"included a 3–0 win over eventual champions Chelsea — saw them finish fourteenth. In McClaren's last Premiership game against Fulham, Steve picked an all English 16 with 15 of the players (except Malcolm Christie) coming from the local area and the average age of the team was less than 20 making it the youngest ever Premiership side. Lee Cattermole was the captain for that match making himself Middlesbrough's youngest ever captain of the first team. To complete the set the team was the first all English starting line-up since Bradford City's in 1999 and the first all English matchday squad"
"along with Arsenal, were the first club to play with shirt numbers, on 25 August 1928 in their match against Swansea Town. They were the first English side to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited Newcastle United on 19 April 1957, and the first First Division side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced Stoke City on 27 January 1974. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first British side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up (no British or Irish players) in a Premier League match against Southampton. In May 2007,"
"3–0 lead, only to concede a late Luís Figo away goal. Trailing 2–1 during the second leg at the Camp Nou, the team were just seven minutes away from the semi-finals, but conceded a third and were eventually beaten 5–1 after extra time, losing 6–4 on aggregate. By now, Chelsea had a top-notch multi-national squad which included Zola, Di Matteo, Poyet, Dutch goalkeeper Ed de Goey, and French World Cup-winning trio Frank Leboeuf, Marcel Desailly and Didier Deschamps. Under Vialli, Chelsea would become the first side in English football to field a starting 11 composed entirely of foreign players, highlighting"
"possible... I want them to be tired after training"". He was described as a ""slavdrivare"" (slave driver). Source: Source: Frank Soo Frank Soo (12 March 1914 – 25 January 1991) was an English professional football player and manager of mixed Chinese and English parentage. He was first player of Chinese origin to play in the English Football League, and the first non-white player to represent England (in unofficial wartime matches). He initially began his career at inside-left, though later became more established at half-back. A quick and intelligent player, he was an excellent passer of the ball. He grew up"
"Frank Soo Frank Soo (12 March 1914 – 25 January 1991) was an English professional football player and manager of mixed Chinese and English parentage. He was first player of Chinese origin to play in the English Football League, and the first non-white player to represent England (in unofficial wartime matches). He initially began his career at inside-left, though later became more established at half-back. A quick and intelligent player, he was an excellent passer of the ball. He grew up in Liverpool and began his playing career with Prescot Cables, before he joined Stoke City for a £400 fee"
"throughout Europe were limited to the number of foreign players they could employ, and could only play a maximum of three in European competition. FIFA noted it was ""disappointed"" in the ruling, while Gordon Taylor thought the decision would have a major impact and would ""lead to a flood of foreign players... to the detriment of our game"". The ruling ensured a team could now choose to play a team of 11 foreign players if it wanted, as was the case when Chelsea became the first team to do so. By 2007, the percentage of foreign players in England and"
"the lack of fellow Asians in the sport. Roger Verdi, of Indian origin, was forced to change his name because of racism, and had to move to the United States to start a professional career. Zesh Rehman, of Pakistani origin, was the first British Asian to play in the Premiership. Rehman later launched his own Foundation in May 2010, with the intention of helping young British Asians in football. Anwar Uddin, of Bangladeshi origin, was the first British Asian to captain a side in the top four divisions of English League football. Uddin remains the only player of Bangladeshi origin"
"fielding a maximum of three players born outside the country that they were employed in. In the Premiership, the limit of three foreigners in a match squad had covered Welsh, Scottish and Northern and Southern Irish players. The Bosman ruling allowed clubs in EU countries to field an unlimited number of players who were of EU nationalities, although they were still restricted to fielding 3 players of non-EU nationalities. As England was hosting the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship the English national team did not play any competitive fixtures up until the championships themselves but played a number of friendlies"
