The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #98

Start as you mean to go on...
18 Football Players That Scored On Their Debuts *

1. Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
2. Craig Bellamy (Manchester City)
3. Lee Bowyer (Leeds United)
4. Lee Chapman (Leeds United)
5. Jermaine Defoe (West Ham, Tottenham, Portsmouth, Tottenham (again))
6. Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United)
7. Robbie Fowler (Liverpool)
8. Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea, Milan, Tottenham, West Ham and England)
9. Emile Heskey (Aston Villa)
10. Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)
11. Harry Kewell (Galatasaray)
12. Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal)
13. Mido (Middlesbrough, Wigan Athletic and Egypt)
14. Michael Owen (Liverpool)
15. Robinho (Manchester City)
16. Alan Shearer (England)
17. Ian Wright (Arsenal)
18. Shaun Wright-Philips (Manchester City (2nd time around) and England)

* (not including loan spells or pre-season friendlies)

...and once again we're indebted to our good friend Simon Harriyott for coming up with the suggestion for today's 'Friday List' along with some of the names to go on it. Cheers Simon!

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The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #62

First Caps for The Three Lions
The Last 65 Players To Make Their Debut For England And The Clubs They Were Playing For At The Time *

1. Ashley Cole (Arsenal, 2001)
2. Francis Jeffers (Arsenal, 2003)
3. Ray Parlour (Arsenal, 1999)
4. Theo Walcott (Arsenal, 2006)
5. Gareth Barry (Aston Villa, 2000)
6. Scott Carson (Aston Villa, 2007)
7. Lee Hendrie (Aston Villa, 1998)
8. Darrius Vassell (Aston Villa, 2002)
9. Ashley Young (Aston Villa, 2007)
10. Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich, 2001)
11. David Bentley (Blackburn Rovers, 2007)
12. David Dunn (Blackburn Rovers, 2002)
13. Matthew Upson (Birmingham, 2003)
14. Michael Ricketts (Bolton, 2002)
15. Alan Thompson (Celtic, 2004)
16. Luke Young (Charlton, 2005)
17. Darren Bent (Charlton, 2006)
18. Paul Konchesky (Charlton, 2003)
19. Scott Parker (Charlton, 2003)
20. Chris Powell (Charlton, 2001)
21. Wayne Bridge (Chelsea, 2002)
22. Glen Johnson (Chelsea, 2003)
23. John Terry (Chelsea, 2003)
24. Andrew Johnson (Crystal Palace, 2005)
25. Michael Ball (Everton, 2001)
26. Joleon Lescott (Everton, 2007)
27. Wayne Rooney (Everton, 2003)
28. Zat Knight (Fulham, 2005)
29. Richard Wright (Ipswich, 2000)
30. Lee Bowyer (Leeds United, 2002)
31. Danny Mills (Leeds United, 2001)
32. Alan Smith (Leeds United, 2001)
33. Jonathan Woodgate (Leeds United, 1999)
34. Steve Guppy (Leicester, 1999)
35. Emile Heskey (Leicester, 1999)
36. Jamie Carragher (Liverpool, 1999)
37. Steve Gerrard (Liverpool, 2000)
38. Danny Murphy (Liverpool, 2001)
39. Joey Barton (Manchester City, 2007)
40. Micah Richards (Manchester City, 2006)
41. Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City, 2004)
42. Wes Brown (Manchester United, 1999)
43. Keiran Richardson (Manchester United, 2005)
44. Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough, 2005)
45. Kieran Dyer (Newcastle, 1999)
46. Jermaine Jenas (Newcastle, 2003)
47. Robert Green (Norwich, 2005)
48. David Nugent (Preston, 2007)
49. Nicky Shorey (Reading, 2007)
50. James Beattie (Southampton, 2003)
51. Peter Crouch (Southampton, 2005)
52. Michael Gray (Sunderland, 1999)
53. Kevin Phillips (Sunderland, 1999)
54. Jermain Defoe (Tottenham, 2004)
55. Anthony Gardner (Tottenham, 2004)
56. Ledley King (Tottenham, 2002)
57. Aaron Lennon (Tottenham, 2006)
58. Paul Robinson (Tottenham, 2003)
59. Tim Sherwood (Tottenham, 1999)
60. Ben Foster (Watford, 2007)
61. Michael Carrick (West Ham, 2001)
62. Joe Cole (West Ham, 2001)
63. Frank Lampard (West Ham, 1999)
64. Trevor Sinclair (West Ham, 2001)
65. Chris Kirkland (Wigan, 2006)

(* Not many Man United players, are there?)

To save you counting, Tottenham have provided the most England debutantes since the 1998 World Cup (which this list covers) with six. Aston Villa and Charlton have provided five each with four coming from Arsenal, Leeds and West Ham respectively.

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #52

Here today, gone today...
7 Players That Were Sent Off During Their Club Debuts
from an idea sent to us by Chrissy

1. Jonathan Woodgate (for Real Madrid in 2005)
2. Rolando Bianchi (for Lazio in 2008, after just five minutes play)
3. Graeme Souness (for Rangers in 1986)
4. Garry Flitcroft (for Blackburn Rovers in 1996, after three minutes play)
5. Tomas Repka (for West Ham United in 2001)
6. Ade Akinbiyi (for Burnley in 2005, having played just two minutes)
7. Jason Crowe (for Arsenal in 1997, just 33 seconds into his debut - a British record.)

Our thanks go to Chrissy for giving us this idea for a Friday List of Little or No Consequence, and if you'd like to do the same, just send it to us at info [at] spaotp [dot] com. We look forward to hearing from you...