Your club's best Englishman, Scotsman, Welshman, Irishman of all time

[stavros]

Does anyone have any idea how the 1961 lot would do against cossetted, diet-controlled modern players, though?

This is often aired when players from decades past are compared to modern day. I think you judge a player by the context in which he played. Today's game may be faster, but I would have confidence that over time, 60s-80s players would build up fitness, compete and at times outplay today's crop. You can also consider the counter of that. Of course, England's "golden generation" have hardly distinguished themselves in the slower, more considered field of international football.

 

[Balbi]

English: David Kemp
Scottish: Dickie Hughes
Irish: Alan McLoughlin
Welsh: ..................er.... Carl Robinson?

 

[jugularvein]

english: tony adams
welsh: john hartson
scottish: alex james
irish: liam brady

 

[Relahni]

isn't john barnes jamaican?

or are you going by what countries they qualified to play for?

.......after 90 minutes of sheer hell.

He's English because he played for England.

 

[Augie March]

Colchester Utd

English - Karl Duguid
Irish - Mark Kinsella
Scottish - Chris Iwelumo
Welsh - Geraint Williams

 

[CyberRose]

Sheff Utd:

Phil Jagielka (England)*
Dean Saunders (Wales)
Alan Kelly (Ireland)
No idea (Scotland)

* I'm assuming that "all time" also includes the future, by which time Phil Jagielka will be the best English defender

 

[Andy the Don]

Wimbledon FC/AFC Wimbledon

English - Dave Beasant
Welsh - Vinnie Jones
Scottish - Neil Sullivan
Irish - Kenny Cunnigham
N.Irish - Michael Hughes
Jamaican - Robbie Earle

 

[g force]

Barca

English - Gary Lineker
Welsh - Mark Hughes
Scottish - Steve Archibald
Irish - none
N.Irish - none

 

[marksims68]

Ipswich

English - Kevin Beattie
Scottish - John Wark
Welsh - I'll think of one.......
Irish - Allan hunter
Republic of Ireland - Matt Holland

 

[Biffo]

Ipswich

Welsh - I'll think of one.......

Geraint Williams or Lewis Price?

 

[mattie]

Bobby Moore (E)
No idea about the others. Liam Brady (I)? Ray Stewart (S)? Bugger. Craig Bellamy (W)? Erm, eeerrrr.....Iain Dowie (NI)?

 

[Jografer]

Jack Charlton
Billy Bremner
John Charles
Johnny Giles

 

[phildwyer]

While they played for us or over their whole career? If the latter then Cardiff City's would be:

John Charles (Wales)
Robbie Fowler (England)
Ian Gibson (Scotland)
Ron Healey (Ireland)

 

[Buds]

Ivor Allchurch (Wales)
Bob Latchford (England)
Lee Trundle (Ireland)
Darryl Duffy?? (Scotland)

 

[big eejit]

Dixie Dean
Kevin Sheedy
Neville Southall

Of course Sheedy was one of those English Irish players.

ETA - I remember when he scored against England in some World cup or other that I was the only 'England fan' in the bar to jump up shouting "Sheedy!"

 

[ChrisFilter]

Leicester

England: Lineker / Banks / Shilton
Scottish: Matt Elliott
Welsh: Robbie Savage
Norn Irish: Neil Lennon

 

[marksims68]

Geraint Williams or Lewis Price?

Two good calls there........I'll go with Geraint Williams, 3 goals for Ipswich and I saw them all! (Reading away, Leeds at home, Port Vale at home)

 

[grimble]

Stan Collymore
Jim Baxter
Mark Crossley
Roy Keane

 

[Notorious J.I.M]

Villa

Gordon Cowans (English)
Charlie Aitken (Scottish)
Dean Saunders (Welsh)
Paul McGrath (Irish)

The English and Scottish ones are tough due to the ammount of decent players we've had from there. I plumped for Sid Cowans for the ammount of time he's been associated with the club (he still is as a coach) and Charlie Aitken for the same reason (he's the longest serving player in our history).

 

[Kanda]

Charlton
Law
Best
Giggs

 

[Wilf]

pah, parochialism...

Eng - Charlton
Welsh - Hughes
Scot - Law
Irish - Best
Rest of Europe - Cantona, errr, no, Ronaldo
Rest of World - ermmmm err errr, Tevez - jaysus, must be somebody else

 

[Kanda]

Rest of World - ermmmm err errr, Tevez - jaysus, must be somebody else

Kanchelskis in the day

 

[Biffo]

Rest of World - ermmmm err errr, Tevez - jaysus, must be somebody else

Eric Djemba-Djemba surely?

 

[DRINK?]

Kanchelskis in the day

Schmeical for me

edit though spose he would have to come into europe..

All night Dwight has to be considered for that one year... think if you ask this in 5 years young anderson will be the one

 

[g force]

Lets not derail it eh...esp as other clubs will have far better

 

[kained&able]

Bobby Moore(english)
Craig bellemy (welsh)
Ray Stewart(well it werent going to be dailey was it!) (scot)
liam brady (irish)
Steve lomas (ni)

i think!


dave

 

[steveo87]

Acually comparing the list of Liverpool players to the list of United one's is pretty funny, United's shits on the red shites.

That is possibly the funniest, yet misguided, footballing assumption I've ever heard....

 

[DRINK?]

That is possibly the funniest, yet misguided, footballing assumption I've ever heard....

I dunno think the 4 picked in the first few posts beat Liverpools hands down...saying that if you add up the trophies the repsective teams one etc..
Utds four take some beating

 

[Biffo]

I dunno think the 4 picked in the first few posts beat Liverpools hands down...saying that if you add up the trophies the repsective teams one etc..
Utds four take some beating

Dalglish beats Law for caps. They scored the same goals (30).
Rush over Giggs for caps and goals.

You can't really beat Bobby Charlton and Keane beats Whelan for caps and goals.

Hey lets play Top Trumps

 

[DRINK?]

Dalglish beats Law for caps. They scored the same goals (30).
Rush over Giggs for caps and goals.

You can't really beat Bobby Charlton and Keane beats Whelan for caps and goals.

Hey lets play Top Trumps

no lets play who had the hardest footballer...that will seperate the men from the boys