Celebrating 1,000 games: 20 one-cap wonders you forgot even had an England call-up

So many incredible players have graced the England shirt over the years and also some not-so-incredible players and it's the latter that we're going to be focussing on today.

When some stars make their Three Lions debuts, it's easy to predict that you're going to see plenty more from them on the international stage and that often turns out to be the case.

However, there are also many that show enough form at club level to get into the England international set-up and make their promising bow, before falling off the face of the Earth.

But equally, you know with many England international debutants that this could well be the only time you see them with three lions on the shirt, whilst you wonder how the hell they got into the team.

So with Gareth Southgate's men's 1000th international match against Montenegro at Wembley on Thursday 14 November fast approaching, we're going to look at 20 one-cap wonders you forgot ever had an England call-up...

Michael Ball

Like many on this list, former Manchester City left-back Michael Ball was called up by and received his one and only England cap under Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Ball's big night came in an impressive 3-0 friendly victory over Spain at Villa Park in late February 2001 but he was clearly not cut out for the regular international stage and finished his career with Leicester City in 2012.

David Dunn

What? David Dunn played for England? That bloke who used to play in central midfield for Blackburn Rovers? Yes, Eriksson strikes again.

This time he was looking to shake up the squad following crashing out of the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Dunn's only minutes with the three lions on his chest at senior level would come in the second half of a friendly draw with Portugal in September 2002.

Jon Flanagan

If you would have told a young Jon Flanagan when he made his England debut in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup that just five years later he would be struggling for game time in the Scottish Premiership and swamped in off-field controversy, he probably wouldn't have believed you.

But his career has spiralled downwards after what appears likely to be his only ever Three Lions appearance and he's got a lot of work to do if he wants to shake off the dreaded one-cap wonder tag.

Chris Kirkland

If ex-goalkeeper Chris Kirkland wasn't good enough for Liverpool, he was never going to be good enough for the Three Lions and so it proved.

But this didn't stop the former Wigan Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday shot-stopper from winning at least one cap, replacing Paul Robinson at half-time in the summer 2006 home friendly thrashing of Greece.

Matt Jarvis

Ex-winger Matt Jarvis is a one-cap wonder in every sense of the word and one of the many examples of players on this list who failed to live up to their potential.

The current 33-year-old free agent struggled after a big move from Wolverhampton Wanderers to West Ham United in 2012, just over a year after his Three Lions berth in a Wembley friendly against Ghana, and amid injuries faded away.

Carl Jenkinson

As Carl Jenkinson once again fights injuries at his new club Nottingham Forest in the Sky Bet Championship, the time he was considered the future of England's right-back position seems like a very distant memory.

The Arsenal academy product was given 15 minutes by Roy Hodgson in a friendly defeat at Sweden in November 2012, replacing Glen Johnson in a match that's remembered by most for Zlatan Ibrahimovic's mesmerising 30-yard overhead kick.

John Ruddy

Perhaps bad luck is to blame for John Ruddy going down in the history books as an England one-cap wonder, after all, he was due to be in the squad for EURO 2012 before a broken finger ruled him out of the tournament.

His only taste of senior Three Lions football arrived a couple of months later in a friendly with Italy in Switzerland, keeping out the Italians for the whole second period.

Although, he could never fight his way back onto the pitch at international level amid of strong crop of shot-stoppers coming through the ranks at that time.

Ryan Shawcross

If you asked the percentage of football fans, we're sure they'd claim Ryan Shawcross should never have been anywhere the England squad and some wouldn't even remember that he ever was.

But the long-time Stoke City centre-back was too given his one and only international cap at the opening of the Friends Arena in Stockholm seven years ago, replacing another member of this list Steven Caulker in the 75th minute.

Jay Rodriguez

Jay Rodriguez's tale is similar to that of Ruddy, oh how different his international career could have been had he not picked up an injury just before an international tournament he could have played in and just after his debut against Chile.

The then Southampton hitman was poised for Hodgson's squad for Brazil 2014 before doing his ACL in the spring and hasn't been able to return to the fold since and likely never will currently struggling for minutes at Burnley. There's little to suggest he would have made it big on the international stage anyway though.

