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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Chris Black come back on March 12, 2024, 08:34:54 pm
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There is probably a really obvious answer to this but have any of our players - permanent or loan - gone on to play in a UEFA Champions League group game?
There will have been a few in the old European Cup. Not least Tony Woodcock.
It doesn’t look like any of the Experiment crew did or any of the many talented Premier League loans over the years did.
To be clear, this is the Champions League group, not Europa League, and it is after they left us, not before they joined.
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Jay Emmanuel Thomas got 8 mins off the bench for Arsenal v Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2010/11 season after he played for us in 2009/10.
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Lundstrum for rangers?
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Two very good calls. JET and Lundstram.
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Back to the present day and probably not how he envisaged his career after that night…
JET has just come off the bench to replace another ex-rovers loanee in Todd Miller for Kidderminster Harriers. Can he grab an equaliser in their match v Fylde as they fight to retain their National League status?
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He would have felt a lot worse if it was Sideshow Todd replacing him.
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Quinton Fortune for Man Utd?
El Haj Diouf for Liverpool?
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Opening post, final paragraph.
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Not checked but did Ryan Mason
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Potentially Jacob Ramsey can be added to the list if Villa don't bottle it this season.
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I think Jacob Ramsey has played in European competition. Whatever they call the UEFA Cup now.
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Thread now starting to drift away from the OP question.
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Not checked but did Ryan Mason
His wiki says only Europa league
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Steve Nicol didn’t he play in the Liverpool side that won the European Cup
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Steve Nicol didn’t he play in the Liverpool side that won the European Cup
Probably not after he played for us!
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Steve Nicol didn’t he play in the Liverpool side that won the European Cup
Probably not after he played for us!
Oooops read it wrong, I saw Quinton Fortune and Diouf mentioned and followed suit
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Brian Deane.
Played in the Champions League during his brief stint at Benfica in 1998. He scored in their qualifying round win over Beitar Jerusalem, and played in their first two group games against Kaiserslautern and PSV Eindhoven.
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I can't find anyone other than Brian Deane...
Ross McCormack came close; he played for Rangers in the Champions League in the same season he was with us, but it was before his loan move.
Giles Barnes played in the CONCACAF Champions League with Houston Dynamo; Yun Suk-Young might have played in the Asian Champions League for Kashiwa Reysol; Cameron Howieson has won several Oceanic Champions Leagues with Auckland City
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What about Gabriel Tamas he must have played in the Champions League, unless he was suspended
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Not after he left us.
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What about Gabriel Tamas he must have played in the Champions League, unless he was suspended
Nearly.
Had a stint at Steaua Bucharest after us.
In the 2016-17 season they went out of the champions league qualifying round and ended up in the europa league.
The "controversies" section on his wikipedia is worth reading :lol:
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I can't find anyone other than Brian Deane...
Ross McCormack came close; he played for Rangers in the Champions League in the same season he was with us, but it was before his loan move.
Giles Barnes played in the CONCACAF Champions League with Houston Dynamo; Yun Suk-Young might have played in the Asian Champions League for Kashiwa Reysol; Cameron Howieson has won several Oceanic Champions Leagues with Auckland City
Great info, Glen. It's good that Ross McCormack has kept up the high standard since playing for Rangers, with his recent high profile move to Donny City.
I've never forgiven the tw*t for cupping his ear to the South Stand after scoring against us for Leeds.
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What about Gabriel Tamas he must have played in the Champions League, unless he was suspended
Nearly.
Had a stint at Steaua Bucharest after us.
In the 2016-17 season they went out of the champions league qualifying round and ended up in the europa league.
The "controversies" section on his wikipedia is worth reading :lol:
Haha, makes Oliver Reed look like a nun.
Gave a lot of people a good hiding by the sounds of it, until he queued up for a Pizza in Donny….
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What about Gabriel Tamas he must have played in the Champions League, unless he was suspended
Nearly.
Had a stint at Steaua Bucharest after us.
In the 2016-17 season they went out of the champions league qualifying round and ended up in the europa league.
The "controversies" section on his wikipedia is worth reading :lol:
Haha, makes Oliver Reed look like a nun.
Gave a lot of people a good hiding by the sounds of it, until he queued up for a Pizza in Donny….
Just read that don’t mess with the Donny lads - I’m sure there was adequate reason to punch reading his past indiscretions lol.
TBH I quite liked him
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That night at Arsenal a certain Rovers fan spent most of the game berating our defence for not getting the better of Sanchez, Giroud and Walcott, he was at the Crewe game on Saturday passing on his knowledge to the linesman
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Lundstram’s first start for Rangers was a CL qualifier against Malmo according to wiki. He might yet play in the tournament proper.
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Big Nev?
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Lundstram’s first start for Rangers was a CL qualifier against Malmo according to wiki. He might yet play in the tournament proper.
