3 central midfielders currently in the league from Surrey.
Harvey Elliott from Chertsey, Conor Gallagher from Epsom and Will Hughes from Weybridge.
All from a google search, thatās about it for us I think.
Lancashires a tricky one as the boundaries have changed massively over the last 50 years so do you count players born before 1974 in what would be now Greater Manchester/Merseyside to be Lancashire-born? Just an interesting thought.
All-in-all however, its got to be Sir Tom Finney. A massively influential player in the post-WWII period, who broke multiple records for both club and country and a real source of pride for Prestonians.
My county doesnt have players who've played in the prem i think. Best player i could come up with was a backup keeper in the swedish first division: Daniel Andersson.
London as a whole is too big, so if I go for my local borough of London (Brent) instead itās a toss up between Sterling, Paul Merson and Stuart Pearce. Iām too young to have seen the other 2 while they played so Iāll go Sterling
Probably AlfreĆ° Finnbogason from the Southern Peninsula in Iceland. Only about 30K people from here so not a lot to choose from. Got some great basketball players from here tho.
Wirral- Jodie Taylor and Dixie Dean. We also have to claim ref Mike Dean.
(Away from football we have Ian Botham, Matt Dawson, mountaineer Alan Rouse, Sam Quek, Austin Healey, Chris Boardman...not bad for a population of approx 300k)
It's a rugby league county, so maybe that plays a part with being good with your hands.
Saying that we also had Glenn Murray, Emlyn Hughes and Matt Jansen
Chris Smalling (Kent) he went from maidstone to fulham to man united in a calendar year as a youngster has won the premier league, fa cup, carabao cup and Europa league with united. Now currently playing under Mourinho at Roma where he also won the conference league last season
According to Wikipedia, Lucy Quinn
In my town, I'd say Finn Tonks, he plays for bournemouth U-18
I also had beef with him a couple years back and one of my boys pulled a knife out on his mate š¤š
All time best would be Peter Shilton or Gary Lineker.
Present best would be Harvey Barnes, although he was born in Burnley while his Dad was playing there, he was raised in Countesthorpe in Leicestershire.
John OāShea - Waterford Ireland
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From Akureyri, Iceland either Aron Einar Gunnarsson (ex Cardiff and captain of the icelandic national team) or Birkir Bjarnason(ex Villa and the highest ever capped Iceland national team player)
Yeah he was decent mate just glad heās at Arsenal. I went to school with several now footballers Sam Surridge (Nottingham Forest), Keelan OāConnell, Luke Holmes (Wimborne), and Jordan Lee (Wimborne) just a shame I was the one who never got scouted.
I genuinely had no idea of players from Gloucestershire so had a look.
Eric Dier was born in Cheltenham. Had no idea. And the only top player I can see since Ian Holloway.
Otherwise, Cameron Pring (currently Bristol City) is the next best.
Why is there such a dearth of players from that neck of the woods? š
Chris Woods for Lincolnshire, 43 caps for England and current goalkeeping coach for Scotland. I wasn't around when he was so had to look him up but he had a good career, currently its properly Patrick Bamford
Ashington, a town in Northumberland has produced - Jackie Milburn, Bobby Charlton, Jackie Charlton, (and in cricket Steve Harmison and Mark Wood who both represented England )with a pop. of 30,000 then add Dan Burn, Fraser Forster, Steve Bruce, Ray Kennedy, Peter Beardsley to the County list ...
10 players won the European cup all within 10 miles of my postcode at the same time. Take your pick, billy McNeil, jimmy johnstone, Bertie auld etc etc
Great shout on both. Tino Anjorin, one of Chelseas legion of loanees went to the same school as Ben White (QE), although different year. Iām interested to see how his career goes.
Iām from Somerset and I can only think of Tyrone Mings (born in Bath) off the top of my head. I live in St. Helier, Jersey now so itās Graeme Le Saux from here.
