Trivia Thread

[Max Power]

Ron Vlaar
Daryl Janmaat
Jordi Clasie
Jetro Willems
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Andy van der Meyde
Rafael van der Vaart

[Danny]

Stam
Van Bronkhost
Molenaar
Hasslebaink

[Max Power]

Heitinga
Babel
Boularhouz
Jermaine Lens

[Jimmy Floyd]

Mario Melchiot
Boudewijn Zenden
Khalid Boulahrouz

Edit: Max got KB.

[Danny]

Clyde Wijnhard
Daley Blind

[Shindig]

I'll just rattle the mags off.

Vurnon Anita
Jethro Willems
Siem de Jong (might've sneaked one when he was fit but I have my doubts)
Patrick Kluivert
Patrick van Aanholt

Sadly, Brian Pinas never scored. :(

[thommo]

Alright well Jimmy got the obvious so I'll go for the next most famous: Alexander Buttner.

Van Persie
Van Nistelrooy
Bergkamp
Van Dijk
Robben
Wijnaldum
Wilfred Bouma (he was in the Guardian's underrated players thing today, only reason he comes to mind)

How could I forget Dirk Kuyt

Did Chelsea ever wake Bogarde up for long enough for him to get one?
Only 9 games in those 4 glorious years, but no goals for Bogarde.


Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Ron Vlaar
Daryl Janmaat
Jordi Clasie
Jetro Willems
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Andy van der Meyde
Rafael van der Vaart

Stam
Van Bronkhost
Molenaar
Hasslebaink
I'm assuming you mean Jaap Stam with this one.


Heitinga
Babel
Boularhouz
Jermaine Lens

Mario Melchiot
Boudewijn Zenden
Khalid Boulahrouz

Edit: Max got KB.

Clyde Wijnhard
Daley Blind

I'll just rattle the mags off.

Vurnon Anita
Jethro Willems
Siem de Jong (might've sneaked one when he was fit but I have my doubts)
Patrick Kluivert
Patrick van Aanholt

Sadly, Brian Pinas never scored. :(

No goals for Boulahrouz or van der Meyde in their Prem careers.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Leroy Fer
Bryan Roy
Davy Propper
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Marc Overmars
Jan Kronkamp
Arjan de Zeeuw

[SvN]

Ruud Gullit
Jordi Cruyff
Memphis Depay

[thommo]

Leroy Fer
Bryan Roy
Davy Propper
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Marc Overmars
Jan Kronkamp
Arjan de Zeeuw

Ruud Gullit
Jordi Cruyff
Memphis Depay
Didn't realise how much Depay struggled - just 2 in 33 for him.

[SvN]

He was turd. He was like Nani, without any of his redeeming qualities.

[Max Power]

Andre Ooijer
Kiki Musampa
Paul Bosvelt
Nigel de Jong
Jeffery Bruma

[Shindig]

George Boateng.

[niko_cee]

De Roon, has anyone said that new spurs guy? Bergwijn? What about that striker spurs have had for years? Name escapes me. Has Van Ginkel ever even played for Chelsea let alone scored?

[Ian]

Only 9 games in those 4 glorious years, but no goals for Bogarde.

:D

What an absolute legend.

[thommo]

Andre Ooijer
Kiki Musampa
Paul Bosvelt
Nigel de Jong
Jeffery Bruma

George Boateng.

De Roon, has anyone said that new spurs guy? Bergwijn? What about that striker spurs have had for years? Name escapes me. Has Van Ginkel ever even played for Chelsea let alone scored?

2 appearances for van Ginkel in 7 seasons at Chelsea. He also played 17 times for Stoke on loan but no goals. The Spurs striker you refer to is on the list though.

[Shindig]

Janssen's the Spurs bloke. He took penalties for them.

[thommo]

Janssen's the Spurs bloke. He took penalties for them.
Janssen is correct, just 2 goals in the PL and one was a penalty.

The list so far is as follows:

144 – Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Manchester United)
127 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic)
95 – Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
87 – Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
51 – Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
25 – Marc Overmars (Arsenal)
24 – Bryan Roy (Nottingham Forest)
24 – Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United, Liverpool)
20 – Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland, Crystal Palace)
20 –
19 – Boudewijn Zenden (Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Sunderland)
17 – Ryan Babel (Liverpool, Fulham)
17 – George Boateng (Coventry City, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Hull City)
16 – Leroy Fer (Norwich City, QPR, Swansea City)
15 – Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
12 –
12 – Virgil van Dijk (Southampton, Liverpool)
10 – Ken Monkou (Southampton)
9 – Ruud Gullit (Chelsea)
9 –
8 – Jordi Cruyff (Manchester United)
8 – Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United, Watford)
7 – Pierre van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest)
7 –
6 –
6 – Patrick Kluivert (Newcastle United)
6 – Mario Melchiot (Chelsea, Birmingham City)
6 – Robert Molenaar (Leeds United, Bradford City)
5 –
5 –
5 –
5 –
5 –
4 – Daley Blind (Manchester United)
4 –
4 – Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough)
4 – Arjan de Zeeuw (Portsmouth)
3 –
3 –
3 – John Heitinga (Everton, Fulham)
3 –
3 – Jeremain Lens (Sunderland)
3 –
3 – Kiki Musampa (Manchester City)
3 –
3 –
3 –
3 – Clyde Wijnhard (Leeds United)
2 –
2 – Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United)
2 – Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 – Paul Bosvelt (Manchester City)
2 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Arsenal)
2 – Alexander Büttner (Manchester United)
2 – Memphis Depay (Manchester United)
2 –
2 – Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 –
2 – Andre Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers)
2 – Davy Pröpper (Brighton and Hove Albion)
2 – Ron Vlaar (Aston Villa)
2 –
2 – Jetro Willems (Newcastle United)
2 –
2 –
1 – Wilfred Bouma (Aston Villa)
1 – Jordy Clasie (Southampton)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Nigel de Jong (Manchester City)
1 – Siem de Jong (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Jaap Stam (Manchester United)
1 –
1 –
1 – Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Norwich City)
1 –

[SvN]

Wim Jonk
Afellay
Orlando Trustfull (a contender for name of the year)

[Max Power]

Erik Pieters
Danny Landzaat
Collins John

[thommo]

Wim Jonk
Afellay
Orlando Trustfull (a contender for name of the year)
There are a few cracking names in this list, but Trustfull is up there with the best.


Erik Pieters
Danny Landzaat
Collins John
Collins John, scorer of one of my favourite Fulham goals, and one that goes under the radar somewhat (1:08 in the video).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3beuSbTbW7s

[Mellberg]

Van Persie
Van Nistelrooy
Bergkamp
Van Dijk
Robben
Wijnaldum
Wilfred Bouma (he was in the Guardian's underrated players thing today, only reason he comes to mind)

Freddie B :cool:

Goal against Newcastle at home. Won 4-1. Another top class player ruined by injury.

[Mellberg]

El Ghazi m8

[niko_cee]

Big Jurgen Locadia. Or is he German? Sounds it, thinking about it. Did come from Holland though.

[SvN]

Was there an overlap with Collins John and John Collins at Fulham?

[thommo]

El Ghazi m8

Big Jurgen Locadia. Or is he German? Sounds it, thinking about it. Did come from Holland though.
He is indeed Dutch, born in Emmen.


Was there an overlap with Collins John and John Collins at Fulham?
Unfortunately not - John Collins retired in the summer of 2003, and we signed Collins John in January 2004.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bruno Martins Indi

[thommo]

Bruno Martins Indi
Correct, just 1 goal against Chelsea in a 4-2 defeat.

[Guybrush]

Regi Blinker
Eljero Elia

[Luca]

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

[Shindig]

Was there an overlap with Collins John and John Collins at Fulham?

No. :( There was a brief time when I hoped David Edgar and Edgar Davids would cross paths.

[thommo]

Regi Blinker
Eljero Elia

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Another couple of cracking names there.

[Max Power]

Michael Reiziger
Royston Drenthe

[thommo]

Michael Reiziger
Royston Drenthe

Still remember Drenthe pinging one in from about 25 yards on his debut, against Fulham. :moop:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
Daniel de Ridder
Martijn Reuser
Fabian Wilnis

[thommo]

Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
Daniel de Ridder
Martijn Reuser
Fabian Wilnis

Quincy was Ghanaian, but didn't manage to score in the Prem anyway. Reuser and Wilnis were the only goalscorers for Ipswich on the list.

[Trancemeister]

Swansea had a couple of dutchmen.

Narsingh
Guzman

[Max Power]

Nathan Ake

[thommo]

Swansea had a couple of dutchmen.

Narsingh
Guzman
Both correct, but there are 3 other Dutch goalscorers for Swansea.


Nathan Ake
Ake was the last player left with over 10 goals, 12 to be precise.

[Boydy]

Nathan Ake is Dutch? :|

[Danny]

Edgar Davids

[thommo]

Edgar Davids
Correct, 1 goal for Spurs.

[Max Power]

Thought of Davids and said no he’s only played for Barnet.

[Trancemeister]

Gerald Sibon
Willem Korsten
Glen Helder

[Danny]

Witschge
Wooter
Aaron Winter

I am sure a bunch of that successful Ajax team made it to England

[Shindig]

Winter was a Serie A boy. Currently assistant manager of Greece to John van 't Schip.

