All time XIs of Scotland,England and Wales

[The Hitman]

I once suggested to a mate of mine,who's a really sound lad but doesn't know that much about footie (ie an Arsenal fan),that Scotland's all-time best XI is possibly better than England's.

I know it's all hypothetical,champ manager rubbish,but it's fun to do.

 

What do people think the sides would be?

[Cobs]

Banks, Cohen, Wilson, Charlton, Moore, Stiles, Ball, Hunt, Peters, Charlton®, Hurst.

 

[shaq]

I don't know many scottish players, but it would have Kenny Dalglish and Hansen it. That'll do for me!

[Cunny]

Scotland would be able to put out a bloody decent side

 

Dalglish and Law up front

Souness Bremner in the middle of the park

Jimmy Johnston and Jim Baxter on the wings

Billy McNeill and John Greig at centre back

Danny McGrain and Steve Nicol as full backs

 

and erm Alan Rough in goal

 

I'm sure I've missed a few obvious candidates out as well.

 

I don't know many scottish players, but it would have Kenny Dalglish and Hansen it. That'll do for me!

 

 

As any Scot will tell you, Hansen was gash for Scotland.

I think Hansen has admitted as much himself.

[Crazy Horse]

I started to write a post complaining about N. Ireland and the Republic's absence, then tried to do a N. Ireland all-time XI and struggled. A bunch of blokes from the fifties, George Best, and David Healy up front!

[The Hitman]

I started to write a post complaining about N. Ireland and the Republic's absence, then tried to do a N. Ireland all-time XI and struggled. A bunch of blokes from the fifties, George Best, and David Healy up front!

I thought about it for a while,then decided it was too difficult a task!!

Colin Clarke?

[cymrococh]

If we're doing Wales, do we have to do defenders?

 

The only good ones we've had have been bluesh*te.

 

John Charles excepted, of course.

 

Rush

Hughes

Allchurch

Saunders

Speed

Horne

Ratcliffe

Charles

Delaney

Southall

Edited October 6, 2006 by Paul Caruso

[fred milne]

If we're doing Wales, do we have to do defenders?

 

The only good ones we've had have been bluesh*te.

 

John Charles excepted, of course.

 

Rush

Hughes

Allchurch

Saunders

Speed

Horne

Ratcliffe

Charles

Delaney

Southall

Giggs?

[cymrococh]

Giggs?

Probably, instead of Saunders I suppose.

 

Surely there were better midfielders than Speed and Horne around before I was born!

[Cunny]

Leighton James?

Terry Yorath?

[fred milne]

Souness Bremner in the middle of the park

That's a better pairing than anything England could offer.

[Crazy Horse]

Pat Jennings

Johnny Carey Jackie Blanchflower Danny Blanchflower Alf McMichael

Billy Bingham Steven Davis Norman Whiteside George Best

David Healy Iain Dowie

[cochyn]

...

Delaney

...

 

 

Forum Law decrees it's Gabbidon.

[Bootle Buck]

Scotland

 

Harvey(Leeds)

 

McGrain

McNeil

Mackay

Gemmil

 

Baxter

Bremner

Souness

Johnstone

 

Dalglish

Law

[John am Rhein]

Scotland would win this

[libero]

Scotland

 

Harvey(Leeds)

 

McGrain

McNeil

Mackay

Gemmil

 

Baxter

Bremner

Souness

Johnstone

 

Dalglish

Law

Good but not the best.

Mackay was a midfielder,Willie Miller in his prime was one of the best in the world.

Liddell. Every Red should know how good he was

Goram, was the best keeper Scotland ever had (imho)and he had to compete with Jim Leighton at the same time.

 

John L is correct Scotland would win, albeit rather easily

[Ostrich Man]

Pat Jennings

Johnny Carey Jackie Blanchflower Danny Blanchflower Alf McMichael

Billy Bingham Steven Davis Norman Whiteside George Best

David Healy Iain Dowie

f*** that man go for the united ireland team (i know it hard)

 

would stand against any team...just random names to choose from

best

giles

keane

brady

o'neill

stapleton

whiteside

jennings

irwin

lawrenson

carey

mcilroy (and by the way andrew Davis above mcilroy is a disgrace)

carey

neill

rice

[anny road]

f*** that man go for the united ireland team (i know it hard)

 

would stand against any team...just random names to choose from

best

giles

keane

brady

o'neill

stapleton

whiteside

jennings

irwin

lawrenson

carey

mcilroy (and by the way andrew Davis above mcilroy is a disgrace)

carey

neill

rice

 

 

except you cant cause your british

 

get over it

[Ostrich Man]

Pat Jennings

Johnny Carey Jackie Blanchflower Danny Blanchflower Alf McMichael

Billy Bingham Steven Davis Norman Whiteside George Best

David Healy Iain Dowie

f*** that man go for the united ireland team (i know its hard)

 

would stand against any team...just random names to choose from

 

best

giles

keane

brady

o'neill

stapleton

whiteside

jennings

irwin

lawrenson

carey

mcilroy (and by the way andrew Davis above mcilroy is a disgrace)

carey

neill

rice

brennan

aldridge

hurley

whelan

whelan

moran

mcgrath

keane

duff

 

 

 

top of the head mind....pick best 11 out of them.

 

billy as manager.

Edited October 6, 2006 by Ostrich Man

[Crazy Horse]

(and by the way andrew Davis above mcilroy is a disgrace)

 

 

f*** off - I had 5 Man Utd players in there as it was - I couldn't have them make up more than half of the team!

 

[passater]

Ireland team ;

 

Given

 

Irwin

Lawrenson

McGrath

Staunton

 

Heighway

Brady

Roy Keane

Duff

 

Stapleton

Robbie Keane

 

Subs; Bonner, O'Leary, Moran, Whelan, Aldridge, Quinn, Houghton

 

Only players I have seen....saw Giles but he was ancient and crap in 1979....

[Guest Cardie]

Giggs?

 

Depends, are these all time XIs going to be friendly matches, if so he'd be injured anyway.

[zimmie4444]

If you made an all-time British XI, I think the English would be in the minority actually:

 

Southall

Charles

Moore

Hansen

Best

Charlton

Souness

Barnes

Dalglish

Law

Rush

 

Jennings, Johnstone, Finney, Matthews, Liddell

[John am Rhein]

British XI:

 

Shilton

Wright

Blanchflower

Charles

Moore

Matthews

Souness

Charlton

Best

Greaves

Dalglish

 

I've gone for 4 defenders rather than 2 full backs and 2 center backs - it seems hard to think of any full-backs whose names seem to fit among such company. Danny McGrain and Terry Cooper (maybe Gerry Byrne) were the best i could think of.

 

I'm inclined to put Dixie Dean in place of Greaves, but that opens a whole pre-WW2 can of worms and I'm not really knowledgeable about that era of football to make judgements: Alex James?, Billy Meredith? etc. etc.