I was having a conversation the other day with a mate about great players who deserved more caps than what they actually earned,the ones that stood out mainly for me were Alan Hansen who only earned 26 caps for Scotland even though he's recognised as one of Liverpool's best ever defenders,the other was Steve Bruce who didn't even get one senior international cap for England even though he was a superb defender for Man Utd

Can anyone come up with many more who deserved more international recognition?

Les Ferdinand only got 17

Malcolm Macdonald only got 14 - ex Newcastle and Arsenal forward. His career stats were, 381 games and 193 goals. Was one of the best forwards ever to play for Newcastle!

Them are the only two i can think of, will add more later!

robbie fowler overlooked to many times in favour of lesser strikers

Agree with the Malcolm Macdonald one mate,his record is superb for Newcastle...

Another one i thought of too would be Le Tissier,what a player he was but only earned 8 caps for England

fowler only got 26 caps

Chris Sutton wasnt the best but he only got 1 cap. Compared to people like Andy Johnson who are gettin in nowadays he was good.

Same with Alan Thompson, he could have taken the once cursed left midfield role for England, i really dont know why he only got one cap, or was it none...?

The geordie Alan Thompson only got one cap. was in 2004

A lot of that was down to himself really,he refused to play for England B in a friendly so was dropped altogether

i didnt know that

its a good thread this, didnt realise that great players were overlooked. Then you get bad players who seem to keep gettin picked on past ability (beckham). Not right...

kevin nolan when he was in great form a couple of years ago should have been given a chance...

also zola was only given 35 caps what is that all about?

Another fantastic italian was not even capped can anyone guess who it is?

A little clue he Graced British Football

Maybe a tad biased, but I believe Gary Mabbutt deserved more.

And Steve Perryman also, certainly was worth more than the single substitute appearance he earnt.

Matt Le Tissier - a great talent and perhaps his laid back demeanour was misunderstood by some managers. I remember him getting a well-earned chance to start a match, in a friendly in Dublin. That particular opportunity was completely put paid to by Combat 18 and other mindless idiots.

Andy Cole 15 caps. Maybe the 1 goal had something to do with it.

Di Canio?

dixie dean 16 caps

Di Canio, ZOla, Cudicini, ricky villa(he got 25 but i think it should havebenn more), Mabbutt and Barry Robson all come to mind for me.

Good shout as i agree with Mabbutt not getting many caps,he was superb for Spurs

Alan Thompson?

He was good but good enough to get more than 1 cap.

For me he is lucky he got 1 cap

spot on could not believe it when i heard i know they had baggio n co but still he should have been given a shot after all he was as good if not better that vialli / casaraghi / ravenelli

I agree, it was a travesty given his incredible talent.