In 2022 / 23 he started in Rangers’ Group A games against Liverpool, Napoli and Ajax. I have him down as our most successful ex-player in this regard.
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
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There is probably a really obvious answer to this but have any of our players - permanent or loan - gone on to play in a UEFA Champions League group game?
There will have been a few in the old European Cup. Not least Tony Woodcock.
It doesn’t look like any of the Experiment crew did or any of the many talented Premier League loans over the years did.
To be clear, this is the Champions League group, not Europa League, and it is after they left us, not before they joined.
I was half hoping the answer might be Chris Black!
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Billy Bremner captained Jimmy Armfield’s Leeds team in the 1975 European Cup final.
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Billy Bremner 1975 European Cup Final captain as well in Jimmy Armfields team
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
Please don’t mention Gilberto Silva, I’ve just started to cry again and write another letter to Mr Heffernan as to why he didn’t lump it into Asda, Airfield or just anywhere really…. Soooo close
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
James Milner and Adam Lallana.
Danny Rose.
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
James Milner and Adam Lallana.
Danny Rose.
Keegan, Hughes, Clements and Smith? I can't find the lineups for the cup matches in 74.
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This thread has gone miles away from what was asked in the OP.
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
Harry Kane. Played (and scored) at the KM for Millwall, and played in the Champions League final in 2019.
Dele Alli also played in the same final, having played for Milton Keynes against us twice in the 2014-15 season.
Edit - Jordan Henderson also, played in a few finals for Liverpool. Played against Rovers for Coventry when he was on loan there in March 2009.
Add also Riyad Mahrez. And probably Kyle Walker and John Stones who surely must've played against us in their Sheff Utd/Barnsley days (haven't got time to check)
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
Harry Kane. Played (and scored) at the KM for Millwall, and played in the Champions League final in 2019.
Dele Alli also played in the same final, having played for Milton Keynes against us twice in the 2014-15 season.
Edit - Jordan Henderson also, played in a few finals for Liverpool. Played against Rovers for Coventry when he was on loan there in March 2009.
Add also Riyad Mahrez. And probably Kyle Walker and John Stones who surely must've played against us in their Sheff Utd/Barnsley days (haven't got time to check)
Harry Maguire must also have played against us, and Rickie Lambert probably played in the Champs League.
I bet there are also a ton of players we played against in the Championship years who would have played for smaller, non-English teams.
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
Harry Kane. Played (and scored) at the KM for Millwall, and played in the Champions League final in 2019.
Dele Alli also played in the same final, having played for Milton Keynes against us twice in the 2014-15 season.
Edit - Jordan Henderson also, played in a few finals for Liverpool. Played against Rovers for Coventry when he was on loan there in March 2009.
Add also Riyad Mahrez. And probably Kyle Walker and John Stones who surely must've played against us in their Sheff Utd/Barnsley days (haven't got time to check)
Harry Maguire must also have played against us, and Rickie Lambert probably played in the Champs League.
I bet there are also a ton of players we played against in the Championship years who would have played for smaller, non-English teams.
They both probably did. Not sure either got to a final though (I appreciate BST's question was a different one to the OP).
Ryan Bertrand is another. Played against us multiple times on loan for Oldham, Norwich, Reading and probably others. Started (and won) the CL with Chelsea in 2012.
Looking at it, there are loads aren't there? We faced some very decent players over the years, especially in our Championship days.
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Here's a variant question.
Which players have played against us, then gone on to play in a European Cup/Champs League Final.
The following did it in the same season 18 years ago.
Manuel Almunia
Emmanuel Eboué
Alexander Hleb
Gilberto Silva
Plus Senderos and van Persie played against us and were unused subs in the final.
Harry Kane. Played (and scored) at the KM for Millwall, and played in the Champions League final in 2019.
Dele Alli also played in the same final, having played for Milton Keynes against us twice in the 2014-15 season.
Edit - Jordan Henderson also, played in a few finals for Liverpool. Played against Rovers for Coventry when he was on loan there in March 2009.
Add also Riyad Mahrez. And probably Kyle Walker and John Stones who surely must've played against us in their Sheff Utd/Barnsley days (haven't got time to check)
Harry Maguire must also have played against us, and Rickie Lambert probably played in the Champs League.
I bet there are also a ton of players we played against in the Championship years who would have played for smaller, non-English teams.
Rickie Lambert has definitely played in the Champions League group stage. In 2014/15 he appeared for Liverpool three times in their Group B games, including scoring their opener against Ludogorets.
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Probably a much, much smaller list of players who have played against us, and then gone on to appear in the Champions League group stages or later for non-English (or non-UK) clubs. A few much further up in the thread.
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What about the Leicester City team that we beat at home with an own goal some of them must have played in the Champions League a couple of years later
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Fredico Machedo the lad we had on loan from Man Utd did he play in Champions League after he left Old Trafford.
One who might have played before joined Rovers would be Mark Atkins at Blackburn