The English Football League XIwas a representative side of theFootball League.The team regularly played against theScottish Football League XIand other national league select teams between 1891[1]and 1976.
For a long period the annual fixture between the English and Scottish leagues was only second in importance tothe matches between the two national teams.The fixture declined in importance, however, particularlyafter regular European club competitionwas instituted in the 1950s. Later matches were played irregularly and poorly attended, with the last match against the Scottish league being played in March 1976.[2][3]Other than the Inter-league fixtures, a match was played against theEngland national teamin 1963 as part of theFootball Association's centenary celebrations, ending in a 3–3 draw at theArsenal Stadium.[4][5]
Aside from one-off exhibition matches against theGlasgow Football Associationin 1977 (a 2–1 loss, celebrating theSilver Jubilee of Elizabeth II)[6][7][8]and against a 'World XI' atWembley(a 3–0 victory, which was part of theLeague's centenary celebrations),[9][10][11][12]the Football League XI's most recent games have been against the Italian League,[13]which was a regular fixture through the 1990s and was most recently played as an Under-21 fixture in 2006.[14]
Results by opponent
edit- As of 10:59, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | %W | %D | %L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scottish Football League XI[note 1][15][16]
|
75 | 42 | 14 | 19 | 56 | 18.7 | 25.3 |
 / Irish Football League XI
|
63 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 85.7 | 9.5 | 4.8 |
 League of Ireland XI
|
17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 82.4 | 11.8 | 5.9 |
 Serie A/Serie B
|
13 | x | x | x | x | x | x |
 Southern League XI[17][18]
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
 Army XI[19]
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Football Alliance XI[20][21]
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
 Belgian League XI[22]
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
 /Wales&IrelandXI[23][9]
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| England[24][4][5]
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Glasgow XI[25][6][7]
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| All British XI[26]
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Rest of the World[10][11] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost
Notes
edit- ^This total includes two Victory Inter-league matches played in 1919 and one match played during theSecond World War.In both World Wars, regular league football was suspended.
References
edit- ^The Football League vs The Scottish League – 1890s,Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 5 April 2014
- ^"Wed 17 Mar 1976 SFL 0 English Football League 1".www.londonhearts.com.London Hearts Supporters' Club.Retrieved28 February2014.
- ^Donnelly, Paul (2010).The last inter-league match.Hachette UK.ISBN9780600622543.Retrieved28 February2014.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^abEngland v Football League, 24 May 1963,11v11.com
- ^ab"Draw at Highbury".The Glasgow Herald.Glasgow. 25 May 1963. p. 8.Retrieved5 November2019.
- ^abIt's Spot on Sandy,match report, 1977 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
- ^abKing Kenny and the Queen’s Silver Jubilee match, Glasgow Select v English League Select,The Celtic Star,12 June 2019
- ^The day Queen Elizabeth united Celtic and Rangers,BBC News, 14 September 2022
- ^ab"Supranational Sides".Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats.Retrieved8 March2014.
- ^abEngland Player Honours: International Representative Teams,England Football Online
- ^ab"100 years bore: the arduous and elongated Football League centenary celebrations in 1988".These Football Times.8 May 2017.Retrieved25 October2017.
- ^When the Football League took on the world…,England Memories, 7 August 2015
- ^When the best of Serie A beat a Football League all-star XI,The Guardian, 3 July 2019
- ^"Taylor reveals U-21 League squad".BBC Sport. 30 January 2006.
- ^"Scotland Scores by Team".London Hearts Supporters' Club.Retrieved26 November2011.
- ^Football League Representative Matches,AyresomePark.co.uk
- ^Edwards, Leigh (1993).The Official Centenary History of the Southern League.Halesowen:Paper Plane Publishing. p. 17.ISBN1-871872-08-1.
- ^Football League v Southern League,Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 27 November 2017
- ^Spiller, R. J.The AFS Book of Inter League Matches.Association of Football Statisticians, p. 86
- ^Spiller, R. J.The AFS Book of Inter League Matches.Association of Football Statisticians, p. 6
- ^Football: League v. Alliance,The Glasgow Herald,21 April 1891
- ^Belgian League v Football League, 27 September 1967,11v11.com
- ^Spiller, R. J.The AFS Book of Inter League Matches.Association of Football Statisticians, p. 86
- ^Spiller, R. J.The AFS Book of Inter League Matches.Association of Football Statisticians, p. 87
- ^Spiller, R. J.The AFS Book of Inter League Matches.Association of Football Statisticians, p. 88
- ^"CLASSIC PLAY AT GOODISON".Liverpool Daily Post.6 November 1939.Retrieved10 March2021– viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
External links
edit- Matches against the Scottish Football LeagueatLondon Hearts Supporters Club
- England - Football League - International ResultsatRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation