1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season

The 1995–96 Liverpool F.C. season was the 104th season in the club's existence, and their 34th consecutive year in the top-flight. In addition to the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons), the club competed in the FA Cup, the League Cup, and the UEFA Cup.

Liverpool
1995–96 season
ChairmanEngland David Moores
ManagerEngland Roy Evans
Premier League3rd
FA CupRunners-up
League CupFourth round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Robbie Fowler (28)

All:
Robbie Fowler (36)
Average home league attendance39,010

Season overview

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Having paid a national record £8.5million for Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore in the close season, Liverpool were many people's favourites for the league title in 1995–96 – especially as defending champions Blackburn Rovers had failed to significantly add to their squad and runners-up Manchester United had sold three key players but begun the season without a single major signing. 1994–95 had arguably been Liverpool's best season of the post-Dalglish era, as they had finished fourth and won the Football League Cup. They already possessed some of the country's finest young talent in the shape of prolific striker Robbie Fowler and talented midfielders Steve McManaman and Jamie Redknapp. Fowler would end the season as the second highest goalscorer in the country, behind Alan Shearer, while McManaman was the leading goal assists maker in the country, with 25 assists (15 in the Premier League alone).

Collymore too was rich on form from the beginning: he found the net on his debut at Liverpool won 1–0 at Sheffield Wednesday on the opening day of the Premier League season. A 1–0 defeat at Leeds United came two days later, followed by wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers.[1]

September started on a low note for the Reds as they lost 1–0 at Wimbledon, but pulled together to win their following games 3–0 over Blackburn Rovers and 5–2 over newly promoted Bolton Wanderers (with Robbie Fowler scoring four times) to end September in third place, with a young Manchester United side and a bolstered Newcastle United leading the way.[2] The month also the arrival of midfielder Jason McAteer from newly promoted Bolton Wanderers for £4.5million. McAteer was soon utilized as a right-back, with Rob Jones switching to left-back.

There was also success on the European scene, as the Reds overcame Spartak Vladikavkaz in the first round of the UEFA Cup, although their adventure ended in the second round with a shock exit at the hands of Danish side Brøndby. They did manage to edge past Sunderland in the League Cup second round and then crush Manchester City 4–0 in the third round. Three days after knocking them out of the League Cup, they faced City again at Anfield in the league. They beat Alan Ball's side 6–0, with Ian Rush and Robbie Fowler both scoring twice. The result left their opponents rooted to the bottom of the table and still looking for a league win after 11 games, but it was a big boost for the Reds, who were now four points behind leaders Newcastle United and three points adrift of second placed Manchester United. They were, however, closely under pressure from a resurgent Arsenal, newly promoted Middlesbrough and also a Nottingham Forest side who seemed to be coping well without Stan Collymore.[3]

November was a disaster for the Reds, who failed to win any of their five games that month, losing 2–1 to Newcastle United, Everton and Middlesbrough in the league, in which they also drew 0–0 at West Ham United, and lost 1–0 to Newcastle United in the League Cup fourth round. They ended the month in seventh place, 14 points behind leaders Newcastle United. The title dream was now looking dead and buried with less than half of the season gone.[4]

December was a much better month for the Reds, who were held 1–1 at Anfield by Southampton at the start of the month before winning 1–0 at struggling Bolton Wanderers. On 17 December, Robbie Fowler took his tally of goals against Manchester United for the season to four as he scored both goals in a 2–0 win at Anfield just over two months after netting twice in the 2–2 draw at Old Trafford. The Anfield win helped keep Newcastle United's lead of the Premier League a comfortable one. For the second season running, Robbie Fowler scored a league hat-trick at home to Arsenal, though this time in the space of nearly 40 minutes rather than the record breaking time of less than five minutes as had happened the previous season, as the Reds won 3–1. They were now just one point behind second placed Manchester United, though they were still 11 points adrift of leaders Newcastle United.[5]