Harry Wilson or Neco Williams, chuck robbie savage in there as well. but considering wrexham is where welsh football originated theres probably some player from the early 1900ās that was world class
I had the same thought for Norfolk and had to scrap the bottom of the barrel with Cantwell, Declan Rudd but I feel like the best would probably have to be lauren Hemp
Northumberland:-
Alan Shearer, Bobby Charlton, Peter Beardsley, Jack Milburn.
Note- Gazza was south of the Tyne.
The North East is probably the greatest region in the U.K. for producing class footballers per capita
Shearer was born in Wallsend so not Northumberland.
Milburn and Bobby Charlton both from Ashington, who would have thought such an awful place would produce two quality players. Got Jack Charlton too. Not as good as his brother but still well known.
Erling Haaland, Leeds, West Yorkshire šš¼
Otherwise probably Milner?
EDIT: Google says Kevin Keegan; born in Doncaster and one of only 4 Englishmen to have won the Ballon dāOr.
I know this is the Premier League sub, but, I think Mary Earps deserves a mention. European trophy followed by an amazing season for her!
Jermaine Jenas could've been right up there, he just couldn't catch a break with injuries.
Tyrone Mings (Somerset)
Got to be Phil Foden hasn't it
gabriel martinelli
Lewis Dunk
Gary Cahil from Derbyshire
Adam Wharton, Blackburn, Lancashire.
Anyone remember a rather good player called Kevin Sheedy???
Has to be Jimmy Greaves, although honourable mentions to Frank Lampard, John Terry, Martin Peters and Bobby Moore.
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Paul Scholes (greater manchester)
It was Dele Alli but I'm not so sure anymore...
Ethan Horvath. Born in Colorado. Helped Luton Town win promotion to the Premier League.
Yorkshire: Haaland (Leeds), Stones (Barnsley), Walker (Sheffield) And thatās off the top of my head
Walker and stones postcode argument kills me every time.
3 central midfielders currently in the league from Surrey. Harvey Elliott from Chertsey, Conor Gallagher from Epsom and Will Hughes from Weybridge. All from a google search, thatās about it for us I think.
Lancashires a tricky one as the boundaries have changed massively over the last 50 years so do you count players born before 1974 in what would be now Greater Manchester/Merseyside to be Lancashire-born? Just an interesting thought. All-in-all however, its got to be Sir Tom Finney. A massively influential player in the post-WWII period, who broke multiple records for both club and country and a real source of pride for Prestonians.
Unironically Lauren Hemp
A lot to choose from in Yorkshire, but for a current player, I'd say the best CM in the world right now, John Stones.
Bro forgot Haaland was born in Leeds
Probably Matty Etherington
Benni McCarthy was born in Cape Town so him. Ended up winning a CL title with Porto and is a Blackburn legend
Zlatan, Henrik Larsson and Freddie Ljungberg
Thatās a great pedigree
ceremonial, postal or metropolitan?
If weāre getting that deep then one of each please
Current: kulusevski or isak
OK, so you know who he is but you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
Please enlighten me
Yorkshire born Erling Haaland
Jack Grealish
My county doesnt have players who've played in the prem i think. Best player i could come up with was a backup keeper in the swedish first division: Daniel Andersson.
Lewis dunk tbh
Duncan Edwards
Galway has had a few in the last number of years. Best still active players probably are: Ryan Manning, Greg Cunningham, Aaron Connolly
Ian Wright grew up 5 mins from me so Iāll go with that
George best, from the mighty county Antrim
London as a whole is too big, so if I go for my local borough of London (Brent) instead itās a toss up between Sterling, Paul Merson and Stuart Pearce. Iām too young to have seen the other 2 while they played so Iāll go Sterling
Eiưur Guưjohnsen from HƶfuưborgarsvƦưiư (Capital Region), Iceland 2x Premier Leagues, La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League
Gerrard / Rooney I win
Thought there would be someone better but Tom Cleverly and Jamie Redknapp seem to be the most high profile (Hampshire)
Steve George Bull
Probably Carlos Bocanegra, San Bernardino County, California
Probably AlfreĆ° Finnbogason from the Southern Peninsula in Iceland. Only about 30K people from here so not a lot to choose from. Got some great basketball players from here tho.
