Foreign players...

[Bladey McBladeface]

Just an observation. I can't think that we have any players on our books who aren't from either the U.K. or Ireland.

Am I right? If so, when was the last time this happened?

 

[FTPE]

Lavery is Canadian isn't he?

 

[Blade for Sale]

Lavery is Canadian isn't he?

Canadian born (capped for their U17 side) but now has Northern Irish nationality and has caps for them at U19 and U21 level.

In response to the OP, I seem to recall under Wilson we had a real core not just of British players but a load from the north of England as well. Not sure if we had any foreigners though.

 

[Stretch]

Wasn't Cuvelier the last foreign player we had? JLF before him?

 

[TarquinDelouche]

Just an observation. I can't think that we have any players on our books who aren't from either the U.K. or Ireland.

Am I right? If so, when was the last time this happened?

Last week.

 

[Pierre's PC]

Remember that time we had Bruno Riberio and Axel Smeets on the books?

No...me neither

 

[Rodley]

Just an observation. I can't think that we have any players on our books who aren't from either the U.K. or Ireland.

Am I right? If so, when was the last time this happened?

I think we've consistently had one or two foreign players in the squad for the last 4-5 years. On the odd occasion we've had none.

 

[Mouth of the South]

JCR played for Jamaica

 

[Bladey McBladeface]

We had Lescinel Jean-Francois. Since then we've had Cuvelier, Edgar and De Girolamo (I know, I know), but I honestly can't remember the last time our team has been completely UK and Ireland, despite always having the majority of players from here.

 

[FTPE]

Canadian born (capped for their U17 side) but now has Northern Irish nationality and has caps for them at U19 and U21 level.

In response to the OP, I seem to recall under Wilson we had a real core not just of British players but a load from the north of England as well. Not sure if we had any foreigners though.

That's 17years of his 24 in Canada.
That makes him slightly more Irish than Andy Townshend I suppose.

 

[Dec]

I think you're right. Players of nationality outside of UK & Ireland:

2011-12: Lecs (Haiti), Ertl (Austria), Williamson (Jamaica) [Born in England], Tønne (Norway), Bogdanovic (Malta), Aksalu (Estonia), Parrino (Argentina)
2012-13: Lecs (Haiti), Tønne (Norway), Forte (Barbados) [BiE], de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2013-14: Cuvelier (Belgium), de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2014-15: Cuvelier (Belgium), JCR (Jamaica) [BiE], de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2015-16: Cuvelier (Belgium), Edgar (Canada), de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2016-17: (none)

Only one from outside of the UK too, in Graham Kelly (Ireland)

 

[Grappler]

I think you're right. Players of nationality outside of UK & Ireland:

2011-12: Lecs (Haiti), Ertl (Austria), Williamson (Jamaica) [Born in England], Tønne (Norway), Bogdanovic (Malta), Aksalu (Estonia), Parrino (Argentina)
2012-13: Lecs (Haiti), Tønne (Norway), Forte (Barbados) [BiE], de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2013-14: Cuvelier (Belgium), de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2014-15: Cuvelier (Belgium), JCR (Jamaica) [BiE], de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2015-16: Cuvelier (Belgium), Edgar (Canada), de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2016-17: (none)

Only one from outside of the UK too, in Graham Kelly (Ireland)

Forgot all about him, which is a tad frightening as it is not all that long ago!

 

[SteveBlade]

Coutts is actually from South Africa and moved to Scotland when he was 4.

 

[Pierre's PC]

Coutts is actually from South Africa and moved to Scotland when he was 4.

Makes him a shoe-in for the England cricket team.

 

[BushBlade]

Forgot all about him, which is a tad frightening as it is not all that long ago!

Bet you forgot about Justin Haber too.

 

[Grappler]

Bet you forgot about Justin Haber too.

Well, until you just reminded me!

 

[Trafford]

In my youth we had Sabella, Verde and DeGoey - them was the days!!

 

[ourbob]

Isn't William Louis Sharp Nigerian?

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

I think you're right. Players of nationality outside of UK & Ireland:

2011-12: Lecs (Haiti), Ertl (Austria), Williamson (Jamaica) [Born in England], Tønne (Norway), Bogdanovic (Malta), Aksalu (Estonia), Parrino (Argentina)
2012-13: Lecs (Haiti), Tønne (Norway), Forte (Barbados) [BiE], de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2013-14: Cuvelier (Belgium), de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2014-15: Cuvelier (Belgium), JCR (Jamaica) [BiE], de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2015-16: Cuvelier (Belgium), Edgar (Canada), de Girolamo (Italy) [BiE]
2016-17: (none)

Only one from outside of the UK too, in Graham Kelly (Ireland)

Aaaah Bogdanovich...I'd forgotten about that disaster. We had such high hopes as well.

 

[DifferentClass]

Isn't William Louis Sharp Nigerian?

No, he was born in Poland and moved to Sheffield as a kid. His real name is Wladimir Sharpinski.

 

[TJB.]

Aksalu (Estonia), Parrino (Argentina)

I have absolutelry zero recollection of these players.

 

[SteveBlade]

He's probably not from South Africa by the way I just made that up.

 

[Grappler]

I have absolutelry zero recollection of these players.

Parrino was a defender who liked to get forward, he looked promising from memory.

 

[mancunianblade]

Remember jean calve scoring that belter on what I think was first game of the season (maybe wrong) though we had another Borbokis on our hands...

Still don't understand what we did right in the 90s with the Greeks etc and how that has gone despite it being easier to find players now

 

[Sharrowblade]

On a side note, .........isn't it about 56 games since the last English player scored for Stoke City in the Premier.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Parrino was a defender who liked to get forward, he looked promising from memory.

My memory is different, he looked wank.

 

[Grappler]

My memory is different, he looked wank.

"the passage of time" and all that, I just seem to remember him getting forward a lot, but that was mainly under Mickey Adams I think?

 

[Houston_Blade]

"the passage of time" and all that, I just seem to remember him getting forward a lot, but that was mainly under Mickey Adams I think?

I just remember the long hair and awful defending.

 

[Deleted member 875]

Remember jean calve scoring that belter on what I think was first game of the season (maybe wrong) though we had another Borbokis on our hands...

Still don't understand what we did right in the 90s with the Greeks etc and how that has gone despite it being easier to find players now

It was 3 or 4 games in to the season and against Portsmouth. We had been poor all match, and he had been very poor, then all of a sudden he picked the ball up 35 yards out, and took a pot shot for no apparent reason and it when whistling straight in to the top corner. Then Calve went back to being absolute shite for the rest of his thankfully short lane career. He would have been totally forgotten about if it hadn't been for his world class goal.

With the 90s i suspect that we got the Greeks thanks to the scouting network set up by Howard Kendall, he managed out there a year before he came to us, and must have had some contacts out there.

 

[Silent Blade]

It was 3 or 4 games in to the season and against Portsmouth. We had been poor all match, and he had been very poor, then all of a sudden he picked the ball up 35 yards out, and took a pot shot for no apparent reason and it when whistling straight in to the top corner. Then Calve went back to being absolute shite for the rest of his thankfully short lane career. He would have been totally forgotten about if it hadn't been for his world class goal.
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It was Preston, not Portsmouth