[Manc]

Jan vennegoor of Hesselink.

[Baz]

Hard to keep track of who’s been posted but some that may have been forgot:

Ronny Stam
Leroy Fer
Royston Drenthe
Urby Emanuelson
Nige, Si and Luke De Jong
Johnny Heitinga
Did Davy Klaassen ever score in his handful of appearances? :harold:
I know Erik Meijer scored past Hull (they used to be my “lower league team” cos I liked them on SWOS) but dunno about the league.
Riga Mustapha was Dutch :cool:
Ryan Babel

[thommo]

Sorry all, once again, neglected the trivia at the weekend. Not too many Dutchmen to get now though.


Gerald Sibon
Willem Korsten
Glen Helder

Witschge
Wooter
Aaron Winter

I am sure a bunch of that successful Ajax team made it to England

Jan vennegoor of Hesselink.
Correct, but already been said.


Hard to keep track of who’s been posted but some that may have been forgot:

Ronny Stam
Leroy Fer
Royston Drenthe
Urby Emanuelson
Nige, Si and Luke De Jong
Johnny Heitinga
Did Davy Klaassen ever score in his handful of appearances? :harold:
I know Erik Meijer scored past Hull (they used to be my “lower league team” cos I liked them on SWOS) but dunno about the league.
Riga Mustapha was Dutch :cool:
Ryan Babel
All have either been guessed or are incorrect, apart from Ronnie Stam, with 1 goal for Wigan.

[thommo]

Updated list:

144 – Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Manchester United)
127 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic)
95 – Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
87 – Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
51 – Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
25 – Marc Overmars (Arsenal)
24 – Bryan Roy (Nottingham Forest)
24 – Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United, Liverpool)
20 – Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland, Crystal Palace)
20 – Collins John (Fulham)
19 – Boudewijn Zenden (Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Sunderland)
17 – Ryan Babel (Liverpool, Fulham)
17 – George Boateng (Coventry City, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Hull City)
16 – Leroy Fer (Norwich City, QPR, Swansea City)
15 – Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
12 – Nathan Ake (Watford, Bournemouth)
12 – Virgil van Dijk (Southampton, Liverpool)
10 – Ken Monkou (Southampton)
9 – Ruud Gullit (Chelsea)
9 – Jonathan de Guzman (Swansea City)
8 – Jordi Cruyff (Manchester United)
8 – Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United, Watford)
7 – Pierre van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest)
7 – Martijn Reuser (Ipswich Town)
6 –
6 – Patrick Kluivert (Newcastle United)
6 – Mario Melchiot (Chelsea, Birmingham City)
6 – Robert Molenaar (Leeds United, Bradford City)
5 –
5 – Wim Jonk (Sheffield Wednesday)
5 – Willem Korsten (Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur)
5 – Denny Landzaat (Wigan Athletic)
5 – Gerald Sibon (Sheffield Wednesday)
4 – Daley Blind (Manchester United)
4 – Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa)
4 – Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough)
4 – Arjan de Zeeuw (Portsmouth)
3 – Regi Blinker (Sheffield Wednesday)
3 – Royston Drenthe (Everton)
3 – John Heitinga (Everton, Fulham)
3 –
3 – Jeremain Lens (Sunderland)
3 – Jürgen Locadia (Brighton and Hove Albion)
3 – Kiki Musampa (Manchester City)
3 – Orlando Trustfull (Sheffield Wednesday)
3 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Hull City)
3 –
3 – Clyde Wijnhard (Leeds United)
2 – Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City)
2 – Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United)
2 – Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 – Paul Bosvelt (Manchester City)
2 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Arsenal)
2 – Alexander Büttner (Manchester United)
2 – Memphis Depay (Manchester United)
2 – Eljero Elia (Southampton)
2 –
2 – Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 –
2 – Andre Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers)
2 – Davy Pröpper (Brighton and Hove Albion)
2 – Ron Vlaar (Aston Villa)
2 –
2 – Jetro Willems (Newcastle United)
2 –
2 – Fabian Wilnis (Ipswich Town)
1 – Wilfred Bouma (Aston Villa)
1 – Jordy Clasie (Southampton)
1 –
1 – Edgar Davids (Tottenham Hotspur)
1 –
1 –
1 – Glenn Helder (Arsenal)
1 – Nigel de Jong (Manchester City)
1 – Siem de Jong (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 – Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City)
1 – Luciano Narsingh (Swansea City)
1 –
1 – Erik Pieters (Stoke City)
1 – Michael Reiziger (Middlesbrough)
1 –
1 – Jaap Stam (Manchester United)
1 – Ronnie Stam (Wigan Athletic)
1 –
1 – Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Norwich City)
1 – Nordin Wooter (Watford)

[thommo]

Remaining players and the clubs they scored for:

6 - (West Ham United)
5 - (Bolton Wanderers)
3 - (Huddersfield Town)
3 - (Manchester City)
2 - (Swansea City)
2 - (Derby County)
2 - (Manchester City)
2 - (Derby County)
1 - (Fulham)
1 - (Swansea City)
1 - (Southampton)
1 - (Huddersfield Town)
1 - (Swindon Town)
1 - (Bolton Wanderers)
1 - (Swansea City)

[niko_cee]

Cuco Martina?

[thommo]

Cuco Martina?

He HAS scored a PL goal, and was born in Rotterdam, but he represents Curacao at international level.

[Max Power]

Rajiv van la Parra

[thommo]

Rajiv van la Parra

Correct, 3 goals for Huddersfield in their first season up.

[Baz]

Marco Boogers? I’m sure he didn’t score.

[Baz]

Kiki Musampa?

[Kikó]

i've done this one before with mates - the two city ones are early 90s so unless you have some idea about them you'll struggle.

[Mike]

Did Boudewijn Zenden score in the league?

[Max Power]

Mike van der Hoorn

[thommo]

Marco Boogers? I’m sure he didn’t score.

Kiki Musampa?
No goals for Boogers, Musampa has scored but has already been said.


i've done this one before with mates - the two city ones are early 90s so unless you have some idea about them you'll struggle.
One of the remaining City ones is, but the other scored in the 2000s for City and was there for a number of seasons (182 league appearances).


Did Boudewijn Zenden score in the league?
He did, but he's already been answered I'm afraid.


Mike van der Hoorn
Correct, 2 goals for Swansea.

[Luca]

[EDIT] Already said. :moop:

[Shindig]

Jos Hooiveld? Wikipedia says he's scored five so he's probably already been said.

[thommo]

Jos Hooiveld? Wikipedia says he's scored five so he's probably already been said.

He scored 7 for Southampton in the league, but they were all in the Championship the year they got promoted.

Some clues for the remaining players:


6 - (West Ham United) - Striker who unfortunately passed away at the age of 39. Was stabbed in the eye when 31 which forced his retirement. Also played for Crystal Palace and Southend (where he scored 25 goals in 2 seasons).

5 - (Bolton Wanderers) - Striker who scored a couple of very important goals for Bolton in the 1995 play-off final. Also had a spell at West Brom later in his career.

3 - (Manchester City) - Joined City in 1992 and made over 90 appearances. Centre-back who also played for Oldham and Sheffield United, where injuries hampered his playing time.

2 - (Derby County) - Spent 5 seasons at Port Vale as a first-team regular before joining Derby in 1995 for their promotion campaign. Also played for Wolves (on loan) and Barnsley. Retired at 32 and now manages Newcastle Town.

2 - (Manchester City) - Versatile player who could play at the back or in midfield - spent 7 seasons with City between 1997 and 2004, and was named their Player of the Year in their Division 2 promotion campaign of 98-99.

2 - (Derby County) - Striker who played for Ajax for 4 seasons (1989-1993) and finished his career off with 3 seasons with Derby (13 league goals in all).

1 - (Fulham) - Very obscure player, scored on his only Premier League appearance with a last minute equaliser against Crystal Palace in Fulham's last game before relegation in 2014. Flashy young midfielder who now plays in South Africa after spending time back in the Netherlands.

1 - (Swansea City) - Striker who had 2 spells on loan at Swansea before moving permanently. Never a prolific goalscorer, spent 6 seasons with Middlesbrough before moving to Wales. 14 goals in the Championship was his best season return (2011-12)

1 - (Southampton) - Defender who had one season (96-97) with Southampton. Made over 200 appearances for Feyenoord (in two spells) and also played for Galatasaray. Only league goal for the Saints came against Leicester.

1 - (Huddersfield Town) - International defender, began his career at Feyenoord before moving to Monaco. Signed for a club record fee after an initial loan spell for Huddersfield. Went out on loan in the Championship where he was unfortunately seriously injured this season.

1 - (Swindon Town) - Started his career at Haarlem, a defender who moved to Swindon from Motherwell. His only goal came in a draw against Manchester United, in March 1994.

1 - (Bolton Wanderers) - Midfielder who spent 2 seasons at Bolton (1994-96), before moving to West Brom where he quickly became a cult hero. Made over 250 appearances at the Hawthorns in 6 seasons, and fans would wear long blond wigs in his honour.

1 - (Swansea City) - A fullback who played for Feyenoord and Twente before moving to Swansea. Only made 27 league appearances in 3 years, he also had a loan spell with Middlesbrough and most recently played for Oxford United.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Terrence Kongolo for the Huddersfield one.