January was another successful month at Anfield as the Reds ended it in second place, ahead of Manchester United on goal difference, although Newcastle United still had a nine-point lead at the top. It seemed possible that Liverpool might be able to live up to their pre-season tag as title favourites after all.[6]

Liverpool's best chance of silverware appeared to be in the FA Cup, where they began with a 7–0 third round win over Rochdale in which Ian Rush set a new record for career goals scored in the competition. They had a similarly easy opposition in the fourth round, winning 4–0 at home to Shrewsbury Town, and booked their place in the quarter-finals for the first time since 1992 by beating Charlton Athletic 2–1 in the fifth round at the end of February. They were still going well in the league, keeping up the pressure on the leading pack of Newcastle United and Manchester United, though by 24 February they were still nine points behind Kevin Keegan's leaders and Alex Ferguson's second place title chasers.[7] The quarter-final brought a 3–0 win in the replay against Leeds United after a goalless draw in the first match, and the month ended with a 3–0 semi-final win over Aston Villa which booked them an FA Cup final clash with Manchester United.

April began with a 4–3 home win over Newcastle United – a match widely regarded as one of the most exciting league games of the 1990s. The result did a favour for Liverpool's fierce rivals Manchester United, as it kept their three-point lead over the Tynesiders intact, also keeping Liverpool's title hopes – and their hopes of a unique second double – alive, as they were now just five points off the top.[8] However, a 1–0 defeat at struggling Coventry City three days later left Liverpool's title hopes looking practically dead.[9] By the time of their 1–0 home win over Middlesbrough on 27 April, the title was beyond Liverpool's reach.[10] They finished the season third in the Premier League – their highest league finish since finishing runners-up of the old Football League First Division in 1991 – and their last game was at Maine Road on 5 May, when they held Manchester City to a 2–2 draw, a result which saw their hosts relegated on goal difference. The game was also memorable for being the game where Ian Rush scored his final goal for the Reds; after more than 300 goals in two spells at the club over the last 16 years, he would be leaving on a free transfer at the end of the season.

The FA Cup final was played at Wembley Stadium on 11 May 1996. It was a relatively dull game despite all the hype that surrounded a clash under the twin towers for the nation's two most successful clubs, and with just five minutes remaining it was still deadlock and extra time was looking likely. However, in the 85th minute, David James punched clear a David Beckham corner, only for Eric Cantona to boot the ball into the net from the edge of the penalty area. Liverpool failed to even make a serious attempt to equalise and the trophy was won by their opponents for a record ninth time.[11]

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG David James
2 DF   ENG Rob Jones
4 DF   IRL Jason McAteer[notes 1]
5 DF   ENG Mark Wright
6 DF   IRL Phil Babb[notes 2]
7 FW   ENG Nigel Clough
8 FW   ENG Stan Collymore
9 FW   WAL Ian Rush
10 MF   ENG John Barnes[notes 3]
11 MF   ENG Mark Walters
12 DF   ENG John Scales
13 GK   DEN Michael Stensgaard
14 MF   DEN Jan Mølby
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   ENG Jamie Redknapp
16 MF   ENG Michael Thomas
17 MF   ENG Steve McManaman
18 MF   ENG Phil Charnock
19 MF   IRL Mark Kennedy
20 DF   NOR Stig Inge Bjørnebye
21 DF   ENG Dominic Matteo[notes 4]
22 DF   ENG Steve Harkness
23 FW   ENG Robbie Fowler
24 FW   WAL Lee Jones
25 DF   ENG Neil Ruddock
26 GK   ENG Tony Warner[notes 5]
27 GK   ENG Stephen Pears

Transfers

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# Pos Player From Fee Date
8 FW   Stan Collymore   Nottingham Forest £8,500,000 1 July 1995
27 GK   Stephen Pears   Middlesbrough Free 14 August 1995
4 MF   Jason McAteer   Bolton Wanderers £4,500,000 7 September 1995
# Pos Player To Fee Date
11 MF   Mark Walters   Southampton Free 17 January 1996
7 FW   Nigel Clough   Manchester City £1,500,000 24 January 1996
14 MF   Jan Mølby   Swansea City Free 21 February 1996
8 FW   Paul Stewart   Sunderland Free 5 March 1996
9 FW   Ian Rush   Leeds United Free 20 May 1996

