Do Kane, Saka, or Pickford have roots near you? Try our postcode lookup

Do Kane, Saka, or Pickford have roots near you? Try our postcode lookupPublished11 June 2026Updated 26 June 2026Every World Cup hero started somewhere. Harry Kane's journey to becoming England captain began at a Sunday league team in east London while Jordan Pickford learned his trade on Wearside. But which World Cup stars have roots near you? Our postcode lookup includes players from all four home nations since 1950 – discover how many have come from your area.England stars hail from Torquay to Blyth, with many players still closely tied to where they grew up.Manchester's Nico O'Reilly has the city's 0161 dialling code tattooed on his arm, while Declan Rice keeps in touch with his old PE teacher at Grey Court School near Kingston upon Thames.Scotland's long-awaited World Cup return is led by players from Glasgow and the central belt.Captain Andy Robertson once worked on the tills at Marks & Spencer on Sauchiehall Street, while Lawrence Shankland was employed in a Hillington plumbing factory before turning professional.Despite being spread across the country, England's squad has a strong London feel.In total, a record 10 players come from the capital, surpassing the Golden Generation of the 2000s – a crop of talented players led by Londoners like David Beckham, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard.The North West, which has supplied more England World Cup players than any other region, has seven representatives in Thomas Tuchel's squad.Goalkeepers Dean Henderson and James Trafford hail from Cumbria. Henderson spent years making a two-and-a-half hour round trip with his father from Whitehaven to Carlisle United's academy, while Trafford was raised on his family's farm near Cockermouth.There is also a cluster of four players from the North East in the squad, including Sunderland's Jordan Henderson, who has been selected for a joint England-record fourth World Cup.The smallest of England's ni...