City one sounds familiar but the others are not. Googled the stabbed in the eye bloke, had never heard of him.

[Guybrush]

van Gobbel for Southampton?
Sneekes and DeFreitas for Bolton.

[thommo]

Terrence Kongolo for the Huddersfield one.

City one sounds familiar but the others are not. Googled the stabbed in the eye bloke, had never heard of him.

van Gobbel for Southampton?
Sneekes and DeFreitas for Bolton.
The City Player of the Year only played for one other club - Veendam, where he started and ended his career. The older City goalscorer apparently criticised Brian Horton in the papers, earning him a fine and suspension from the club.

[Max Power]

Marvin Emnes

[thommo]

Marvin Emnes

Correct - I tell you what, Emnes has got a shocking career record for a striker. 39 goals in 261 career league appearances.

[The Merse]

Michael Vonk for City

Richard Sneekes was it for Bolton/Baggies - I can see him not sure on the surname

The Derby and Bolton strikers and the Swansea - Willems comes to mind, but I know that’s not right. Orlando Trustful keeps coming to mind for the Swansea defender, but I know that’s the Sheffield Wednesday winger.

[Jimmy Floyd]

City bloke - Gerard Wiekens

[thommo]

Michael Vonk for City

Richard Sneekes was it for Bolton/Baggies - I can see him not sure on the surname

The Derby and Bolton strikers and the Swansea - Willems comes to mind, but I know that’s not right. Orlando Trustful keeps coming to mind for the Swansea defender, but I know that’s the Sheffield Wednesday winger.
Sneekes is correct, but Guybrush said it just a little earlier. Willems is correct and I'll allow it - Ron Willems was the Derby striker.


City bloke - Gerard Wiekens
Correct, just 5 left to get now.


6 - (West Ham United) - Striker who unfortunately passed away at the age of 39. Was stabbed in the eye when 31 which forced his retirement. Also played for Crystal Palace and Southend (where he scored 25 goals in 2 seasons).

2 - (Derby County) - Spent 5 seasons at Port Vale as a first-team regular before joining Derby in 1995 for their promotion campaign. Also played for Wolves (on loan) and Barnsley. Retired at 32 and now manages Newcastle Town.

1 - (Fulham) - Very obscure player, scored on his only Premier League appearance with a last minute equaliser against Crystal Palace in Fulham's last game before relegation in 2014. Flashy young midfielder who now plays in South Africa after spending time back in the Netherlands.

1 - (Swindon Town) - Started his career at Haarlem, a defender who moved to Swindon from Motherwell. His only goal came in a draw against Manchester United, in March 1994.

1 - (Swansea City) - A fullback who played for Feyenoord and Twente before moving to Swansea. Only made 27 league appearances in 3 years, he also had a loan spell with Middlesbrough and most recently played for Oxford United.

[Kikó]

City bloke - Gerard Wiekens

Fuck! What a nondescript water carrier of a player. Let Ali Benarbia play though.

[Max Power]

Dwight Tiendali for the Swansea full back. The rest I have no idea - dead West Ham striker has intrigued me though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had a cracking career with that lot on a turn of the century CM. Shaun Goater, Kevin Horlock; the Oldham Cafu, Richard Edghill; and the various dogshit flair players like Eyal Berkovic. Legends all.

[thommo]

Dwight Tiendali for the Swansea full back. The rest I have no idea - dead West Ham striker has intrigued me though.

Tiendalli is correct. I'll leave the other 4 up for an hour or so to see if anyone can make a late guess before giving the names.

[John]

The West Ham man has to be Boere, he was mentioned in an article about Fernando Ricksen fairly recently.

[thommo]

The West Ham man has to be Boere, he was mentioned in an article about Fernando Ricksen fairly recently.

Correct! Jeroen Boere, who was stabbed whilst playing in Japan. Apparently he also owned a pub in Epping after his retirement.

[thommo]

The final 3 players that were missing were Robin van der Laan, Chris David and Luc Nijholt. The full list is as follows:

144 – Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Manchester United)
127 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United, Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Charlton Athletic)
95 – Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
87 – Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
51 – Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
25 – Marc Overmars (Arsenal)
24 – Bryan Roy (Nottingham Forest)
24 – Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United, Liverpool)
20 – Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland, Crystal Palace)
20 – Collins John (Fulham)
19 – Boudewijn Zenden (Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Sunderland)
17 – Ryan Babel (Liverpool, Fulham)
17 – George Boateng (Coventry City, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Hull City)
16 – Leroy Fer (Norwich City, QPR, Swansea City)
15 – Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
12 – Nathan Ake (Watford, Bournemouth)
12 – Virgil van Dijk (Southampton, Liverpool)
10 – Ken Monkou (Southampton)
9 – Ruud Gullit (Chelsea)
9 – Jonathan de Guzman (Swansea City)
8 – Jordi Cruyff (Manchester United)
8 – Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle United, Watford)
7 – Pierre van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest)
7 – Martijn Reuser (Ipswich Town)
6 – Jeroen Boere (West Ham United)
6 – Patrick Kluivert (Newcastle United)
6 – Mario Melchiot (Chelsea, Birmingham City)
6 – Robert Molenaar (Leeds United, Bradford City)
5 – Fabian de Freitas (Bolton Wanderers)
5 – Wim Jonk (Sheffield Wednesday)
5 – Willem Korsten (Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur)
5 – Denny Landzaat (Wigan Athletic)
5 – Gerald Sibon (Sheffield Wednesday)
4 – Daley Blind (Manchester United)
4 – Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa)
4 – Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough)
4 – Arjan de Zeeuw (Portsmouth)
3 – Regi Blinker (Sheffield Wednesday)
3 – Royston Drenthe (Everton)
3 – John Heitinga (Everton, Fulham)
3 – Rajiv van La Parra (Huddersfield Town)
3 – Jeremain Lens (Sunderland)
3 – Jürgen Locadia (Brighton and Hove Albion)
3 – Kiki Musampa (Manchester City)
3 – Orlando Trustfull (Sheffield Wednesday)
3 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Hull City)
3 – Michel Vonk (Manchester City)
3 – Clyde Wijnhard (Leeds United)
2 – Ibrahim Afellay (Stoke City)
2 – Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United)
2 – Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 – Paul Bosvelt (Manchester City)
2 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Arsenal)
2 – Alexander Büttner (Manchester United)
2 – Memphis Depay (Manchester United)
2 – Eljero Elia (Southampton)
2 – Mike van der Hoorn (Swansea City)
2 – Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 – Robin van der Laan (Derby County)
2 – Andre Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers)
2 – Davy Pröpper (Brighton and Hove Albion)
2 – Ron Vlaar (Aston Villa)
2 – Gerard Wiekens (Manchester City)
2 – Jetro Willems (Newcastle United)
2 – Ron Willems (Derby County)
2 – Fabian Wilnis (Ipswich Town)
1 – Wilfred Bouma (Aston Villa)
1 – Jordy Clasie (Southampton)
1 – Chris David (Fulham)
1 – Edgar Davids (Tottenham Hotspur)
1 – Marvin Emnes (Swansea City)
1 – Ulrich van Gobbel (Southampton)
1 – Glenn Helder (Arsenal)
1 – Nigel de Jong (Manchester City)
1 – Siem de Jong (Newcastle United)
1 – Terence Kongolo (Huddersfield Town)
1 – Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City)
1 – Luciano Narsingh (Swansea City)
1 – Luc Nijholt (Swindon Town)
1 – Erik Pieters (Stoke City)
1 – Michael Reiziger (Middlesbrough)
1 – Richard Sneekes (Bolton Wanderers)
1 – Jaap Stam (Manchester United)
1 – Ronnie Stam (Wigan Athletic)
1 – Dwight Tiendalli (Swansea City)
1 – Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Norwich City)
1 – Nordin Wooter (Watford)

[The Merse]

Shit. Came back to say Robbie van der Laan, has wracked my brain all afternoon for that.

Chris David is proper obscure.

Cheers again Thommo, hope there’s more to come.

[thommo]

Shit. Came back to say Robbie van der Laan, has wracked my brain all afternoon for that.

Chris David is proper obscure.

Cheers again Thommo, hope there’s more to come.

As luck would have it, it's 6 years to the day since Chris David's only appearance and goal in the Premier League.

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I've got a couple more big ones left - I'll get one up shortly.

[thommo]

As I said, it's a big one - Frenchman who have scored in the Premier League. There are 121 (!) of them, with a fair few obscure players in the list. Can you name them all (or at least, a lot)?

[Shindig]

Alright, we bought thousands of 'em.

Laurent Robert
Remy Cabella
Loic Remy
Olivier Bernard
Didier Domi
Alain Goma
Yoann Gouffran
Romain Amalfitano
the other Amalfitano
Sylvain Marveaux
Frank Dumas
Lauren Charvet
Stephane Guivarc'h
Yohann Cabaye
Hatem Ben Arfa
David Ginola
Thauvin

[thommo]

Alright, we bought thousands of 'em.