"on 12 March 1894, the England selectors decided to field a team consisting entirely of players with Corinthian connections, including three players making their international début. Lewis Vaughan Lodge (Cambridge University) made the first of five appearances at right back; Arthur Topham (Casuals) made his solitary England appearance at left half while the third débutante was John Veitch who played at inside left, alongside his fellow Old Westminster Rupert Sandilands. Wales opened the scoring after 10 minutes, but by half-time England had taken the lead with a goal from Veitch and an own goal from Charlie Parry. Veitch scored again"
"the English national side and the majority of clubs persisting with the outdated WM formation. Manager Walter Winterbottom had no prior managerial experience in professional football, and did not pick the England squad: that role remained with the FA's selection committee, who frequently displayed little or no consistency in their choice of player. Hungary had visited England in 1953 and delivered a 6–3 thrashing at Wembley—the first time a foreign team outside the British Isles had beaten England on home soil. The result had sent a shockwave through English football, with several prominent managers and players such as Matt Busby,"
"the two sides, on the 8 March 1873, ended 4-2 in favour of England, the Scots then went on to win the next game 2-1. The fourth game ended in a 2-2 draw after which the Scots enjoyed a 3-game winning streak. The first non-European international was contested on 28 November 1885, at Newark, New Jersey, between the USA and Canada, the Canadians winning 1-0. When football was gaining popularity during the 1870s and 1880s professionals were banned in England and Scotland. Then in the 1880s, soon after Wanderers disbanded, in the north of England, teams started hiring players known"
"mainly second-string team with five players making their full England debuts, including C. B. Fry (listed as a Corinthian player) and two other Southern League players, Millwall's Bert Banks and Billy Jones of Bristol City. The other debutantes were Liverpool's Jack Cox and George Hedley from Sheffield United – of the debutantes, only Cox would play another match for England. The other Southampton players selected were Archie Turner, making his second (and final) international appearance, and Jack Robinson, who was now the established England goalkeeper. The line-up was completed by Tip Foster and William Oakley (both Corinthians), earning their 2nd"
"debut for Second Division champions Chelsea in 3–2 win against Portsmouth at Fratton Park. 15 June 1988 – Everton pay £850,000 for Bradford City and Scotland midfielder Stuart McCall. 17 June 1988 – Newcastle United buy Scottish striker John Hendrie from Bradford City for £500,000. 21 June 1988 – Tottenham Hotspur pay a club record £1.7 million for Manchester City striker Paul Stewart. 4 July 1988 – Uruguayan Danny Bergara, 46, becomes the first foreign manager in English football when he takes over at Fourth Division club Rochdale. 5 July 1988 – After three years in Italy with Bari, former"
"first managers in English football to scout abroad for talent. His double-winning team of 1998 was described by editor Jason Cowley as ""a model of racial and multicultural integration. They were the first truly globalised team"". Richard Jolly writing for ""The National"" added that Wenger aided the Premier League's globalisation and ""showed the merit of hiring foreign managers on the basis of their record abroad"". Wenger himself felt he had changed attitudes towards foreign managers in England: The continued influx of foreign players at Arsenal has, however, attracted criticism. In a league match against Crystal Palace on 14 February 2005,"
"all English line up in the Premier League since Bradford City in 1999 and the first all English match squad since Aston Villa in 1998. ""Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk."" Middlesbrough were reasonably successful in the League Cup, beating Everton and Crystal Palace. However, they lost 1-0 in the quarter finals after a poor performance at home to Blackburn Rovers. ""Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk."" One of the highlights of Boro's season was their FA Cup"
"Played for the first time the British Home Championship, the oldest tournament for national teams: the Scotland national team emerges as winner. Derby County are founded along with Leicester City who are founded as Leicester Fosse. The Football Association legalises professionalism. The first non-European international was contested on 28 November 1885, at Newark, New Jersey, between the United States and Canada, the Canadians winning 1–0. Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36–0 in the Scottish Cup, a record which stands to this day. The FAs of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland form the International Football Association Board.The Football Association introduces a 'cross"
