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Bear with me on this, I've just randomly made it up.

I'll give a short description of a player and someone has to guess who it is and answer by, perhaps, linking to their wiki page for evidence. Whoever gets it describes the next player. And so on.

.........

A defender who Gerard Houllier payed a reported 500k for in 1999. Currently playing in the Championship, on loan from a Premiership club. He's an International but does not play for the country of his birth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djimi_Traor%C3%A9

Who am I?

I started my career at Arsenal but left before establishing myself. At my next club, over six seasons at the club, I experienced two promotions and two relegations, playing in three different divisions. Leaving thereafter I then rejioned this club ten years later. I am in my late thrties and still playing. I have scored 100 goals for my clubs

clue pls

Small, Scottish

Paul Dickov

Who Am I?

I'm currently playing in Germany where I was born but have previously played in England for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Chelsea. I've scored 18 goals in 62 international appearances.

Forssell?

Nice, wp. You're up.

Who am I?

I've played in non-league, League 1 & 2, Championship and Premiership division in England. Ive won the Champions League and currently playing in Spain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Finnan

who am I:

''I started out at Chelsea, but never played, I've played in Norway and for the same non-league team as the player in the previous quote.  I've also been on the staff at Harchester Utd, and I finished this season as a football league manager''

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Skiverton

;tightend;

Who am i?

Ive played in the premiership with Chelsea and a team thats now in league 2. Ive played in Italy aswell as England. Ive won the league cup and FA Cup and ive played in the world cup and european championships.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Petrescu

 ;popcorn;

I'm rubbish at getting them, but enjoying reading them, come on Dan.

oops sorry, I'll do it in a minute

I started my career at chelsea but after several loan spells (including 18 months @ brentford which was at the time the longest ever) I moved onto the club I’m most associated with

in my first 8 years at the club I played in all 4 divisions and have a runners up medal from both the league and fa cup

I’m a member of the small group of goalscoring goalkeepers

I see, you give it all the popcorn and then don't get it. more clues then I guess

my brother won olympic bronze, european silver and commonwealth gold at the 400m hurdles and was a regular on superstars

more recently my nephew represented britain in the davis cup winning in the doubles against israel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Sherwood

That was tough, got it from John Sherwood

I am a Striker, and once scored a BBC Match of the day goal of the season. I played for four English League clubs, but never more than 100 games for any. In my career I also played in Spain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. I played once for England B but never for the full international side

I was managed at two clubs by the same manager who is my namesake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalian_Atkinson ?

ffs, was just getting there!

correct, your turn

I am a striker, who once scored a hat-trick at Wembley but still ended up on the losing side.I also scored a winning goal at Wembley.

I have played for 5 English sides as well as clubs in Italy, Scotland, USA and China where I was voted 'Best Overseas player'.

I scored over 30 goals for my country at schoolboy, under-18 and under-21 level  but never gained any full international caps for my country. I also  have an FA Cup winners medal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rideout

 ;popcorn;

come on rich your go!!

Guessing it was correct..

Ok, prob easy but w/e, im tez at these


I had spells in England and France and represented my country at a late stage of my career. Whilst in England i won promotion to the premiership.
I was named player of the year during my time in France
Was named Captain of my club in England before leaving

only player i can think of in last 10-20 years to win French footballer of the year who played for an English team who has won promotion to the Premiership is David Ginola - but i'm sure Keegan bought him after they had won promotion.

Other players like Henry, Vieira and Wiltord for Arsenal and Deschamps for Chelsea arent it

dunno :dontask:

cantona?

nope

Steve Marlet

if not a jean tigana french player?

nope

not sure bout tigana player.

tigana?

dugarry

I have abs no idea on this one

nope

Struggling here. No clues please, someone will get it.

Bernard Lama?

West Ham, goalkeeper..capped late cos of Barthez?

john collins

glenn hoddle

nope

[X] level. WP Rich.

lol, wish i was shrewd enough to think to do that.

Keep thinking

jimmy abdou (millwall)

no footballer of the year in france has been in a team promoted to the premiership

no, but we should sign him. Hes been vvvvvv good in both games.

 rotflmfao

this is football with a round ball and not an egg chaser?

lol, is.

how is it not tigana? played in england and france, was there in 01 when they went up, was player of the year in france, not capped til he was 25 and captained fulham no?

didnt play for fulham, only managed them.

nope, not tigana

Anyone wants clues yet or wht? Scotty said no clues though..

stephane gui'farce

christian Karembeu?

Oliver Dacourt obv.

Com, I checked with Rich and know the answer and he has his information correct. GL in gettin it tho LOL

lol, ty. Checked myself too about 5 times, thought sum1 would have got it by now.

David Ginola

Correct!






































