# List of England international footballers capped while playing for a lower division club

The England national football team represents the country of England in international association football. It is fielded by The Football Association, the governing body of football in England, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. England competed in the first official international football match on 30 November 1872, a 0–0 draw with Scotland at Hamilton Crescent.
England have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have been capped while playing for clubs not in the top division of English football, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his usual playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and the years spent playing for England while also playing for a Football League club. For example, Trevor Brooking was capped 47 times, but 12 of those caps were when West Ham United were in the Second Division. The names are initially ordered by the year of debut, and then by alphabetical order.

## Players
### Players from non-League clubs

| Player | Pos. | Club | League | Years | Caps |
| Alfred Bower | DF | Corinthians | - | 1923–27 | 5 |
| William Bryant | MF | Clapton | Isthmian League | 1925 | 1 |
| Vivian Gibbins | FW | Clapton | Isthmian League | 1925 | 1 |
| Claude Ashton | FW | Corinthians | - | 1925 | 1 |
| Edgar Kail | MF | Dulwich Hamlet | Isthmian League | 1929 | 3 |
| Bernard Joy | DF | Casuals | Isthmian League | 1936 | 1 |

### Players from Third Division clubs

| Player | Pos. | Club | League | Years | Caps |
| Freddie Fox | GK | Millwall | Third Division South | 1925 | 1 |
| George Armitage | MF | Charlton Athletic | Third Division South | 1925 | 1 |
| Richard Hill | DF | Millwall | Third Division South | 1926 | 1 |
| Len Oliver | MF | Fulham | Third Division South | 1929 | 1 |
| Albert Barrett | MF | Fulham | Third Division South | 1929 | 1 |
| Joe Payne | FW | Luton Town | Third Division South | 1937 | 1 |
| Tommy Lawton | FW | Notts County | Third Division South | 1947–48 | 5 (23) |
| Reg Matthews | GK | Coventry City | Third Division South | 1956–57 | 5 |
| Johnny Byrne | FW | Crystal Palace | Third Division | 1961 | 1 (11) |
| Peter Taylor | MF | Crystal Palace | Third Division | 1976 | 4 |
| Steve Bull | FW | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Third Division | 1989 | 2 (13) |

