Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

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Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by CaptJohn » Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:19 am

I was watching the Brentford v Chelsea match last night and I started wondering how many ex players are now club captains of their respective clubs.

Nathan Collins; Brentford
Tarks; Everton
Jimmy Dunne; QPR
O'Shea; Ipswich

Can anyone add to that? I'm sure I may have missed some.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:22 am

CaptJohn wrote:
Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:19 am
I was watching the Brentford v Chelsea match last night and I started wondering how many ex players are now club captains of their respective clubs.

Nathan Collins; Brentford
Tarks; Everton
Jimmy Dunne; QPR
O'Shea; Ipswich

Can anyone add to that? I'm sure I may have missed some.
Had Tarky been appointed captain this season? I thought it was still Coleman.

EDIT: Everton captain is still Séamus Coleman.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by BertiesBeehole » Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:00 pm

I think Westwood is - Charlotte FC

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by burnmark » Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:25 pm

BertiesBeehole wrote:
Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:00 pm
I think Westwood is - Charlotte FC
He is.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by Selby Claret » Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:38 pm

Darikwa at Lincoln

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by blackbulllad » Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:53 pm

Yeah, Tarky isn’t official Everton captain (still Coleman as Tony says), but he has worn the armband plenty.
Westwood at Charlotte FC is a great shout.
Darikwa at Lincoln too, didn’t realise he’d been made captain there.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by claretburns » Sun Sep 14, 2025 6:45 pm

Tom Anderson was Doncaster captain for years before his summer move to Shrewsbury.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by aggi » Sun Sep 14, 2025 7:26 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:22 am
Had Tarky been appointed captain this season? I thought it was still Coleman.

EDIT: Everton captain is still Séamus Coleman.
Coleman has played 1 minute so far this season so more of an off the field role.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Sep 14, 2025 8:12 pm

aggi wrote:
Sun Sep 14, 2025 7:26 pm
Coleman has played 1 minute so far this season so more of an off the field role.
He's still the club captain

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by Andreshotboots » Sun Sep 14, 2025 10:40 pm

Brownhill will be skipper at Camel FC or wherever he's gone before long..

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by IanMcL » Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:28 pm

CaptJohn wrote:
Sun Sep 14, 2025 11:19 am
I was watching the Brentford v Chelsea match last night and I started wondering how many ex players are now club captains of their respective clubs.

Nathan Collins; Brentford
Tarks; Everton
Jimmy Dunne; QPR
O'Shea; Ipswich

Can anyone add to that? I'm sure I may have missed some.
All centre backs!

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by IanMcL » Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:29 pm

blackbulllad wrote:
Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:53 pm
Yeah, Tarky isn’t official Everton captain (still Coleman as Tony says), but he has worn the armband plenty.
Westwood at Charlotte FC is a great shout.
Darikwa at Lincoln too, didn’t realise he’d been made captain there.
Coleman will be 'Club Captain', although no longer expected to play. Tarkowski is team captain, on a regular basis, if he plays.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:36 pm

IanMcL wrote:
Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:29 pm
Coleman will be 'Club Captain', although no longer expected to play. Tarkowski is team captain, on a regular basis, if he plays.
Not according to Everton.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by IanMcL » Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:08 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:36 pm
Not according to Everton.
Not sure what the dispute is.
Coleman is captain on paper but not in team and at 36, unlikely to replace O'Brien, bar injury to O'B. Tarkowski captain the team on the pitch, until the blue moon.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by ClaretTony » Tue Sep 16, 2025 7:51 pm

IanMcL wrote:
Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:08 pm
Not sure what the dispute is.
Coleman is captain on paper but not in team and at 36, unlikely to replace O'Brien, bar injury to O'B. Tarkowski captain the team on the pitch, until the blue moon.
There isn’t a dispute, Coleman is captain.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by Selby Claret » Tue Sep 16, 2025 8:06 pm

Not club but Chris Wood is NZ captain

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Re: Ex Burnley players no

Post by Greenmile » Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:08 pm

IanMcL wrote:
Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:28 pm
All centre backs!
..and Ben Mee could well be the next one, I reckon.

Does anyone have any stats on captains by playing position? I would imagine centre halves and central midfielders are probably the most common.

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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by DanH90 » Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:08 pm

Tarkowski is clearly captain during games, so there is a debate. It’s this belligerent tone which winds people up, then throwing the toys out of the pram when someone tries to disagree.
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Re: Ex Burnley players now Captains of their clubs

Post by Elizabeth » Tue Sep 16, 2025 9:31 pm

The OP states ' Captains' in the thread title and refers to ' club captains' in the post. There is a difference which it is fair to point out

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