[Albion] Albion's first foreign signing?

[Whoislloydy]

Chatgpt reckons Hans was the first

Told me it was Salah

 

[GT49er]

Jack Whent, who played war-time football for Albion, and signed for us after the war in 1947 (and captained the side in the 1948-49 season) was Canadian (came over with the Canadian forces, signed as an amateur for Arsenal, but played mostly for the Albion).

 

[Guinness Boy]

I don't know what happened there. This is what I wrote in response to Lenny Rider mentioning the December 1984 match against Wimbledon:

That was my first Albion game, having persuaded my father to take me to a game. We sat in the Lego Stand. Stuart Evans scored for Wimbledon. Was Worthington's goal the equaliser or the winner? I can't remember, and it's been frustrating me ever since. In either case, who scored the other goal for us?

The first game I went to without a supervising adult. My mum thought I was at the cinema. Was bang in line with the shot in the southern bit of the east. Moved to the north after that.

 

[Gary1]

Valur Gislason

Christ him & Ashley Neal must be the worst 2 players ever. I remember we were so shit and there was a glimmer of hope that this player from Arsenal could actually lift the gloom around the place. Blimey was he even a footballer? Absolutely awful!!! Wonder what became of him.

 

[GT49er]

Jack Whent, who played war-time football for Albion, and signed for us after the war in 1947 (and captained the side in the 1948-49 season) was Canadian (came over with the Canadian forces, signed as an amateur for Arsenal, but played mostly for the Albion).

Any advance on this?

 

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Jack Whent, who played war-time football for Albion, and signed for us after the war in 1947 (and captained the side in the 1948-49 season) was Canadian (came over with the Canadian forces, signed as an amateur for Arsenal, but played mostly for the Albion).

We have a winner Shirley?

 

[zefarelly]

Arsenal loan, absolute shite, don’t remember his name

Not Sammy Nelson Shirley

 

[Lenny Rider]

I don't know what happened there. This is what I wrote in response to Lenny Rider mentioning the December 1984 match against Wimbledon:

That was my first Albion game, having persuaded my father to take me to a game. We sat in the Lego Stand. Stuart Evans scored for Wimbledon. Was Worthington's goal the equaliser or the winner? I can't remember, and it's been frustrating me ever since. In either case, who scored the other goal for us?

It was the winner. What a first game old boy ️ (Danny Wilson had previously equalised)

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Met up with the legendary Hans Kraay at the Caxton last night, and meeting up with the mild mannered Dutchman I got to thinking, who was the first player Albion signed from outside Great Britain and Ireland?

To my shame, I forgot about Denis Foreman, a man I was honoured to help on his final journey, and thought it was either Jacob Cohen or Moshe Gariani in 1980, but was there anyone before dear old Denis?

I played footy up Easthill Park in the 60s with Kevin and Michael. What talents.

I had little idea at the time what a legend the old man was.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Didn’t we also have some Icelandic chappie play for us too at gillingham ( possibly from Charlton)

 

[AZ Gull]

Jack Whent, who played war-time football for Albion, and signed for us after the war in 1947 (and captained the side in the 1948-49 season) was Canadian (came over with the Canadian forces, signed as an amateur for Arsenal, but played mostly for the Albion).

Any advance on this?

Not an advance, @GT49er - quite the opposite in fact (a "retreat", I guess).

As per Tim Carder/Roger Harris in the Albion A-Z (the club Who's Who), Whent was actually born in ..... Darlington, County Durham before he headed over to Vancouver and then Berkeley, California.

 

[Eeyore]

it's pronounced Best Sussex

Pest Sussex...

I'm usually good at these things, but assuming we are discounting all of Ireland, I can't think of any other name than those mentioned.

 

[Whoislloydy]

Apparently there were only 13 players from outside the British Isles in the 1992 Premier League season

 

[Iron Butterfly]

Percy Rojas and Juan Oblitas

 

[Lenny Rider]

What I intended to write in reply to Ian. Something went wrong:

That was my first Albion game, having persuaded my father to take me to a game. We sat in the Lego Stand. Stuart Evans scored for Wimbledon. Was Worthington's goal the equaliser or the winner? I can't remember, and it's been frustrating me ever since. In either case, who scored the other goal for us?

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/spo...n-strike-from-40-years-ago-was-better-4995790

There you go old boy, happy memories with your Dad

 

[El Presidente]

Ian, this is NSC, you’ve spelt SINGING incorrectly.

 

[Ali_rrr]

Christ him & Ashley Neal must be the worst 2 players ever. I remember we were so shit and there was a glimmer of hope that this player from Arsenal could actually lift the gloom around the place. Blimey was he even a footballer? Absolutely awful!!! Wonder what became of him.

I can help you!


He worked with a family member in Reykjavik at a finance company before moving to Sweden and then coming back.