| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." 18:26 - Jun 12 with 3495 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Right now (I know, I know..) I was thinking of Steve Hodge, which had me immediately humming the above Kerry Dixon chant.
Apart from the diminutive Forest and Rangers midfielder, and the expert penalty-taker from South-West London's Finest Racists, what other players of yesteryear were incredibly lucky to play for England?
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 18:43 - Jun 12 with 1898 views | BklynRanger |
Carlton Palmer? |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 18:48 - Jun 12 with 1866 views | PlanetHonneywood |
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Carlton Palmer? |
Geoff Thomas |  |
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Joey Barton and Kalvin Phillips. |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 18:55 - Jun 12 with 1861 views | Myke |
Alan Hinton? |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 19:09 - Jun 12 with 1814 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 18:55 - Jun 12 by Myke |
Alan Hinton? |
Yesteryear! Exactly.
I mean, we could go through Graham Taylor's reign and pick out a few but where's the fun at that? (Sinton played full-back for him?)
Let's say in the last century.
I mean, am I right that Hodge was a good club player but nothing better than that?
Dave Beasant? Really?
Edit - I'm not being nasty here, just curious. I support England and Ireland. [Post edited 12 Jun 19:10]
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 19:48 - Jun 12 with 1706 views | loftboy |
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 19:55 - Jun 12 with 1691 views | Ghost_on_the_Westway |
I always thought we sang that about Lee Dixon, who was keeping an actual Football Genius out of the England team in the 90’s.
Of course, in those pre-internet days, we didn’t know about the photos Dixon had of Taylor, (redacted) and the (very redacted) in the (even more redacted) house.
Well, it couldn’t have been any other reason! |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 20:00 - Jun 12 with 1680 views | hantssi |
Peter Storey, nearly 20 caps 🤦♂️ | | | |
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 20:02 - Jun 12 with 1676 views | simmo |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 19:55 - Jun 12 by Ghost_on_the_Westway |
I always thought we sang that about Lee Dixon, who was keeping an actual Football Genius out of the England team in the 90’s.
Of course, in those pre-internet days, we didn’t know about the photos Dixon had of Taylor, (redacted) and the (very redacted) in the (even more redacted) house.
Well, it couldn’t have been any other reason! |
1000% this. Unbelievable he has as many caps as he does - carried by a great Arsenal defence and George Graham.
There's loads though, Rickie Lambert (and half the strikers from the 2000's onwards) wouldn't have been allowed near an England team if they played in the 90s. [Post edited 12 Jun 20:03]
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 20:02 - Jun 12 with 1677 views | Northernr |
I remember when Sven started I thought it was a breath of fresh air to see a manager willing to pick outside the Man Utd, Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool, boys club. I think, famous quiz question, Chris Powell got a cap in his first international in charge at Villa Park.
But over time I thought he completely degraded and destroyed what it meant to win an England cap and one of the reasons I gave Southgate so much leeway is he brought that back.
Evidence for the prosecution…
Jermaine Jenas has 21 England caps
Phil Neville 59 (!!!) (Gerry Francis got 12)
Emile Heskey 62 (7 goals, amazed it was that many tbh)
Danny Mills 19
Kieron Dyer 20
Zat Knight has 2 England caps
Paul Konchesky has 2 England caps
Anthony Gardner. Gavin McCann. |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:21 - Jun 12 with 1541 views | lassel |
Rico Lewis. Mind boggling. | | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:27 - Jun 12 with 1525 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 19:55 - Jun 12 by Ghost_on_the_Westway |
I always thought we sang that about Lee Dixon, who was keeping an actual Football Genius out of the England team in the 90’s.
Of course, in those pre-internet days, we didn’t know about the photos Dixon had of Taylor, (redacted) and the (very redacted) in the (even more redacted) house.
Well, it couldn’t have been any other reason! |
I definitely remember it at HQ when Kerry Dixon visited West London.
You're definitely right that it was used for Lee Dixon later on, though. | |
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:30 - Jun 12 with 1516 views | QPRKirty |
Fat Frank. |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:38 - Jun 12 with 1484 views | Malintabuk |
For me it was a couple of strikers... First David Nugent who's only contribution to England was smashing in a Defoe goal on the goal line and celebrating as if he scored a worldly..
