GordonS Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Who was the last Scotland player capped while playing for a club in a country that doesn't speak English? Johnny Russell and Kenny Miller got capped playing in the US and Canada respectively, but who was the last capped while playing in like a properly furren place? How many have ever done it? I can't think of any since Lambert, Collins and Booth. Murdo MacLeod and Denis Law did it. Who else? We're not really ones for travelling, are we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, GordonS said: Who was the last Scotland player capped while playing for a club in a country that doesn't speak English? Johnny Russell and Kenny Miller got capped playing in the US and Canada respectively, but who was the last capped while playing in like a properly furren place? How many have ever done it? I can't think of any since Lambert, Collins and Booth. Murdo MacLeod and Denis Law did it. Who else? We're not really ones for travelling, are we. We never capped Anya while he was in Spain, but he's the closest one I can think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Oliver Burke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellichtie Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Did Olly Burke get caps whilst he was at RB Leipzig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 minute ago, ellichtie said: Did Olly Burke get caps whilst he was at RB Leipzig? He did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, flyingscot said: Oliver Burke? 2 minutes ago, ellichtie said: Did Olly Burke get caps whilst he was at RB Leipzig? Yes, yes he did. I thought this was going to be more fun tbh. Ok, before that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Steven Fletcher? Alan Hutton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 18 minutes ago, GordonS said: Who was the last Scotland player capped while playing for a club in a country that doesn't speak English? Johnny Russell and Kenny Miller got capped playing in the US and Canada respectively, but who was the last capped while playing in like a properly furren place? How many have ever done it? I can't think of any since Lambert, Collins and Booth. Murdo MacLeod and Denis Law did it. Who else? We're not really ones for travelling, are we. Souness, Jordan, Archibald, Mo Johnston, Black and McInally have all done it too. I'm not the best at remembering the more recent ones though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SPLOOGESTAIN Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Only ones that spring to mind are Gary O'Connor when he was playing for Lokomotiv Moscow, and Alan Hutton and Oli Burke as already mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Brian O'Neill at Wolfsburg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart87 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Allan McGregor when he was in Turkey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Jim Bett in his 2nd spell at Lokeren (after Rangers and pre-Aberdeen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 Alan Hutton got capped in 2013 while on loan at Mallorca. Allan McGregor got 9 caps while at Besiktas in 2012-13. Brian O'Neil got 4 caps while at Wolfsburg 98-2000. I'd totally forgotten he was ever there. Garry O'Connor got 4 caps in 2006-07 while at Lokomotiv Moscow. Stephen Fletcher got 3 caps while at loan to Marseille in 2016. We must be extremely unusual for a medium sized European country in having so very few examples like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Steve Archibald: Barcelona (Spain) Jim Bett: Lokern (Belgium) Eric Black: Metz (France) Scott Booth: Borussia Dortmund(Germany)/FC Utrecht/Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands) Kris Boyd: Eskisehirspor (Turkey)/Portland Timbers (USA) Oliver Burke: RB Leipzig (Germany) John Collins: Monaco (France/Monaco) Steven Fletcher: Marseille[loan] (France) Alan Hutton: Mallorca[loan] (Spain) Allan Johnston: Rennes (France) Joe Jordan: Milan (Italy) Paul Lambert: Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Denis Law: Torino (Italy) Murdo MacLeod: Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Mark McGhee: Hamburg (Germany) Alan McInally: Bayern Munich (Germany) Allan McGregor: Besiktas (Turkey) Shaun Maloney: Chicago Fire (USA) Kenny Miller: Bursaspor (Turkey)/Vancouver Whitecaps (USA/Canada) Garry O'Connor: Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) Brian O'Neil: Wolfsburg (Germany) Barry Robson: Vancouver Whitecaps (USA/Canada) Johnny Russell: Sporting Kansas City (USA) Graeme Souness: West Adelaide[loan] (Australia)/Sampdoria (Italy) Think that's the lot (and one or two I mighta got wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, GordonS said: We must be extremely unusual for a medium sized European country in having so very few examples like this. I'd imagine somewhere like Austria might be the same. All their best players will migrate to Germany as opposed to Italy or France or England historically. We're much the same with England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I genuinely had no idea Alan Hutton played in Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 7 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: Steve Archibald: Barcelona (Spain) Eric Black: Metz (France) Scott Booth: Borussia Dortmund(Germany)/FC Utrecht/Vitesse Arnhem (Netherlands) Kris Boyd: Eskisehirspor (Turkey)/Portland Timbers (USA) Oliver Burke: RB Leipzig (Germany) John Collins: Monaco (France/Monaco) Steven Fletcher: Marseille[loan] (France) Alan Hutton: Mallorca[loan] (Spain) Allan Johnston: Rennes (France) Joe Jordan: Milan (Italy) Paul Lambert: Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Denis Law: Torino (Italy) Murdo MacLeod: Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Mark McGhee: Hamburg (Germany) Alan McInally: Bayern Munich (Germany) Allan McGregor: Besiktas (Turkey) Shaun Maloney: Chicago Fire (USA) Kenny Miller: Bursaspor (Turkey)/Vancouver Whitecaps (USA/Canada) Garry O'Connor: Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) Brian O'Neil: Wolfsburg (Germany) Barry Robson: Vancouver Whitecaps (USA/Canada) Johnny Russell: Sporting Kansas City (USA) Graeme Souness: West Adelaide[loan] (Australia)/Sampdoria (Italy) Think that's the lot (and one or two I mighta got wrong) Jim Bett is definitely one. Scotland 1 England 1 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Amended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 52 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: I'd imagine somewhere like Austria might be the same. All their best players will migrate to Germany as opposed to Italy or France or England historically. We're much the same with England Yeah, it's a combination of a relatively strong league (no other countries our size have a Celtic or Rangers), a historically very strong league, not the best national team since footballers started moving around European in big numbers and a major country next door with over 100 full time teams. But I still reckon British and Irish players move abroad less than most other nationalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 In the world of football a scottish footballer playing in England is playing abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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