[  ]************************************888

Yeah prob

haha trueeee

lol matt said Ginola on page 3

[ ] copying him when you already knew it was wrong was a good idea

ok I've been through every french footballer of the year and can't see it

more clues please

Bruno N'Gotty

Patrick Blondeau

why is he french?
is it not french league player of the year?

bernard mendy

djorkaeff

chris waddle

christanval

lol no

vanessa paradis

Who!? lol

l.blanc

joe le taxi?

e.petit

im totally seething chiprich WP. lol.

hahha, ty sir. Keep going.

ok give us a clue.

i bet hes not french

Dejan Stefanovic

Inspector clouseau ?

Arjan de Zeeuw

Luis Boa Morte

George Boateng

LOL, i didnt say he was French

Bed ftw. Good luck with the guessing!!!

trevor steven

alan boksic

kenny everett?

Glenn Hoddle

 ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep;

Thierry Henry

Great shout.
I was thinking African player of the year but i imagine that's just Samuel Eto'o every year.

Winnnnnnnnnnnar

ooops forgot the [  ]

[  ] winnnnnnnnnar

Juninho?

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh



Jean Tigana


Got promotion with Fulham

The player in question, got promoted as a player. So nope!

weah?

Alain Goma?

Com, gg the rest of your guys lifes while you try and work this out!

Franck Queudrue

norrrrrrrrrrr sick

wp, your turn

Djimi Traore

dohhh, did it again

[  ] wp, your turn

karembeu

malbranque

Louis Saha

a woman?

Grimandi

Steve Marlet

None of the above

lol, gg all so far.

Ali Benarbia

winner i think

OMG

zomg, finally

wp sir, wp.

for all the answers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Benarbia

I had spells in England and italy, i gained promotion from championship to premiership and serie b to serie a
I scored 11 goals for 2 clubs in england, 25 goals in my whole career
Was named club player of the year at my club in England.

don't think benarbia ever won player of the year tbh

juune, he won player of the year in Franc wikipedia says

At Bordeaux, Benarbia won the championship again in the 1998-99 season and was crowned player of the year in France. Surprisingly he was sold to Paris Saint-Germain after this triumph, although he failed to capture the same form there.

line is unreferenced which is somewhat suspicious especially when no other page about him mentions it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Football

player of the year 1998: Zidane
player of the year 1999: Wiltord

can't see Benarbia on that list

Glad i didnt' question Tighty's shout of Bernard Lama though!! :D

Must be a different POTY, as that one is only for French players...

Didnt say wht POTY it was, just POTY. Could have been players player, or some other POTY they do in France

i dunooo! But Wikipedia says so! lol

you and rooks sure didn't edit the wikipedia page

that is the france football magazine player of the year a different thing



Rich's question was either genius or horrific, not sure which

tony dorigo?

Not the championship when he did it, or that just being picky?

he gained promotion with Villa and Torino

goals don't tally for dorigo, the rest looks good though

nope not dorigo

as for championship, take it as second tier to stop any confusion

extra clue: was in the premiership era but before the championship era

his place of birth was also his first club

he is not english

This is tough, def/defensive mid player must be by his goal tally, struggling here...

clarification please.

did you score

-11 goals at each of 2 english clubs

or

-11 goals in total at 2 english clubs?

11 goals over the two english clubs

25 goals in entire career

he has lost an fa cup final

 ;booder;

he has been relegated from premiership to old first division

he has lost a league cup final

Gianluca Festa?

thank god

well done

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluca_Festa

very good question

''As an International I played nearly 40 games with a goal ratio of better than a goal every other game.  I played for 3 french sides, then 2 English (who at present are both in the Premier League top 10) before my career dwindled away.  Although I did score a hat-trick late in my career and was rewarded with 3 top of the range cars as a gift!  I also played in the UEFA Cup Final and have recently been linked with managing the Country I played for''

weah?

1st one that sprung to mind is Djorkaeff, dnt think it is right tho.

Bolton are not in the top 10.

No not Weah or Djorkaeff.

Neither of the 2 English clubs Weah played for, are the 2 in question & like Horneris says Bolton are not in the top 10.

I'll be back on after 11ish if anyone wants a clue.

Titi Camara?

i think that could be right

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titi_Camara

Thats definetly right, vwp Pelham!

Who am i?

I started my career in non-league football, before playing for Torquay, Scunthorpe and Oxford. I moved to the club i am most associated with for £1.6m.
I scored 2 goals in a Wembley cup final and won 18 caps for Scotland, before being forced to retire through injury.

Matt Elliott

this, but why miss out the mighty cafc who signed him from non league? I feel offended

lol. Sorry mate, he didn't actually play for you though.

he made one league cup appearance for us

Matt Elliott. Complete and utter hero, an all time favourite.

that is all

selling him has always been considered by the fans as one of our worst ever moves in the transfer market. to find a gem like that in non league and then let him go pretty much straight away was just so, so odd

 ;tightend;


 ;popcorn;

My apologies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Elliott_(footballer)

Who am i?

I'm a 'blue blooded' footballer, i played for numerous sides including oxford, bournemouth and ipswich. I played for 2 current premier league sides scoring over 1 in 2 for one side and just under 1 in 2 for the other and was a losing fa cup finalist for one of them. I once held a premier league scoring record.