Laurent Robert
Remy Cabella
Loic Remy
Olivier Bernard
Didier Domi
Alain Goma
Yoann Gouffran
Romain Amalfitano
the other Amalfitano
Sylvain Marveaux
Frank Dumas
Lauren Charvet
Stephane Guivarc'h
Yohann Cabaye
Hatem Ben Arfa
David Ginola
Thauvin

Morgan is the other Amalfitano, who scored for West Brom and West Ham.

[Baz]

David N’Gog

[Spikey M]

Henry
Vieira
Pires
Wiltord
Silvestre
Man like David Bellion :drool:

[Shindig]

Emmanuel Petit
Antoine Sibierski

[Jimmy Floyd]

Bernard Lambourde
Laurent Charvet
Lassana Diarra
Frank Leboeuf
Marcel Desailly
Claude Makelele
William Gallas

[Boydy]

Bruno Cheyrou
Anthony Le Tallec
Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Can't remember if any of them actually scored, just trying to remember Liverpool's French shitters.

[thommo]

David N’Gog

Henry
Vieira
Pires
Wiltord
Silvestre
Man like David Bellion :drool:

Emmanuel Petit
Antoine Sibierski

Bernard Lambourde
Laurent Charvet
Lassana Diarra
Frank Leboeuf
Marcel Desailly
Claude Makelele
William Gallas
Only 2 of the top 12 scorers guessed so far (Pires and Henry).

[thommo]

Bruno Cheyrou
Anthony Le Tallec
Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Can't remember if any of them actually scored, just trying to remember Liverpool's French shitters.
All of them did - Cheyrou with 2, Sinama-Pongolle with 5 (1 of those for Blackburn), and Le Tallec with 4, albeit all of those with Sunderland.

[Baz]

Djibril Cisse
Nicolas Anelka
Aly Cissokho
Mamadou Sakho
Bernard Diomede

[Browning]

Did we really get an Arsenal and Chelsea list with no Giroud on either?

[thommo]

Djibril Cisse
Nicolas Anelka
Aly Cissokho
Mamadou Sakho
Bernard Diomede

Anelka in 2nd with 125 goals, and Cisse in joint 12th (alongside Vieira) with 32.


Did we really get an Arsenal and Chelsea list with no Giroud on either?
We did - he's in 4th with 80 goals.

[Spikey M]

Ndombele
Moussa Sissoko
Nkoudou
Louis Saha
Eric Cantona

[Browning]

Diaby
Blanc
Pogba

[Spikey M]

Serge Aurier

[Max Power]

Ngolo Kante

[thommo]

Ndombele
Moussa Sissoko
Nkoudou
Louis Saha
Eric Cantona

Diaby
Blanc
Pogba

Saha (85 goals) and Cantona (70 goals) round out the top 5.

[thommo]

Serge Aurier

Ngolo Kante
Aurier has scored, but is Ivorian.

[Spikey M]

Bollocks

[Browning]

Malouda
Cygan
Garde
Grimandi

[Baz]

Did we really get an Arsenal and Chelsea list with no Giroud on either?

Or Anelka.

[thommo]

Malouda
Cygan
Garde
Grimandi

Malouda is in 10th, with 35 goals.

[Max Power]

Bruno N’Gotty

[The Merse]

Mickael Madar
Patrick Blondeau
Jeremie Aliadiere
Sebastien Squillaci
Christophe Dugarry

[The Merse]

Sylvain Legwinski
Steve Marlet
Sebastien Perez
Valerian Ismael
Jean-Guy Walleme
Martin Djetou
Laurent Koscielny
Gael Clichy
Bacary Sagna

[Shindig]

Steed Malbranque. Belgian born but French.

[Luca]

Eric Cantona
Tony Marshall
Uncle Patrice Evra
Laurent Blanc
Man like Louis Saha :cool:

[wullie]

Lilian Nalis

[The Merse]

Sebastien Schemmel
Kaba Diawara

[Max Power]

Franck Quedrue
Lilian Laslandes

[Browning]

Diawara is one I complete forgot existed. That said supposedly he never scored.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ulrich le Pen

[thommo]

Bruno N’Gotty

Mickael Madar
Patrick Blondeau
Jeremie Aliadiere
Sebastien Squillaci
Christophe Dugarry

Sylvain Legwinski
Steve Marlet
Sebastien Perez
Valerian Ismael
Jean-Guy Walleme
Martin Djetou
Laurent Koscielny
Gael Clichy
Bacary Sagna

Steed Malbranque. Belgian born but French.
Steed. :cool: 8th on the list with 39 goals.


Eric Cantona
Tony Marshall
Uncle Patrice Evra
Laurent Blanc
Man like Louis Saha :cool:
Saha, Cantona and Blanc all correct, but have already been answered.


Lilian Nalis

Sebastien Schemmel
Kaba Diawara

Franck Quedrue
Lilian Laslandes

Diawara is one I complete forgot existed. That said supposedly he never scored.
Diawara also ended up being a Guinean international, after playing for France U-21s. But yes, he didn't score in the Prem anyway.


Ulrich le Pen
Just the 12 minutes of Premier League football for le Pen, and no goal.

Some really good answers in there - I'll get the list of answered players up after lunch.

[thommo]

List of the French players who have been answered so far:

175 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
125 – Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion)
85 – Louis Saha (Newcastle United, Fulham, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur)
80 – Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea)
70 – Eric Cantona (Leeds United, Manchester United)
62 – Robert Pires (Arsenal)
45 – Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
39 – Steed Malbranque (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland)
36 –
35 – Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
34 –
32 – Djibril Cisse (Liverpool, Sunderland, QPR)
32 – Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Manchester City)
31 – Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
28 –
28 – Loic Remy (QPR, Newcastle United, Chelsea)
26 – Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United, Crystal Palace)
25 – William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
23 – Laurent Robert (Newcastle United, Portsmouth)
22 – David Ginola (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa)
22 – Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
20 –
18 – Antoine Sibierski (Manchester City, Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic)
17 – Franck Leboeuf (Chelsea)
16 –
14 – Abou Diaby (Arsenal)
14 – Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur)
13 –
13 –
12 – Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United)
12 –
12 – David N’Gog (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers)
12 – Franck Queudrue (Middlesbrough, Fulham)
11 –
11 – Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United)
11 – Steve Marlet (Fulham)
11 –
11 –
11 – Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea)
11 –
10 –
10 –
10 – N’Golo Kante (Leicester City, Chelsea)
9 – Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United, Arsenal)
8 – Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, Middlesbrough)
8 – Sylvain Legwinski (Fulham)
8 –
8 –
7 – Morgan Amalfitano (West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United)
7 –
7 – Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
7 –
6 – Olivier Bernard (Newcastle United)
6 –
6 – Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)
6 – Christophe Dugarry (Birmingham City)
6 –
6 – Mickael Madar (Everton)
5 – David Bellion (Sunderland, Manchester United)
5 –
5 –
5 –
5 – Bruno N’Gotty (Bolton Wanderers)
5 – Florent Sinama Pongolle (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers)
4 –
4 – Laurent Charvet (Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester City)
4 –
4 –
4 – Gilles Grimandi (Arsenal)
4 –
4 – Anthony Le Tallec (Sunderland)
4 –
4 – Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
4 –
4 –
3 – Gael Clichy (Arsenal, Manchester City)
3 – Pascal Cygan (Arsenal)
3 –
3 – Didier Domi (Newcastle United)
3 –
3 –
3 –
3 – Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
3 –
2 –
2 – Bruno Cheyrou (Liverpool)
2 –
2 –
2 –
2 –
2 – Bernard Lambourde (Chelsea)
2 –
2 – Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
2 –
2 – Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 –
2 –
1 – Laurent Blanc (Manchester United)
1 –
1 – Remy Cabella (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth)
1 – Martin Djetou (Fulham)
1 –
1 – Alain Goma (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 – Stephane Guivarc’h (Newcastle United)
1 – Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Lilian Nalis (Leicester City)
1 – Sebastien Perez (Blackburn Rovers)
1 –
1 – Sebastien Schemmel (West Ham United)
1 – Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal)

[Max Power]

Anthony Knockaert
Ousmane Dabo
Younes Kaboul

[Boydy]

Dimitri Payet

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sylvain Distin
Cyril Le Marchand or whatever that Fulham bloke was called
Marc-Antoine Fortuné
Who played left back for Villa. Vercoutre?

[Manc]

Chimbonda, Kapo, Sibierski, Nzonzi, N'Zogbia.

[thommo]

Anthony Knockaert
Ousmane Dabo
Younes Kaboul

Dimitri Payet

Sylvain Distin
Cyril Le Marchand or whatever that Fulham bloke was called
Marc-Antoine Fortuné
Who played left back for Villa. Vercoutre?
Maxime Le Marchand is the Fulham defender, but no, he was fucking awful and didn't score.


Chimbonda, Kapo, Sibierski, Nzonzi, N'Zogbia.
Sibierski has already been answered, but they're all correct.

[Max Power]

Jordan Veretout
Frederic Piquionne

[Jimmy Floyd]

Who was that bald shitter who played for United, possibly City and later Newcastle? Gormless looking useless piece of shit.

In my head I'm only getting Demel (Ivorian) / Demaret (American, and a golfer).

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jordan Veretout

That's the guy. Vercoutre of course a mid-2000s backup keeper for Lyon.

