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The Football League XI

Representative side of the Football League

Representative side of the Football League

The English Football League XI was a representative side of the Football League. The team regularly played against the Scottish Football League XI and other national league select teams between 1891 and 1976.

For a long period the annual fixture between the English and Scottish leagues was only second in importance to the matches between the two national teams. The fixture declined in importance, however, particularly after regular European club competition was 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. Other than the Inter-league fixtures, a match was played against the England national team in 1963 as part of the Football Association's centenary celebrations, ending in a 3–3 draw at the Arsenal Stadium.

Aside from one-off exhibition matches against the Glasgow Football Association in 1977 (a 2–1 loss, celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II) and against a 'World XI' at Wembley (a 3–0 victory, which was part of the League's centenary celebrations), the Football League XI's most recent games have been against the Italian League, which was a regular fixture through the 1990s and was most recently played as an Under-21 fixture in 2006.

Results by opponent

OpponentPWDL%W%D%L
Scottish Football League XIThis total includes two Victory Inter-league matches played in 1919 and one match played during the Second World War. In both World Wars, regular league football was suspended.75421419
/ Irish Football League XI635463
League of Ireland XI171421
Serie A/Serie B13xxxxxx
Southern League XI6411
Army XI2200
Football Alliance XI1010
Belgian League XI1010
/ Wales & Ireland XI1100
England1010
Glasgow XI1001
All British XI1010
Rest of the World1100

P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Notes

References

References

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  4. [https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-football-league-24-may-1963-270278/ England v Football League, 24 May 1963], 11v11.com
  5. (25 May 1963). "Draw at Highbury". The Glasgow Herald.
  6. [http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1977+-+Glasgow+v+English+League It's Spot on Sandy], match report, 1977 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
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  11. (8 May 2017). "100 years bore: the arduous and elongated Football League centenary celebrations in 1988". These Football Times.
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  14. (30 January 2006). "Taylor reveals U-21 League squad". BBC Sport.
  15. "Scotland Scores by Team".
  16. [http://www.ayresomepark.co.uk/othermatches/representative.htm Football League Representative Matches], AyresomePark.co.uk
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  20. Spiller, R. J. ''The AFS Book of Inter League Matches''. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 6
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  22. [https://www.11v11.com/matches/belgian-league-v-football-league-27-september-1967-248223/ Belgian League v Football League, 27 September 1967], 11v11.com
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  24. Spiller, R. J. ''The AFS Book of Inter League Matches''. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 87
  25. Spiller, R. J. ''The AFS Book of Inter League Matches''. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 88
  26. (6 November 1939). "CLASSIC PLAY AT GOODISON". Liverpool Daily Post.
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