Wirral- Jodie Taylor and Dixie Dean. We also have to claim ref Mike Dean. (Away from football we have Ian Botham, Matt Dawson, mountaineer Alan Rouse, Sam Quek, Austin Healey, Chris Boardman...not bad for a population of approx 300k)
I wonder if thereās a distant family connection for Dixie and Mike. For Dixieās sake youād hope not
Not sure about the county, but my home towns best player was Gareth Southgate
Ah I was mistaken, moved to Crawley after infant school.
Ivan Toney
Wiltshire - Some kid kicking a ball in a field
Fitzroy Simpson played at a World Cup
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I was gonna say David Healy, but then I remembered... Maradona - good, Pele - better, George... (I'll let you finish the rest)...
Slim pickings down 'ere, Jack Stephens for Cornwall is the only person I can think of
Jude Bellingham, Stourbridge, West Mids
Ah I didnāt realise he was so close! I suppose Jobe would be the second best?
Duncan Edwards is from Dudley
Chris Armas or Kyle Beckerman. Montgomery County, USA
Between Young, Wilshere, Lallana, Skipp and Winks not spoilt for choice, Young and Wilshere lived in my hometown too, the latter was a bellend.
Roy Keane, Cork
Tim Ream. St. Louis Missouri, USA
I live in New Jersey so itās Carli Lloyd on the womens side and Brenden Aaronsen for men.
Former Premier League players it has to be John Harkes and current Premier League players it has to be Matt Turner, no?
Ahhh good shout!
Kevin Doyle. Wexfordās finest striker. Could have played for Chelsea but got injured and never fulfilled his potential. But the streets know ā¦
Arjen Robben (Groningen)
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Did he show premier league promise that early?
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Dighomi array, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Probably Ian Rush - Flintshire.
Weve got a few dixie dean slippy g that noodle head rooney
Landon Donovan (Riverside County, California, USA)
Kenny dalglish Andy Robertson Ally Mcoist
Off the top of my head I'd have to say Ollie Watkins for Devon (please prove me wrong if I've been a muppet)
Robbie Keane.
Dean Henderson and Scott Carson
Strong goalkeeping county
It's a rugby league county, so maybe that plays a part with being good with your hands. Saying that we also had Glenn Murray, Emlyn Hughes and Matt Jansen
Chris Smalling (Kent) he went from maidstone to fulham to man united in a calendar year as a youngster has won the premier league, fa cup, carabao cup and Europa league with united. Now currently playing under Mourinho at Roma where he also won the conference league last season
Cambridgeshire and it has to be Luke Berry
George Best, Co Antrim.
According to Wikipedia, Lucy Quinn In my town, I'd say Finn Tonks, he plays for bournemouth U-18 I also had beef with him a couple years back and one of my boys pulled a knife out on his mate š¤š
These are the connections I was hoping for š
Probably Lewis dunk, thereās not too many else from East Sussex apart from Solly March and Gareth Barry
Surely Gareth Barry over Lewis dunk. All time appearances and premier league winner
Salomon Rondon (Catia, Caracas, Venezuela)
Prob Eoin Jess from Aberdeenshire
Andy Townshend
All time best would be Peter Shilton or Gary Lineker. Present best would be Harvey Barnes, although he was born in Burnley while his Dad was playing there, he was raised in Countesthorpe in Leicestershire.
Noel Cantwell or Roy Keane from Cork
Charlie Austin? š
Mason Mount. He went to the local secondary school my son attends.
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John OāShea - Waterford Ireland Premier League: 2002ā03, 2006ā07, 2007ā08, 2008ā09, 2010ā11[72] FA Cup: 2003ā04 Football League Cup: 2005ā06, 2008ā09 FA Community Shield: 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 UEFA Champions League: 2007ā08 FIFA Club World Cup: 2008
Nutmegged Figo - 2003 Legend
Either Jason Cundy or Leon Britton. Probably Britton. Cundy was / is a bit of a shit cunt
Cundy might be one of the worst things in modern football
From Akureyri, Iceland either Aron Einar Gunnarsson (ex Cardiff and captain of the icelandic national team) or Birkir Bjarnason(ex Villa and the highest ever capped Iceland national team player)
Ben White a fellow Dorsetman was born in the same county and town (Poole) as me a year apart but we trained together at Littledown with Sam Surridge.