### Players from Second Division clubs

| Player | Pos. | Club | League | Years | Caps |
| Fred Kean | MF | The Wednesday | Second Division | 1923–26 | 6 (9) |
| George Thornewell | FW | Derby County | Second Division | 1923–25 | 4 |
| Billy Felton | DF | The Wednesday | Second Division | 1925 | 1 |
| Tom Parker | DF | Southampton | Second Division | 1925 | 1 |
| Howard Baker | GK | Chelsea | Second Division | 1925 | 1 (2) |
| John Townrow | MF | Clapton Orient | Second Division | 1925–26 | 2 |
| Billy Pease | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1927 | 1 |
| Willis Edwards | MF | Leeds United | Second Division | 1928 | 3 (16) |
| Jack Hacking | GK | Oldham Athletic | Second Division | 1928–29 | 3 |
| George Camsell | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1929 | 2 (9) |
| Joe Peacock | MF | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1929 | 3 |
| Joe Carter | FW | West Bromwich Albion | Second Division | 1929 | 2 (3) |
| Dixie Dean | FW | Everton | Second Division | 1931 | 1 (16) |
| Harry Roberts | FW | Millwall | Second Division | 1931 | 1 |
| Tommy Graham | DF | Nottingham Forest | Second Division | 1931 | 2 |
| Johnny Arnold | FW | Fulham | Second Division | 1933 | 1 |
| George Hunt | FW | Tottenham Hotspur | Second Division | 1933 | 3 |
| Ray Westwood | FW | Bolton Wanderers | Second Division | 1934–35 | 3 (6) |
| George Eastham | FW | Bolton Wanderers | Second Division | 1935 | 1 |
| Sep Smith | MF | Leicester City | Second Division | 1935 | 1 |
| Bobby Barclay | FW | Sheffield United | Second Division | 1936 | 1 (3) |
| Harold Hobbis | FW | Charlton Athletic | Second Division | 1936 | 2 |
| Ronnie Starling | FW | Aston Villa | Second Division | 1937 | 1 (2) |
| Len Goulden | FW | West Ham United | Second Division | 1937–39 | 14 |
| Willie Hall | FW | Tottenham Hotspur | Second Division | 1937–39 | 9 (10) |
| Jackie Robinson | FW | Sheffield Wednesday | Second Division | 1937–38 | 4 |
| Jackie Morton | FW | West Ham United | Second Division | 1937 | 1 |
| Frank Broome | FW | Aston Villa | Second Division | 1938 | 3 (7) |
| Bert Sproston | DF | Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City | Second Division | 1938 1938 | 2 (11) 1 (11) |
| Reg Smith | FW | Millwall | Second Division | 1938 | 2 |
| Frank Swift | GK | Manchester City | Second Division | 1946–47 | 8 (19) |
| Ted Ditchburn | GK | Tottenham Hotspur | Second Division | 1948–49 | 2 (6) |
| Alf Ramsey | DF | Southampton Tottenham Hotspur | Second Division | 1948 1949–50 | 1 (32) 7 (32) |
| Jack Haines | FW | West Bromwich Albion | Second Division | 1948 | 1 |
| Bill Ellerington | DF | Southampton | Second Division | 1949 | 2 |
| Tom Finney | FW | Preston North End | Second Division | 1949–51 | 14 (76) |
| Bernard Streten | GK | Luton Town | Second Division | 1949 | 1 |
| Bill Eckersley | DF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1950–53 | 17 |
| Gil Merrick | GK | Birmingham City | Second Division | 1951–54 | 23 |
| Jackie Sewell | FW | Sheffield Wednesday | Second Division | 1951–52 | 3 (6) |
| Syd Owen | DF | Luton Town | Second Division | 1954 | 3 |
| Bedford Jezzard | FW | Fulham | Second Division | 1954–55 | 2 |
| Johnny Haynes | FW | Fulham | Second Division | 1954–59 | 32 (56) |
| Geoff Bradford | FW | Bristol Rovers | Second Division | 1955 | 1 |
| Ronnie Clayton | DF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1955–58 | 21 (35) |
| John Atyeo | FW | Bristol City | Second Division | 1955–57 | 6 |
| Colin Grainger | FW | Sheffield United | Second Division | 1956 | 2 (7) |
| Alan Hodgkinson | GK | Sheffield United | Second Division | 1957–60 | 5 |
| Bryan Douglas | MF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1957–58 | 10 (36) |
| Alan A'Court | FW | Liverpool | Second Division | 1957–58 | 5 |
| Jim Langley | DF | Fulham | Second Division | 1958 | 3 |
| Graham Shaw | DF | Sheffield United | Second Division | 1958–59 | 4 (5) |
| Tony Allen | DF | Stoke City | Second Division | 1959 | 3 |
| Brian Clough | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1959 | 2 |
| Edwin Holliday | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1959 | 3 |
| Ray Wilson | DF | Huddersfield Town | Second Division | 1960–64 | 30 (63) |
| Mick McNeil | DF | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1960–61 | 9 |
| Stan Anderson | DF | Sunderland | Second Division | 1962 | 2 |
| Alan Peacock | FW | Middlesbrough | Second Division | 1962 | 4 (6) |
| Mike O'Grady | FW | Huddersfield Town | Second Division | 1962 | 2 (3) |
| Terry Paine | FW | Southampton | Second Division | 1963–66 | 19 |
| Keith Newton | DF | Blackburn Rovers | Second Division | 1967–69 | 17 (27) |
| Peter Shilton | GK | Leicester City | Second Division | 1970–71 | 2 (125) |
| Rodney Marsh | FW | Queens Park Rangers | Second Division | 1971 | 1 (9) |
| David Watson | DF | Sunderland | Second Division | 1974–75 | 14 (65) |
| Mick Channon | FW | Southampton | Second Division | 1974–77 | 25 (45) |
| Brian Little | FW | Aston Villa | Second Division | 1975 | 1 |
| Tony Towers | MF | Sunderland | Second Division | 1976 | 3 |
| Trevor Brooking | MF | West Ham United | Second Division | 1979–81 | 12 (47) |
| Kenny Sansom | DF | Crystal Palace | Second Division | 1979 | 1 (86) |
| Alan Devonshire | MF | West Ham United | Second Division | 1980 | 2 (8) |
| Alvin Martin | DF | West Ham United | Second Division | 1981 | 2 (17) |
| John Gregory | MF | Queens Park Rangers | Second Division | 1983 | 3 (6) |
| Mark Hateley | FW | Portsmouth | Second Division | 1984 | 4 (32) |
| Chris Woods | GK | Norwich City | Second Division | 1986 | 3 (43) |
| Steve Bull | FW | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Second Division | 1989–90 | 11 (13) |
| Earl Barrett | DF | Oldham Athletic | Second Division | 1991 | 1 (3) |
| Stuart Pearce | DF | Nottingham Forest | First Division | 1993–94 | 3 (78) |
| Michael Gray | DF | Sunderland | First Division | 1999 | 3 |
| Kevin Phillips | FW | Sunderland | First Division | 1999 | 1 (8) |
| David James | GK | West Ham United | First Division | 2003 | 5 (53) |
| David Nugent | FW | Preston North End | Championship | 2007 | 1 |
| Jay Bothroyd | FW | Cardiff City | Championship | 2010 | 1 |
| Wilfried Zaha | FW | Crystal Palace | Championship | 2012 | 1 (2) |
| Sam Johnstone | GK | West Bromwich Albion | Championship | 2021 | 2 (4) |