Everything about The England National Amateur Football Team totally explained
The
England national amateur football team was the
amateur representative team for
England at
football. It was formed some time around
1900, due to the growth of the
professional game which meant that amateur players could no longer easily find places in the main
England national team.
The team played many internationals against the full representative sides of
Europe, which were usually a mixture of amateur and professional players. The strength of the English amateur team meant they were still able to beat many of these sides, and in fact they were unbeaten in 20 matches from
1906 to
1910. Under an agreement between the four
United Kingdom football associations, the team represented the UK at the
Olympic Games (under the UK's normal Olympic title of
Great Britain), winning the title in
1908 and
1912. These Gold Medal successes count as a win for all 4 of the home nations.
The team continued to play for many years, albeit against purely amateur teams in later years, and with less dominance. It was disbanded in
1974 when
the Football Association abolished the distinction between amateurs and professionals. A semi-professional representative team, made up of players from the
National League System, now plays in its place.
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