Premier League at 25

[Sanguine]

No, not a dewey-eyed look back at the birth of today's behmoth, although it was good to hear Brian Deane's recollections this morning of football 'back in the day' interviewed about scoring the first ever Premier League goal.

But I want some help with this poster, which was used to launch the league back in 92. Can we fill in the gaps?

Back row I'm good with - Hirst, Sharpe, Daley, Jones, Wright, Wark, Flowers, Sherwood.
Middle row - ???? (David?), Sutton, ????, ????, ????, ????, Hillier.
Front row - Charles, Ritchie, Salako, Sinton, ????, Strachan, Beardsley.




Wark and Strachan both still playing. Now I feel really old.

[Sutekh]

Isn't the Man City player (middle row left) David White? Are the Spurs and Sheffield U players David Howells and Andy Scott?

[BR0B0T]

Back Row (L-R)
David Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday)
Lee Sharp (Manchester United)
Tony Daley (Aston Villa)
Vinnie Jones (Chelsea)
Mark Wright (Liverpool)
John Wark (Ipswich)
Tim Flowers (Southampton)
Tim Sherwood (Blackburn Rovers)

Middle Row (L-R)
Ian Brightwell (Manchester City)
Ian Butterworth (Norwich City)
Hans Segars (Wimbledon)
Andy Pearce (Coventry City)
Carl Bradshaw (Sheffield United)
Gordon Durie (Spurs)
David Hillier (Arsenal)

Front Row (L-R)
Gary Charles (Nottingham Forest)
Andy Ritchie (Oldham)
John Salako (Crystal Palace)
Andy Sinton (QPR)
Andy Kernaghan (Middlesbrough)
Gordon Strachan (Leeds)
Peter Beardsley (Everton)

[Sanguine]

Ta. Forgot Durie played for Spurs.
Never would have got Kernaghan, good knowledge.

[Jim Royal]

Leicester are the only side to have won the Premier League not represented in that photo.

Others that have won are:-

Chelsea
Manchester City
Blackburn Rovers
Manchester United
Arsenal

[Sanguine]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_P ... ague_clubs

This is a good link.

Preston North End the only former top division winners not to have played in the PL.
Reading amongst six teams to have played in the PL having not previously reached the top division.

49 English football league teams (albeit one from Wales) have so far played in the PL.

And my favourite. Notts County and Luton resigned from the Football League having taken part in negotiations to form the PL, however they were relegated in 1991, and re-applied to the Football League for the 91-92 season.

[Silver Fox]

49 English football league teams (albeit one from Wales) have so far played in the PL.

Just one?

[Sanguine]

49 English football league teams (albeit one from Wales) have so far played in the PL.

Just one?

Forgot Cardiff's solitary season!

[BR0B0T]

Ta. Forgot Durie played for Spurs.
Never would have got Kernaghan, good knowledge.

cheers Google

[Sanguine]

Ta. Forgot Durie played for Spurs.
Never would have got Kernaghan, good knowledge.

cheers Google

Ah. That's a shame.

[John Smith]

Back Row (L-R)
David Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday)
Lee Sharp (Manchester United)
Tony Daley (Aston Villa)
Vinnie Jones (Chelsea)
Mark Wright (Liverpool)
John Wark (Ipswich)
Tim Flowers (Southampton)
Tim Sherwood (Blackburn Rovers)

Middle Row (L-R)
Ian Brightwell (Manchester City)
Ian Butterworth (Norwich City)
Hans Segars (Wimbledon)
Andy Pearce (Coventry City)
Carl Bradshaw (Sheffield United)
Gordon Durie (Spurs)
David Hillier (Arsenal)

Front Row (L-R)
Gary Charles (Nottingham Forest)
Andy Ritchie (Oldham)
John Salako (Crystal Palace)
Andy Sinton (QPR)
Andy Kernaghan (Middlesbrough)
Gordon Strachan (Leeds)
Peter Beardsley (Everton)

Only non-English is Segars?!

[Silver Fox]

And Strachan, Wark and Durie (and Ritchie?)