Roy Hodgson named an expanded 26-man squad for Euro 2016 on Monday, three more than he will take to France.
But there is plenty more talent left on the outside looking in.
Here, football.co.uk looks at 11 players who could form an alternative England XI, excluding those overlooked due to retirement or injury.
GOALKEEPER - Ben Foster (West Brom)
At 33, the West Brom number one is probably happy to let Tom Heaton continue as England's third-choice goalkeeper.
But he continues to be a fixture at the Hawthorns, knows Hodgson from their time together there and already has eight caps to his name.
DEFENCE - Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Ryan Shawcross (Stoke), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham)
Left-back is a crowded field, with Leighton Baines the most high-profile and Kieran Gibbs also having international experience. But Cresswell takes the spot for his eye-catching efforts at West Ham this season. Jagielka was cut from the main squad to make room elsewhere and Shawcross has a fine body of work behind him at Stoke. Trippier edges Jon Flanagan on the right.
MIDFIELD - Jesse Lingard (Man Utd), Gareth Barry (Everton), Michael Carrick (Man Utd), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
A central pairing of Barry and Carrick might not possess pace but it is crammed with knowhow and nous. Hodgson has preferred younger legs but the pair remain important Premier League starters at their respective clubs.
Speed is not an issue on the flanks, where the culled Walcott is paired with Lingard, who earlier this season seemed likelier than United team-mate Marcus Rashford to make a late surge to the senior squad.
STRIKERS - Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Andy Carroll (West Ham)
A classic 'big man, little man' combination would rekindle England's sides of yesteryear. Defoe is arguably as hot in front of goal as anyone else in the country at present and kept Sunderland up with his sniper's eye.
He did so as a lone striker but would surely love to forage alongside Carroll, whose physicality was ultimately deemed surplus to requirements by Hodgson.
Source: PA-WIRE