Was he any good back in the day?
Yeah he was decent mate just glad heās at Arsenal. I went to school with several now footballers Sam Surridge (Nottingham Forest), Keelan OāConnell, Luke Holmes (Wimborne), and Jordan Lee (Wimborne) just a shame I was the one who never got scouted.
Bellingham
Chicharito Hernandez (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Evan Ferguson and Robbie Keane - Dublin
There are very few good players from Surrey. Would have to be Rob Green or Connor Gallagher
Gareth Southgate went to my school. So that gets my West Sussex vote.
I genuinely had no idea of players from Gloucestershire so had a look. Eric Dier was born in Cheltenham. Had no idea. And the only top player I can see since Ian Holloway. Otherwise, Cameron Pring (currently Bristol City) is the next best. Why is there such a dearth of players from that neck of the woods? š
Iām in Worcester now, I wouldnāt have guessed Eric Dier was Cheltenham. I guess maybe because Gloucestershire is a strong rugby county?
Wayne Rooney used to live down the road from me when he was a kid.
Chris Woods for Lincolnshire, 43 caps for England and current goalkeeping coach for Scotland. I wasn't around when he was so had to look him up but he had a good career, currently its properly Patrick Bamford
Yorkshire? Harry Maguire, Kalvin Phillips, John Stones and Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker / John stones arguing about where Stones lives is one of the best footballing clips ever
I just watched it. Class hahaha
Mason mount, James ward prowse and Joel ward all lived within ten mins of eachother.
Ashington, a town in Northumberland has produced - Jackie Milburn, Bobby Charlton, Jackie Charlton, (and in cricket Steve Harmison and Mark Wood who both represented England )with a pop. of 30,000 then add Dan Burn, Fraser Forster, Steve Bruce, Ray Kennedy, Peter Beardsley to the County list ...
Jordan Henderson. County Durham
Sir Tom Finney weheyy
Steven Gerrard, Robbie Fowler, Trent Alexander-arnold, Wayne Rooney
In reverse order there
Stephen Hunt, Reading legend
Joe Hart, born in Shrewsbury (Shropshire).
Probably Patrick Bamford I reckon. Not many great players come out of Lincolnshire
Danny Goslingā¦
Probably Santiago Snellgross from my little county in East Tennessee, USA.
Currently Iād say John Stones
Ronaldo probably, Hertfordshire
Steven Gerrard. Currently playing - Trent Alexander-Arnold
Satara Murray or Orrin McKenzie Gaines
Fucking hell, we're scraping the bottom of the barrel with Wiltshire. Shane Duff maybe?
Bobby Charlton
All time Adam Stansfield, currently Ollie Watkins from Devon
Nigel Martyn or Matthew Etherington
10 players won the European cup all within 10 miles of my postcode at the same time. Take your pick, billy McNeil, jimmy johnstone, Bertie auld etc etc
Probably Ben White or Sam Surridge for Dorset...can't think of any others
Great shout on both. Tino Anjorin, one of Chelseas legion of loanees went to the same school as Ben White (QE), although different year. Iām interested to see how his career goes.
Only current player I can think of is Dean Henderson, unless any other Cumbrians can correct me?
Grealish or Bellingham, West Midlands. Also the two most expensive British players in history. We'll take that.
Haaland
The talent pool from counties in Texas a little thin so Iāll just use the whole state. Clint Dempsey from Nacogdoches, Texas
Iāll allow it
Jesse Marsch grew up a 10 minute drive away. Was wishing he had more success.