[Browning]

Flamini
Lacazette

[Max Power]

That's the guy. Vercoutre of course a mid-2000s backup keeper for Lyon.
Memorable to me as he turned us down to go to Villa and we signed Ngolo Kante instead. Contrasting fortunes for both clubs and players that season...

[Manc]

Nasri, Djorkaeff.

[thommo]

Jordan Veretout
Frederic Piquionne

Flamini
Lacazette

Nasri, Djorkaeff.
Nasri was 9th and Lacazette 11th in the list.

[Boydy]

Djimi Traore?

[Jimmy Floyd]

He ended up being from Mali.

Steve Marlet. EDIT: I see he's been got.

[Boydy]

He ended up being from Mali.

Steve Marlet. EDIT: I see he's been got.

So he did. Also having looked, he never scored for Liverpool in the league anyway.

[Max Power]

Sebastian Haller
Alou Diarra
Stephane Mbia

[John]

Mbia is African.

Incidentally I encountered him on FIFA the other day and how the fuck is he only thirty three? He was at least forty when he played in the Premiership.

[Max Power]

Stéphane Dalmat
Olivier Dacourt
Youl Mawene

[thommo]

Sebastian Haller
Alou Diarra
Stephane Mbia

Stéphane Dalmat
Olivier Dacourt
Youl Mawene

38 players left to get, 12 of which are still playing in the Premier League also.

[Shindig]

Did Debuchy ever score one?

[Max Power]

Guendouzi
Jan Valery
Yann Mvila
Djbril Sidibe
Laporte
Benjamin Mendy
Bernard Mendy
Ibrahim Ba

[The Merse]

Who was that bald shitter who played for United, possibly City and later Newcastle? Gormless looking useless piece of shit.

In my head I'm only getting Demel (Ivorian) / Demaret (American, and a golfer).

Gabriel Obertan isn’t it?

[The Merse]

Also, gormless, bald, French and United made me think of that Willie Prunier (I think) that was around in 95/96 - pretty sure he didn’t score, but it’s just odd to think that back then a triallist, not even a loaner, from a mid table Ligue 1 could play a handful of premier league games for the team that would go on to win the title. Bizarre.

[Shindig]

Gabriel Obertan isn’t it?

I thought he was Argentinian which is why I said nowt. :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yep, Obertan is the one. I think I had fused him and Bellion in my mind.

[thommo]

Did Debuchy ever score one?

Guendouzi
Jan Valery
Yann Mvila
Djbril Sidibe
Laporte
Benjamin Mendy
Bernard Mendy
Ibrahim Ba

Gabriel Obertan isn’t it?

I'll add hints later - some of the players remaining would be fairly obvious if I mentioned the clubs they'd scored for so I'll leave it for a while to allow more answers. Updated list so far:

175 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
125 – Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion)
85 – Louis Saha (Newcastle United, Fulham, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur)
80 – Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea)
70 – Eric Cantona (Leeds United, Manchester United)
62 – Robert Pires (Arsenal)
45 – Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
39 – Steed Malbranque (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland)
36 – Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Manchester City)
35 – Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
34 – Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal)
32 – Djibril Cisse (Liverpool, Sunderland, QPR)
32 – Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Manchester City)
31 – Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
28 – Charles N’Zogbia (Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa)
28 – Loic Remy (QPR, Newcastle United, Chelsea)
26 – Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United, Crystal Palace)
25 – William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
23 – Laurent Robert (Newcastle United, Portsmouth)
22 – David Ginola (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa)
22 – Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
20 – Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton Wanderers)
18 – Antoine Sibierski (Manchester City, Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic)
17 – Franck Leboeuf (Chelsea)
16 –
14 – Abou Diaby (Arsenal)
14 – Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur)
13 –
13 –
12 – Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United)
12 – Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Watford)
12 – David N’Gog (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers)
12 – Franck Queudrue (Middlesbrough, Fulham)
11 – Marc-Antoine Fortune (West Bromwich Albion)
11 – Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United)
11 – Steve Marlet (Fulham)
11 – Steve Nzonzi (Blackburn Rovers, Stoke City)
11 – Dimitri Payet (West Ham United)
11 – Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea)
11 – Frederic Piquionne (Portsmouth, West Ham United)
10 –
10 – Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal)
10 – N’Golo Kante (Leicester City, Chelsea)
9 – Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United, Arsenal)
8 – Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, Middlesbrough)
8 – Sylvain Legwinski (Fulham)
8 –
8 –
7 – Morgan Amalfitano (West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United)
7 – Sylvain Distin (Manchester City, Everton)
7 – Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
7 – Sebastien Haller (West Ham United)
6 – Olivier Bernard (Newcastle United)
6 – Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers)
6 – Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)
6 – Christophe Dugarry (Birmingham City)
6 – Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic)
6 – Mickael Madar (Everton)
5 – David Bellion (Sunderland, Manchester United)
5 – Oliver Dacourt (Everton, Leeds United)
5 –
5 – Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion)
5 – Bruno N’Gotty (Bolton Wanderers)
5 – Florent Sinama Pongolle (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers)
4 –
4 – Laurent Charvet (Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester City)
4 –
4 –
4 – Gilles Grimandi (Arsenal)
4 –
4 – Anthony Le Tallec (Sunderland)
4 –
4 – Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
4 –
4 –
3 – Gael Clichy (Arsenal, Manchester City)
3 – Pascal Cygan (Arsenal)
3 – Stephane Dalmat (Tottenham Hotspur)
3 – Didier Domi (Newcastle United)
3 –
3 –
3 – Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City)
3 – Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
3 –
2 –
2 – Bruno Cheyrou (Liverpool)
2 –
2 – Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United, Arsenal)
2 –
2 –
2 – Bernard Lambourde (Chelsea)
2 –
2 – Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
2 – Bernard Mendy (Hull City)
2 – Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 – Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle United)
2 –
2 – Yan Valery (Southampton)
1 – Laurent Blanc (Manchester United)
1 –
1 – Remy Cabella (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth)
1 – Martin Djetou (Fulham)
1 –
1 – Alain Goma (Newcastle United)
1 –
1 – Stephane Guivarc’h (Newcastle United)
1 – Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United)
1 – Youl Mawene (Derby County)
1 –
1 – Yann M’Vila (Sunderland)
1 – Lilian Nalis (Leicester City)
1 – Sebastien Perez (Blackburn Rovers)
1 –
1 – Sebastien Schemmel (West Ham United)
1 – Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal)

[Max Power]

Laporte
Koscielny
Armand Traore

[thommo]

Laporte
Koscielny
Armand Traore

Laporte and Koscielny have both been answered but Traore is a new one - one goal for Portsmouth in 2009.

[Manc]

Bafetimbi Gomis.

[thommo]

Bafetimbi Gomis.

Correct, 13 goals for Swansea.

[Max Power]

Issa Diop
Julian Faubert
Anthony Modeste

[Manc]

Doucoure.

[thommo]

Issa Diop
Julian Faubert
Anthony Modeste

Doucoure.

29 left to get, 9 of which are still playing in the Premier League.

[Manc]

Mousset, Maupay, Lejeune, Digne, Boly.

[thommo]

Mousset, Maupay, Lejeune, Digne, Boly.

That's 5 of them!

[Max Power]

Etienne Capoue
Yves Bissouma

[thommo]

Etienne Capoue
Yves Bissouma

Another correct. Bissouma has only scored for Brighton in the FA Cup.

[Spikey M]

1125332028159877120?s=19

That should count as atleast 1 goal.

[Max Power]

Morgan Schneiderlin

[thommo]

Morgan Schneiderlin
Another current player correct, 3 more of those to get.

List of clubs the remaining players scored for:

5 - (Southampton)
4 - (Middlesbrough)
4 - (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth)
4 - (Manchester City)
4 - (Chelsea, Stoke City, Everton)
3 - (Blackburn Rovers)
3 - (Fulham)
3 - (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2 - (Chelsea)
2 - (Nottingham Forest)
2 - (Watford)
2 - (Southampton)
2 - (Newcastle United)
1 - (Nottingham Forest)
1 - (Leeds United)
1 - (Sunderland)
1 - (Fulham)
1 - (West Ham United)
1 - (Southampton)
1 - (Blackpool)
1 - (Hull City)
1 - (Bolton Wanderers)

[Manc]

Kurt Zouma, Issa Diop, Yan Valery.

[Max Power]

Noe Pamarot
Elliot Grandin

[Jimmy Floyd]

Gael Givet
Didier Deschamps?

[thommo]

Kurt Zouma, Issa Diop, Yan Valery.
Diop and Valery are also both correct but have already been answered.


Noe Pamarot
Elliot Grandin

Gael Givet
Didier Deschamps?
Deschamps did score in Europe for Chelsea but none in the league.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Ah, I think we're missing Two-Touch Timmy Bakayoko.

[thommo]

Ah, I think we're missing Two-Touch Timmy Bakayoko.

Correct, 2 goals for Bakayoko.

[The Merse]

Matthieu Louis-Jean

[Manc]

Kaboul.

[Shindig]

Emannuel Riviere.
Yanga-Mbiwa.
Moussa Sissoko (probably already said)
Haidara.

[thommo]

Matthieu Louis-Jean
Good shout, but he only scored in the Championship for Forest.


Kaboul.
Correct, but has already been answered.


