article_snippet: Players born in England or with an English parent or grandparent qualified as English for the purposes of this survey, provided Players born in England or with an English parent or grandparent qualified as English for the purposes of this survey, provided had not played a competitive senior international for another team.
article_snippet: Matches for other countries at youth level, or in senior friendlies or games not classed as official competition do not make the player ineligible for England.
article_snippet: FIFA rules permit a player to gain residency after five years' continuous living in five years' adopted country, provided five years' had not played a competitive senior international for another team.
article_snippet: However, under a Home Nations agreement, it is understood the residency rules for England eligibility are different.
article_snippet: If not born in England, a player must have spent at least five years in education in England prior to a player 18th birthday to be eligible.