Jay Bothroyd

It's hard to remember the fact that current Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo striker Jay Bothroyd ever played at the top level in England, let alone for the Three Lions - that's Fabio Capello selection for you.

The 37-year-old spent most of his career either abroad or in the Football League and to be still playing in Japan at his age is some achievement but his England career was something of a flash in the pan, limited to a cameo at home to France in winter 2010.

David Nugent

Journeyman striker David Nugent is part of a unique club of players with one England international cap and one England international goal to their name.

In fact, no one who's scored a Three Lions goal has had a shorter international career than the former Leicester City frontman as his lasted just 11 minutes, time in which he was able to finish off a late goalbound effort from Jermain Defoe on the line - thus making history in his own unique way in a 2008 European Championship qualifier against Andorra.

Joey Barton

Cutthroat midfielder Joey Barton is hardly a forgettable figure in the world of football as he continues to ruffle feathers now that he's made the transition from player to manager.

However, what isn't so easy to remember about the Man City product is that, despite being overlooked by various Three Lions bosses due to his style of play, Barton has actually played for England, being given a chance by the ill-fated Steve McClaren in an Old Trafford friendly with Spain in February 2007.

Anthony Gardner

Having been gifted his one and only England cap by Sven-Goran Eriksson at the age of 23 in spring 2004, former centre-back Anthony Gardner is technically one of the golden generation.

And much like many members of that crop, he never did much in a Three Lions shirt, playing 45 minutes in Jonathan Woodgate's place against Sweden and never really threatening to record a second appearance.

Martin Kelly

The ex-Liverpool and current Crystal Palace man Martin Kelly is a rarity in the one-cap wonder collection, he's been to a major tournament with England.

In addition, at just two minutes, racked up in a EURO 2012 warm-up in Norway, he has one of the most short-lived Three Lions careers of all-time. But regardless of how long it lasted he can always say that he's represented his home country at international level.

Fraizer Campbell

How many Three Lions stars can say that they received their first and only senior call-up under Stuart Pearce? Not many but Frazier Campbell can after enjoying the biggest moment of his career under the caretaker manager in early 2012.

It was certainly one of the stranger call-ups of the country's history given Campbell's scoring record at that time and quite rightly, the former Manchester United wonderkid never donned the jersey again.

Lee Bowyer

Some of the on-field and off-field incidents that plagued Lee Bowyer's playing career could well have contributed to him only appearing for England once.

He had the quality to contribute more than just 62 minutes in a friendly win over Portugal in 2002 in which he set up a goal for Alan Smith, with his international stint starting and finishing so early in his career most would assume he never got the chance to represent England.

Jack Cork

Did Jack Cork earn his only England appearance through his father's role as a scout for the national team over the years? Perhaps.

It's difficult to explain why the current Burnley star got ten or so minutes in a Germany friendly in November 2017 but unsurprisingly, his Three Lions career has been left there - not one of Gareth Southgate's masterstrokes.

Francis Jeffers

When a budding young striker in the wake of a big-money move to Arsene Wenger's Arsenal made his England debut against Australia at Upton Park in 2003, the same night of former Everton teammate Wayne Rooney's bow, few would have believed this would be the only time they would see him for the Three Lions.

Francis Jeffers' career flopped dramatically thereafter and while Rooney progressed through his journey to becoming England's highest-ever goalscorer, the current coach fizzled out into a one-cap wonder. At least he scored in his only game for his nation.

Kevin Davies

To the surprise of the football world and to his own, Kevin Davies became England's oldest debutant since 1950 at the age of 33 in winter 2010 and endured a forgettable cameo against Montenegro in a World Cup qualifier, getting himself booked and hardly threatening the Montenegrin defence.

The bizarre decision to call up the Bolton Wanderers legend was not the first odd call of Capello's tenure at Wembley and certainly not the last either.

Steven Caulker

Eat your heart out Nugent and Jeffers, not only did ex-Tottenham Hotspur defender Steven Caulker score in his one and only England match, he also started.

This all came about in the aforementioned Sweden defeat in November 2012 with Caulker making Hodgson's Xl getting on the end of a Steven Gerrard free-kick to find the back of the net from close range.

Seven years later, he currently plies his trade for a minnow team that have spent most of their existence in the Turkish lower leagues.