England football

Some of the first ever England internationals have still never been given a cap for each game they player for their country and the first ones were ...

That the 1972 players had a cap at all is down to the industriousness of one woman. And the 1972 players are not particularly happy about it. But while exhibitions are lovely, they’re not quite as tangible nor carry as much meaning as an official England cap, or even tickets to an England game. International players received only one cap each, and that was painstakingly sewed together by Flo Bilton, who had borrowed a prototype England men’s cap from Raich Carter, a near neighbour in Hull.” So instead, upon retirement they were given a shield with smaller decorative shields marking each of their England appearances. And that, sadly, is all they ever got.