November's Wembley clash with Montenegro will be the 1,000th senior men's international and the Daily Mail suggests that planning is already underway on how to mark the occasion.
The excellent website englandstats.com has a full breakdown of the 993 games played by the Three Lions since a goalless draw with Scotland in 1872, England having won 565 of the matches contested to date.
Of the 1,242 players to have worn the national team shirt Callum Hudson-Odoi is the most recent but the Chelsea attacker is a doubt for England next match, the Nations League semi-final against Holland in early June after rupturing an achilles tendon against Burnley on Monday.
Match number 997, meanwhile, the Euro 2020 qualifier between England and Kosovo will be played away from Wembley with the game scheduled for Tuesday 10 September.
With the Three Lions hosting Bulgaria on the preceding Saturday it makes sense for the Football Association to take the Kosovo fixture on the road, keeping the rarity value of Wembley matches and ensuring a large crowd there while also allowing supporters in a different part of the country to watch the first competitive game to be played away from Wembley since the Euro 2008 qualifiers.
The venue has yet to be announced for the first ever visit of Kosovo to English soil (with the visitors probably a little upset that they won’t be able to play at one of the game’s most famous stadiums) and the quality of grounds up and down the land mean there are plenty of candidates to host it.