"1904 match, against England, was a 12-a-side game without a /. †† Although originally from South Africa, David ""Dave"" Barends also represented Great Britain. Other Nationalities rugby league team The Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players. However, as rugby league in England grew, and more players from other countries were brought over to England to play in the domestic"
"inaugural winners. In 1889, England played their first match against a non-home nations team when they defeated the ""New Zealand Natives"" by one goal and four tries to nil at Rectory Field in Blackheath. In 1890 England shared the Home Nations trophy with Scotland. England first played New Zealand (the All Blacks) in 1905. The All Blacks scored five tries, worth three points at this time, to win 15–0. The following year, they played France for the first time, and later that year they first faced South Africa (known as the ""Springboks""); James Peters was withdrawn from the England squad"
"the half-back. The first international between England and Scotland was played in 1871 and consisted of twenty players on each side: thirteen forwards, three half-backs, one three-quarter and three full-backs. The player numbers were reduced to fifteen in 1877. Numbers were added to the backs of players' jerseys in the 1920s, initially as a way for coaches and selectors to rate individual players. The various positions have changed names over time and many are known by different names in different countries. Players in the flanker positions were originally known as ""wing forwards"", while in the backs, ""centre three-quarter"" and ""wing"
"in Allsvenskan with 431 appearances for Örgryte IS and Helsingborgs IF. Sven Jonasson has the record for most matches in a row with 332 matches for IF Elfsborg between 11 September 1927 and 1 November 1942. Until 1974, foreign players were banned from playing in Allsvenskan, however not on all levels of football in Sweden. In the first season of allowance, on 13 April 1974, English Ronald Powell in Brynäs IF became the first foreign player in Allsvenskan In 1977, Tunisian Melke Amri became the first non-European player. In 1978, Icelandic Teitur Þórðarson in Östers IF became the first foreign"
"captain. England's side consisted of 15 players who had played internationally for England or Great Britain in the past but handed a debut to Wigan Warriors prop Lee Mossop and also Wigan winger Josh Charnley, who was selected after scoring 22 Super League tries in the 2012 season. Also, Wigan forward Gareth Hock was called up for international selection for the first time since being banned for two years for failing a drugs test. The Exiles coach, Daniel Anderson, had originally picked Warrington Wolves fullback Brett Hodgson in his starting line-up but due to an injury he had to call"
"expressing regret and paying a £10 fine. In November 1945, with league competition still suspended, Arsenal were one of the teams that played a Dynamo Moscow side touring the UK. With many players still serving abroad in the armed forces, Arsenal were severely depleted and used six guest players, including Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen, which led Dynamo to declare they were playing an England XI, although three of the side were actually Welsh. In any case, Dynamo themselves had Vsevolod Bobrov on loan from CDKA Moscow. The match, at White Hart Lane, kicked off in thick fog and the"
"tries for the club, scoring a record 206 between 1907 and 1927. Dusty Hare is the club's all-time highest points scorer with 4,507 between 1976 and 1989. 148 players from 14 different nations have been selected to represent their national side whilst a member of Leicester. The first was Jack Miles who was selected for England in 1903, Leicester's first non-English international was Scotland's Jock Lawrie in 1924. The club's first non-British or Irish player selected for international duty was Canada's Dave Lougheed when he played against USA in August 1998. The following are players which have represented the Lions,"
"reserve teams at Luton Town and Sheffield United before getting his first managerial job at Rochdale in August 1988. Bergara is often wrongly referred to as the first foreign manager in English football – he was in fact preceded by managers such as the South African Peter Hauser, who managed Chester City between 1963 and 1968. Bergara was the first manager born outside the British Isles to lead an English club out at Wembley, when he took Stockport County to the 1992 Autoglass Trophy final. In March 1989, after just seven months at Rochdale, he took over as manager of"
"competition. Clyde, Motherwell, Celtic and Dundee were all given entry from the Scottish League. Originally, Ayr United were to have competed, but they had to withdraw because of a lack of adequate floodlighting at their stadium. Their place was taken by Hibernian, who also withdrew because a friendly between an Edinburgh select and Chelsea was scheduled for the same date as their tie with Sedan. Hibernian were therefore replaced by Celtic. In the inaugural Anglo-French competition, the participating teams were Racing Club de Paris, Nantes, Le Havre and Lille from the French League, and Newcastle United, Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers and"
