Editing Len Shackleton (section)

==International career==
Shackleton won his first full cap for [[England national football team|England]] in a 0–0 draw with [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] on 26 September 1948.<ref name="page 113">{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=106}}</ref> He was dropped and replaced by [[Stan Pearson]] for England's next game, before making a surprise return in a 1–0 win over [[Wales national football team|Wales]] at Villa Park on 10 November 1948.<ref name="page 113"/> His third cap came again against Wales, in a 4–1 victory in [[Cardiff]] on 15 October 1949.<ref name="page 113"/> He then had to wait five years for his fourth cap, in which time the England selectors had tried 17 different players at inside-forward, with limited success.<ref>{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=116}}</ref> Selectors had always viewed the rebellious Shackleton with distrust, and one selector who was challenged over Shackleton's continued absence in the England team told a journalist that "we play at [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]], not the [[London Palladium]]."<ref name="page 119"/> He made his return again against Wales, in a 3–2 victory at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref name="page 119">{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=119}}</ref> He put in his finest performance however in his final England appearance, scoring with a chipped goal in a 3–1 win over the then World Champions [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] on 1 December 1954.<ref>{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=121}}</ref> He later wrote that the goal was "my most memorable scoring effort in a lifetime of soccer... I felt a keen sense of satisfaction – not because the goal made our victory over Germany certain, but because I had decided exactly how to go about scoring it long before the chance presented itself. Anticipation and fulfilment."<ref>{{harvnb|Malam|2004|p=122}}</ref>