I remember when Phil Neville won his fiftieth cap - he was the name that sprung immediately to mind. Following on from that, anyone remember those halycon days when you could make infinite subs and in some friendly (vs South Africa I think) England had FOUR captains, including PHIL PHLIPPING NEVILLE and David James iirc?
Dunno how many caps Geoff Thomas got but it was too many whatever it was.
As for who missed out, MLT is definitely one. Little anecdote for you. Glenn Hoddle picked him for the Ireland game, you know, the one that got abandoned cos of the hooligans. Picked as in, in the first XI. Then the next game, he wasn't even in the squad! Work that one out. Rumour has it, Hoddle couldn't handle the fact that God and Gascoigne had more natural skill and flair than him and used to show him up in training (apparently Hoddle's idea of a training session was him strutting his stuff trying to prove he still had it). Anyway maybe his attitude and unfashionable club let him down, but in terms of pure talent, MLT is one of the best english players of the 90s.
On the face of it, Ian Wright got a fair amount of caps, 31. But more than half of those were sub appearances, so his return of 9 goals isn't that bad. Back in those days subs were less plentiful and used towards the end of games, so him and Fowler (another overlooked one) used to get literally 10mins at the end of the match.
David Seaman should have got more caps, but for some reason he used to get rotated with Chris Woods. Heck, in the early 90s England could have done a lot worse than picking the Arsenal back 4+keeper as a job lot. You wouldn't get San Marino scoring after 8 seconds then, no sir-ee. Not necessarily the 4 most talented defenders in the country, but in terms of understanding, playing as a unit, offside trap etc you wouldn't get much better.
Anyway, next time you are feeling down, take a deep breath and say this outloud to yourself:
"Phil Neville, England captain".
Guarenteed to have you in stitches.
He was a great 'keeper, one of my heroes.
