Are we one of the worst producers of England players in the country? Would like to see a league table style comparison of the counties
That's a slightly variable beast, Max.
Many players were born before, for example, West Midlands existed, and may well count themselves as being from Warwickshire or Staffordshire.
I am surprised Essex is so down on the list to be honest, but then again half of Essex is London these days
So Tambling and Barry the only ones since the war. Plus only Cook and Coleman since the Great War. Along with only 24 caps in total apart from Barry's. Astonishing.
That's a slightly variable beast, Max.
Many players were born before, for example, West Midlands existed, and may well count themselves as being from Warwickshire or Staffordshire.
Yes, similar thoughts occurred to me - there are inevitably some discrepancies due to boundary and other admin. changes over the years. Other odd things too - we'd be higher up the table if they hadn't listed East and West Sussex separately - Yorkshire suffered the same way, with the three ridings being counted separately. On the other hand, the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland have been wiped out altogether and lumped together as Cumbria, though this change didn't happen until the 70s (I think it was the 70s anyway - they were separate counties for a long time before that!)Yeah, many from Manchester or Merseyside would count themselves as Lancastrians too. County boundaries have slipped too and players from one county then, may not be the same county now.
Two Sussex-born players have played for the Philippines.
Namely, Simon Greatwich and Phil Greatwich (their older brother Chris made more international appearances than the two of them combined, but he was born in Westminster).
In the early days of NSC I used to go through the Rothmans Football Yearbook and there was sometimes no Sussex born Premier League players.
Oooh and Paul Ifill (Brighton born) played for BARBADOS