interesting fact about VS. portugal

**Junior** · 15/02/2005, 4:54 PM

Originally Posted by eirebhoy

I posted this in another thread earlier on but here's a quote from some bloke on Sky News on the topic of Arsenal fielding all foreign players:

"Chelsea have a hardcore of English players, Frank Lampard, John Terry, or British players, Damien Duff."

In fact it was on 5-live that I heard about Spurs. The commentator said "8 british players in the starting 11" as well.

I was happy not to make the same error!

**pineapple stu** · 15/02/2005, 6:42 PM

Originally Posted by wws

intrestingly enough last night......Wenger was the first english club manager to name a 16-man squad that included not one British player!

........and they won 5-1!!!!!!!!!!

what does that say????

That it isn't that long since the five subs rule was introduced?

First English team to play a team with no English players...Liverpool in the 80s - the likes of Grobbelaar, Hansen, Hysen, Molby, Whelan, Aldridge, Johnson, Rush, Houghton, Gillespie...

Though possibly some team way back in the 1880s had a team full of Scots?

Not such a new phenomenon (I know we're going to non-English speakers now, but still)

**tetsujin1979** · 16/02/2005, 9:46 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

That it isn't that long since the five subs rule was introduced?

First English team to play a team with no English players...Liverpool in the 80s - the likes of Grobbelaar, Hansen, Hysen, Molby, Whelan, Aldridge, Johnson, Rush, Houghton, Gillespie...

Though possibly some team way back in the 1880s had a team full of Scots?

Not such a new phenomenon (I know we're going to non-English speakers now, but still)

I think Liverpool won the cup with the least amount of English-born players - just Lawrenson, but I'm not sure of the year. Barnes would have been in the side, so it wasn't entirely non-English internationals.

**Bluebeard** · 16/02/2005, 2:32 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Though possibly some team way back in the 1880s had a team full of Scots?

If I recall rightly, didn't Queen's Park win the English FA Cup twice in the 1880s, and Cardiff in 1927? Any locally based members of the forum want to check it out?

**1MickCollins** · 21/02/2005, 7:17 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

If I recall rightly, didn't Queen's Park win the English FA Cup twice in the 1880s, and Cardiff in 1927? Any locally based members of the forum want to check it out?

Queen's Park twice reached the FA Cup final but lost on both occassions, Cardiff did indeed win in '27.

**pineapple stu** · 21/02/2005, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by 1MickCollins

Queen's Park twice reached the FA Cup final but lost on both occassions, Cardiff did indeed win in '27.

Queen's Park reached the first two semis, but never got to the final. They only ever played one game in the FA Cup too! And it finished 0-0!

Cardiff won he FA Cup in 1927 - 1-0 v. Arsenal (I think). Winning goal was a penalty which squirmed into the net off the keeper's newly cleaned and slippy jersey! Apparently the scorer was the only person in the ground who didn't see what happened! Think Cardiff lost out on the league title on goal average that year too...

**dynamo kerry** · 22/02/2005, 9:49 AM

Originally Posted by Peadar

That's what I was thinking alright because I remember many players from the 80's and the number of PP's grew dramatically during that period.

BTW, before I get lambasted about having a go at PP's, I wouldn't have a squad without KK and AO'B.
CM didn't impress against Portugal but he's welcome in my squad too.

KK?

king kenny? from dublin?