ChipButty

I was at this game the old Wembley stadium 

the only goal he scored for his country was in May 1975, during a 5–1 victory over Scotland in the 1974–75 British Home Championship

"World of Sport" to be introduced by Dickie Davies with an "On The Ball" 

5 hours ago, 3 minus 2 said:

no doubts pre injury he was a class act, francis in the same boat really.

havnt gone throught the thread totally but graham taylor said if he had one regret regard selection it was not giving ian wrigth more caps , dont make wright a good pundit though,, unfortunatly.

perrymans another, scarily slow for his last few years at spurs but one 'representative' cap , thought younger he was worth a shout

 

how many did stepney get ?#

 

oh nice thread cb, nice to see a bit of banter without bickering ,, thugh some  just cant help themselves can they...

 

featured in the film Escape to Victory alongside many of his Ipswich teammates.

2 hours ago, chippendale said:

The curious case of Willi Lippens :

 

Born near the German-Dutch border to a Dutch father and a German mother, Lippens, who spoke only very basic Dutch, is the only native German-speaker ever to have played for the Dutch national team. Lippens received several invitations to join the German National selection as well, but always declined as his Dutch father had forbidden him to play for Germany. Lippens has said that he would have liked to have played for Germany, but that his respect for his father, and the experiences his family lived through during the Second World War outweighed this. (from Wikipedia)

 

Holland badly needed an experienced goal scorer for the 1974 Word Cup, as Johnny Rep was only 20 years old and still a bit raw. Lippens only played once for Holland, a game in which he scored but his teammates refused to pass to him. They ostracised and bullied him before and after the game.

 

Memories of World War 2 were still too raw in 1974.

Holland v Germany never got on even today

1 hour ago, Bredbury Blue said:

City players who featured in the 2018 World Cup have been absent through injury for almost five times as long as Liverpool players this season.

A study from JLT Specialty has shown that City players who played in this summer's World Cup have suffered 27 separate injuries this season.

The World Cup final was held less than a month before the Premier League season resumed, giving players little time to recover before pre-season training began.

 

City sent a record 16 players to the tournament in Russia, more than any club in the tournament's history.

A combined 617 days has been lost in training and matches by World Cup players

The research shows Liverpool have suffered just 12 injuries to World Cup players, losing just 128 days of training and matches.

When total squads are compared, Liverpool have suffered 35 injuries and have lost 709 days. City have lost 870 days from the wider squad.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-liverpool-injuries-title-15796789

 

Half of them only played one game

Now they have signed new contracts we can sell for big money

Here's one I bet you never thought about 

I'll add Howard Kendall to the list, who played for Preston North End in the 60's and I think was the youngest player to play in an FA-cup final. He went on to captain Everton in the 70's forming a midfield with Alan Ball and Colin Harvey. Never played for England. Not even once. Unbelievable!

Ander Herrera.

Just 2 caps, i think he should get more.

I think Spain had to many good players in midfield

9 minutes ago, chippendale said:

Kevin Beattie

Frank Worthington (the original midfield fancy dan)

Glenn Hoddle

Trevor Francis

Roberto Baggio was neglected awfully by several Italian coaches.

Jan van Beveren, Willy van der Kuylen and Gerald Vanenburg were bullied by Cruyff and didn't play enough for Holland.

Bernd Schuster was a volatile character and quickly fell out with the German FA and coaches.

Roy Makaay

Ian Callaghan only played 4 times for England 

Although he was in the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he did not play in the final and so did not receive a medal.

immediately bring Agostino Di Bartolomei to mind — who was in a similar-ish mold with respect to playmaking skill and shielding the defense quite expertly from midfield at the peak of his powers — even operating in defense later on. One of Roma's greatest Bandiera players with Totti, Giannini, De Rossi and Conti, captain of the club for several years (including the 1984 European Cup season when they reached the final) — yet never made a full appearance for Italy.

14 minutes ago, BangrakBob said:

how well did you know his sister?

And the Doberman 

Tottenham confirm north London derby against Arsenal will NOT be played at new stadium 

Because he dont want to get beat in his first game

7 minutes ago, champers said:

You could have a good night on the tiles with that lot.

Maybe that was their problem, Stan I knew very well and his sister 

Stan Collymore was downright unplayable in his prime when he was at the height of his powers

Only won 3 caps

Johan Cruyff ended up with only 48 caps due to loads of conflicts with the Dutch FA and later personal troubles causing him to miss the '78 World Cup

Robbie Fowler

8 minutes ago, RickG16 said:

And again with Zola... he was a great player, but let's think about who was keeping him out of the side. Vialli and Ravanelli were winning Scudettos and European Cups, so was Roberto Baggio. 

Baggio and Del Piero as well as Inzaghi

Cantona come to mind. 

On the flipside, Joe Hart has too many for England.

3 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

Kevin Nolan deserved a full cap and never got a sniff. 

 

Deserved at least a couple of chances I think he would have performed best in an England shirt, one of those types I think. 

 

 

I never thought of him, always gave 100%

Zola
Le Tissier
Andy Cole

Long tradition of mavericks that Ingerlund cast aside. 

Le Tissier

Rodney Marsh

Stan Bowles

Tony Currie

Charlie George

Frank Worthington

And so on

Paolo Di Canio never represented his country is pretty amazing.

Steve Bruce only made the England B as it was then

All's fair in love and war