This is not some dodgy one like he only played 4 games for them scoring 2 is it?!  Decent sample size i hope?

I will have a stab at paul dickov

yes


no

clue...

his long standing premier league scoring record was beaten by a horse

Horsfield or Van Nistelrooy?

Got to be Ruud. He scored in 8 consecutive games. Dunno who had the record before him though.

Mark Stein.

Chelsea boy.

correct, stoke boy really.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Stein_(footballer)

Brent, I pre-guess at either Lee Chapman, Mel Sterland or John Lukic!  :D

lol lol. will do one in a bit.

Still waiting mate!!

While we are waiting for horner, heres a quickie to keep you going ...


I was an international footballer, I Scored in a major European final.

I represented my Country of birth, yet never played for a professional team in that country.

I only played for 2 English clubs and played in the First,Second and Third divisions of England.

I scored the winner for my Country of birth against England at Wembley, and despite having a scandinavian sounding middle name, I am not a scandie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neilson_Robertson

Sigh ... too fkin good !!

I'll wait for Horner, tbf he's still probably a little dev'd to talk about football after last week!!  :D

This player had an over 4 goals a game ratio between the ages of 10 and 14.

His father played in Goal for an African international football team.

He used to live in the same neighbourhood as 2 brothers who had an Uncle who joined the Royal Navy at aged 17.

He has played for 3 teams in England, including Wrexham, and then he moved North of England to ply his trade.

had a hunch it was Anwar Siraj, but was mistaken

we need a clue

Im just tryin to make it hard for Dwayne.

I made sure my clues were un-googleable.

that they are.

Tough, don't know this...  To think I used to have a Wrexham season ticket too!  :D

he lived in an area that had 2 brothers - well that narrows it down to virtally every area in the UK, who had an uncle who joined the Royal Navy - phew at least we can narrow it down to one of 430,000 people

june, its Delboy & Rodney ldo.

ahh so said person moved to a made up housing estate

easy.................

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_of_the_Rovers

not sure when his dad played in goal for an african nation though - must have been on holiday when that issue came out! :D

clue plz...

Carlos Edwards?

I thought this, but no.  Carlos played for Wrexham, then Luton, then Sunderland...  (he's also played for 4 English league teams)

Looking at the clue again it says:


It doesn't say 'the North of England', it says 'North of England, so I presume he played in Scotland (hopefully its not completely bizarre and he moved to Iceland or somehwere!)

Can we establish Peckham as the area he grew up, of Black origin, and moved from Wrexham to a Scottish side??

I also think the fact Horner has mentioned his junior goalscoring exploits is a throw off, clever that lad, defender I reckon...

I thought this clue: He used to live in the same neighbourhood as 2 brothers who had an Uncle who joined the Royal Navy at aged 17

Meant that he had perhaps played for Bolton (the trotters)

I'm spoiling this.

A couple more clues.

He did indeed move from Wrexham to North of not just England, but The United Kingdom as a whole.

This player has also plyed his trade in Spain.

He grew up in Peckham, thats all i meant by that clue, i admit it wasnt a great clue, but its my first try at this


should be easy enough now.

Rod Wallace

[  ] Winnar

Im finding it hard to do any easier clues, as if you copy and paste them into google it gives you the player.

He was very good on Championship Manager 01/02.

ok, im done, make some effort.

Ok, i got it. But Horneris pleaded with me not to tell you and made me delete post.

gl. fairly easy now though.

zzzzzzzz. knew u wud get it when i said a certain clue so i was on my way to tell you not to guess anyway.

Cherno Samba

CM Legend

Tonton Zola Moukoko

correct, that last clue made it too easy, sigh.

Your go.

No time to be too tricky so...

Played first team football for both City and United, Liverpool and Everton

too easy imho

barmby

no, not barmby, although I can see why you would think that...

for clarity, when I refer to United, I am always referring to Manchester United, and, when I refer to City (or Citeh), I am referring to Abu Dhabi Blues.

Peter Beardsley

boo, move the goalposts why don't you? clearly fitted the clues

steve mcmahon?

this is correct!

knew it was too easy

Who am I?

At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all four divisions of the Football League and during his playing career he won promotion with three seperate sides. He was to go on a play over 500 league games during his career. He had this career despite his missing a muscle in his back.

After winning a League Championship medal he did so at a second club, as well as achieving European success with that club.

He became a Player Manager at Bolton Wanderers, Assistant Manager in the South West and at a Current relegation threatened Premiership team and Joint Manager in Yorkshire as well as a brief spell as Manager of a non league team.

too easy. jm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McGovern_(footballer)

You win Gatso

nah, cba to do another one. that's why I didn't go for the whole name. your go

Who am i

I started my career at Torquay United and finished it at Garforth Town

i Won a PFA Young Player of the Year,  i also appear in ITV's popular TV soap Coronation Street as an extra

Lee Sharpe ldo

Well done Mr Hare

 ;popcorn;