| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps 18:30 - Jul 10 with 810 views | BarcaBlue |
I thought he had more than 35. A decent number, and a decent goal return but I would have guessed more.
Trying to think who would he be competing with at the time - Tony Woodcock, Trevor Francis, Peter Withe, Bob Latchford, maybe others I've forgotten. With the exception of Francis perhaps, none as good as Mariner. Seems he should have got more caps. |  | | |  |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 18:38 - Jul 10 with 778 views | WD19 |
Keegan and latterly Blissett and Hately.
……and fewer games with fewer substitutions giving less opportunity to rack up appearances like today. |  | | |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 18:41 - Jul 10 with 775 views | gtsb1966 |
Talking of Bob Latchford, he gave an interview after he had retired and said the hardest opponent he had played against was Kevin Beattie. |  | | |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 18:44 - Jul 10 with 762 views | Enigma_Blue |
Keegan played for England up until 1982 so up until then Mariner was competing with those other players you mentioned to partner Keegan upfront.
I think Gary Birtles and Cyrille Regis won a few caps in the early 80s as well.
I could be wrong but I think Mariner scored 11 goals from his first 22 appearances but only managed another 2 from his last 13 appearances. [Post edited 10 Jul 2021 18:57]
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| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:00 - Jul 10 with 659 views | BryanPlug |
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| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:24 - Jul 10 with 623 views | BarcaBlue |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:00 - Jul 10 by BryanPlug |
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I wasn' really comparing his caps to present day internationals rather it struck me as a bit low compared to ones at the time. Trevor Francis for example got 52 caps and scored fewer goals. If I was to have guessed, I'd have thought Mariner would have at least 50 caps.
Just struck me the number was relatively low for the player he was. | | | |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:31 - Jul 10 with 615 views | itfcjoe |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:00 - Jul 10 by BryanPlug |
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They had as many friendlies or there abouts, just a lot less qualifiers - there were only about 25 countries in Europe for a start. Groups of 3 in qualifiers |  |
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| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 22:24 - Jul 10 with 559 views | BryanPlug |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:31 - Jul 10 by itfcjoe |
They had as many friendlies or there abouts, just a lot less qualifiers - there were only about 25 countries in Europe for a start. Groups of 3 in qualifiers |
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| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 22:29 - Jul 10 with 549 views | ParisBlue |
Woodcock, Birtles and David Johnson were all picked ahead of Mariner in the 1980 Euros.
I think the emergence of Mark Hateley signalled the end of his international career. |  |
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| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 22:30 - Jul 10 with 547 views | BryanPlug |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:24 - Jul 10 by BarcaBlue |
I wasn' really comparing his caps to present day internationals rather it struck me as a bit low compared to ones at the time. Trevor Francis for example got 52 caps and scored fewer goals. If I was to have guessed, I'd have thought Mariner would have at least 50 caps.
Just struck me the number was relatively low for the player he was. |
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| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 22:52 - Jul 10 with 527 views | BonchosBicycle |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 18:41 - Jul 10 by gtsb1966 |
Talking of Bob Latchford, he gave an interview after he had retired and said the hardest opponent he had played against was Kevin Beattie. |
Paul definitely should have had more caps, but I think Latchford was even harder done by. Can't say I remember why he wasn't capped more but he was a fantastic player. Scored a ridiculous amount of goals for Everton in the late 70s. |  | | |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 22:54 - Jul 10 with 526 views | Guthrum |
| Paul Mariner - 35 England caps on 21:31 - Jul 10 by itfcjoe |
They had as many friendlies or there abouts, just a lot less qualifiers - there were only about 25 countries in Europe for a start. Groups of 3 in qualifiers |
According to this site ( http://englandfootballonline.com/matchrsl/Match.html ), there were 91 England fixtures between Mariner's debut and his final cap, of which he played 38.5%. Which, if one allows for injuries, competition from rivals for the shirt and managers wanting to try out alternatives, is not a bad share.
Also worth noting that 25 out of his 35 caps came in a period between May 1980 and February 1983, when he only missed ten England games. |  |
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