April 2012
1 post
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Temuri Ketsbaia
Nationality Georgian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Newcastle United 1997-2000
Stats 78 appearances, 8 goals
Fun Fact Fondly remembered for his creative goal celebrations, notably this one.
Submitted by Patrik Gelesits
March 2012
6 posts
11 tags
Oyvind Leonhardsen
Nationality Norwegian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Wimbledon 1994-1998, Liverpool 1998-1999, Tottenham Hotspur 1999-2002, Aston Villa 2002-2003
Stats 186 Appearances, 30 Goals
Fun Fact In Norway, the expression “a Leo run” is derived from Leonhardsen’s running capacity and his smart movements. He is reckoned as somewhat of a cult hero and a symbol of the Norway national...
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Mixu Paatelainen
Nationality Finnish
Position Striker
Team(s) Bolton 1994-1997
Stats 69 Appearances, 15 Goals
Fun Fact His full name is Mika-Matti Petteri Paatelainen.
Suggested by @indiezizou
5 tags
Patrick Colleter
Nationality French
Position Left Back
Team(s) Southampton 1998-2000
Stats 24 Appearances, 1 Goal
Fun Fact Signed for £300,000, Colleter replaced Francis Benali at left back and used to play for Brest.
Submitted by Andy Westgate
9 tags
Spencer Prior
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) Norwich City 1993-1996, Leicester City 1996-1998, Derby County 1998-2000
Stats 192 Appearances, 2 Goals
Fun Fact During his 3-year stint at Cardiff City he was often booed by the Ninian Park crowd. He complained about this on many occasions citing the fact that he was English as a cause even though he was playing with other English players who...
6 tags
Shaun Teale
Nationality English
Position Centre Back
Team(s) Aston Villa 1991-1995
Stats 147 Appearances, 2 Goals
Fun Fact Teale had a loan spell at Sing Tao SC in 1997-1998. The club from Hong-Kong dissolved a year later in 1999.
Submitted by Ben Halabi
8 tags
Bernard Lama
Nationality French
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) West Ham United 1997-1998
Stats 12 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Founded a football academy in Senegal alongside Patrick Viera and Jimmy Adjovo-Boco.
Submitted by Jamie Martin
February 2012
10 posts
8 tags
Gordon Durie
Nationality Scottish
Position Striker
Team(s) Chelsea 1986-1991, Tottenham 1991-1993
Stats 181 Appearances, 62 Goals
Fun Fact In his two-year spell at Tottenham Hotspur he was the scorer of the North London club’s first FA Premier League goal in a 2-2 home draw with Crystal Palace.
Submitted by dooks pizzle
7 tags
Jason Dodd
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) Southampton 1989-2005
Stats 398 Appearances, 9 Goals
Fun Fact In July 2006 he joined Conference South team Eastleigh on a free transfer, to play alongside former Southampton colleague Francis Benali.
Suggested by @indiezizou
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Mark Crossley
Nationality English
Nationality Goalkeeper
Team(s) Nottingham Forest 1989-2000
Stats 450 Appearances, 1 Goal
Fun Fact Played for England U21 3 times to then go on to represent Wales 8 times.
Submitted by overboard-musings
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Seth Johnson
Nationality English
Nationality Midfielder
Team(s) Derby 1999-2001 / 2005-2007, Leeds 2001-2005
Stats 184 Appearances, 10 Goals
Fun Fact Seth Johnson played 17 minutes for England in his entire international career, in a 1-0 defeat to Italy in November 2000.
Submitted by David Sims
6 tags
Erik Thorstvedt
Nationality Norwegian
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) Tottenham Hotspur 1989-1996
Stats 218 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact He was the coach of Tufte IL, a team created for the reality-TV show Heia Tufte! A show about 16 nerds learning to play football.
