England lose to Spain, 15.05.29

Prior to May 15th, 1929 England had played 24 matches against non British teams (Ireland was a part of the UK) won 23,drawn 1 for 121, against 27.
In the summer of 1929 the FA sent an international XI to play France, Belgium and Spain. It was considered a strong side. Camsell's absence was noted and unusually a non league amateur (Edgar Kail) was included, the last non-league player to play for the full England team.
France and Belgium were duly beaten. There was acknowledgement in the lead up to the game that Spanish football was improving and that England were unlikely to find the hosts a push over (various contemporary newspaper reports).  
The match was broadcast live on Spanish radio and members of the royal family were amongst the 30-40,000 crowd at Atletico Madrid's Estadio Metropolitano. The queues were reportedly a mile long and tickets were said to have changed hands for the astronomical equivalent of £10

The temperature was high and England ran out of steam as the game progressed.  Lazcano's equalizer prompted a mass pitch invasion that was dispersed by sword wielding Civic Guards. When Goiburu, the  only amateur in the Spain team, scored the winner the crowd again flooded onto the pitch. 

Spanish football's day of triumph was tempered with tragedy- Snr Jose Maria Acha, president of the Bilbao FA, was killed in a car crash on his way to the game.

                           Spain                                                                England

Ricardo Zamora	RCD Espanyol	G	Ted Hufton	West Ham United
Félix Quesada	Real Madrid	RB	Tom Cooper	Derby County
Jacinto Quincoces	Deportivo Alavés	LB	Ernie Blenkinsop	The Wednesday
Francisco Prats	Real Madrid	HB	Fred Kean	Bolton Wanderers
Martín Marculeta	Real Sociedad	HB	Jack Hill (c)	Newcastle United
José María Peña	Real Madrid	HB	Joe Peacock	Middlesbrough
Jaime Lazcano	Real Madrid	OR	Hughie Adcock	Leicester City
Severino Goiburu	CA Osasuna	IR	Edgar Kail	Dulwich Hamlet
Gaspar Rubio	Real Madrid	CF	Joe Carter	West Bromwich Albion
José Padrón	RCD Espanyol	IL	Joe Bradford	Birmingham City
Mariano Yurrita	Real Sociedad	OL	Len Barry	Leicester City

Joe Carter - put England 2-0 up in 22 minutes.

Bradford headed England's third.

'El Rey' Gaspar Rubio started the Spain comeback

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Jaime Lazcano scored twice to level things with 3 minutes remaining...

Seve Goiburu  sent the crowd wild with his 88th minute winner

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Professionals and Amateurs

James Forrest won his first international cap for England against Wales on 17th March, 1884. England won 4-0. The following year he was selected to play against Scotland. Scottish officials complained as they argued that Forrest was a professional. At the time he was receiving £1 a week from Blackburn Rovers. Forrest was eventually allowed to play but, so the story goes, he had to wear a different jersey from the rest of the team (I can't find any contemporary evidence to support this). Forrest is now acknowledged as being the first professional to win an international cap.
On March 15th, 1890 the England  side which beat Ireland (9-1) was the first national team to consist entirely of professionals.  This only happened 4 times in the 19th century.
The last time that England fielded an entirely amateur XI was in a 1-1 draw against Wales at The Queen's Club, Kensington on March 18th 1895.

As we have seen, the FA introduced an Amateur England national team in 1906. As well as competing in the Olympic Games, this team fulfilled many of England's overseas and international fixtures, and their matches are recognized by FIFA as full internationals. The first Amateur XI included 6 players who had been capped in the 'regular' England international  side.

On 12th February 1927 A.G.'Baishe' Bower, Corinthian full-back, captained the full England side which drew 3-3 with Wales in Wrexham. Bower was the last amateur to captain England and the last amateur to play for England in the Home Championship

The last 'exclusive' amateur to play for England was Dulwich Hamlet's Edgar Kail.  He played in  England's defeat against Spain on May 15th 1929 in Madrid.

Bernard Joy of the Corinthians and Arsenal, earned his only cap and became the last amateur to play for the senior England team in the 3-2 loss to Belgium in Brussels on May 9th 1936.

The Sheriff of London's Charity Shield, a forerunner of the Charity Shield ( known now as the Community Shield), gave leading amateur club sides an opportunity to pit themselves against the pros. The professionals generally prevailed although a noteworthy exception occurred in 1904 when Corinthians beat FA Cup winners Bury 10-3!

There were also occasions when instead of the FA Cup winners versus the League Champions, The Charity Shield was played between England Amateur and Professional sides:


1913- English Professionals XI   7 – 2 English Amateurs XI
1923- English Professionals XI   2 – 0 English Amateurs XI
1924- English Professionals XI   3 – 1 English Amateurs XI
1925- English Professionals XI   6 – 1 English Amateurs XI
1926- English Amateurs XI        6 – 3 English Professionals XI
1929- English Professionals XI   3 – 0 English Amateurs XI