Emannuel Riviere.
Yanga-Mbiwa.
Moussa Sissoko (probably already said)
Haidara.
Sissoko is correct, but has been said. Riviere is also right, but I didn't actually have him down. 1 goal against QPR in 2014-15 puts him on the list, and means there is still a Frenchman who has scored for Newcastle to get.

[Shindig]

Oh. Fuck. Lejeune's already been said. Must be someone pre-Pardew then.

[thommo]

As an additional clue, I've added the years each player played in the Premier League. They may have played for other clubs during this time but not scored for them.

5 - (Southampton) - 2001-06
4 - (Middlesbrough) - 2000-01
4 - (Manchester City) - 2002-07
3 - (Fulham) - 2018-19
3 - (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 2009-12
2 - (Nottingham Forest) - 1998-99
2 - (Watford) - 1999-2000
2 - (Southampton) - 2003-05
2 - (Newcastle United) - 2019-present
1 - (Nottingham Forest) - 1997-99
1 - (Leeds United) - 2003-04
1 - (Sunderland) - 2001
1 - (Fulham) - 2005-08
1 - (West Ham United) - 2002-03
1 - (Southampton) - 1998-2000
1 - (Hull City) - 2009-12
1 - (Bolton Wanderers) - 2009

[Max Power]

Moussa Dembele for Fulham?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Newcastle - Saint Maximin? Patron saint of jazzy dribblers.

And good old AK47 for Fulham.

[Guybrush]

Griffit for Southampton?

[Max Power]

Fabrice Fernandes!

[Shindig]

Have I really missed Saint-Maximim?

[thommo]

Moussa Dembele for Fulham?
Only scored for us in the Championship before buggering off to Celtic.


Newcastle - Saint Maximin? Patron saint of jazzy dribblers.

And good old AK47 for Fulham.
The enigma that is Aboubakar Kamara.


Griffit for Southampton?

Fabrice Fernandes!

Have I really missed Saint-Maximim?
I'm afraid so. I knew as soon as I gave the active years he would be guessed.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sunderland '01 - Lilian Laslandes?

[thommo]

Sunderland '01 - Lilian Laslandes?
Not Laslandes, I'm afraid.

One final clue for each of the remaining players:

4 - (Middlesbrough) - 2000-01 - Won the World Cup and the Champions League twice. Great hair.

4 - (Manchester City) - 2002-07 - Centre-back signed by Keegan, played briefly for Sheffield United after leaving City.

3 - (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 2009-12 - Defender who moved from Marseille to Wolves, but found chances limited due to multiple injuries.

2 - (Nottingham Forest) - 1998-99 - Striker who had a season on loan at Forest fairly early in his career. Probably better known for a stint with Rangers - including missing a sitter and being sent off in the same Champions League game. Was eventually capped by French Guiana at the age of 37.

2 - (Watford) - 1999-2000 - Played for 16 clubs in his career, and earned 4 caps for France in the early 90s. Most successful during spells with Caen and Marseille. Scored his 2 PL goals in the same game v Southampton in December 1999.

1 - (Nottingham Forest) - 1997-99 - Very little information that I could find on this chap. A defender who played over 70 times for Forest in 3 years and also played for Auxerre and Lille.

1 - (Leeds United) - 2003-04 - 1 goal in a short loan spell for this imposing centre back who has since spent 13 years with PSG, firstly as a player and since as assistant manager. One cap for France, in 2001.

1 - (Sunderland) - 2001 - Spent time with Saint-Etienne either side of a very short spell with Sunderland. Has since spent over 10 years in management, including the Mali national side and various big names in African club football.

1 - (Fulham) - 2005-08 - Cultured centre-back who was supremely talented, but extremely injury prone, causing retirement at 30. Played for Barcelona, Marseille and Monaco before moving to Fulham under Chris Coleman. Sole goal was a last minute equaliser away at West Ham.

1 - (West Ham United) - 2002-03 - Spent a season on loan at West Ham in the middle of a 10 year spell with PSG. Midfielder who also went on loan to Monaco before moving to Besiktas and Marseille at the tail-end of his career.

1 - (Southampton) - 1998-2000 - Left-back whose only goal was a long-range effort against Charlton in early 1999. Spent 5 seasons at PSG in the early 90s, as well as time at Bordeaux and Marseille.

1 - (Hull City) - 2009-12 - Spent one season at Hull before moving to Wolves for approximately £2.5m. Ruptured his ligament and barely played before moving to Celtic for a season. Released at 27, and hasn't played since.

1 - (Bolton Wanderers) - 2009 - Centre-back who had a short spell on loan from Zenit. Also had 3 spells with Nancy and a notable 2 year loan with Monaco.

[Boydy]

Karembeu

[thommo]

Karembeu

Correct - I was surprised he hadn't been guessed already.

[Boydy]

Philippe Christanval

[Baz]

Moyoukolo
Christanval

The Bolton one is the bald bloke who was the spitting image of the default FIFA be a pro guy. Not a clue on his name. For some reason I’m thinking of that posh fizzy water, but I don’t know the name of that either. :D

[thommo]

Philippe Christanval

Class player but could never stay fit for us.

[thommo]

Moyoukolo
Christanval

The Bolton one is the bald bloke who was the spitting image of the default FIFA be a pro guy. Not a clue on his name. For some reason I’m thinking of that posh fizzy water, but I don’t know the name of that either. :D
Judging from your description, you definitely know the Bolton player. :D I'll leave it to see if anyone can get the name.

[Max Power]

Zoumana Camara - Leeds.
Darcheville - Forest

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sunderland - Patrice Carteron. Donned it with with TP Mazembe about 5 years ago.

[thommo]

Zoumana Camara - Leeds.
Darcheville - Forest

Sunderland - Patrice Carteron. Donned it with with TP Mazembe about 5 years ago.
Knew the African clubs would lead you to that one.

[Manc]

Moyoukolo
Christanval

The Bolton one is the bald bloke who was the spitting image of the default FIFA be a pro guy. Not a clue on his name. For some reason I’m thinking of that posh fizzy water, but I don’t know the name of that either. :D

Puygrenier.

[Baz]

San Pellegrino innit. :rosebud:

[thommo]

Puygrenier.

Little late getting back to this, but Puygrenier was correct.

The other six names I was looking for were:

David Sommeil
Ronald Zubar
Xavier Gravelaine
Thierry Bonalair
Edouard Cisse
Patrick Colleter

The full list of goalscoring Frenchmen is below:

175 – Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
125 – Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion)
85 – Louis Saha (Newcastle United, Fulham, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur)
80 – Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea)
70 – Eric Cantona (Leeds United, Manchester United)
62 – Robert Pires (Arsenal)
45 – Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
39 – Steed Malbranque (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland)
36 – Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Manchester City)
35 – Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
34 – Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal)
32 – Djibril Cisse (Liverpool, Sunderland, QPR)
32 – Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Manchester City)
31 – Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
28 – Charles N’Zogbia (Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa)
28 – Loic Remy (QPR, Newcastle United, Chelsea)
26 – Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United, Crystal Palace)
25 – William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur)
24 – Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
23 – Laurent Robert (Newcastle United, Portsmouth)
22 – David Ginola (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa)
22 – Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)
20 – Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton Wanderers)
18 – Antoine Sibierski (Manchester City, Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic)
17 – Franck Leboeuf (Chelsea)
16 – Abdoulaye Doucoure (Watford)
14 – Abou Diaby (Arsenal)
14 – Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur)
13 – Bafetimbi Gomis (Swansea City)
13 – Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton, Manchester United, Everton)
12 – Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United)
12 – Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Watford)
12 – David N’Gog (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers)
12 – Franck Queudrue (Middlesbrough, Fulham)
11 – Marc-Antoine Fortune (West Bromwich Albion)
11 – Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United)
11 – Steve Marlet (Fulham)
11 – Steve Nzonzi (Blackburn Rovers, Stoke City)
11 – Dimitri Payet (West Ham United)
11 – Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea)
11 – Frederic Piquionne (Portsmouth, West Ham United)
10 – Etienne Capoue (Tottenham Hotspur, Watford)
10 – Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal)
10 – N’Golo Kante (Leicester City, Chelsea)
9 – Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United, Arsenal)
8 – Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal, Middlesbrough)
8 – Sylvain Legwinski (Fulham)
8 – Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion)
8 – Lys Mousset (Bournemouth, Sheffield United)
7 – Morgan Amalfitano (West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United)
7 – Sylvain Distin (Manchester City, Everton)
7 – Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
7 – Sebastien Haller (West Ham United)
6 – Olivier Bernard (Newcastle United)
6 – Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers)
6 – Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)
6 – Christophe Dugarry (Birmingham City)
6 – Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic)
6 – Mickael Madar (Everton)
5 – David Bellion (Sunderland, Manchester United)
5 – Oliver Dacourt (Everton, Leeds United)
5 – Fabrice Fernandes (Southampton)
5 – Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion)
5 – Bruno N’Gotty (Bolton Wanderers)
5 – Florent Sinama Pongolle (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers)
4 – Willy Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
4 – Laurent Charvet (Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester City)
4 – Lucas Digne (Everton)
4 – Issa Diop (West Ham United)
4 – Gilles Grimandi (Arsenal)
4 – Christian Karembeu (Middlesbrough)
4 – Anthony Le Tallec (Sunderland)
4 – Noe Pamarot (Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth)
4 – Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
4 – David Sommeil (Manchester City)
4 – Kurt Zouma (Chelsea, Stoke City, Everton)
3 – Gael Clichy (Arsenal, Manchester City)
3 – Pascal Cygan (Arsenal)
3 – Stephane Dalmat (Tottenham Hotspur)
3 – Didier Domi (Newcastle United)
3 – Gael Givet (Blackburn Rovers)
3 – Aboubakar Kamara (Fulham)
3 – Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City)
3 – Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool, Crystal Palace)
3 – Ronald Zubar (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2 – Tiemoue Bakayoko (Chelsea)
2 – Bruno Cheyrou (Liverpool)
2 – Jean-Claude Darcheville (Nottingham Forest)
2 – Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United, Arsenal)
2 – Xavier Gravelaine (Watford)
2 – Leandre Griffit (Southampton)
2 – Bernard Lambourde (Chelsea)
2 – Florian Lejeune (Newcastle United)
2 – Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
2 – Bernard Mendy (Hull City)
2 – Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham Hotspur)
2 – Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle United)
2 – Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle United)
2 – Yan Valery (Southampton)
1 – Laurent Blanc (Manchester United)
1 – Thierry Bonalair (Nottingham Forest)
1 – Remy Cabella (Newcastle United)
1 – Zoumana Camara (Leeds United)
1 – Patrice Carteron (Sunderland)
1 – Philippe Christanval (Fulham)
1 – Edouard Cisse (West Ham United)
1 – Patrick Colleter (Southampton)
1 – Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth)
1 – Martin Djetou (Fulham)
1 – Julien Faubert (West Ham United)
1 – Alain Goma (Newcastle United)
1 – Elliot Grandin (Blackpool)
1 – Stephane Guivarc’h (Newcastle United)
1 – Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United)
1 – Youl Mawene (Derby County)
1 – Steven Mouyokolo (Hull City)
1 – Yann M’Vila (Sunderland)
1 – Lilian Nalis (Leicester City)
1 – Sebastien Perez (Blackburn Rovers)
1 – Sebastien Puygrenier (Bolton Wanderers)
1 – Emmanuel Riviere (Newcastle United)
1 – Sebastien Schemmel (West Ham United)
1 – Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal)
1 – Armand Traore (Portsmouth)