Suggested by dooks pizzle
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Scott Oakes
Nationality English
Position Winger
Team(s) Sheffield Wednesday 1996-2000
Stats 24 Appearances, 1 Goal
Fun Fact His father is the musician Trevor Oakes of Showaddywaddy fame
Suggested by @stoner_uk_80
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Bobby Mimms
Nationality English
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) Blackburn 1990-1996, Crystal Palace 1996
Stats 127 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Early on during his time at Tottenham Hotspur, a match at Loftus Road saw him let a soft shot go through his hands and body for an embarrassing goal for which he was dubbed “Booby Mimms”.
7 tags
Richard Shaw
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) Crystal Palace 1986-1995, Coventry City 1995-2006
Stats 317 Appearances, 1 Goal
Fun Fact Shaw was famously the player that got Eric Cantona sent off before he went on to kung-fu kick Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons.
Suggested by @willodoherty
5 tags
Orlando Trustfull
Nationality Dutch
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Sheffield Wednesday 1996-1997
Stats 19 Appearances, 3 Goals
Fun Fact Orlando is married to Dutch TV presenter and former model (with an equally ridiculous name) Quinty Trustfull
Suggested by @jonpauljames
6 tags
Horacio Carbonari
Nationality Argentinian
Position Defender
Team(s) Derby County 1998-2002
Stats 90 Appearances, 9 Goals
Fun Fact Was the first Argentinian to play in the premiership when he made his debut on 5th August 1998.
January 2012
9 posts
9 tags
John Spencer
Nationality Scottish
Position Forward
Team(s) Chelsea 1992-1997, QPR 1997-1998, Everton 1998-1999
Stats 160 Appearances, 58 Goals
Fun Fact Spencer is now the manager of the Portland Timbers after a successful spell as assistant coach at the Houston Dynamo.
12 tags
David Kerslake
Nationality English
Position Right Wing Back
Team(s) QPR 1984-1989, Swindon 1989-1993 & 1996-1997 & 1998-1999, Leeds 1993, Tottenham 1993-1997, Ipswich 1997-1998
Stats 277 Appearances, 7 Goals
Fun Fact Spurs paid £450,000 for Kerslake, however he only made 34 appearances in 4 years.
Submitted by Dave Bryant
5 tags
Trevor Morley
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) West Ham 1989-1995
Stats 185 Appearances, 3 Goals
Fun Fact Was stabbed by his wife in 1991, after “allegedly” being caught in bed with teammate Ian Bishop. However Morley believes that it was his wife who started these rumours.
8 tags
Terry Cooke
Nationality English
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Man United 1994-1999, Man City 1999-2002
Stats 24 Appearances, 2 Goals
Fun Fact Cooke’s career at United never really took off seemingly leading to his omission from “The Class Of 92” as seen in these pictures where it almost looks as if he was just photoshopped into the original behind Paul Scholes. After many loan spells and...
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Dean Gordon
Nationality English
Position Left-back
Team(s) Crystal Palace 1991-1998, Middlesbrough 1998-2002
Stats 264 Appearances, 25 Goals
Fun Fact After leaving Middlesbrough, Gordon played for 20 different clubs in the space of 8 years, including 8 non-league clubs.
Suggested by @WiliamHardy
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Micky Quinn
Nationality English
Position Striker
Team(s) Newcastle 1989-1992, Coventry 1992-1994
Stats 179 Appearances, 84 Goals
Fun Fact Whilst at Coventry, he was nicknamed ‘Sumo’ and famously quoted that he was the Premier League’s “fattest player over a yard”.
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Kevin Richardson
Nationality English
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Aston Villa 1991-1995, Coventry 1995-1997, Southampton 1997-1998, Barnsley 1998-2000
Stats 277 Appearances, 16 Goals
Fun Fact Picked up 1 cap for England, playing against Greece in 1994 alongside the likes of Darren Anderton, David Platt, Paul Merson and Matthew Le Tissier.