"first five friendly matches, which all took place at The Oval, London, were played against Scotland between 1870 and 1872. However, these are not considered full internationals by FIFA because the Scotland teams were composed entirely of London-based Scottish players. England's first FIFA recognised international football match was a 0–0 draw against Scotland at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Glasgow, on 30 November 1872. In this game, Scotland was represented by players from Glasgow's Queens Park F.C.. The first ""official"" English team was: Robert Barker (Hertfordshire Rangers), goal; Harwood Greenhalgh (Notts Club), three-quarter back; R. C. Welch (Harrow Chequers), half back;"
"Zesh Rehman Zeshan Rehman (; born 14 October 1983) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. He was the first British Asian to start a Premier League match and is the first to have played in all four divisions of professional football in England. He also plays for the Pakistan national football team and was the first Pakistani international footballer to play professional football in England, Thailand, Hong Kong and Malaysia, as well as the first Pakistani international to play in the AFC Cup. He started his career at Fulham and"
"old First and Second Divisions with three teams relegated from the league and three promoted. The league held its first season in 1992–93. It was composed of 22 clubs for that season. The first Premier League goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United. The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and"
"half-back, left-half-back and inside-left, filling in as need be as teammates would be unavailable for selection due to service or work commitments. He also guested for Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Chelsea, Reading, Brentford, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra, Millwall, and Burnley, and played nine times for the England national football team between 1942 and 1945 (in Wartime and Victory Internationals), the first non-white person ever to play for the national team (albeit in semi-official matches only) and the only person of East Asian descent to date. He also played for several FA representative teams not officially described as ""England"". He"
"Anglos appeared to be favoured, with eight players from The Football League selected to play. Tom Bradshaw had been picked to make his international debut; he would have the unenviable task of marking Dixie Dean, the prolific Everton goalscorer. Hughie Gallacher was also selected despite having not played for two months. The Scottish media was unimpressed by the selection, with the ""Daily Record"" commenting simply that ""it's not a great side."" Four of the England side were playing for Huddersfield Town, one of the strongest League sides at the time, and Dixie Dean was nearing the end of his record"
"England national amateur football team The England national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for England at football. It was formed in 1906, due to the growth of the professional game which meant that amateur players could no longer easily find places in the main England national team. Their first international match was against France on 1 November 1906 and resulted in a 15–0 win for England, with Stanley Harris netting seven goals and Vivian Woodward four. The team played many internationals against the full representative sides of Europe, which were usually a mixture of amateur and professional"
"in 1961–62. Swansea City, in their centenary year, became the first team from outside England to win the League Cup on 24 February 2013, when they beat Bradford City 5–0 to win their first major English trophy. Former League club and now defunct Scarborough defeated Chelsea 4–3 on aggregate in October 1989, while a Division 4 club. In 1992–93, Scarborough then defeated Coventry City (then a top-tier side) 3–2 on aggregate, before ultimately going out of the competition, narrowly, 1–0, against Arsenal. The League Cup is open to all 92 members of the Premier League and English Football League and"
"3 foreign players on the pitch at any one time. The Royal Blues were a team made up of foreign players! The foreign limitation rule for the upcoming playoffs and league season meant that one of the Blues’ would be rivals dropped out – Taipei City Dragons. The Dragons were also a foreign team and had competed in Division1 the previous year finishing bottom of a difficult league and under testing circumstances. An interesting Taipei rivalry wasn’t to be and the Royal Blues continued with the plan ahead and started to recruit local Taiwanese players – All to be done"