[thommo]

One final nationality question, and probably the toughest.

Can you name each of the 106 Irishmen (ROI) to have scored in the Premier League?

[Baz]

Robbie Keane
Mark Kennedy
Phil Babb
Steve Finnan
Steve Staunton
Jason McAteer
Damien Duff
Roy Keane
Seamus Coleman
Andy Townsend

[Ian]

Roy Keane, Robbie Keane.

Gary Breen.

Other names that rhyme with the above.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Damien Duff
Jeff Kenna
Niall Quinn
Stephen Quinn
Alan Quinn
Gary Kelly
Ian Harte
Paul McShane
Jeff Hendrick
James McCarthy
James McLean
Kevin Kilbane
Andy Townsend

[thommo]

Roy Keane, Robbie Keane.

Gary Breen.

Other names that rhyme with the above.


Robbie Keane
Mark Kennedy
Phil Babb
Steve Finnan
Steve Staunton
Jason McAteer
Damien Duff
Roy Keane
Seamus Coleman
Andy Townsend
All correct so far.

[Ian]

Irwin, Gibson, McGrath.

[thommo]

Damien Duff
Jeff Kenna
Niall Quinn
Stephen Quinn
Alan Quinn
Gary Kelly
Ian Harte
Paul McShane
Jeff Hendrick
James McCarthy
James McLean
Kevin Kilbane
Andy Townsend

Irwin, Gibson, McGrath.
Maintaining the 100% record early on here.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Just chucking Irish-sounding names at the wall is the way to crack this one.

Mark Kinsella
Jason Kennedy
Paul Gillespie
Alan McGrath
Paul Quinn
Michael McStay
Paddy Brazil
Seamus Flanagan

[thommo]

Just chucking Irish-sounding names at the wall is the way to crack this one.

Mark Kinsella
Jason Kennedy
Paul Gillespie
Alan McGrath
Paul Quinn
Michael McStay
Paddy Brazil
Seamus Flanagan
This scattergun approach has, surprisingly, immediately ended the 100% record.

[Baz]

Probably triggered Giggles though, so can be considered a success.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This scattergun approach has, surprisingly, immediately ended the 100% record.

It got me both Stephen and Alan Quinn earlier. Fuck knows who either of them are.

[wullie]

Leon Best
Liam Daish
Lee Carsley

[Max Power]

John O’Shea
Liam Miller
Liam Lawrence
Clinton Morrison
Kevin Doyle
Noel Hunt
Stephen Hunt

[thommo]

Leon Best
Liam Daish
Lee Carsley

John O’Shea
Liam Miller
Liam Lawrence
Clinton Morrison
Kevin Doyle
Noel Hunt
Stephen Hunt
Lots of current players still to be guessed.

[Shindig]

Liam O'Brien
Andy O'Brien
Ciaran Clark
Steven Carr

[Max Power]

Shane Duffy
Shane Long
Kevin Long
Stephen Ward
Robbie Brady
Wes Hoolahan

[Jimmy Floyd]

Gary Doherty
Damien Delaney
Andy Reid

[SincereTheRebel]

Noel Hunt
Kevin Doyle
Matt Doherty

[thommo]

Liam O'Brien
Andy O'Brien
Ciaran Clark
Steven Carr

Shane Duffy
Shane Long
Kevin Long
Stephen Ward
Robbie Brady
Wes Hoolahan

Gary Doherty
Damien Delaney
Andy Reid

Noel Hunt
Kevin Doyle
Matt Doherty
Liam O'Brien is apparently a voice actor. There is another O'Brien to have scored who you may have meant instead Shindig.

[Max Power]

Stephen McPhail
Harry Arter
Jonathan Walters
Glenn Whelan

[thommo]

Stephen McPhail
Harry Arter
Jonathan Walters
Glenn Whelan

List of Irish goalscorers so far:

126 – Robbie Keane (Coventry City, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, West Ham United, Aston Villa)
59 – Niall Quinn (Manchester City, Sunderland)
54 – Damien Duff (Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Fulham)
54 – Shane Long (Reading, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City, Southampton)
43 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke City)
39 – Roy Keane (Nottingham Forest, Manchester United)
37 – Kevin Doyle (Reading, Wolverhampton Wanderers)
28 – Ian Harte (Leeds United)
23 –
21 – Stephen Hunt (Reading, Hull City, Wolverhampton Wanderers)
20 – Seamus Coleman (Everton)
19 –
18 – Denis Irwin (Manchester United)
17 –
16 – Lee Carsley (Derby County, Coventry City, Everton)
15 – Kevin Kilbane (Sunderland, Everton, Wigan Athletic, Hull City)
15 – Clinton Morrison (Crystal Palace, Birmingham City)
14 – Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa, Newcastle United)
14 –
13 – James McCarthy (Wigan Athletic, Everton)
13 – John O’Shea (Manchester United, Sunderland)
13 – Andy Townsend (Chelsea, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough)
12 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City)
12 – Steve Staunton (Aston Villa)
11 –
11 – James McClean (Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion)
10 – Leon Best (Newcastle United)
10 –
9 – Robbie Brady (Hull City, Norwich City, Burnley)
9 – Jeff Hendrick (Burnley)
8 – Stephen Carr (Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United)
8 –
8 – Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
8 –
8 – Jeff Kenna (Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City)
8 –
8 – Andy O’Brien (Bradford City, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers)
8 –
7 –
7 – Liam Lawrence (Sunderland, Stoke City)
7 –
7 – Jason McAteer (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland)
7 – Paul McGrath (Aston Villa)
7 – Andy Reid (Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Sunderland)
7 –
6 – Gary Doherty (Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City)
6 –
6 – Stephen Ward (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burnley)
5 – Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion)
5 –
5 – Darron Gibson (Manchester United, Everton)
5 –
4 – Phil Babb (Coventry City, Liverpool)
4 –
4 – Mark Kinsella (Charlton Athletic)
4 –
4 –
4 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke City)
3 – Harry Arter (Bournemouth)
3 – Gary Breen (Coventry City, Sunderland)
3 – Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace)
3 –
3 –
3 – Stephen McPhail (Leeds United)
3 –
3 –
3 –
3 – Alan Quinn (Sheffield Wednesday)
3 – Stephen Quinn (Sheffield United, Hull City)
3 –
3 –
2 –
2 –
2 – Liam Daish (Coventry City)
2 –
2 –
2 –
2 –
2 – Noel Hunt (Reading)
2 – Mark Kennedy (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2 – Gary Kelly (Leeds United)
2 –
2 –
2 – Paul McShane (Hull City)
2 –
2 –
2 –
2 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Steve Finnan (Liverpool)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 – Kevin Long (Burnley)
1 –
1 – Liam Miller (Sunderland)
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –
1 –

[Shindig]

Liam O'Brien made six appearances for us in the Premier League but scored none before Keegan shipped him off to Tranmere. Did David Kelly get any with the mackems?

[thommo]

Liam O'Brien made six appearances for us in the Premier League but scored none before Keegan shipped him off to Tranmere. Did David Kelly get any with the mackems?

