I looked up Woodgate and sure enough, 8 England caps and he spent the whole of 2004-05 on Real Madrid's books with 0 appearances.
I looked up Woodgate and sure enough, 8 England caps and he spent the whole of 2004-05 on Real Madrid's books with 0 appearances.
I know, I wasn't disputing it, just found it incredible that he didn't make 10 caps.
When he was at Leeds, him and Rio were very much touted as England's future, with a lot of people rating Woodgate ahead of Ferdinand. He was a brilliant defender, injuries ruined him.
Injuries and racism.
I was going to say beating up a Pakistani lad outside Majestyks didnt help him.
Years and clubs of the remaining players on my list:
1948-49 - Notts County
1956-57 - Coventry City
1959-60 - Hibernian
1962 - Crystal Palace
1962 - Inter Milan
1971 - QPR
1976 - Crystal Palace
1979-81 - West Ham United
1979 - Crystal Palace
There may be a few more not on my list, so a bonus point if you guess one of those that turns out to be right.
Which of those is the recent player?
Fair enough.
Alvin Martin for the West Ham one. No clue on the others.
Kenny Sansom
Is the 62 or 71 guy part of the 66 winning team?
Stan Bowles for QPR
Are any of the remaining players currently managers?
West Ham one has got to be Trevor Brooking.
That Inter Milan one is G Hitchens (can't remember first name, maybe Geoff or Gary?), he was the first player to play for England whilst at a foreign club.
Ah, it's Gerry Hitchens. He died on the pitch of some charity game after he retired.
Close enough, it was Gerry Hitchens. Ah, SvN gets it as I'm posting.
1948-49 - Notts County
1956-57 - Coventry City
1959-60 - Hibernian
1962 - Crystal Palace
Gerry Hitchens – 4 caps – 1962 – Inter Milan
1971 - QPR
1976 - Crystal Palace
Trevor Brooking – 12 caps – 1979-81 – West Ham United
Kenny Sansom – 1 cap – 1979 – Crystal Palace
Some more clues for the final few:
1948-49 - Notts County - Moved for a British record transfer fee of £20,000, strong centre forward. 22 goals in 23 England caps, also played for Everton, Chelsea, Brentford and Arsenal.
1956-57 - Coventry City - Goalkeeper, who also played for Chelsea and Derby.
1959-60 - Hibernian - Striker who started career in Scotland. Also played briefly in Italy alongside Denis Law, before moving to Arsenal and then Nottingham Forest.
1962 - Crystal Palace - Striker who also played for West Ham. Famously scored a hat trick for England in a win over Portugal in the 60s.
1971 - QPR - Maverick forward who also played for Man City and Fulham. Worked as a pundit for many years.
1976 - Crystal Palace - Winger, better known for 30 years in management across all levels in England, including the national side.
Rodney Marsh for QPR one?
Rodney Marsh?
1976 - Crystal Palace - Winger, better known for 30 years in management across all levels in England, including the national side.
Kevin Keegan?
This probably is daft as fuck so I apologize I was just trying to think of fellas who managed England.
Terry Venables?
He definitely managed Palace (creating the Brighton rivalry), so I guess he probably played for them.
Roy Hodgson played for Palace or something didn't he? Was he ever actually any good as a footballer? '76 probably too late for him though.
The 1948 one is Tommy Lawton.
Venables got his caps in '64, apparently.
I've looked it up. He did manage England.
Not Keegan, Hodgson or Venables for the Palace player. I'll give it till the end of the day for anyone to get the remaining 4.
1956-57 - Coventry City - Goalkeeper, who also played for Chelsea and Derby.
1959-60 - Hibernian - Striker who started career in Scotland. Also played briefly in Italy alongside Denis Law, before moving to Arsenal and then Nottingham Forest.
1962 - Crystal Palace - Striker who also played for West Ham. Famously scored a hat trick for England in a win over Portugal in the 60s.
1976 - Crystal Palace - Winger, better known for 30 years in management across all levels in England, including the national side.
Roy Hodgson was a winger?
Bet he called himself a right-sided player.
I looked up the Palace bloke, never heard of that guy in my life. whopos!
