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Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:06 am
by FCBurnley
England
Scotland
Wales
N Irealand
Ireland
Nigeria
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Germany
Iceland
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
Jamaica
USA
Norway
Greece
Kazakhstan
France
Belgium
Austria
Bermuda
A nice easy quiz . Probably not a complete list, so feel free to add any I missed.
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:09 am
by starting_11
Number who've played for us by country?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:12 am
by FCBurnley
Just nationalities who have been on our playing staff. I heard the other day that Arsenal have had 50 nationalities play for them in the PL !!!
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:14 am
by starting_11
I know most of these.
But... Who was Kazakhstanianainianian?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:15 am
by piston broke
We've had two Belgians recently and Kazakhstan is above them so enlighten me , please?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:16 am
by DobloStu
Canada
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:21 am
by tim_noone
Hungary. Albania.Holland
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:25 am
by FCBurnley
DobloStu wrote:Canada
If you are thinking of Arfield he was born in Scotland
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:26 am
by JellyBaby
Peru!
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:29 am
by Paul Waine
FCBurnley wrote:If you are thinking of Arfield he was born in Scotland
But a Canada cap allows us to include Canada on the list of countries connected to Burnley FC.
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:29 am
by starting_11
Go back a few years and you can add "neverneverland" to the list
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:29 am
by tim_noone
Sweden
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:30 am
by FCBurnley
piston broke wrote:We've had two Belgians recently and Kazakhstan is above them so enlighten me , please?
Demitrios Papadopoulos...........According to Clarets Chronicles
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:30 am
by JellyBaby
Sweden
beat me to it tim...
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:31 am
by FCBurnley
Paul Waine wrote:But a Canada cap allows us to include Canada on the list of countries connected to Burnley FC.
I based the list on Countries of Birth
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:35 am
by tim_noone
Gabor kiraly Hungary Besart Berisha Albania john guedetti sweden rem Vander shafted us! Holland
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:39 am
by piston broke
FCBurnley wrote:Demitrios Papadopoulos...........According to Clarets Chronicles
According to his wiki page it was Uzbekistan but as I didn't know that, thank you.
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Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:41 am
by FCBurnley
So thats 28 excluding Canada and including Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan. Sure there are more
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:42 am
by JellyBaby
Slovakia! i cheated with this one...literally have no recollection of him
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:49 am
by tim_noone
I think we had Trinidadian and Tobago player int.who dyche brought from Chesterfield right back ? Or was that A another....darikwa Zimbabwe.though we had some one from T and T I'm sure
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:11 am
by WadingInDeeper
Cameroon - bikey
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:33 am
by mickleoverclaret
Fernando Guerrero was from Ecuador!
EDIT: And Drissa Diallo was born in Mauritania
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:33 am
by mickleoverclaret
tim_noone wrote:I think we had Trinidadian and Tobago player int.who dyche brought from Chesterfield right back ? Or was that A another....darikwa Zimbabwe.though we had some one from T and T I'm sure
Ian Cox played for Trinidad and Tobago!
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:10 am
by AndrewJB
FCBurnley wrote:I based the list on Countries of Birth
David Edgar
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:22 am
by Geoff
tim_noone wrote:Hungary. Albania.Holland
Berisha was technically born in Yugoslavia
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:30 am
by Nonayforever
Geoff wrote:Berisha was technically born in Yugoslavia
Is he a test tube baby ?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:38 am
by RocketLawnChair
Djemba-Djemba = Cameroon
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:03 am
by the_magic_rat
mickleoverclaret wrote:Ian Cox played for Trinidad and Tobago!
Or that "tinpot Trinidad mob" as Stan once so fetchingly described them when they were weren't complying with his wishes regarding their handling of Ian Cox's international career.
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:05 am
by Oppycat
So no-one from Spain, Italy or Portugal.
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:24 am
by Cleveleys_claret
Oppycat wrote:So no-one from Spain, Italy or Portugal.
Marco Gentile?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:28 am
by diamondpocket
Oppycat wrote:So no-one from Spain, Italy or Portugal.
What about the Italian keeper who played in goal when we got beat at Cheltenham in the cup under Stan? Got Cellino in mind but wasnt he the Leeds owner?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:29 am
by diamondpocket
Also what nationality was the keeper at Darlington in the cup when we got beat, played at the riverside?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:31 am
by nil_desperandum
Cleveleys_claret wrote:Marco Gentile?
Just beat me to it, but I was checking and he's Dutch!
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:43 am
by TheOriginalLongsider
Jay Rodgriguez’ Dad played for us. Spanish.
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:54 am
by MACCA
diamondpocket wrote:What about the Italian keeper who played in goal when we got beat at Cheltenham in the cup under Stan? Got Cellino in mind but wasnt he the Leeds owner?
Luigi Chinamo sp*
Was also Greek
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:01 am
by nil_desperandum
Luigi Cennamo I think - but yes, Greek - despite the Italian name.
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:36 am
by Geoff
nil_desperandum wrote:Luigi Cennamo I think - but yes, Greek - despite the Italian name.
But he was born in Germany
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:02 am
by Walton
Who's the Austrian-born player?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:02 am
by SlidingTackle
Iran - the bloke who never quite played for us do to one thing and another but was of Iranian origin? Danny Karbassiyoon?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:09 am
by Selby Claret
diamondpocket wrote:Also what nationality was the keeper at Darlington in the cup when we got beat, played at the riverside?
Frank Petter Kval - Norweigian I believe
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 11:09 am
by Selby Claret
Walton wrote:Who's the Austrian-born player?
Was it the guy Renny Smith - youngster.........?? He's English born though so wouldn't count according to the OP's rules
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:17 pm
by randomclaret2
Can someone forward this list to the ponce at The Independent who wrote the hatchet job piece on us the other week ?
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:37 pm
by thelaughingclaret
Ecuador. Fernando Guerrero
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:46 pm
by JellyBaby
Stanislav Varga - the Slovakian
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:57 pm
by FCBurnley
Selby Claret wrote:Was it the guy Renny Smith - youngster.........?? He's English born though so wouldn't count according to the OP's rules
Ashley Barnes was born in Austria
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:58 pm
by FCBurnley
Walton wrote:Who's the Austrian-born player?
Ashley Barnes
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:07 pm
by TheOriginalLongsider
No he wasn’t !
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:08 pm
by Walton
FCBurnley wrote:Ashley Barnes was born in Austria
Ashley Barnes was born in Bath, Somerset
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:10 pm
by piston broke
Ash born in Bath, England played for Austria U21s but not Austrian by the Scott Arfield rule.
Re: Interesting List of Countries
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:14 pm
by FCBurnley
So 33 countries so far. Original list of 23 plus
Peru
Sweden
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Holland
Cameroon
Ecuador
Mauritania
Canada
Slovakia
Any more ?