burnley possessed the most english starting xi of any premier league team in the last round of games, with seven players in sean dyche's team eligible to play for roy hodgson's men tom heaton, ben mee, jason shackell, kieran trippier, ashley barnes, david jones and danny ings meet the criteria for selection, with none of the xi who played against southampton on saturday, march 21 drawn from outside the united kingdom however, none of that english contingent have yet featured in one of hodgson's senior squads the pool of english talent has again been in the spotlight over the last fortnight with football association chairman greg dyke announcing changes to the work permit system and proposals to increase the number of homegrown players in premier league squads, all with a view to boosting england's performance at major tournaments david jones (right) was among seven english players to take to the field against southampton on march 21  clarets boss sean dyche regularly flies the flag for england by starting a majority of english players  england and tottenham striker harry kane was one of six enlgish players to feature against leicester city  harry kane   held up by dyke as the sort of talent whose development must not be stifled by foreign imports   heads a six strong group who featured for tottenham against leicester, including fellow new call up ryan mason, while five of the manchester united team which won at liverpool were england internationals at the bottom end of the chart are the leading two teams in the premier league, chelsea and manchester city central defensive pair gary cahill and john terry were part of jose mourinho's defence as they won 3 2 at hull   another team with just two england qualified starters   while manchester city had only joe hart and retired england midfielder frank lampard in their xi arsenal manager arsene wenger has been credited for adding a greater english element to his side in recent years, but the team which won at newcastle featured only two who would qualify   calum chambers and danny welbeck chelsea's  duo of john terry (centre) and gary cahill were the only english players to start against hull  overall, only 81 of the 220 premier league starters in the last round of matches were eligible for england selection   a fairly pitiful 368 per cent england face italy on tuesday night, and the proportion of players in serie a starting line ups who were born in italy   or have otherwise represented italy at senior level   over the same weekend was 432 per cent that proportion would increase still further if you included those who may qualify under residency rules or those   typically of south american birth   who hold italian passports due to their ancestry in the english championship, the most 'english' teams were blackburn and huddersfield with nine, with a few caveats jordan henderson (centre) and michael carrick (right) made up nine english players to start in the derby  huddersfield duo sean scannell and joel lynch both appear to have nailed their colours to the masts of the republic of ireland and wales respectively, yet neither has made a senior competitive appearance yet so are still technically eligible for england adam henley is still england qualified for blackburn after he was an unused substitute in wales' euro 2016 qualifier in israel until matt ritchie featured for scotland against gibraltar on sunday, bournemouth also had nine, with the cherries' republic of ireland call up harry arter still england qualified as he did not feature for the irish against poland league two's afc wimbledon fielded eleven english players in their most recent game against tranmere  also flying the flag of st george with an all english xi were hartlepool united (pictured) and southend united  the percentage of england qualified players starting in the championship was 572 per cent, rising to 761 per cent in league one and 860 per cent in league two five teams in league one   bristol city, chesterfield, colchester, crewe and rochdale   were just one player shy of an entirely england qualified xi you had to go down to league two to find a fully england qualified xi, with afc wimbledon, hartlepool and southend flying the flag southend's adam thompson has won two caps for northern ireland, but both came in the 2011 nations cup which does not classify as an official competition under fifa regulations, so he technically remains eligible for england premier league  arsenal   2, aston villa   4, burnley   7, chelsea   2, crystal palace   5, everton   5, hull   2, leicester   4, liverpool   4, man city   2, man utd   5, newcastle   4, qpr   6, southampton   3, stoke   2, sunderland   4, swansea   4, tottenham   6, west brom   4, west ham   6  81 out of 220 players eligible: 368 per cent  championship  birmingham   5, blackburn   9, blackpool   8, bolton   7, bournemouth   8, brentford   7, brighton   6, cardiff   6, charlton   4, derby   7, fulham   6, huddersfield   9, ipswich   6, leeds   7, middlesbrough   7, millwall   6, norwich   4, nottingham forest   8, reading   3, rotherham   6, sheff wed   6, watford   3, wigan   6, wolves   7  151 out of 264 players eligible: 572 per cent  league one  barnsley  7, bradford   5, bristol city   10, chesterfield   10, colchester   10, coventry   9, crawley   8, crewe   10, doncaster   7, fleetwood   8, gillingham   8, leyton orient   8, mk dons   9, notts county  9, oldham   9, peterborough   7, port vale   7, preston   8, rochdale   10, scunthorpe   9, sheffield united   7, swindon   9, walsall   9, yeovil   9  202 out of 264 players eligible: 765 per cent  league two  afc wimbledon   11, accrington   10, burton   7, bury   10, cambridge   10, carlisle   9, cheltenham   9, dagenham & redbridge   9, exeter   7, hartlepool   11, luton   10, mansfield   10, morecambe   10, newport   9, northampton   10, oxford   10, plymouth   9, portsmouth   10, shrewsbury   8, southend   11, stevenage   9, tranmere   9, wycombe   10, york   9  227 out of 264 players eligible: 86 per cent italian representation in serie a  atalanta   7, cagliari   3, cesena   6, chievo   4, empoli   8, fiorentina   1, genoa   2, hellas verona   3, inter milan   2, juventus   6, lazio   4, milan   5, napoli   2, palermo   6, parma   6, roma   4, sampdoria   7, sassuolo   10, torino   7, udinese   2  95 out of 220 players born in italy or otherwise senior italy internationals: 432 per cent survey criteria  *players born in england or with an english parent or grandparent qualified as english for the purposes of this survey, provided they had not played a competitive senior international for another team 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 *fifa rules permit a player to gain residency after five years' continuous living in their adopted country, provided they had not played a competitive senior international for another team however, under a home nations agreement, it is understood the residency rules for england eligibility are different if not born in england, a player must have spent at least five years in education in england prior to his 18th birthday to be eligible *for serie a, only players born in italy or otherwise having represented italy at national team level were counted in our survey many other players may qualify under residency rules or hold italian passports owing to their parents or grandparents
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burnley last fielded the most english premier league staring xi (seven). english talent has been in the spotlight with the fa announcing a reform . you have to go down to league two to find a fully england qualified xi 