Must be Peter Taylor simply by process of elimination on all other England managers.
Christ we're going to need a few of these in the next few weeks.
The remaining 3 were Reg Matthews, Joe Baker and Johnny Byrne. I'll get compiling some lists over the weekend - might get record levels of participation.
Full list below:
Tommy Lawton 4 caps 1948-49 Notts County
Reg Matthews 5 caps 1956-57 Coventry City
Johnny Haynes 32 caps 1954-59 - Fulham
Brian Clough 2 caps 1959 - Middlesbrough
Joe Baker 5 caps 1959-60 Hibernian
Johnny Byrne 1 cap 1962 Crystal Palace
Gerry Hitchens 4 caps 1962 Inter Milan
Rodney Marsh 1 cap 1971 QPR
Peter Taylor 4 caps 1976 Crystal Palace
Mick Channon 26 caps 1974-77 Southampton
Trevor Brooking 12 caps 1979-81 West Ham United
Kenny Sansom 1 cap 1979 Crystal Palace
David Watson 4 caps 1979 Werder Bremen
Kevin Keegan 25 caps 1977-80 Hamburg
Laurie Cunningham 3 caps 1980 Real Madrid
Tony Woodcock 17 caps 1979-82 FC Kφln
Luther Blissett 5 caps 1983-84 AC Milan
Trevor Francis 22 caps 1978-79, 1982-86 Detroit Express, Sampdoria
Ray Wilkins 22 caps 1984-86 AC Milan
Gordon Cowans 2 caps 1986 Bari
Glenn Hoddle 9 caps 1987-88 Monaco
Gary Lineker 24 caps 1986-89 Barcelona
Terry Butcher 32 caps 1986-90 - Rangers
Steve Bull 13 caps 1989-90 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chris Woods 20 caps 1986-91 - Rangers
Chris Waddle 17 caps 1989-91 Marseille
Mark Walters 1 cap 1991 Rangers
Mark Hateley 28 caps 1984-92 AC Milan, Monaco, Rangers
Gary Stevens 20 caps 1988-92 - Rangers
Trevor Steven 12 caps 1989-92 Rangers, Marseille
Des Walker 11 caps 1992-93 Sampdoria
David Platt 33 caps 1991-95 Bari, Juventus, Sampdoria
Paul Ince 17 caps 1995-97 Inter Milan
Paul Gascoigne 32 caps 1992-98 Lazio, Rangers
Michael Gray 3 caps 1999 Sunderland
Kevin Phillips 1 cap 1999 Sunderland
Steve McManaman 13 caps 1999-2001 Real Madrid
David James 4 caps 2003 West Ham United
Alan Thompson 1 cap 2004 - Celtic
Michael Owen 11 caps 2004-05 Real Madrid
Owen Hargreaves 39 caps 2001-07 Bayern Munich
David Nugent 1 cap 2007 Preston North End
David Beckham 55 caps 2003-09 Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, AC Milan
Jay Bothroyd 1 cap 2010 Cardiff City
Scott Carson 1 cap 2011 - Bursaspor
Wilfried Zaha 2 caps 2012-13 Crystal Palace
Fraser Forster 2 caps 2013-14 Celtic
Joe Hart 8 caps 2016-17 Torino
Jack Butland 3 caps 2012, 2018 Birmingham City, Stoke City
Wayne Rooney 1 cap 2018 DC United
Jadon Sancho 11 caps 2018-present Borussia Dortmund
Kieran Trippier 3 caps 2019-present Atletico Madrid
We need more trivia to while away the time stuck at home, so here goes.
Can you name the top African league goalscorer for each Premier League season since its inception?
Drogba
Kanu
Adebayor
Papis Cisse
Mo Salah
Efan Ekoku
Daniel Amokatchi
Yaya Toure
Odion Ighalo
Yakubu
Amir Zaki
Lomana Lua Lua didn't have a mad enough season for this.
Gervinho?
Peter Ndlovu
Asamoah Gyan
Kanoute
Mido
Mahrez
Benjani
Bony
Bartlett
McCarthy
Mane
Demba Ba
Ighalo