Competitions

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Premier League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 25 7 6 73 35 +38 82 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Newcastle United 38 24 6 8 66 37 +29 78 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Liverpool 38 20 11 7 70 34 +36 71 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Aston Villa 38 18 9 11 52 35 +17 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5 Arsenal 38 17 12 9 49 32 +17 63
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Liverpool qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United already qualified for the Champions League. They defaulted their UEFA Cup spot from league position to Arsenal.

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHHAHAHAHAA
ResultWLWWLWWDDWWLLDLDWWWDWDWWDWWWDWLWLWDWDD
Position79437434553577888533322233433333333333
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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19 August 1995 1 Liverpool 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Liverpool
15:00 Collymore   61' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,535
Referee: Paul Durkin (Isle of Portland)
21 August 1995 (MNF) 2 Leeds United 1–0 Liverpool Leeds
20:00 Yeboah   51' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,852
Referee: David Elleray (Harrow)
26 August 1995 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Liverpool Tottenham
15:00 Barnes   88' (o.g.) Report Barnes   7', 42'
Fowler   54'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,254
Referee: Keith Cooper (Pontypridd)
30 August 1995 4 Liverpool 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Liverpool
19:45 Ruddock   29' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 37,548
Referee: Steve Dunn
9 September 1995 5 Wimbledon 1–0 Liverpool South Norwood
15:00 V. Jones   23'
Babb   30' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 19,530
Referee: Keith Burge (Tonypandy)
16 September 1995 6 Liverpool 3–0 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool
15:00 Redknapp   12'
Fowler   22'
Collymore   29'
Report Berg   ?'   51' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,502
Referee: Gary Willard
23 September 1995 7 Liverpool 5–2 Bolton Wanderers Liverpool
15:00 Fowler   11', 30', 46', 67'
Harkness   83'
Report Todd   77'
Patterson   81' (pen.)
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,104
Referee: Martin Bodenham
1 October 1995 (Super Sunday) 8 Manchester United 2–2 Liverpool Trafford
16:00 Butt   2'
Cantona   71' (pen.)
Report Fowler   32', 54' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 34,934
Referee: David Elleray
14 October 1995 9 Liverpool 0–0 Coventry City Liverpool
15:00 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,079
Referee: Paul Danson
22 October 1995 (Super Sunday) 10 Southampton 1–3 Liverpool Southampton
16:00 G. Watson   2'
Le Tissier   ?'   68'
Report McManaman   21', 54'
Redknapp   73'
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,245
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
28 October 1995 11 Liverpool 6–0 Manchester City Liverpool
15:00 Rush   3', 64'
Redknapp   5'
Fowler   47', 60'
Ruddock   53'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,267
Referee: Alan Wilkie
4 November 1995 12 Newcastle United 2–1 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Ferdinand   3'
S. Watson   90'
Report Rush   11' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 36,547
Referee: Mike Reed
18 November 1995 13 Liverpool 1–2 Everton Liverpool
15:00 Fowler   89' Report Kanchelskis   53', 65' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,818
Referee: Gerald Ashby
22 November 1995 14 West Ham United 0–0 Liverpool Upton Park
19:45 Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 24,324
Referee: Jeff Winter (Middlesbrough)
25 November 1995 15 Middlesbrough 2–1 Liverpool Middlesbrough
15:00 Cox   2'
Barmby   66'
Report Ruddock   54' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 29,390
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
2 December 1995 16 Liverpool 1–1 Southampton Liverpool
15:00 Collymore   67' Report Shipperley   60' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 38,007
Referee: Robbie Hart (Darlington)
9 December 1995 17 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Liverpool Burnden
15:00 Report Collymore   61' Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 21,042
Referee: Martin Bodenham
17 December 1995 (Super Sunday) 18 Liverpool 2–0 Manchester United Liverpool
16:00 Fowler   45', 87' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,546
Referee: Graham Poll
23 December 1995 19 Liverpool 3–1 Arsenal Liverpool
15:00 Fowler   40', 56', 78' Report Wright   8' (pen.) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,806
Referee: Keith Cooper
30 December 1995 20 Chelsea 2–2 Liverpool Fulham
15:00 Spencer   9', 45' Report McManaman   33', 76' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 31,137
Referee: Keith Burge
1 January 1996 21 Liverpool 4–2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham
Fowler   21', 41'
Collymore   62'
Cooper   86' (o.g.)
Stone   13'
Woan   18'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,206
13 January 1996 22 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Liverpool Sheffield
Kovačević   7' Rush   87' Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 32,747
20 January 1996 23 Liverpool 5–0 Leeds United Liverpool
Ruddock   27', 90'
Fowler   62' (pen.), 68'
Collymore   89'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,254
31 January 1996 24 Aston Villa 0–2 Liverpool Aston
Collymore   61'
Fowler   65'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,332
3 February 1996 25 Liverpool 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,628
11 February 1996 26 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Liverpool Shepherd's Bush
Dichio   66' M. Wright   13'
Fowler   30'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 18,405
24 February 1996 27 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Liverpool Blackburn
Wilcox   25'
Sherwood   83'
Collymore   10', 21'
Thomas   70'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,895
3 March 1996 (Super Sunday) 28 Liverpool 3–0 Aston Villa Liverpool
McManaman   2'
Fowler   5', 8'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 39,508
13 March 1996 29 Liverpool 2–2 Wimbledon Liverpool
McManaman   35'
Collymore   68'
Ekoku   54'
Holdsworth   60'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 34,063
16 March 1996 30 Liverpool 2–0 Chelsea Liverpool
M. Wright   53'
Fowler   62'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,820
23 March 1996 31 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Liverpool Nottingham
Stone   42' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,058
3 April 1996 32 Liverpool 4–3 Newcastle United Liverpool
Fowler   2', 55'
Collymore   68', 90'
Ferdinand   10'
Ginola   14'
Asprilla   57'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,702
6 April 1996 33 Coventry City 1–0 Liverpool Hillfields
Whelan   18' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 23,137
8 April 1996 34 Liverpool 2–0 West Ham United Liverpool
Collymore   22'
Barnes   38'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,326
16 April 1996 35 Everton 1–1 Liverpool Walton
Kanchelskis   18' Fowler   87' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,120
27 April 1996 36 Liverpool 1–0 Middlesbrough Liverpool
Collymore   70' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,782
1 May 1996 37 Arsenal 0–0 Liverpool London
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,323
5 May 1996 38 Manchester City 2–2 Liverpool Moss Side
Rösler   71' (pen.)
Symons   78'
Lomas   6' (o.g.)
Rush   41'
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,436

FA Cup

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6 January 1996 Third round Liverpool 7–0 Rochdale Liverpool
Fowler   21'
Collymore   43', 44', 70'
Valentine   48' (o.g.)
Rush   61'
McAteer   85'
(Report) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 28,126
18 February 1996 Fourth round Shrewsbury Town 0–4 Liverpool Shrewsbury
(Report) Collymore   8'
Walton   69' (o.g.)
Fowler   75'
McAteer   84'
Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 7,752
28 February 1996 Fifth round Liverpool 2–1 Charlton Athletic Liverpool
Fowler   12'
Collymore   59'
(Report) Grant   87' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 36,818
10 March 1996 Sixth round Leeds United 0–0 Liverpool Leeds
(Report) Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 24,632
20 March 1996 Sixth round replay Liverpool 3–0 Leeds United Liverpool
McManaman   57', 73'
Fowler   83'
(Report) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 30,812
31 March 1996 Semi-final Liverpool 3–0 Aston Villa Manchester
Fowler   16', 86'
McAteer   90'
(Report) Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 39,072
11 May 1996 Final Liverpool 0–1 Manchester United London
(Report) Cantona   85' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 79,007

Football League Cup

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20 September 1995 Second round, first leg Liverpool 2–0 Sunderland Liverpool
19:45 McManaman   8'
Thomas   72'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 25,579
Referee: Peter Jones (Loughborough)
6 October 1995 Second round, second leg Sunderland 0–1 Liverpool Sunderland
19:45 Report Fowler   39' Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 20,560
Referee: Roger Dilkes (Mossley)
25 October 1995 Third round Liverpool 4–0 Manchester City Liverpool
19:45 Scales   9'
Fowler   74'
Rush   79'
Harkness   82'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 29,394
Referee: Stephen Lodge (Barnsley)
29 November 1995 Fourth round Liverpool 0–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
19:45 Report Watson   77' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,077
Referee: Paul Durkin (Isle of Portland)

UEFA Cup

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12 September 1995 First round, first leg Spartak Vladikavkaz   1–2   Liverpool Vladikavkaz
Qosimov   20' Report McManaman   32'
Redknapp   52'
Stadium: Republican Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
26 September 1995 First round, second leg Liverpool   0–0   Spartak Vladikavkaz Liverpool
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 35,042
Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)
13 October 1995 Second round, first leg Brøndby IF   0–0   Liverpool Brøndby Municipality
Report Stadium: Brøndby Stadium
Attendance: 37,648
Referee: Jaap Uilenberg (Netherlands)
31 October 1995 Second Round, Second Leg Liverpool   0–1   Brøndby IF Liverpool
Report Eggen   78' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 35,878
Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ENG David James 53 0 38 0 7 0 4 0 4 0
Defenders
2 DF   ENG Rob Jones 47 0 33 0 7 0 3 0 4 0
5 DF   ENG Mark Wright 42 2 28 2 7 0 3 0 4 0
6 DF   IRL Phil Babb 40 0 28 0 4 0 4 0 4 0
12 DF   ENG John Scales 38 1 27 0 7 0 2 1 2 0
20 DF   NOR Stig Inge Bjørnebye 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   ENG Dominic Matteo 6 0 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF   ENG Steve Harkness 33 2 23+1 1 1 0 4 1 4 0
25 DF   ENG Neil Ruddock 28 5 18+2 5 2 0 3+1 0 2 0
Midfielders
4 MF   IRL Jason McAteer 40 3 27+2 0 7 3 3+1 0 0 0
10 MF   ENG John Barnes 50 3 36 3 7 0 3 0 4 0
15 MF   ENG Jamie Redknapp 33 4 19+4 3 2+1 0 3 0 4 1
16 MF   ENG Michael Thomas 37 2 18+9 1 5+1 0 0+1 1 2+1 0
17 MF   ENG Steve McManaman 53 10 38 6 7 2 4 1 4 1
19 MF   IRL Mark Kennedy 6 0 1+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
Forwards
8 FW   ENG Stan Collymore 44 19 30+1 14 7 5 2+2 0 1+1 0
9 FW   WAL Ian Rush 29 7 10+10 5 0+4 1 2 1 2+1 0
23 FW   ENG Robbie Fowler 53 36 36+2 28 7 6 4 2 3+1 0
Players transferred out during the season
7 FW   ENG Nigel Clough 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 30 May 1996
Source: Competitions

Competition top scorers

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Competition Result Top scorer
Premier League 3rd   Robbie Fowler, 28
UEFA Cup Second round   Steve McManaman, 1
  Jamie Redknapp, 1
FA Cup Runners-up   Robbie Fowler, 6
League Cup Fourth round   Robbie Fowler, 2
Overall   Robbie Fowler, 36

Notes

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  1. ^ McAteer was born in Tranmere, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in March 1994.
  2. ^ Babb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994.
  3. ^ Barnes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but also qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as he held a British passport and made his international debut for England in May 1983.
  4. ^ Matteo was born in Dumfries, Scotland, but was raised in England from the age of four and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Scotland in November 2000.
  5. ^ Warner was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006.

References

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