2 in the old Division One, but none in the Prem.

[Max Power]

Gareth Farrelly
Keith Fahey
Daryl Murphy
Alan Judge

[Max Power]

David Meyler
Enda Stephens
Callum Robinson
Jack O’Connell
John Egan
David McGoldrick

[Jimmy Floyd]

Kevin Foley
Andy Keogh

[wullie]

Stephen Ireland
Ray Houghton
Matt Holland

[thommo]

Gareth Farrelly
Keith Fahey
Daryl Murphy
Alan Judge

David Meyler
Enda Stephens
Callum Robinson
Jack O’Connell
John Egan
David McGoldrick

Kevin Foley
Andy Keogh

Stephen Ireland
Ray Houghton
Matt Holland
Some good answers in there. Still 4 Irishmen who made it into double figures to guess.

[Guybrush]

Steven Reid.

[Max Power]

Richard Dunne

[Shindig]

I don't think Roy O'Donovan got this high up.

[thommo]

Steven Reid.
That goal against Wigan has to be up there with the hardest hit shots of all time, maybe alongside one of Tony Yeboah's efforts.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BePuBZK84Oc


Richard Dunne
Dunne managed double figures, with 10 goals in the right end.


I don't think Roy O'Donovan got this high up.
O'Donovan made 17 PL appearances for Sunderland, but no goals.

[Elbastido]

Is Gareth Whalley on the list?

Tony Cascarino?

[thommo]

Is Gareth Whalley on the list?

Tony Cascarino?
Whalley is, 1 goal for Bradford in early 2000. No caps for Ireland but played for the B team.

[thommo]

Time to bring back the trivia.

Mario Gomez played his last game (and scored) for Stuttgart this weekend. But can you name the full teams and used substitutes when Gomez made his Stuttgart debut, against Chelsea in March 2004?

Chelsea
GK -
RB -
CB -
CB -
LB -
CM -
CM -
CM -
RW -
LW -
ST -

Sub (CB) -
Sub (RB) -
Sub (ST) -

Stuttgart
GK -
RB -
CB -
CB -
LB -
RM -
CM -
CM -
LM -
ST -
ST -

Sub (ST) -
Sub (CM) -
Sub (ST) - Mario Gomez

[Shindig]

Cech
Paulo Ferreira
Deco
Drogba
Kuranyi
Khedira?

[thommo]

Cech
Paulo Ferreira
Deco
Drogba
Kuranyi
Khedira?

Deco and Paulo Ferreira were winning the Champions League that season with Porto and Jose. Khedira was a couple years away from making his debut.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Remember the tie, was the round of 16 the year we eventually got done by Monaco. Chelsea would have been something like:

Cudicini (unless he was knackered by this point and Ambrosio had come in, but think that was a couple of weeks later)
Johnson
Desailly (possibly? his last season)
Terry
Babayaro (not sure about this one)
Geremi
Makelele
Verón
Gronkjaer
Hasselbaink
Crespo

I think Mutu had blown out by this point.

As for Stuttgart, no idea. Hitzlsperger was the first name that came to mind.

[thommo]

Remember the tie, was the round of 16 the year we eventually got done by Monaco. Chelsea would have been something like:

Cudicini (unless he was knackered by this point and Ambrosio had come in, but think that was a couple of weeks later)
Johnson
Desailly (possibly? his last season)
Terry
Babayaro (not sure about this one)
Geremi
Makelele
Verón
Gronkjaer
Hasselbaink
Crespo

I think Mutu had blown out by this point.

As for Stuttgart, no idea. Hitzlsperger was the first name that came to mind.

Geremi, Mutu and Desailly were the 3 subs used for Chelsea. Stuttgart is tougher, but there are a few well-known names in their lineup.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Trying to think who our left back was in this era. Feels too late for Le Saux, but obviously well pre-Cole. Was it Bill Gallas out of position? That would be a Ranieri thing to do.

Mario Stanic sneaking in somewhere? Oh and Lampard obviously, how could I forget him.

[thommo]

Trying to think who our left back was in this era. Feels too late for Le Saux, but obviously well pre-Cole. Was it Bill Gallas out of position? That would be a Ranieri thing to do.

Mario Stanic sneaking in somewhere? Oh and Lampard obviously, how could I forget him.

Gallas played centre-back. 3 of the Chelsea starters left to get.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Eidur

This left back is going to do my head in. I don't think Melchiot ever played there, or if he did it wouldn't have been in this game. Zenden never went back there for us and I think may have been out by this point anyway.

Was this the year we bungled in Jiri Jarosik in January? I think it was. Him or Scott Parker

[The Merse]

LB is Wayne Bridge surely?

[thommo]

Eidur

This left back is going to do my head in. I don't think Melchiot ever played there, or if he did it wouldn't have been in this game. Zenden never went back there for us and I think may have been out by this point anyway.

Was this the year we bungled in Jiri Jarosik in January? I think it was. Him or Scott Parker

Parker is correct, part of a midfield trio with Lampard and Makelele.

[thommo]

LB is Wayne Bridge surely?

Correct! 1 more Chelsea player to get, and the rest of Stuttgart.

[Jimmy Floyd]

LB is Wayne Bridge surely?

Of course, should have remembered him from having donned the so-called invincibles in the next round. The most thrilling goal of my whole Chelsea-watching life, probably even better than Drogba's header vs Bayern due to the age I was.

[The Merse]

Timo Hildebrand in goal for Stutgart I'd have thought
Otherwise I'm struggling a bit

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can't work out what formation this would have been if there was a midfield three. He usually played two up that season, so I guess we're missing a floating luxury player which must have been Joe Cole.

[The Merse]

Fredi Bobic still knocking around for Stutgart this year, presumably with a grudge to bear from the CWC final in 98(99?) in this game?

[thommo]

Timo Hildebrand in goal for Stutgart I'd have thought
Otherwise I'm struggling a bit

Fredi Bobic still knocking around for Stutgart this year, presumably with a grudge to bear from the CWC final in 98(99?) in this game?
Hildebrand is correct, and I'd say there are at least 4 others that should be guessed. The rest are a little lesser-known.


I can't work out what formation this would have been if there was a midfield three. He usually played two up that season, so I guess we're missing a floating luxury player which must have been Joe Cole.
Joe Cole made an appearance in the first leg from the bench, but was an unused sub in the second.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They had a Croat midfielder who played in 98 and 04 but can't remember his name.

Young Lahm maybe?

[thommo]

They had a Croat midfielder who played in 98 and 04 but can't remember his name.

Young Lahm maybe?

They did indeed have a Croatian veteran in midfield. Lahm is correct, the first of his 2 seasons on loan there.

Chelsea
GK - Carlo Cudicini
RB - Glen Johnson
CB - John Terry
CB - William Gallas
LB - Wayne Bridge
CM - Scott Parker
CM - Claude Makelele
CM - Frank Lampard
RW - Jesper Gronkjaer
LW -
ST - Hernan Crespo

Sub (CB) - Marcel Desailly
Sub (RB) - Geremi
Sub (ST) - Adrian Mutu

Stuttgart
GK - Timo Hildebrand
RB -
CB -
CB -
LB - Philipp Lahm
RM -
CM -
CM -
LM -
ST -
ST - Kevin Kuranyi

Sub (ST) -
Sub (CM) -
Sub (ST) - Mario Gomez

[Manc]

Hleb & Cacau.

[Ian]

Damien Duff for the other Chelsea winger?

[Guybrush]

Serdar Tasci?

[SincereTheRebel]

Kuffour
Yakin

?

[SincereTheRebel]

Asamoah

[thommo]

Hleb & Cacau.
Hleb and Cacau both correct and both started.


Damien Duff for the other Chelsea winger?
Duff is correct, and that's the Chelsea team complete.


Serdar Tasci?

Kuffour
Yakin

?

Asamoah
None of the above. Good shout with Tasci but a little before his time. Some clues for the remaining Stuttgart players:

CB - Brazilian who also played for Schalke as well as Stuttgart.
CB - Portuguese player who spent 6 years at Stuttgart, and scored the only goal of the tie - an own goal in the 1st leg that sent Chelsea through.
RB - 21 caps for Germany, played for Sevilla and Celtic also.
CM - Croatian veteran who played over 300 times for Stuttgart. Over 60 caps for Croatia too.
CM - Probably the most obscure of the lot - German who scored 27 goals in 8 years at Stuttgart as a midfielder.
LM - Better known as a full-back, this Croatian spent 6 years at Leverkusen between 1997 and 2003 and played briefly in England for Portsmouth.
Sub (ST) - Hungarian striker who played for a number of German clubs, as well as 2 spells with Sturm Graz in Austria.
Sub (CM) - Well-travelled German midfielder who played for Seattle Sounders later in his career. Over 540 appearances in club football before retiring last year.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Fernando Meira (now suddenly remember him scoring an OG in this tie)

[Max Power]

Andreas Hinkel the right back

[thommo]

Fernando Meira (now suddenly remember him scoring an OG in this tie)

Andreas Hinkel the right back
Both are correct. I don't expect all of the remaining players to be guessed.

[The Merse]

Naldo

The Croatian is bothering me - I was thinking of him when I went with Bobic.