England Players Sent Off 1872 to 2024
Complete details of all 18 England football players sent off in a full international from 1872 onward.
Alan Mullery was the first England player to be sent off in June 1968 in a match against Yugoslavia.
David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are the two players sent off twice.
Ray Wilkins, David Beckham, and Wayne Rooney were sent off in World Cup Final competition.
England Players Sent Off in Full Internationals
| Date | Player | Score, Opposition & Venue | Min | Comp | Res | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Jun-1968 | Alan Mullery |
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| 0-1 v Yugoslavia, Stadio Communale, Firenze, Italy | 90 | ECF | NL |
| 6-Jun-1973 | Alan Ball |
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| 0-2 v Poland, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów | 76 | WCP | AL |
| 12-Jun-1977 | Trevor Cherry |
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| 1-1 v Argentina, Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires | 83 | Friendly | AD |
| 6-Jun-1986 | Ray Wilkins |
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| 0-0 v Morocco, Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico | 43 | WCF | ND |
| 30-Jun-1998 | David Beckham |
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| 2-2 v Argentina, Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France | 47 | WCF | ND |
| 5-Sep-1998 | Paul Ince |
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| 1-2 v Sweden, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län | 67 | ECP | AL |
| 5-Jun-1999 | Paul Scholes |
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| 0-0 v Sweden, Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London | 51 | ECP | HD |
| 8-Sep-1999 | David Batty |
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| 0-0 v Poland, Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa | 84 | ECP | AD |
| 16-Oct-2002 | Alan Smith |
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| 2-2 v FYR Macedonia, Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton | 90+2 | ECP | HD |
| 8-Oct-2005 | David Beckham |
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| 1-0 v Austria, Old Trafford, Manchester | 59 | WCP | HW |
| 1-Jul-2006 | Wayne Rooney |
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| 0-0 v Portugal, Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | 62 | WCF | ND |
| 10-Oct-2009 | Rob Green |
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| 0-1 v Ukraine, Dnipro Arena, Dnepropetrovsk | 13 | WCP | AL |
| 7-Oct-2011 | Wayne Rooney |
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| 2-2 v Montenegro, Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica, Montenegro | 73 | ECP | AD |
| 11-Sep-2012 | Steven Gerrard |
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| 1-1 v Ukraine, Wembley Stadium, London | 88 | WCP | HD |
| 4-Jun-2014 | Raheem Sterling |
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| 2-2 v Ecuador, Sunlife Stadium, Miami, Florida, United States | 79 | Friendly | ND |
| 5-Sep-2020 | Kyle Walker |
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| 1-0 v Iceland, Laugardalsvöllur, Laugardalular, Reykjavík | 70 | UNL | AW |
| 14-Oct-2020 | Harry Maguire |
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| 0-1 v Denmark, Wembley Stadium, London | 31 | UNL | HL |
| 23-Mar-2023 | Luke Shaw |
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| 2-1 v Italy, Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Italy | 80 | ECP | AW |
