Well Up For It! Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 With it being International week and all, was thinking about the amount of different nationalities to feature in a 'Well top during our history. Thought I'd throw it out on here to see how many folk can name. I managed to get 34 different nationalities but I'm sure I will have missed a few. Rule of thumb I went by is they must have played at least one game for Motherwell, and need to name a player from that nationality. A few I could think of had dual nationalities, but stuck with their country of birth unless they were capped. A starter for everyone, remember Kampman signed an Icelandic player that hardly featured, but can't for the life of me remember his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwell Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Some of the more obscure ones I could think of; Namibia, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, Serbia. Take it you got all those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazilian Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 A starter for everyone, remember Kampman signed an Icelandic player that hardly featured, but can't for the life of me remember his name. you maybe thinking about a swede? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 A starter for everyone, remember Kampman signed an Icelandic player that hardly featured, but can't for the life of me remember his name. Doesn't really matter, as we all remember Shuggy Edvaldsson, and he was Icelandic too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Up For It! Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Some of the more obscure ones I could think of; Namibia, Cayman Islands, New Zealand, Serbia. Take it you got all those? Yeah got them, although Cayman Islands doesn't count as Brannan never played for them. Fifa blocked the call ups they made. And technically, Serbia isn't one - Curcic and Krivokapic both count as Yugoslavia! Curcic would be modern day Serbia, Krivokapic Montenegro. you maybe thinking about a swede? No that's not who I'm thinking of, although I did not get Sweden!! Good shout. Doesn't really matter, as we all remember Shuggy Edvaldsson, and he was Icelandic too... Before my time, but now you mention his name, it does ring a bell. Sweden and Iceland added then, now at 36. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwell Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Right I'll raise you Suriname? (Ben kemble) and Morocco (chiba) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alls_well Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 James Okoli Nigeria, ZFA Antigua and Barbuda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Up For It! Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Right I'll raise you Suriname? (Ben kemble) and Morocco (chiba) Yeah got both of them. Will counter with Central African Republic, Haiti, Hong Kong, Nigeria and USA.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I'm obviously rubbish at this as I can only come up with around 26... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Up For It! Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 James Okoli Nigeria, ZFA Antigua and Barbuda. Got both of them...Was delighted with Okoli! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yeah got both of them. Will counter with Central African Republic, Haiti, Hong Kong, Nigeria and USA.... Okoli is from Nigeria. The other countries...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosser30 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Shivute - Namibia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Up For It! Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Nationalities I got if you want to work out the players - going to take England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland as granted.Algeria Antigua Australia Belgium Central African Republic Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Grenada Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Jamaica Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Poland Slovakia Spain Suriname USA Yugoslavia Add to that Sweden and Iceland that have been mentioned (plus the 5 home nations) gives me a current total of 36 nations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwell Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Is central African Republic Ouefio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwell Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Haiti must be the flask, I'm really stuck on that Hong Kong one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Nationalities I got if you want to work out the players - going to take England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland as granted. Algeria Antigua Australia Belgium Central African Republic Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Grenada Haiti Hong Kong Hungary Jamaica Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Poland Slovakia Spain Suriname USA Yugoslavia Add to that Sweden and Iceland that have been mentioned (plus the 5 home nations) gives me a current total of 36 nations. CAR, Hong Kong, Belgium and USA, struggling to name the players. You missed Austria.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazilian Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I'm really stuck on that Hong Kong one. David Williamson? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles & Flippers Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Must have some channel islanders and didn't Ged Brannan have some sort of tenuous link to somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I think the CAR one was the bold Ange Ouifeo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I got 33....well wikipedia got 33... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazilian Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 you dont have Montenegro either...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Up For It! Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Is central African Republic Ouefio? Yes Haiti must be the flask, I'm really stuck on that Hong Kong one. Correct CAR, Hong Kong, Belgium and USA, struggling to name the players. You missed Austria.. CAR = Oueifio, Hong Kong = Dave Williamson Belgium = Casagolda, USA = Tommy O'Hara Just a miss type on my list regarding Austria - who can forget Mario Dorne and Franz Resch! David Williamson? Yes - the only reason I knew that is I actually met him in Hong Kong through a friend that stays there. Must have some channel islanders and didn't Ged Brannan have some sort of tenuous link to somewhere? Not sure about the islands - Ged Brannan got called up by Cayman Islands but FIFA deemed the call-ups invalid, so never counted it. I think the CAR one was the bold Ange Ouifeo. Yes you dont have Montenegro either...... Technically, Montenegro doesn't count. Krivokapic would have been Montenegro nowadays, but in his time it was Yugoslavia. Same with Curcic, only he was Serbia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 No memory of Williamson whatsoever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 If he played, it might only have been once or twice. I actually thought he was an Ulsterman. He was signed by McLeish around the same time as Roy Essandoh and a certain Mr Craigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Do they need to have played for the first team? If so then that would rule out the Cypriot Tank Commander. If not, you can add in Cameroon for Herman Umbongo or whatever his name was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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