Group    From 1870 

England Football Team

Categories: Sport / Games

The joint (along with Scotland) oldest national football team in the world. Its greatest success was winning the 1966 World Cup Championship - something it has been struggling to repeat ever since.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
England Football Team

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Bobby Moore

The Heritage Foundation website mentions a plaque to him unveiled in 2000 by ...

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Laurie Cunningham - E10

Laurie Cunningham, 1956 - 1989, football legend, pioneering England internati...

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Ron Greenwood

Ron Greenwood, CBE, 1921 - 2006, manager of West Ham United and England. Spor...

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Harry Vardon

Harry Vardon

Golfer. Born Henry William Vardon in Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands. He won the British Open championship six times, the U.S. Open in 1900 and the German Open in 1911. He is remembered for his ...

Person, Sport / Games, Channel Islands, Germany, USA

1 memorial
Fred Perry

Fred Perry

Lawn tennis and table tennis player. Born Frederick John Perry at 33 Carrington Road, Stockport. Table tennis was his first sport and he became world singles champion in 1929. Between 1933 and 1936...

Person, Sport / Games, Australia, USA

2 memorials
Henry the 'Game Chicken' Pearce

Henry the 'Game Chicken' Pearce

Bare-knuckle prizefighter. Born in Bristol. He fought under the London Prize Ring rules, and was the English champion from 1804 until 1807. His nickname probably derives from his signing his name a...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore

Footballer. Born Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore in Upney Hospital, Barking, Essex. Played for West Ham 1958-74. He had already played for the England youth and under-twenty-threes teams before bein...

Person, Sport / Games

7 memorials
The Ring / Surrey Chapel / Rowland Hill's Chapel

The Ring / Surrey Chapel / Rowland Hill's Chapel

On the site now occupied by TfL's Palastre House.  Built in fields as an octagonal independent chapel by Reverend Rowland Hill, no relative to Sir Rowland Hill, although the PO man is said to have ...

Building, Sport / Games

4 memorials

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London and Greenwich Railway - Deptford

London and Greenwich Railway - Deptford

SE8, Deptford High Street

{Circular plaque, around a drawing of the viaduct and St James's Bermondsey church, above a shield and a banner:} London and Greenwich Ra...

1 subject commemorated
Alan Cartwright - plaque

Alan Cartwright - plaque

N1, Caledonian Road, Caledonian Road Swimming Pool

Memorials to murdered young people can be very moving, and extensive. This one used to stretch for more than 7 metres along the side of t...

1 subject commemorated
Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie

Former Emperor of Ethiopia. Born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael. He led a revolution in 1916 and became regent and heir to the throne, to which he succeeded in 1930. 1935 - 6, following Italy's invasi...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Ethiopia

2 memorials
Sir Segrave

Sir Segrave

W1, Chiltern Street, St Andrew Mansions

English Heritage Sir Henry Segrave, 1896 - 1930, world speed record holder, lived here in flat No.6, 1917 - 1920.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Barry Mason - steel statue

Barry Mason - steel statue

SE16, Brunswick Quay

The 'statue' represents his passion for cycling. It is topped by a cormorant, a bird that frequents the dock area.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator