The England national roller hockey team is the national team side of England

England

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 at international roller hockey. England started as the leading team in the sport, being the winner of the first 12 editions of the Rink Hockey European Championship

Rink Hockey European Championship

The CERH European Roller Hockey Championship is a roller hockey competition with the national teams of European countries that happens every two years...

, from 1927 to 1939, with the 1937 and 1939 editions also serving as Rink Hockey World Championship

Rink Hockey World Championship

The FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup is a roller hockey competition also referred as the World Championship – A between the best male national teams in the World. It happens every two years and it is organized by FIRS....

, but were unable to keep the same position after World War II. England reached the podium in 1947, when they finished in 2nd place, losing the title to Portugal. Since then, England was never able to reach the same status of the past, being nowadays considered as a minor team. More recently Portuguese head coach José Carlos Amaral has been trying to promote a revival of the sport, still amateur, in England. England achieved some positive results in recent years. Forward James Taylor, now playing for Bassano Hockey 54 in Italy

Italy

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 is often considered one of the best players of nowadays.

England squad - 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup

Goaltenders
#	Player	Hometown	Club
1	Dan Milne		Cambridge
	Ian Morrison		CP Areces
Defensemen
#	Player	Hometown	Club
	Craig Gibson		Letchworth RHC
	Grant Zaccaria		Middlesbrough RHC Middlesbrough RHC The Middlesbrough RHC is a Roller Hockey team from Middlesbrough, England. It was founded in 1947. In 2011 won the 3rd English title. Due to this fact will compete on the next edition of CERH European League in 2011-12....
	James Taylor		Bassano Hockey 54
	Marc Waddingham		Grimsby
	Karl Smith		Herne Bay United Herne Bay United The Herne Bay United is one club of Herne Bay responsible for roller hockey practice,founded in 9th October of 1924.Between 1993 and 2008, it won 14 of the 16 English National Premier League .- Historical :...
Forwards
#	Player	Hometown	Club
	Michael Ableson		Middlesbrough RHC Middlesbrough RHC The Middlesbrough RHC is a Roller Hockey team from Middlesbrough, England. It was founded in 1947. In 2011 won the 3rd English title. Due to this fact will compete on the next edition of CERH European League in 2011-12....
	Owen Stewart		Middlesbrough RHC Middlesbrough RHC The Middlesbrough RHC is a Roller Hockey team from Middlesbrough, England. It was founded in 1947. In 2011 won the 3rd English title. Due to this fact will compete on the next edition of CERH European League in 2011-12....
	William Smith William Smith -Academics:* William Smith , English geologist* William Smith , English lexicographer* William Robertson Smith , philologist, physicist, archaeologist, and Biblical critic...		Middlesbrough RHC Middlesbrough RHC The Middlesbrough RHC is a Roller Hockey team from Middlesbrough, England. It was founded in 1947. In 2011 won the 3rd English title. Due to this fact will compete on the next edition of CERH European League in 2011-12....

Team Staff

• General Manager: Keith Allen
• Mechanic: Steve Taylor

Coaching Staff

• Head Coach:   José Carlos Amaral
• Assistant:Joe Wheatley

Titles

• FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup- 1936*, 1939* (2)
• Rink Hockey European Championship
  Rink Hockey European Championship
  The CERH European Roller Hockey Championship is a roller hockey competition with the national teams of European countries that happens every two years...
  
  - 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936*, 1937, 1938, 1939*, (12) *also counting as World Championships
• Montreux Cup of Nations
  Nations Cup (roller hockey)
  The Nations Cup is one of the oldest and most important Roller Hockey tournaments in the World. Is disputed all two years in the city of Montreux, in Switzerland.The next edition will be between 20-24th of April 2011 and will be the 64th edition....
  
  - 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927*, 1929*, 1931*, 1950 (7)
• Euro Cup, World Cup and Nations Cup were the same in this year.

External links

• Official website of English Roller Hockey Federation