Ten Worst Players to Ever Play for England
by Mad Dog and Glory on September 11th, 2009 386 words | 15 commentsHard to argue with this Daily Mail list was probably surprisingly easy to assemble!
10. Keith Curle (3 caps, 1992)
Never an obvious candidate for international football, Curle had spent his formative years on the boggy pitches of the lower leagues.
Graham Taylor’s scatter-gun approach to selection saw the Manchester City player appearing at right-back, only to be replaced by the left-midfielder Andy Sinton.9. Stuart Ripley (2 caps, 1993-1997)
Given the amount of talent that England had to select from, Ripley’s selection can only go down as a clerical error.8. Steve Guppy (1 cap, 1999)
I don’t know if you ever heard about the problems England have on the left side of the team? Well, Steve Guppy wasn’t the answer. Ever.7. John Fashanu (2 caps, 1989)
Proclaimed himself Nigerian but with many Arsenal and Liverpool players absent due to a rescheduled league decider, Fash the bash nabbed a couple of England caps in a handful of days. Oh, the shame.6. Francis Jeffers (1 cap, 2003)
Another player that showed promise but delivered precisely nought.5. Geoff Thomas (9 caps, 1991-1992)
A workman-like and honest player which, in Graham Taylor’s era was all you needed to make you a regular.4. David Nugent (1 cap, 2007)
A 100 per cent scoring record for England. Whatever.3. Seth Johnson (1 cap, 2000)
It’s tricky trying to decide just what to make of Johnson’s career but the fact that he managed to make it on the field with an England shirt on will forever remain a mystery.
One start against Italy in 2000 was enough to leave many an Englishman scratching their heads.2. Carlton Palmer (18 caps, 1992-1993)
The zenith of Graham Taylor’s poor decision making and symptomatic of the hole the national side found themselves in during the era.1. Michael Ricketts (1 cap, 2002)
Ricketts was Bolton’s first England player for 40 years but, given his debut, you can bet he wished he hadn’t bothered.A pointless wandering-about-the-pitch performance in a friendly with Holland during which he looked off the pace and left you wondering how he had managed to find form for his club. (Daily Mail)
Andy Sinton could have scraped onto this list, David Hirst likewise. Who would you have added?
anonymous - September 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
emile heskey coz hes more offside than all other players on the pitch put together and he cant stay on hes feet for more than 2 minutes. i also think its pretty sad that england fans sing the “even heskey scored” chant on the few occasions he does score as it shows that just about everyone thinks hes turd
Jed - September 11th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
watching glen johnson and steven gerrard play for england makes me want to vomit on my tv..they should just go play for spain like the rest of their club side
anonymous - September 11th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
TO jed. you only want to vomit because they are better than ashley cole and frank lampard
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anonymous - September 12th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Jed – we have 3 players who play for Spain,hardly the rest of the squad is it?
Besides,Terry and Lampard are guff for England aswell.If they weren’t cockney boys they’d get slated more in the press.
anonymous - September 12th, 2009 at 12:31 am
wost players to play for england for the last couple of years
1. gerrrard
2.david james
3.bentley
4.darren bent
anonymous - September 12th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Palmer was brilliant in his England performances. Particularly against Holland at Wembley.
Hirst was better than Shearer until he got crocked.
anonymous - September 12th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Michael Carrick should be their IMO. He looks awful whenever he wears the three lions shirt.
anonymous - September 12th, 2009 at 10:30 am
rooney’s diving puts england to shame no matter who the result. rooney should be no.1
anonymous - September 12th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Jermain Jenas… what a waste of space he is…. Spurs sell him please.
Retryboy - September 12th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Jealousy will get u nowhere jed every1 with half a brain knows that gerrard is the best player england have and johnson far and away the best right back ashley cole and terry deserve their places but what has lampard ever done in an england shirt should have anonymous on the back of his england shirt like most of the gerrard haters and whilst we have good english talent breaking through all u lot have done is take good quality english youngsters turned their heads with big wages and left them in the reserves Shaun wright-phillips, carlton cole, wayne bridge just a few who are now in the squad having escaped chelsea when did the last player break through into your team? Probably terry himself
anonymous - September 13th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
How can Steve Guppt be the 8th worst player ever to play for England when he only played 45mins?
Guppy was a fantastic player! He regularly finished in the top 10 players on the top assissts charts in the Premier League despite playing for a mid-table club, so I don’t see how he didn’t earn an England cap.
anonymous - September 13th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
steve guppy was awesome played brilliaiantly 4 the foxes and from what i remember played well 4 england , what muppet did this list????
anonymous - September 13th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Jeffers is terribble, but id love to know how ‘Another player that showed promise but delivered precisely nought.’ works when he scored….
You must be fucking stupid if you even considered putting hirsty on the list.
anonymous - September 14th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
“Guppy wasnt the answer. Ever” The best crosser in the league behind Beckham, could beat his man and got back and defended. Terrible attributes for a Left Winger, especially for a team that didnt have a left sided player. If anything, Guppy should have played more.
This article is shoddy and not doubt written by some gimp who just watches Top 4 matches on sky at the pub on his own driking gin and tonic
anonymous - November 17th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Ask Wayne Rooney if Emile Heskey is the worst England player ever? He plays so much better when Heskey is in the team, as do England. Jermaine Defoe couldnt hold up a post office with a sawn off shot gun. Remember some fans claiming Rooney didnt score enough goals a few years ago, they were as barmy as half of you that have commented on the article. Cappello better play 5 at the back if he starts Bent Defoe or Cole up top with Rooney cos the ball will just be coming straight back at em.