6 tags
Paul McGregor
Nationality English
Position Striker
Team(s) Nottingham Forest 1991-1999
Stats 30 Appearances, 3 Goals
Fun Fact Was known as the first ‘Brit pop’ footballer due to his shaggy hair and because he was also a singer in the band Merc.
Submitted by Tom Little
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Paul Heald
Nationality English
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) Wimbledon 1995-2004
Stats 38 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact In September 1995, during Heald’s first season at Wimbledon, he was unable to keep out a stunning strike from Leeds United’s Tony Yeboah, which has since gone down in legend.
Submitted by Kyle McKiver
December 2011
21 posts
4 tags
Massimo Taibi
Nationality Italian
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) Manchester United 1999-2000
Stats 4 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Manchester United forked out £4.5 million for him and he won the Man of the Match award in his debut against Liverpool.
Submitted by Jordan Thelan
5 tags
Istvan Kozma
Nationality Hungarian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Liverpool 1992-1993
Stats 6 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact In 1989 he signed for Dunfermline for £550,000, which is still the clubs record transfer fee, before moving onto Liverpool where he became the first Hungarian to play in the premiership.
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David May
Nationality English
Positon Defender
Team(s) Blackburn Rovers 1988-1994, Manchester United 1994-2003
Stats 208 Appearances, 9 Goals
Fun Fact As a first team regular at Blackburn his wages were £500 per week whilst Alan Shearer was on £9000 a week.
Submitted by Tom Little
6 tags
Vlado Bozinovski
Nationality Macedonian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Ipswich 1992-1993
Stats 9 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Born and raised in Macedonia, he ended up playing for Australia 6 times, scoring once.
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Tomas Danilevicius
Nationality Lithuanian
Position Striker
Team(s) Arsenal 2000
Stats 2 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Danilevičius is the all-time leading scorer for the Lithuanian national team with 19 goals.
Submitted by @mitchos
5 tags
Phil Masinga
Nationality South African
Position Striker
Team(s) Leeds 1994-1996
Stats 31 Appearances, 5 Goals
Fun Fact Affectionately nicknamed “Chippa”, his get to know section on his website is a must read.
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David Phillips
Nationality Welsh
Position Winger
Team(s) Norwich 1989-1993, Nottingham Forest 1993-1997
Stats 278 Appearances, 23 Goals
Fun Fact Known for his ability to score long-range goals, he tied up a 3-1 win for Norwich against his future club Nottingham Forest with this strike.
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Vince Bartram
Nationality English
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) Arsenal 1994-1998
Stats 11 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Bartram’s career was ended by a wrist injury when he collided with the opposition goalkeeper Tony Warner, who was raiding upfield for a last minute corner.
Submitted by Joe
9 tags
Gary Penrice
Nationality English
Position Striker / Attacking midfielder
Team(s) Watford 1989-1991 & 1995-1997, Aston Villa 1991, QPR 1991-1995
Stats 155 Appearances, 41 Goals
Fun Fact While playing for non-league Mangotsfield he started to give up on football and became a qualified plumber, he spent 2 years plumbing before being spotted by Bristol City scouts and finally getting his break.
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Emerson Thome
Nationality Brazilian
Position Defender
Team(s) Sheffield Wednesday 1998-1999, Chelsea 1999-2000
Stats 82 Appearances, 1 Goal
Fun Fact During his time at Sheff Wed he gained the nickname “The Wall” due to his physical presence and powerful style.
Suggested by @jamesdrobka
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Jamie Moreno
Nationality Bolivian
Position Forward
Team Middlesbrough 1994-1997
Stats 25 Appearances, 2 Goals
Fun Fact Was the first player to reach 100 goals and 100 assists in the MLS.
