Taça das Nações)BJT
3
0
0
0
0

Competitive
7
0
0
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Home
4
2
0
0
0

Away
5
6
0
0
0

Neutral
2
0
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Drawn
3
0
0
0
0

Won
5
8
0
0
0

Lost
3
0
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Centre Forward
8
8
0
0
0

Inside Left
2
0
0
0
0

Inside Right
1
0
0
0
0

Total
11
8
0
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Alf Ramsey
10
8
0
0
0

England Walter Winterbottom
1
0
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Ray Wilson
10 Matches

Bobby Charlton
9 Matches

Bobby Moore
9 Matches

Jimmy Greaves
8 Matches

Peter Thompson
7 Matches

George Cohen
6 Matches

Maurice Norman
6 Matches

George Eastham
6 Matches

Gordon Banks
6 Matches

Gordon Milne
6 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
www.theyflysohigh.co.uk by Steve Marsh
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
21 sources from 11 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

SCO, 2 - 2, 10th Apr 1965 (HC) West Ham United, Cap: 11.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 28 days.
WAL, 2 - 1, 18th Nov 1964 (HC) West Ham United, Cap: 10.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 5 days.
ARG, 0 - 1, 6th Jun 1964 (BJT) West Ham United, Cap: 9.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 24 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 4th Jun 1964 (BJT) West Ham United, Cap: 8.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 22 days.
BRA, 1 - 5, 30th May 1964 (BJT) West Ham United, Cap: 7.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 17 days.
IRL, 3 - 1, 24th May 1964 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 6.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 11 day.
POR, 4 - 3, 17th May 1964 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 5.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 4 days.
URU, 2 - 1, 6th May 1964 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 4.
Age: 25 years, 11 month, 24 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 11th Apr 1964 (HC) West Ham United, Cap: 3.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 29 days.
SUI, 8 - 1, 5th Jun 1963 (FR) West Ham United, Cap: 2.
Age: 25 years, 0 months, 23 days.
NIR, 1 - 1, 22nd Nov 1961 (HC) Crystal Palace, Cap: 1.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 9 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.