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[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Trying to remember the name of a former Toon player, around 1994, think he was an academy product. Just remember the picture of him in that year's Pannini Premier League sticker album - think he was the last player on the last toon page.

 

Blonde hair, brushed back over, think he was next to Malcolm Allen.

[matta]

Ruben de la red retires, now a part of real's couching team. Shame his heart condition stopped him, but atleast he can still work in the game.

[Disco]

Trying to remember the name of a former Toon player, around 1994, think he was an academy product. Just remember the picture of him in that year's Pannini Premier League sticker album - think he was the last player on the last toon page.

 

Blonde hair, brushed back over, think he was next to Malcolm Allen.

 

Mike Jeffrey?

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Trying to remember the name of a former Toon player, around 1994, think he was an academy product. Just remember the picture of him in that year's Pannini Premier League sticker album - think he was the last player on the last toon page.

 

Blonde hair, brushed back over, think he was next to Malcolm Allen.

 

Mike Jeffrey?

 

Nah.

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Aaaah Alex Mathie!  :colo:

 

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/newcas.htm

[Disco]

Aaaah Alex Mathie!  :colo:

 

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/newcas.htm

 

Super sub!

[OzzieMandias]

Managers whose names sound like their clubs:

 

Mancini of Man City

Arsène of Arsenal

Wolfgang Wolf of Wolfsburg (my favourite, although he is no longer in this job)

 

Are there any more?

[Gash]

Mancini at Mancity

Arsene at Arsenal

He's got yellow boots on.

 

[/it's up for grabs now]

[Neil]

Confession time. When did Arsene Wenger go to Arsenal, '96ish? When I was about 8, I thought Arsenal were actually named after Arsene Wenger.

[Gash]

96 yeh.

and that is brilliant.

[Ketsbaia]

i just liked how his name sounded like the beginning of 'circle of life'

[Kaizero]

i just liked how his name sounded like the beginning of 'circle of life'

 

It's funny cause it's true.

[Guest palnese]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib70m35Pc5Q&feature=player_embedded

 

some support that.

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

Nice article from 2003:

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By Dan Warren

BBC Sport Online

 

January is a bleak, depressing month, brightened only by the occasional snowball fight and the fact there are no wasps.

 

But if you are an English football fan, there is at least some reason to continue living.

 

The recent steady flow of talented young stars has turned into an veritable torrent, with a new teenage hero seemingly unearthed every week.

 

A brace by 19-year-old Michael Tonge against Liverpool on Wednesday, while 20-year-old Neil Mellor was scoring at the other end, added two more names to this term's astounding production line of promise.

 

And future England manager Alan Shearer must be rubbing his sensible hands together in glee at the pot of gold maturing before his very eyes.

 

Your say: Pick the best of the bunch?

 

Goalkeepers

 

Chris Kirkland, 21 now, will be the world's finest goalkeeper by 2008, especially after another five years of shot-stopping practice at the back of Liverpool's attack-shy team.

 

Leeds' Paul Robinson, 23, is unlikely to be far behind his Liverpool rival and the two of them are likely to vie, Shilton-Clemence style, for the number one jersey for many years.

 

Defence

 

History has shown that every successful England international team has contained brothers, and Rio and Anton Ferdinand will form the bedrock of Shearer's defence.

 

Rio will be the team's veteran at 29, but Anton will possess the same assured approach and, let us hope, the same "funky" goalscoring celebrations.

 

Blackburn's Martin Taylor will be there to mop up when the siblings' rivalry causes them to lose concentration.

 

Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips will be devastating wing-backs, whose surging runs will leave Italians crying into their capuccinos and Germans blubbing in their bratwursts.

 

Midfield

 

This is where England excel, with the maverick talents of Joe Cole and David Dunn backed by the steel and vision of Steven Gerrard.

 

With Dunn (28 in 2008) and Cole (26 in 2008) possessing maturity and talent, all England need is for Gerrard (27) to end his current run of form which is, unfortunately, rubbish.

 

All three will be at their peak, and the onlooking David Beckham, who will probably retire from football at 30 to pursue a rock career, will smile in the stands as his successors shine.

 

Forwards

 

Everton's teenage superstar Wayne Rooney

Rooney is but part of England's talent avalanche

England will have so much talent up front it will be embarrassing, and other teams may concede games before kick-off to avoid the humiliation on the pitch.

 

The original odd couple will spearhead the attack - Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen.

 

Off the field, the pair will fight like dogs, but on the field they will combine to create flowing football poetry which will reduce even the most toughened defenders to mere shells of men.

 

And to keep them alert, the likes of Liverpool's Neil Mellor, Aston Villa's Darius Vassell, Leeds' James Milner and West Ham's Jermaine Defoe will all be in the prime of their careers.

 

A warning

 

No doubt England's rivals will be gnashing teeth at the land of milk and honey awaiting fans of the Three Lions.

 

But a look back one decade offers hope to those who thrive on England's failure.

 

When footballers go bad: Under-21 stars of 1993

Neil Ardley

Billy Kenny

Eddie Newton

Scott Minto

Richard Hall

Andy Awford

 

The England Under-21s side of 1993 does not exactly read like a list of world beaters.

 

For every Steve McManaman - himself an international disappointment - there is a Billy Kenny, a Neil Cox and a Nicky "Swindon Town" Summerbee.

 

Perhaps the end to what is rapidly approaching 40 years of hurt is not quite as close as it appears.

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I found the part about Kirkland to be interesting. Amazing how these things work out.

[Ridman]

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[wormy]

Interesting article indeed. In terms of how the players they mentioned have done, they've not done too bad compared to other such articles championing young players for future England teams.

[Village Idiot]

I don't know, Shaun Wright-Phillips' "devastating runs that will make Italians and Germans cry" surely made me chuckle

 

But yeah, he more or less nailed the spine of England's NT.

[wormy]

Oh yeah, the ridiculous hype is a bit hilarious, but overall picked out the right players, even if he was a bit over-optimistic. Kirkland and Robinsons fighting it out to be THE WORLD'S best goalkeeper (Still feel Robinson was treated harshly, like all keepers that were shunned because of one dodgy run).

[Beren]

Does any side have an all black home kit?

[JCONA]

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/A-Painful-Way-To-Exit-The-Pitch.gif

[David28]

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/A-Painful-Way-To-Exit-The-Pitch.gif

 

[Guest rabit71]

Does any side have an all black home kit?

 

Real Gothic FC

 

and leverkusen is nearly

 

http://www.footballkitnews.com/211/werkself-bayer-leverkusen-201011-jersey/

[Village Idiot]

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/A-Painful-Way-To-Exit-The-Pitch.gif

 

http://www.gifsoup.com/view/14342/tiger-woods-fist-pump-o.gif

 

Hole in one.

[Kaizero]

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/A-Painful-Way-To-Exit-The-Pitch.gif

 

[Neil]

That's excellent.

 

It's the smooth motion he just goes flying down the stairs that gets me.