Footballers Who Played For Northern Ireland And England

Steve Jones played for England and Northern Ireland

There are actually not as many footballers as you think who played for both Northern Irelandand England. Of course, there are many footballers born in England who have represented Northern Ireland down the years – mostly due to their parents or grandparents being from Northern Ireland. Supreme examples of this are Iain Dowie, Chris Nicholl, Colin Hill, Kevin Horlock and Kyle Vassell. But none of those lads actually played for both countries. Then there is Alan Kernaghan, who was born in England, grew up in Northern Ireland (Towerview, Bangor) and played for Republic of Ireland. This list of Wacaday Nutheads played for both Northern Ireland and England.

Kingsley Black

Northern Ireland caps – Under 21 – 1, Under 23 – 1, Under B – 3, Full level – 30 caps, 1 goal.
England caps – Under 18 – 4.
Clubs – Luton Town, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Millwall, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City.
Born – Luton, England.
Claim to fame – Kingsley played in 3 League Cup finals.

Northern Ireland Football Internationals Born Abroad – Kingsley Black

Lee Camp

Northern Ireland caps – 9 full level
England caps – 5 under 21 level
Clubs – Derby County, Burton Albion, QPR, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, West Bromwich Albion, AFC Bournemouth, Rotherham United, Cardiff City, Sunderland, Birmingham City, Coventry City, Swindon Town, Clitheroe, Wrexham.
Born – Derby, England.
Claim to fame – Camp conceded the first goal in a professional match at the New Wembley stadium, he did that 25 seconds after the game had started in 2007.

Lee Camp played for England and Northern Ireland – copyright Getty Images

Steve Jones

Northern Ireland caps – B Level, 1 cap, 1 goal
England caps – C Level, 2 caps, 1 goal
Clubs – Chadderton 1 (?) 1995–1996 Blackpool 0 (0) 1996–1997 Bury 0 (0) 1997–1999 Sligo Rovers 46 (6) 1999 Bray Wanderers 3 (0) 1999 Chorley 4 (?) 1999–2001 Leigh RMI 82 (37) 2001–2006 Crewe Alexandra 158 (39) 2002 → Rochdale (loan) 9 (0) 2006–2009 Burnley 58 (6) 2008 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 4 (1) 2008 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 4 (0) 2008–2009 → Bradford City (loan) 26 (3) 2009–2011 Walsall 43 (9) 2011 → Motherwell (loan) 12 (1) 2011 Droylsden 1 (1) 2011–2013 AFC Telford United 45 (13) 2013–2014 Airbus UK Broughton 22 (5) 2014–2019 Nantwich Town 6 (0) 2019–2020 Whitchurch Alport 14 (6) 2020–2020 Alsager Town 2 (1) 2023- Malpas Football Club
Born – Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Claim to fame – Steve was the last footballer born in Northern Ireland to play for England at any level.

Steve Jones played for England and Northern Ireland – copyright Getty Images

Oliver Norwood

Northern Ireland caps – Full level – 57, B level – 1, Under 21 – 11 caps, 4 goals, Under 19 – 7 caps, 3 goals.
England caps – Under 17 – 3 caps, Under 16 – 9 caps, 2 goals.
Clubs – Manchester United 0 (0) 2010 → Carlisle United (loan) 6 (0) 2011–2012 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 15 (1) 2012 → Coventry City (loan) 18 (2) 2012–2014 Huddersfield Town 80 (8) 2014–2016 Reading 81 (4) 2016–2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 (0) 2017–2018 → Fulham (loan) 36 (5) 2018–2019 → Sheffield United (loan) 23 (2) 2019– Sheffield United 207 (6)
Born – Burnley, England.
Claim to fame – Oliver is the only player on this list to play for Northern Ireland at a major tournament.

Oliver Norwood played for England and Northern Ireland

Isaac Price

Northern Ireland caps –

2018 Northern Ireland U16 2 (0)
2019 Northern Ireland U17 2 (0)
2021 Northern Ireland U19 3 (0)
2022 Northern Ireland U21 3 (0)
2023– Northern Ireland 14 (5)

England caps – Schoolboys.
Clubs – Everton, Standard Liege.
Born – Pontefract, England.
Claim to fame – Isaac scored a hat-trick in October 2024 for Northern Ireland v Bulgaria, our first competitive hat-trick since 2007 – David Healy at Liechtenstein away, and he is the youngest player to ever score a hat-trick for Northern Ireland.

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Lawrie Sanchez

Northern Ireland caps – 3
England caps – Schoolboys – 1
Clubs – Southampton, Thatcham Town, Reading, Wimbledon, Swindon Town, Sligo Rovers.
Born – Lambeth, England.
Claim to fame – Lawrie is the only footballer to have played for Northern Ireland and England that has also managed Northern Ireland. Lawrie is also the only footballer on this list to have scored the winner in an FA Cup Final.

Lawrie Sanchez played for England and Northern Ireland – copyright Sporting Heroes

Jeff Whitley

Northern Ireland caps – under-21 – 17 (1) full level – 20 (3)
England caps – under 17s – unknown
Clubs – Manchester City, Wrexham, Notts County, Sunderland, Cardiff City, Stoke City, Wrexham, Woodley Sports, Northwich Victoria, Droylsden.
Born – Ndola, Zambia.
Claim to fame – Jeff was declared as the first africn-born Northern Ireland international as well as being the first “black” Northern Ireland international when he made his debut in 1997.

 

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