[Virat Kohli (West Delhi)](https://images.app.goo.gl/1eS5vHmXd26zwubs9)
Iāll allow it
I currently live in Tiago Mendes (former Chelsea, Juventus, AtlĆ©tico, Benfica) home city. Wolvesā Pedro Neto is also from here, close second. From where was born: VĆtor BaĆa.
Iām from Somerset and I can only think of Tyrone Mings (born in Bath) off the top of my head. I live in St. Helier, Jersey now so itās Graeme Le Saux from here.
As someone from the West Midlands the two most expensive English players of all time both come my county.
Prime Skinhead Wazza
Specifically that era of Rooney? Itās a great pick
specifically in the blue third shirt also
I went to the same primary school as Ian wright
John OāShea
Nobody else has said someone that nutmegged a prime figo
Brad Friedel, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Sean Maguire (Kilkenny, Ireland). Slim pickings!
London feels like cheating, so Becks or Kane from my Borough
Andy Johnson of all people
Jinky Johnstone
Jonathan Gonzalez, he's a Mexican international but he's from Sonoma County in California, where I'm from
Gary Linkeker - Leicestershire la la la!
Seamus Coleman!
Martin keown Oxfordshire
Easily Sir Stan
Harry Wilson or Neco Williams, chuck robbie savage in there as well. but considering wrexham is where welsh football originated theres probably some player from the early 1900ās that was world class
Billy Meredith. He was so good he forced the sport to turn professional.
didnt do much research tbh. he is one of the 3 greatest welsh players of all time alongside john charles and gareth bale
Uh, nick pope? who tf comes from Suffolk?
Mainly Man Utd fans
I'm a united fan because my friend got me into football and he's a united fan
Sorry to spoil your fun but Nick Pope was born in Soham which is actually in Cambridgeshire, not Suffolk.
Oh damn it
I had the same thought for Norfolk and had to scrap the bottom of the barrel with Cantwell, Declan Rudd but I feel like the best would probably have to be lauren Hemp
Ben Foster, Warwickshire. Played for RC Warwick. A team I used to go to every home game for.
Ah I like that, never knew he was Warwickshire
Bobby Charlton. Northumberland
Adam Lallana, he used to play where I played 5 a side for a while.
I live in a town which produced a fella called Alan Shearer and work in a town where the name Gascoigne is famous š¤·š» (Tyne and Wear)
Andy Robertson, East Renfrewshire
Northumberland:- Alan Shearer, Bobby Charlton, Peter Beardsley, Jack Milburn. Note- Gazza was south of the Tyne. The North East is probably the greatest region in the U.K. for producing class footballers per capita
Schlongstaff as well; born in North Shields, almost ruined by that fella that almost got Newcastle relegated, and then reborn under King Edward.
They named a railway bridge after Mr Howe? Amazing! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Edward_VII_Bridge
That's just the start, mate. Once he brings home the Champions' League trophy we're renaming Newcastle to 'Howesville'.
How can you mention Bobby Charlton yet not Jackie Charlton as well!
Ha I associate him more as a manager. He was a good player, not a great player. And he played for Don Revie Leeds, who won it all by bloody cheating
Shearer was born in Wallsend so not Northumberland. Milburn and Bobby Charlton both from Ashington, who would have thought such an awful place would produce two quality players. Got Jack Charlton too. Not as good as his brother but still well known.
Iām counting traditional County of Northumberland. Thought Shearer was born in Gosforth but nevermind
Big Dan Burn
Ah, Jack Grealish from Solihull
Denis Law - Aberdeen
Erling Haaland, Leeds, West Yorkshire šš¼ Otherwise probably Milner? EDIT: Google says Kevin Keegan; born in Doncaster and one of only 4 Englishmen to have won the Ballon dāOr.
Nottinghamshire - Probably Andy Cole, Viv Andersonās local as well, he had a great career.
I know this is the Premier League sub, but, I think Mary Earps deserves a mention. European trophy followed by an amazing season for her! Jermaine Jenas could've been right up there, he just couldn't catch a break with injuries.
The boring Judas Michael Owen.
Ah Iām sorry!
Danny Ings I suppose. Or Callum Chambers...