The other who I personally thought was a great striker but never done anything in English colours was Jeff Astle..... only won 5 caps but was dreadful
Also another good player Peter Bonnetti..... never recovered from Mexico... | | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:41 - Jun 12 with 1460 views | Myke |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 20:02 - Jun 12 by Northernr |
I remember when Sven started I thought it was a breath of fresh air to see a manager willing to pick outside the Man Utd, Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool, boys club. I think, famous quiz question, Chris Powell got a cap in his first international in charge at Villa Park.
But over time I thought he completely degraded and destroyed what it meant to win an England cap and one of the reasons I gave Southgate so much leeway is he brought that back.
Evidence for the prosecution…
Jermaine Jenas has 21 England caps
Phil Neville 59 (!!!) (Gerry Francis got 12)
Emile Heskey 62 (7 goals, amazed it was that many tbh)
Danny Mills 19
Kieron Dyer 20
Zat Knight has 2 England caps
Paul Konchesky has 2 England caps
Anthony Gardner. Gavin McCann. |
Tbf Francis missed a lot of time with a back injury when he was at his peak and there wasn't near as many international game as there are today. Heskey was a strange one; his team- mates loved him because he worked so hard but he certainly wasn't prolific. Assists (still hate that Yankee term) was not a thing back then but he must have had loads | | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:45 - Jun 12 with 1440 views | Watford_Ranger |
Michael Ricketts
Francis Jeffers
Some mediocre goalkeepers in recent years. Sam Johnstone, Alex McCarthy, Tom Heaton, John Ruddy, Scott Carson. | | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:48 - Jun 12 with 1437 views | aston_hoop |
Kieran Gibbs won 10 England caps and I have no recollection of that happening |  |
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 21:58 - Jun 12 with 1406 views | MrSheen |
Andy Gray
Paul Stewart
David Armstrong |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 22:30 - Jun 12 with 1378 views | CamberleyR |
A few from the 70s:
Colin Viljoen, Brian Talbot, Trevor Whymark - Ipswich
Mike Doyle - Man City
Phil Boyer - Norwich
Brian Greenhoff - Man Utd
I thought Phil Neal also got more caps than he should have especially after the emergence of Viv Anderson. Joe Corrigan although a good keeper and didn't win many caps for obvious reasons, still won nine times as many as Phil Parkes did. |  |
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Andy Hinchcliffe… |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 23:04 - Jun 12 with 1278 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Darius Vassell if no one has mentioned him yet. |  | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 23:28 - Jun 12 with 1218 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 22:30 - Jun 12 by CamberleyR |
A few from the 70s:
Colin Viljoen, Brian Talbot, Trevor Whymark - Ipswich
Mike Doyle - Man City
Phil Boyer - Norwich
Brian Greenhoff - Man Utd
I thought Phil Neal also got more caps than he should have especially after the emergence of Viv Anderson. Joe Corrigan although a good keeper and didn't win many caps for obvious reasons, still won nine times as many as Phil Parkes did. |
Phil Neal is one I'd like to know more about.
Good at penos, neat, two-footed, but was he better than Viv Anderson???
I was only a kid but he seemed, maybe, average or boring to me? | |
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| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 00:14 - Jun 13 with 1151 views | Myke |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 23:28 - Jun 12 by BrianMcCarthy |
Phil Neal is one I'd like to know more about.
Good at penos, neat, two-footed, but was he better than Viv Anderson???
I was only a kid but he seemed, maybe, average or boring to me? |
That whole Liverpool defence was quite intriguing. Any one of them was only average on their own (Clemence better than Shilton- no way) Joey Jones, Tommy Smith, Emlyn Hughes, Larry Lloyd (,Clough made him into a top individual player) Chris Lawlor
Phil Neal. But the sum of the parts under Shankley/Paisley was virtually impregnable. It helped of course that their attacking prowess meant that they were not under sustained pressure during games.
But it did not necessarily translate onto the International stage. I remember an England manager picking the entire (eligible) Liverpool team. I think it was Ian Callaghan's only cap. I think it was against Switzerland but I am certain it was a dire 0-0 draw. So I guess (with the exception of Kevin Keegan) you could add that entire Liverpool team to your list. | | | |
| "If Dixon Plays For England So Can I..." on 00:33 - Jun 13 with 1107 views | SydneyRs |
Ahh good old Geoff Thomas and his much mocked shot against France.
There was also a bloke around for a while doing a really poor impersonation of John Barnes.
An old Brian Clough quote about Larry Lloyd "he made two appearances for England at once, his first and his last". | | | |
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Jay Boyhroyd
Bobby Zamora
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