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10) Tim Flowers: 11 caps (Rob Green has 12)
England were lucky to have David Seaman’s shovel hands guarding their goal for much of the 1990s but Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan were always fortunate that if the Arsenal keeper was ever missing, they could rely on top-quality back-up.
Nigel Martyn was one of those options and he won 23 caps. Flowers was another. The Blackburn keeper won the title after joining Rovers as the most expensive keeper in Britain in 1993, making Jack Walker’s investment of £2.4million appear an absolute steal. But at international level, Flowers could never shift Seaman. He played 11 games – all of them friendlies between 1993 and 1998 – while watching Euro 96 and the World Cup in 1998 from the bench.
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9) Danny Murphy: 9 caps (Jermaine Jenas has 21)
All of the midfielder’s caps came in a two-year period while he was at Liverpool, either side of a World Cup finals he had to miss due to a metatarsal injury. Of those nine caps, only one came from the start.
Murphy was one of many central midfielders who had their route to the XI blocked by Gerrard and Lampard. And some of his best form was reserved for his final season at Fulham when he created more goalscoring chances than any other Premier League player. By that time, many considered Murphy’s time to have passed, but surely he was worth more than just one start?
8) Nigel Winterburn: 2 caps (Tony Dorigo has 15)
Almost four years passed between the Arsenal left-back’s two appearances, both of which came from the bench. His debut was as a substitute for Stuart Pearce, which gave Winterburn a taste of what was to come. If the Gunners’ stalwart wanted a regular England berth, he would have to get past Psycho.
Winterburn was by no means as imposing as Pearce but he was equally consistent and reliable, which is evidenced by his presence in George Graham and Arsene Wenger’s watertight defence through the late 1980s and the entire 1990s. At least he could share his international frustration with the fella just inside him – Steve Bould also earned just two caps, while Tony Adams and Lee Dixon helped themselves to nearly 100 between them.
7) Kevin Phillips: 8 caps (Emile Heskey has 62)
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