taintedtom2000 0 Posted December 22, 2009 I was thinking about this the other day, whilst watching an old Northern Ireland on youtube I started to think about the reasons behind the different levels of acheivement and performance in relation to the pool of players that international sides have. It got me thinking about how good an International side from East Anglia would be? If hypothetically we were a separate state of the UK.If you were to include the entirity of East Anglia (with the boundaries being the North Sea and the line from The Wash through Peterbourgh, Northampton and milton Keynes and following the line of The M25 and Thames back to the North Sea) who wouold make up the current hypothetical ''East Anglia'' International squad? And How many of them would be City players?Obviously we''ll have to stick with those players born in East Anglia as it''ll get silly trying to find those ''Andy Townsend'' types whose grannies granny was born in the country of choice!Just thought it might be an interesting one to ponder :-)I''ll start, I think Adam Drury (Born in Cottenham, Cambrigeshire) would be a shoe in at left back!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DOGGER 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Matthew Upson - centre half Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfc11 0 Posted December 22, 2009 has danny mills retired? lolwe might have to start thinking bout using the jarvis brothers and hendo...im really struggling with this one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taintedtom2000 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Alex Bruce was born in Norwich if I remember correctly (Steves son) whilst his Dad was playing for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkchance1 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Matt Gill was born in Norwich, would he get in the team? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PKC 0 Posted December 22, 2009 It will be a cold day in hell before I would include Milton Keynes and Northampton as part of East Anglia. East Anglia is an ancient Kingdom within England not an ITV region.Og and Rob Green was born in Surrey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex Norwich Resident 0 Posted December 22, 2009 John White, Greg Halford, Dean Gerken :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfc11 0 Posted December 22, 2009 greeno wasnt born in east anglia was he :s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InLambertWeTrust! 0 Posted December 22, 2009 [quote user="ncfc11"]greeno wasnt born in east anglia was he :s[/quote]He was born in Chertsey wasnt he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jibbajabba 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Could have had the goalkeeper Robert Green, but he was born in Chertsey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Fish Seller 0 Posted December 22, 2009 East Anglia comprises the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and the Isle of Ely (through the marriage of Princess Ethelreda). No Cambs, Peterborough, Lincs, Essex, Milton Keynes etc just Norfolk, Suffolk and Ely. It''s more to do with the ancient kingdom of the East Angles than tv regions as somebody further up pointed out. Is Birmingham in Wales or Newcastle in Scotland? They may be relatively close but they do fall outside those historical kingdoms It would however be quite correct to describe people from Lincolnshire, and the old county of Peterborough simply as ''Anglians'' since the former were part of the ''Middle Angles'' kingdom, the latter the part of the ''South Angles'' kingdom. Cambridgeshire and Essex came under ''East Saxons'' (Essex) and South Essex/Greater London came under ''Middle Saxons''(Middlesex) and so those from these parts are not true ''Anglians'' by any description or stretching of historical boundaries.And Milton Keynes?.......... Well that didn''t exist until the 1960''s let alone during the Saxon age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfc11 0 Posted December 22, 2009 here''s a probable partial list of players i can think of... (forgive me if I have left anyone out!)GK: Andy ''Judas'' Marshall, Mark Tyler, Joe Lewis, Declan Rudd, Jed Steer, Aaron Lee-Barrett, Richard WrightDF: Matt Upson, Adam Drury, Alex Bruce (although I think he has declared himself for Ireland)MF: Matty Gill, Tom Adeyemi, Ed Upson, Keiron Dyer, ST: Chris Martin, Justin Hazell, Looking through Wikipedia and like flown from the barclay, I am really struggling with players of note who where born in east anglia!The team would probably have to be filled with youth team players and maybe some who have only just retired!!!Good thread though, passed some time at work!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PKC 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Andy ''Judas'' Marshall was born in Bury, the Bury near Manchester though so he would not sully this team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfc11 0 Posted December 22, 2009 o right wiki got it wrong haha! it said bury st edmunds! apologies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfc11 0 Posted December 22, 2009 wiki got it wrong...apologies...it said bury st edmunds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am a Banana 0 Posted December 22, 2009 korey smithjason sackell? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am a Banana 0 Posted December 22, 2009 [quote user="I am a Banana"]korey smithjason sackell?[;)][/quote]shackell[;)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plumbton 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Sylvan Ebanks - Blake was born in Bury st Edmunds so that''s a starter up top surely? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jammis 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Can we give people citizenship if they''ve lived in the area for long enough? The Japanese team have included naturalised Italians and Brazilians in the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaun Tilly Lace 0 Posted December 22, 2009 The only trouble is an East Anglian team would strugggle to beat even the likes of Andorra and Malta. They might even occasionally be beaten by Diss Town. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheffield uni Canary 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Don''t worry we have a solid defender in Titus BrambleAlso John sutton was born in Norfolk as well I think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkchance1 0 Posted December 22, 2009 I think it would be a bit like Athletic Bilbao who only pick Basque players. If we did nationalise players then they would have to have played for an East Anglian club, therefore people like Finidi George, Matthias Svennson, Marc Libbra, Fabien Wilnis, would be the type of players included.I''m afraid I couldn''t support a team with Fabien Wilnis in it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taintedtom2000 0 Posted December 22, 2009 [quote user="Buckethead"]East Anglia comprises the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and the Isle of Ely (through the marriage of Princess Ethelreda). No Cambs, Peterborough, Lincs, Essex, Milton Keynes etc just Norfolk, Suffolk and Ely. It''s more to do with the ancient kingdom of the East Angles than tv regions as somebody further up pointed out. Is Birmingham in Wales or Newcastle in Scotland? They may be relatively close but they do fall outside those historical kingdoms It would however be quite correct to describe people from Lincolnshire, and the old county of Peterborough simply as ''Anglians'' since the former were part of the ''Middle Angles'' kingdom, the latter the part of the ''South Angles'' kingdom. Cambridgeshire and Essex came under ''East Saxons'' (Essex) and South Essex/Greater London came under ''Middle Saxons''(Middlesex) and so those from these parts are not true ''Anglians'' by any description or stretching of historical boundaries.And Milton Keynes?.......... Well that didn''t exist until the 1960''s let alone during the Saxon age.[/quote]Ok, was just going with the T.V style ''Anglia'' remit to give us at chance to get some players....Its my hypothetical country, I''ll say who''s hypothetically included!! lol!! [:P] Very good post though as I had no idea that Cambridgeshire was never seen as part of Anglia [:$] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taintedtom2000 0 Posted December 22, 2009 [quote user="Plumbton"]Sylvan Ebanks - Blake was born in Bury st Edmunds so that''s a starter up top surely?[/quote] graet shout! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkchance1 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Could you include anyone whose played for two or more East Anglian clubs (and nationalise them) Alan Lee and Kevin Lisbie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taintedtom2000 0 Posted December 22, 2009 [quote user="norfolkchance1"]Could you include anyone whose played for two or more East Anglian clubs (and nationalise them) Alan Lee and Kevin Lisbie.[/quote] Nice idea, but who wants Lisbie in their squad! lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nexus_Canary 1,016 Posted December 22, 2009 Yeh who wants Lisbie in any team... we can put him in the reserves and just not use him to make a point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites