England national field hockey team

England
Association	England Hockey
Coach	Jason Lee
Captain	Glenn Kirkham
FIH ranking	4th
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The England national field hockey team represents England in international field hockey. The team finished in fifth-place in the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

England won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Their best placing in a World Cup was as runners-up to champions Australia in 1986, which was also held in London. They won the bronze medal at the inaugural Commonwealth Games field hockey tournament in 1998, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Honours

Summer Olympics

• 1908 – Gold

(In 1908, Great Britain entered four teams into the olympic hockey tournament - England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Subsequently, Great Britain has entered a Great Britain Hockey Team into Olympic hockey tournaments)

World Cup

• 1971 – Did not compete
• 1973 – Sixth place
• 1975 – Sixth place
• 1978 – Seventh place
• 1982 – Ninth place
• 1986 –
• 1990 – Fifth place
• 1994 – Sixth place
• 1998 – Sixth place
• 2002 – Seventh place
• 2006 – Fifth place
• 2010 – Fourth place

Commonwealth Games

• 1998 –
• 2002 – Fifth place
• 2006 – Fourth place
• 2010 – Fourth place

Champions Trophy

The Champions Trophy is the most prestigious annual hockey tournament for National teams.

• 1981 – Sixth Place
• 1995 – Sixth Place
• 1999 – Fifth Place
• 2001 – Fifth Place
• 2009 – Sixth Place
• 2010 –

Champions Challenge

• 2003 – Fifth place
• 2005 – Fourth place
• 2007 – Fourth place

EuroHockey Nations

• 1974 – Fourth
• 1978 –
• 1987 –
• 1991 –
• 1995 –
• 1999 –
• 2003 –
• 2009 –
• 2011 –

Current squad

Squad selected for 2011 EuroHockey Nations Championship in Monchengladbach, Germany. Caps and goals correct at 11 October 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 25 GK James Fair 8 January 1981 (1981-01-08) 106 0 Cannock 3 GK Nick Brothers 19 August 1983 (1983-08-19) 35 0 Reading 5 DF Richard Alexander 15 September 1981 (1981-09-15) 176 18 Surbiton 6 DF Richard Mantell 17 August 1981 (1981-08-17) 156 68 Reading 17 DF Alistair Wilson 19 December 1983 (1983-12-19) 145 6 Beeston 29 DF Richard Smith 28 September 1987 (1987-09-28) 71 10 Loughborough Students 16 DF Adam Dixon 11 September 1986 (1986-09-11) 70 2 Beeston 24 DF Iain Lewers 5 January 1984 (1984-01-05) 22 1 East Grinstead 18 MF Barry Middleton (captain) 12 January 1984 (1984-01-12) 239 71 East Grinstead 13 MF Rob Moore 21 May 1981 (1981-05-21) 211 36 Surbiton 4 MF Glenn Kirkham 8 September 1982 (1982-09-08) 194 11 East Grinstead 7 MF Ashley Jackson 27 August 1987 (1987-08-27) 112 61 East Grinstead 23 MF Iain Mackay 24 April 1985 (1985-04-24) 75 12 Reading 22 FW Mark Pearn 21 March 1977 (1977-03-21) 233 51 East Grinstead 12 FW Jonty Clarke 28 January 1981 (1981-01-28) 178 39 Reading 20 FW James Tindall 22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) 172 73 Surbiton 7 FW Matt Daly 8 July 1983 (1983-07-08) 136 58 Surbiton 26 FW Nick Catlin 8 April 1989 (1989-04-08) 52 4 Reading

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the England squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK George Pinner 18 January 1987 (1987-01-18) 8 0 Beeston Friendlies vs Germany, 4 August 2011 DF Ben Hawes 28 July 1980 (1980-07-28) 194 44 Wimbledon Friendlies vs Germany, 4 August 2011 DF Dan Fox 3 March 1983 (1983-03-03) 28 0 Hampstead & Westminster Friendlies vs Egypt, 8 July 2011 DF Richard Springham 23 June 1986 (1986-06-23) 14 0 Reading Friendlies vs Egypt, 8 July 2011 DF Andy Bull 3 February 1992 (1992-02-03) 9 0 Loughborough Students Friendlies vs Egypt, 8 July 2011 DF Ken Forbes 1 May 1978 (1978-05-01) 3 0 Surbiton 2011 RaboTrophy (Amsterdam), 2 July 2011 MF Harry Martin 23 October 1992 (1992-10-23) 14 0 Old Loughtonians Friendlies vs Egypt, 8 July 2011 MF Richard Lane 19 April 1984 (1984-04-19) 0 0 Holcombe Largs Four Nations, 13 June 2011 MF Michael Hoare 14 November 1985 (1985-11-14) 0 0 Bowdon Largs Four Nations, 13 June 2011 FW Simon Mantell 24 April 1984 (1984-04-24) 124 41 Reading Friendlies vs Germany, 4 August 2011 FW Alastair Brogdon 10 November 1987 (1987-11-10) 47 4 Bowdon Friendlies vs Germany, 4 August 2011 FW Darren Cheesman 23 February 1986 (1986-02-23) 3 1 East Grinstead Friendlies vs Egypt, 8 July 2011 FW Dan Shingles 5 July 1986 (1986-07-05) 0 0 Southgate Largs Four Nations, 13 June 2011

Coaches

• Head Coach Jason Lee
• Team Manager Pete Nicholson

See also

• England women's national field hockey team
• England Hockey
• National Hockey Stadium

External links

• England hockey