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All English XI
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:01 pm
by TheFamilyCat
Just seen this.
How close did we come to playing an all English XI?
We must've come close to something like this at some point.
Pope
Taylor
Lowton
Mee
Tarkowski
Westwood
Cork
McNeil
Rodriguez
Lennon
Barnes
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Re: All English XI
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:03 pm
by AlargeClaret
If all at peak (ish) level at the time that side would have held its own , just about .
Re: All English XI
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:33 pm
by wrj20
From the Guardian:
There have been a few teams that have since come close to taking the title. Steve McClaren’s starting Middlesbrough XI on 7 May 2006 contained 11 players with an average age of 20 years and 181 days – the youngest starting line-up in Premier League history. Fifteen of the 16 players in their squad were born within 30 miles of the Riverside Stadium, but James Morrison was capped by Scotland two years later in May 2008. And of course Burnley, under Sean Dyche, fielded 10 starting English players alongside Czech striker Matej Vydra on four separate occasions between June 2020 and February 2021.
Re: All English XI
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:39 pm
by wrj20
Pope, Lowton, Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, McNeil, Cork, Brownhill, Westwood, Rodriguez, Vydra
Crazy to think that team is only 3 years ago!
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:22 am
by IanMcL
TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:01 pm
Just seen this.
How close did we come to playing an all English XI?
We must've come close to something like this at some point.
Pope....sounds a bit Vaticanish
Taylor....sounds Israeli
Lowton
Mee
Tarkowski ....Polish
Westwood
Cork....sounds Irish!
McNeil...sounds Scottish
Rodriguez ....sounds Spanish
Lennon
Barnes....Austrian
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Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:15 am
by Roosterbooster
IanMcL wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:22 am
Pope....sounds a bit Vaticanish
Taylor....sounds Israeli
Lowton
Mee
Tarkowski ....Polish
Westwood
Cork....sounds Irish!
McNeil...sounds Scottish
Rodriguez ....sounds Spanish
Lennon
Barnes....Austrian
Lennon ....
sounds Russian
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:43 am
by TheFamilyCat
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:25 am
by Jakubs Tash
Didn't we have a 1-11 when we beat Liverpool at Anfield to end their long unbeaten home run?
Not all English mind, as this included Wood and JBG. But almost as unusual as an all English XI.
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:20 am
by northernpowerhouse
I'm pretty sure we had 10 English starters a few times during Dyche's first PL season, with just Arfield or Vokes being the exception.
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:38 am
by FCBurnley
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:40 pm
by claret1977
northernpowerhouse wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:20 am
I'm pretty sure we had 10 English starters a few times during Dyche's first PL season, with just Arfield or Vokes being the exception.
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Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:06 pm
by TheFamilyCat
claret1977 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:40 pm
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That's only nine.
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:05 pm
by IanMcL
On that basis, Mee could be Chinese and possibly Low Ton
Re: All English XI
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:52 pm
by ALP
All English to me is this XI
1.Bacon x minimum 3
2.Sausage again minimum 3
3.Fried Eggs x 2
4.Black Pudding x 2 slices
5.Loads of beans
6.Mushrooms whole button ones not sliced
7.Fried tomatoes, not tinned.
8.Fried bread
9.Sliced left over roast spuds done in't bacon fat
10.Toast
11.Huge mug of coffee
That's am English starter of 11 for any ones day