8 tags
Garry Parker
Nationality English
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Nottingham Forest 1988-1991, Aston Villa 1991-1995, Leicester City 1995-2001
Stats 310 Appearances, 40 Goals
Fun Fact Well remembered for this classic ting against Sheff Wed
Submitted by @IndieZizou
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Ronnie Wallwork
Nationality English
Position Defender / Midfielder
Team(s) Manchester United 1995-2001
Stats 19 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Whilst Ronnie was on loan to Royal Antwerp, he punched a referee in the face which initially resulted in Wallwork receiving a life time ban from football in Belgium. He has recently been imprisoned for scrapping stolen vehicles.
Submitted by Gary Lansley
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Nelson Vivas
Nationality Argentinian
Position Defender
Team(s) Arsenal 1998-2001
Stats 40 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact One of the few players to have played for both Boca Juniors and River Plate despite their fierce Superclásico rivalry
Submitted by artsandcraftsclub
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Lee Norfolk
Nationality New Zealand
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Ipswich 1994-1997
Stats 3 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Was the first New Zealander to play in the Premier League, but only managed 3 games before returning to play for numerous clubs back in New Zealand.
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Walid Badir
Nationality Israeli
Position Defender/Midfielder
Team(s) Wimbledon 1999-2000
Stats 21 Appearances, 1 Goal
Fun Fact Still plays football, and is captain of Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv
Suggested by @WiliamHardy
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Julian Dicks
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) West Ham 1988-1993 and 1994-1999, Liverpool 1993-1994
Stats 286 Appearances, 53 Goals
Fun Fact After retiring as a footballer, Dicks took up golf and soon turned professional, but was forced to give this career up due to his knee injury.
9 tags
Laurent Charvet
Nationality French
Position Right Back
Team(s) Chelsea 1998, Newcastle 1998-2000, Manchester City 2000-2003
Stats 74 Appearances, 4 Goals
Fun Fact Charvet scored 2 goals in his 11 league games with Chelsea, compared to 2 in his next 63 with Newcastle and Manchester City. A poor return considering the 18 goals he managed from 88 league appearances with Cannes.
Suggested by @andrewcharding
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Martin Phillips
Nationality English
Position Winger
Team(s) Man City 1995-1998, Portsmouth 1998-2000
Stats 39 Appearances, 1 Goal
Fun Fact On signing Phillips, then Man City manager Alan Ball said “Buster will be the first British £10 million pound player”. He moved for £100,000 to Portsmouth 2 years later and £25,000 to Plymouth a year later.
Submitted by Ryan Hamer
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Nicola Berti
Nationality Italian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Tottenham 1998-1999
Stats 21 Appearances, 3 Goals
Fun Fact A tough tackling midfielder with limitless stamina, Berti played in 4 UEFA Cup finals, winning 3 and scoring in 2.
Suggested by @WiliamHardy
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Xavier Gravelaine
Nationality French
Position Striker
Team(s) Watford 1999-2000
Stats 7 Appearances, 2 Goals
Fun Fact XavGrav played for seventeen clubs (one of them, PSG, three times) without making as many as 70 appearances for any of them. His seven appearances for Watford contained at least three seasons’ worth of melodrama in normal money.
Submitted by @mattrowson - blog
November 2011
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Pal Lydersen
Nationality Norwegian
Position Defender
Team(s) Arsenal 1991-1994
Stats 16 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact His signing, along with John Jensen’s was part of the bung saga which saw the eventual dismissal of then Arsenal manager George Graham.
Submitted by Tom Little
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Garry Flitcroft
Nationality English
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Manchester City 1991-1996, Blackburn Rovers 1996-2006
Stats 364 appearances, 27 goals
Fun Fact During his marriage to ex wife Karen, Flitcroft was accused of having two affairs. The media picked up on the story after Flitcroft was involved in a disagreement with one of the women and a High-Court injunction was taken out, banning media...
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Ilie Dumitrescu
Nationality Romanian
Position Winger
Team(s) Tottenham 1994-1995, West Ham 1996
Stats 28 Appearances, 4 Goals
Fun Fact Dumitrescu is an art lover and has his own art gallery in Bucharest.
Suggested by @dangrahame