Hometown All Time XI

[Craig]

Where's the bloody general football section?

I was gonna do a current counties XI thread but soon realised Yorkshire is in a bit of a state so went for this instead.

Anyway.

Barnsley XI.
GK - Mark Crossley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Crossley
DF - Brian Greenhoff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Greenhoff
DF - Mick McCarthy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_McCarthy
DF - Wilf Copping - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilf_Copping
DF - John Stones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stones
MF - Steve Daley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Daley
MF - Neil Smillie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Smillie
MF - Antony Kay - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Kay
MF - Ernie Hine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Hine
FW - David Hirst - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hirst_(footballer)
FW - Tommy Taylor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Taylor

Reliable keeper, enviable defence, mediocre midfield and top class forwards. Comfortable mid-table top flight with occasional challenge for Europe I reckon.

Now you.

 

[lordofthepies]

Great thread, Greg.

GK: Jack Prince (?)
DR: Shanaze Reade
DL: Junior Brown
DC: Mat Bailey
DC: Ian Butterworth
MC: Kevin Street
MC: Lee Bell
ML: Frank Blunstone
MR: Mark Rivers
FC: Rob Hulse
FC: Max Clayton

Subs: AJ Leitch-Smith, Caspar Hughes, Tony Gallimore, Adam Rickett (GK), Marvin Robinson, Beth Tweddle, Mark Cueto

Decent going forward but potentially suspect at the back. I reckon Reade will be a pretty good attacking right back but I think she might struggle against a very good left winger.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

GK: Paul Robinson
RB: J Arthur Rank
LB: Michelle Dewbury
CB: Maureen Lipman
CB: Andrew Marvell
RM: Clive Sullivan
LM: Nicky Barmby
DM: William Wilberforce (Captain)
AM: Andrew Lincoln
FW: Ebenezer Cobb Morley
FW: Dean Windass

Bench: Cuthbert Brodrick, Isy Suttie, Lee Johnston (naturalised), Roland Gift, Tom Courtenay, Philip Larkin

Manager: John Venn

Wealth of attacking talent and historic organisational mastermind at the helm.

 

[Craig]

I didn't know we were including non-footballers, otherwise I would obviously have omitted Tommy Taylor in favour of Brian Glover up front.

 

[lordofthepies]

I didn't know we were including non-footballers, otherwise I would obviously have omitted Tommy Taylor in favour of Brian Glover up front.

I only included non-footballers because there's only about 10 footballers from Crewe and most of them are strikers...

Surely Glover would be in the Bobby Charlton role.

 

[SF_]

Preston.

GK - Alan Kelly Jr - Preston, Sheff Utd, Blackburn - League Cup winner and 34 caps for Ireland.
DF - Ronnie Clayton - Blackburn - 35 caps for England, 600 appearances for Blackburn
DF - Tony Singleton - Preston, New York Generals - Runner up in the 1964 FA Cup
DF - Mark Lawrenson - Preston, Brighton, Liverpool - 1 European Cup, 5 First Division titles, 3 League Cups & 1 FA Cup
DF - Derek Fazackerley - Blackburn, Chester, Bury - Made a record 671 appearances for Blackburn
MF - Tom Finney - Preston - 76 caps and 30 goals for England, two time League runners-up and FA Cup finalist.
MF - Phil Jones - Blackburn, Man Utd - Premier League title in 2012-13
MF - Kevin Kilbane - Preston, Everton, West Brom - 110 caps for Ireland
MF - Brian Pilkington - Burnley, Bolton, Barrow - First Division Winner 59-60, capped by England
ST - Nigel Jemson - Preston, Nottm Forest, Sheff Wednesday - Won the 89-90 League Cup, scoring in the final
ST - Mickey Burns - Blackpool, Newcastle & Middlesbrough - played in the 1976 League Cup

It's not spot on in terms of positions but that's something like; 132 caps for England, 173 caps for Ireland, 7 First Division Titles, 1 European Cup, 5 League Cups and an 1 FA Cup...

 

[Craig]

Team I posted. 139 full international caps (74 for England, 57 for Ireland, 8 for Wales). 4 First Division titles, 2 FA Cups, 4 League Cups, 1 Scottish League title and 2 Scottish Cups.

 

[lordofthepies]

My team has a 7 time world champion at right-back though.

 

[Stevencc]

Kevin Blackwell
Paul Young - Charles Bronson - Monty Panesar - Will Smith
UK Decay
Clive Bunker - John Badham​

 

[Craig]

Only eight there Steven, no like I'm afraid.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

As a Londoner I'm confused as to what I should be including. Leytonstone where I was born (plus Curtis Davies, Andros Townsend, David Beckham), East London, north of the river, London as a whole? So many choices.

 

[Craig]

London as a whole is fine.

 

[Stevencc]

Only eight there Steven, no like I'm afraid.

UK Decay were a 4-piece mate, let me have that on a technicality.

 

[johnnytodd]

Peter Reid Steve Mcmahon
Dixie Dean

gave up

 

[AFCB_Mark]

GK: Neil Moss

RB: Christian Bale / Batman

CB: Eddie Howe

CB: The Cerne Abbas fertility Giant

LB: Matt Tong from Bloc Party

RW: Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle Drax MP

CM: Jamie Redknapp

CM: Thomas Hardy (can write the match reports)

LW: Adam Lallana

ST: Paul Rideout

ST: Daniel Webb