Foreign Blades

[programmechap]

Re previous threads, I make it 50 non British Isles countries who have had players playing first team games for United. List below with number of players per country (by international allegiance, not necessarily birthplace)

Netherlands 11
Jamaica 10
Australia 8
France 7
Norway 7
Greece 5
Belgium 4
Argentina 3
Italy 3
Nigeria 3
Algeria 3
Senegal 3
China 3
Brazil 2
Cote d'Ivoire 2
Cameroon 2
Canada 2
Barbados 2
USA 2
Bosnia 2
Croatia 2
Sweden 2
St Kitts Nevis 1
Montserrat 1
Gibraltar 1
Belarus 1
Benin 1
Portugal 1
Zimbabwe 1
Cape Verde 1
Morocco 1
Guadeloupe 1
Antigua 1
Egypt 1
Turkey 1
Finland 1
Austria 1
Malta 1
Haiti 1
Denmark 1
Poland 1
Ghana 1
Mali 1
Germany 1
Chile 1
Tunisia 1
Lithuania 1
Bangladesh 1
New Zealand 1
Curacao 1

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

10 out of 10 for effort .

 

[Harry's Game]

A few on this forum would list anyone born out side Yorkshire as foreign

 

[Revolution]

Hong Kong makes 51, as in order to play for them John Moore has to have obtained a Hong Kong passport.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

116 non-UK/IE players in total sound incredibly low if we're talking the entire history of the club.

Must be one of the lowest figures for a club of our vintage that's had so many recent seasons in the top flight?

(note: I am not going to do the research on this one, and I am not going to believe whatever bollocks ChatGPT comes out with so don't bother asking it)

 

[programmechap]

Hong Kong makes 51, as in order to play for them John Moore has to have obtained a Hong Kong passport.

Thanks!

 

[programmechap]

116 non-UK/IE players in total sound incredibly low if we're talking the entire history of the club.

Must be one of the lowest figures for a club of our vintage that's had so many recent seasons in the top flight?

(note: I am not going to do the research on this one, and I am not going to believe whatever bollocks ChatGPT comes out with so don't bother asking it)

We didn't really have any before 1978* and then only 4 (Sabella, Verde, de Goey and Segers until 1993).

* We had 3 foreign born players prior to then Arthur Wharton (in the now Ghana), Jock Gibson (USA) and John Cutbush (Malta). The former 2 spent all of their adult lived in England and the latter was English and born in Malta because his father was stationed there in the navy. So i haven't counted any of them.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Jose Baxter may have been an off worlder.

 

[Revolution]

We’ve had a fair few born in Germany as a result of their fathers being in the army. Adam Davies, Paul Casey and Chris (but not Craig) Short all fall into this category.

RND was of course born in Saudi Arabia.

There was a 19th century Major League Baseball player whose place of birth is listed as “a ship in the Atlantic Ocean”. I assume a fair number of people were born in similar circumstances.

 

[programmechap]

We’ve had a fair few born in Germany as a result of their fathers being in the army. Adam Davies, Paul Casey and Chris (but not Craig) Short all fall into this category.

RND was of course born in Saudi Arabia.

Other countries where United players were born they didn't represent nationally and which don't appear in the above list include DR Congo ((Smeets), Surinam (Uhlenbeek) South Africa (Retsos).

Any more?

 

[sufc323]

I find it staggering that we've never had a Spanish player before.

 

[DifferentClass]

wE dOn'T dO fOrRuNeRs remember?

 

[programmechap]

Another one - Pakistan - Otis Khan has played for them. Up to 52 now.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

I find it staggering that we've never had a Spanish player before.

Wasn’t JOC born in Spain?
Edit no he wasnt

 

[HarryHaslam]

Dominic Poleon - St Lucia
Mendez-Laing - Guatemala

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

We didn't really have any before 1978* and then only 4 (Sabella, Verde, de Goey and Segers until 1993).

* We had 3 foreign born players prior to then Arthur Wharton (in the now Ghana), Jock Gibson (USA) and John Cutbush (Malta). The former 2 spent all of their adult lived in England and the latter was English and born in Malta because his father was stationed there in the navy. So i haven't counted any of them.

Nothing matters now that I know we had a player called Cutbush. I just wonder what his they did back in the day to get that name. Brilliant

 

[programmechap]

Nothing matters now that I know we had a player called Cutbush. I just wonder what his they did back in the day to get that name. Brilliant

Wait till you here about Bert Menlove...

 

[Balham]

I find it staggering that we've never had a Spanish player before.

Closest we've got is Carlos Pomares who was in our U21s from 2009 to 2012.

 

[Snowflake]

Nothing matters now that I know we had a player called Cutbush. I just wonder what his they did back in the day to get that name. Brilliant

Landscape gardening ?

 

[Brian Deane]

Manscape gardening ?

More like Lady gardening

 

[North Riding Blade]

A few on this forum would list anyone born out side Yorkshire as foreign

Absolutely correct!Don't see the problem here. I'm sure we've had some 'Lancastrians' at some point so, anywhere else in the world must be acceptable.