No English player in starting 11

[Rob-Royal]

One for the statto's...

So was last Sat the first ever time there was not one English representative in the starting 11...?

McLeary is down as English on the OS yet strangely wiki claims he played for Jamaica against Mexico recently....

[SPARTA]

Hope Akpan was born in Liverpool.

[ZacNaloen]

For Reading or in General?

[Brianstorm]

Akpan is English no?

[Rob-Royal]

Akpan is listed as Nigerian.

Of course in general as this is a Reading FC forum right....?

[SPARTA]

Alex Pearce. Born in Wallingford, England.

Akpan is listed as Nigerian.

Of course in general as this is a Reading FC forum right....?

Your question was about there being no Englishmen in the starting eleven. It doesn't matter what country they qualified for to represent at international level, Pearce and Akpan are both English born and raised.

[Rob-Royal]

Alex Pearce. Born in Wallingford, England.

ROI...

[SPARTA]

Alex Pearce. Born in Wallingford, England.

ROI...

So he represents ROI at international level but he was born in England. He is English.

[Rob-Royal]

Alex Pearce. Born in Wallingford, England.

Akpan is listed as Nigerian.

Of course in general as this is a Reading FC forum right....?

Your question was about there being no Englishmen in the starting eleven. It doesn't matter what country they qualified for to represent at international level, Pearce and Akpan are both English born and raised.

Terry Butcher was born in Singapore....did he play for Singapore then...?

[moo]

Well McAnuff was born in England too....

Mariappa was born in Harrow..

[MouldyRoyal]

We have a lot of British born players who represent countries of their ancestry. I'd be surprised if any of them held a non-British passport. I fully expect Kebe to hold a French passport despite having represented Mali, seems he considers himself more French these days anyway.

What was the question?

Oh yeah.

Non-issue.

[SPARTA]

Alex Pearce. Born in Wallingford, England.

Akpan is listed as Nigerian.

Of course in general as this is a Reading FC forum right....?

Your question was about there being no Englishmen in the starting eleven. It doesn't matter what country they qualified for to represent at international level, Pearce and Akpan are both English born and raised.

Terry Butcher was born in Singapore....did he play for Singapore then...?

He was born in Singapore, so England wasn't his place of birth.

[Royal Ginger]

I suspect McAnuff/Akpan et al, have British Passports and British citizenship. I'm English, but would be eligible for the Welsh squad.

[Jay o/]

I think Rob is on one. Akpan, Mcanuff and Pearce were all born in England and are all English. Just because they're families are Irish, Jamaican etc and they opted to play football for those countries does not automatically mean they're no longer English.

[ZacNaloen]

Just means they aren't good enough to play for England.

[Rob-Royal]

Thanks all - I give up

[LWJ]

Thanks all - I give up

Cool, cheers.

[Ian Royal]

Alex Pearce. Born in Wallingford, England.

ROI...

You can have more than one nationality. You can't play for more than one national side.

[moo]

Alex Pearce. Born in Wallingford, England.

ROI...

You can have more than one nationality. You can't play for more than one national side.

Not entirely true..

[marcusopp]

Thanks all - I give up

No need to get upset!
It depends how you interpret nationality. If someone is born in england, but to foreign parents, what nationality does that make them? In sport one has to choose, in real life we're british, english isn't a separate nation from the rest of britain.