Shearer and Marsh up front in an England XI of club exile-enders...
England manager Gareth Southgate’s decision not to play Ivan Toney against Italy or Germany means the Brentford striker remains uncapped and also extends an 83-year spell for the Bees without an active England international on the books, with one-cap wonder Leslie Smith the last player to represent the west London side way back in 1939.
Here’s an XI made up from those who did manage to end a club’s long period away from the Three Lions.One of Leicester City’s longest serving players, Sep Smith was rewarded for his consistent displays with a solitary England cap in 1935.
If you fancy a goalkeeper challenge, try naming the Premier League ‘keepers who broke long spells out of the England set-up for Burnley, Portsmouth, Watford and West Brom.Banks would of course go on to become a reliable, long-term presence in the nets under iconic boss Alf Ramsey, who actually broke a club’s long spell in the England wilderness himself.
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