The best books about the History of the English National Team.
These are the books that I have chosen:
Book I
‘An English Soccer Internationalists' Who's Who, 1872-1986’
Author: Douglas Lamming
Published in 1986.
Written Language: English
This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This book has a brief biography and profile of every player to have represented England until 1986.
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Book II
‘England Expects, A History of the England Football Team’
Author: James Corbett
Published in 2006.
Written Language: English
This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This book covers the History of the English National Team.
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Book III
‘England V Argentina, World Cups and other small wars’
Author: David Downing
Published in 2003.
Written Language: English
This book covers the unique history of England’s matches vs. Argentina including the political and social backdrop.
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‘England V Argentina, World Cups and other small wars’ Cover |
Book IV
‘The Auld Enemy-England v Scotland: The Comprehensive History of More than a Century of Soccer Rivalry’
Author: Dean Hayes
Published in 1996.
Written Language: English
This book covers every England and Scotland encounter with lineups and statistical information until 1996 and players’ information.
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| ‘The Auld Enemy-England v Scotland: The Comprehensive History of More than a Century of Soccer Rivalry’ Cover |
Book V
‘England V. Scotland’
Author: Brian James
Published in 1969.
Written Language: English
This book covers every England and Scotland encounter with lineups and statistical information until 1969 and players’ information.
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| ‘England V. Scotland’ Cover |
Book VI
‘England, The Complete Post-War Record’
Author: Mike Payne
Published in 1993
Written Language: English
This excellent book is covers every England National Team match from 1946 until 1993 with many archive photographs.
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| ‘England, The Complete Post-War Record’ Cover |
Book VII
‘Forever England, A History of the National Side’
Authors: Mark Shaoul, Tony Williamson
Published in 2004.
Written Language: English
This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This book covers the History of the English National Team.
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‘Forever England, A History of the National Side’ Cover |
Book VIII
‘The best of enemies, England V Germany’
Author: David Downing
Published in 2001.
Written Language: English
This book deals exclusively with the unique history and the matches between England and Germany National teams with archivals photographs.
Book IX
‘The England Compendium: The Greatest England Football Trivia Book Ever’
Author: Clive Batty
Published in 2006
Written Language: English
This small book covers as the title suggests all about the facts and figures and trivia regarding English national Team.
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Book X
‘The England Football Miscellany’
Author: John White
Published in 2008
Written Language: English
Similar to format to the above mentioned book.
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‘The England Football Miscellany’ Cover |
Book XI
‘The England Managers, The Impossible Job’
Author: Brian Scovell
Published in 2006
Written Language: English
This book covers all England National Team Managers from Walter Winterbottom to Sven-Goran Eriksson.
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Book XII
‘The Essential History of England’
Authors: Andrew Mourant and Jack Rollin
Published in 2004.
Written Language: English
This book covers the History of the English National Team.
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‘The Essential History of England’ Cover |
Book XIII
‘Three Lions on the Shirt, Playing for England’
Author: Dave Bowler
Published in 1999.
Written Language: English
This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This book covers the History of the English National Team.
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‘Three Lions on the Shirt, Playing for England’ Cover |
Book XIV
‘England, Player by Player’
Author: Graham Betts
Published in 2006.
Written Language: English
This is not a statistical book about matches and results.
This book has a brief biography and profile of every player to have represented England until 2006 with many photographs.
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‘England, Player by Player’ Cover |
Book XV
‘England, The Football facts’
Author: Dean Hayes
Published in 2006.
Written Language: English
This book covers every England lineup and statistical information until 2006 and players’ information.
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‘England, The Football facts’ Cover |
If any one knows of other books pertaining to this topic, please do not hesitate to leave a post.














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