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 Köln
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