You're not from round here, are you?
The Only 12 Foreign Footballers That Played On The Opening Weekend Of The First Premier League Season In 1992
1. John Jensen (Arsenal)
2. Anders Limpar (Arsenal)
3. Robert Warzycha (Everton)
4. Eric Cantona (Leeds United)
5. Ronnie Rosenthal (Liverpool)
6. Michel Vonk (Manchester City)
7. Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United)
8. Andrei Kanchelskis (Manchester United)
9. Gunnar Halle (Oldham Athletic)
10. Jan Stejskal (QPR)
11. Roland Nilsson (Sheffield Wednesday)
12. Hans Segers (Wimbledon)
Nowadays you could do a list for the 12 English players what played in the last game of last season that would be about 12. Oh how the times have changed.
ReplyDeleteAin't *that* the truth...
ReplyDeleteFact of little or no consequence, 5 of those 12 are from the Nordic countries:
ReplyDelete1. John Jensen - Danish
2. Anders Limpar - Swedish
3. Peter Schmeichel - Danish
4. Gunnar Halle - Norwegian
5. Roland Nilsson - Swedish
Quite right, Nelson - in fact a friend of mine made exactly the same point when I published the list.
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly fair to say that the Nordic countries were a well-used source of players back then. Before clubs started spending silly money like they do now, I think players from countries like Sweden and Norway were looked upon as being very good value for money.