Football Trivia question

HangTime · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:11

Name the 12 non-British/Irish players who played in the opening weekend of the first ever Premiership season.

I kind of stumbled across this one so can't be 100% sure of the authenticity; it's possible there may be more than 12. I'd be surprised if many people get double figures (excluding anyone who's seen this before / cheats, of course!).

I'll post some clues for missing names tomorrow evening if it's not been cracked by then.

edit: Names got so far:

Ronnie Rosenthal
Peter Schmeichel
Anders Limpar
John Jensen
Andrei Kanchelskis
Eric Cantona
Roland Nilsson
Peter Ndlovu (the mystery 13th name!)

Here's some clues to the remaining names:

#1 Evertonian who would be a Scrabble player's dream.
#2 If a certain Bond girl supported Arsenal, this is what she'd be called.
#3 (Allegedly) has a lot in common with Bruce Grobellar

#4 Let in more goals in a single Premiership match than any other keeper
#5 Dutch centrehalf, probably the least well known of all the names

Pigeon_Killer · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:24

From Liverpool I can only think of Molby and Rosenthal who might've started the first game?

manic111 · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:27

When did Schmeichal sign for Man Utd?

Pigeon_Killer · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:29

Anders Limpars?

HangTime · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:31

Rosenthal, Schmeichel and Limpar are correct

manic111 · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:32

John Jensen?

Pigeon_Killer · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:32

It's hard to remember who was even in the Premiership when it first started without googling

HangTime · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:34

^^Yep, JJ is another one.
^No harm in a bit of indirect searching

Pigeon_Killer · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:38

Only other foreign players from Liverpool I can think of would be Grobbelaar, Bjornebye and Torben Picnic although I don't think they played much.

manic111 · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:41

Pigeon_Killer said:
Only other foreign players from Liverpool I can think of would be Grobbelaar, Bjornebye and Torben Picnic although I don't think they played much.

Maybe Grob, think the other two are too modern; Bjornebye certainly is.

Kanchelskis?

EDIT: Tony Dorigo; English or Aussie?

Tute · 21 Jun 2009 at 23:58

Bit of a stab in the dark, but Cantona for Leeds?

HangTime · 22 Jun 2009 at 00:02

Kanchelskis and Cantona, yes.
Dorigo was capped prior to the Premiership starting so in my view he is English for the purposes of this question.

strumpusplunket · 22 Jun 2009 at 00:07

Peter Ndlovu

And...

Hmmm... Bosnich and Yorke played for Villa that season, but I'm pretty sure Bossie didn't start regularly until later in the season, and Yorke was in and out of the team at that stage.

Um...

Efan Ekoku was born in England, but played for Nigeria, so he probably doesn't count. Or maybe he does?

HangTime · 22 Jun 2009 at 00:23

Hmmmm. It seems I've been misinformed as Peter Ndlovu wasn't on the list of 12. So that makes at least 13

Regarding players who were born in UK/EIRE, unless they were capped for other nations prior to the Premiership starting then they don't count.

fozzy · 22 Jun 2009 at 00:30

I can only think of my own team....

Henning Berg?

Not sure about Graeme Le Saux?

manic111 · 22 Jun 2009 at 01:09

In fairness Ndlovu may not have started...

Le Saux is definately English.

utherpendragon · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:01

Le Saux is from Jersey. Not sure whether thats UK/Eire qualified

cheets64 · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:06

Tough one, Dwight Yorke, he was at Villa for years.

Yurka · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:19

manic111 said:
In fairness Ndlovu may not have started...

Le Saux is definately English.

Speaks English, can play for England, but isn't English.

Yurka · 22 Jun 2009 at 18:22

Le Tissier can be added as non-English

& Frank Sinclair