The English Football League XI was a representative side of the Football League. The team regularly played against the Scottish Football League XI and other national league select teams between 1891The Football League vs The Scottish League – 1890s, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 5 April 2014 and 1976.
For a long period the annual fixture between the English and Scottish leagues was only second in importance to the matches between the two national teams. The fixture declined in importance, however, particularly after regular European club competition was instituted in the 1950s. Later matches were played irregularly and poorly attended, with the last match against the Scottish league being played in March 1976. Other than the Inter-league fixtures, a match was played against the England national team in 1963 as part of the Football Association's centenary celebrations, ending in a 3–3 draw at the Arsenal Stadium.England v Football League, 24 May 1963, 11v11.com
Aside from one-off exhibition matches against the Glasgow Football Association in 1977 (a 2–1 loss, celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II)It's Spot on Sandy, match report, 1977 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)King Kenny and the Queen’s Silver Jubilee match, Glasgow Select v English League Select, The Celtic Star, 12 June 2019The day Queen Elizabeth united Celtic and Rangers, BBC News, 14 September 2022 and against a 'World XI' at Wembley (a 3–0 victory, which was part of the League's centenary celebrations),England Player Honours: International Representative Teams, England Football OnlineWhen the Football League took on the world… , England Memories, 7 August 2015 the Football League XI's most recent games have been against the Italian League,When the best of Serie A beat a Football League all-star XI, The Guardian, 3 July 2019 which was a regular fixture through the 1990s and was most recently played as an Under-21 fixture in 2006.
Results by opponent
OpponentPWDL%W%D%L Scottish Football League XIThis total includes two Victory Inter-league matches played in 1919 and one match played during the Second World War. In both World Wars, regular league football was suspended.Football League Representative Matches, AyresomePark.co.uk75421419/ Irish Football League XI635463 League of Ireland XI171421 Serie A/Serie B13xxxxxx Southern League XIFootball League v Southern League, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863–1937, 27 November 20176411 Army XISpiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 862200 Football Alliance XISpiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 6Football: League v. Alliance, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 18911010 Belgian League XIBelgian League v Football League, 27 September 1967, 11v11.com1010 Wales & Ireland XISpiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 861100 EnglandSpiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 871010 Glasgow XISpiller, R. J. The AFS Book of Inter League Matches. Association of Football Statisticians, p. 881001 All British XI1010Rest of the World1100 P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost
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References
External links Matches against the Scottish Football League at London Hearts Supporters Club England - Football League - International Results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation