The United Colours of West Ham
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
Leon, do you mind if I have a go at the Irish, compiled from various online sources?
Republic of Ireland internationals who played for West Ham [19]:
Liam Brady
Gary Breen
Noel Cantwell
Clive Clarke
David Connolly
Noel Dwyer
Ray Houghton
Chris Hughton
Robbie Keane
Freddie Kearns
David Kelly
Danny McGowan
Johnny McGowan
Tommy Moroney
Frank O'Farrell
Joey O'Brien
Charlie Turner
Darren Randolph
Declan Rice
Other Irishmen (youth and uncapped) who played for West Ham (probably not a complete list) [8]:
Lee Boylan
Shaun Byrne
Josh Cullen
Eamonn Dolan
Stephen Henderson
John Morley
Billy Neville
Matthew Rush
(Some) other Irish who spent time at the club without a first team appearance:
David Forde*
Matt Holland*
Gerry Peyton*
Eoin Wearen*
Conor Coventry
Clive Delaney
Seán Maguire
Gary Kelly
Daryl McMahon
Billy Mehmet
Terry Dixon
Lorcan Fitzgerald
Danny Kearns
* Full internationals
Northern Ireland (full internationals only - may not be complete) [11]:
Roy Carroll
Ian Dowie
Kevin Horlock
Michael Hughes
Steve Lomas
Grant McCann
George McCartney
Allen Mcknight
Brian Moore
Jimmy Quinn
Keith Rowland
Republic of Ireland internationals who played for West Ham [19]:
Liam Brady
Gary Breen
Noel Cantwell
Clive Clarke
David Connolly
Noel Dwyer
Ray Houghton
Chris Hughton
Robbie Keane
Freddie Kearns
David Kelly
Danny McGowan
Johnny McGowan
Tommy Moroney
Frank O'Farrell
Joey O'Brien
Charlie Turner
Darren Randolph
Declan Rice
Other Irishmen (youth and uncapped) who played for West Ham (probably not a complete list) [8]:
Lee Boylan
Shaun Byrne
Josh Cullen
Eamonn Dolan
Stephen Henderson
John Morley
Billy Neville
Matthew Rush
(Some) other Irish who spent time at the club without a first team appearance:
David Forde*
Matt Holland*
Gerry Peyton*
Eoin Wearen*
Conor Coventry
Clive Delaney
Seán Maguire
Gary Kelly
Daryl McMahon
Billy Mehmet
Terry Dixon
Lorcan Fitzgerald
Danny Kearns
* Full internationals
Northern Ireland (full internationals only - may not be complete) [11]:
Roy Carroll
Ian Dowie
Kevin Horlock
Michael Hughes
Steve Lomas
Grant McCann
George McCartney
Allen Mcknight
Brian Moore
Jimmy Quinn
Keith Rowland
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
Haha! Nice. Do you have any affinity to the Emerald Isle yourself?
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
Sebastian Haller is our 20th Frenchman. Pablo Fornals is our 8th Spaniard.
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
Roberto is the 9th Spaniard to represent the club. Ajeti, the 4th Swiss.
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
Tomáš Souček is the 7th Czech to represent West Ham, but only the third outfield Czech player.
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
A little bump for this thread, as I was trying to determine who the last American to play for WHUFC was.
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
If not Lletget or Potts, it must be Johnny Specs, mustn't it?Up the Junction wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:44 pm A little bump for this thread, as I was trying to determine who the last American to play for WHUFC was.
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
Turns to Stone wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:46 pm If not Lletget or Potts, it must be Johnny Specs, mustn't it?
Edit: or is Danny Potts English?
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
The former!Turns to Stone wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:46 pm If not Lletget or Potts, it must be Johnny Specs, mustn't it?
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
But who was the first? Feuer? Harkes?Up the Junction wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:13 pm The former!
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
Up the Junction wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:20 amThe original article upon which it was based referred to non-British/Irish players, for all those determined to point out every Irishman, Welshman or Scotsman to don the claret and blue.
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
That said, you're welcome to start a new thread on Scottish players if you so wish.
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Re: The United Colours of West Ham
oh right, born in Connecticut. Thought he was a UK citizen however? Have read that he played youth level for England and under the rules of the day was not eligible for the USMNT