International matches with most Burnley links

[dandeclaret]

One for rainmanman jdrobbo this....

Five current or former players on the pitch in Dublin tonight.... Cullen, Collins, O'Shea, Brady and Amdouni.

When was the last time this number or more were included in a single international?

[Buxtonclaret]

The Swiss have Rodríguez on the bench too .....

[Tricky Trevor]

Might have had a chance under SD. Stephen Ward, Jon Walters, Shane Duffy, Kevin Long, Robbie Brady, Jeff Hendrick all in Rep of Ireland squads in 2017. If they were playing against any of Sam Vokes, Chris Wood, Tom Heaton, James Tarkowski, Anders Lindegaard, Phil Bardsley, Scott Arfield, Steven Defour, JBG it was doable.

[jdrobbo]

4.657845 seconds needed to calculate and process the answer. I’ll let others play along…

[Royboyclaret]

4.657845 seconds needed to calculate and process the answer. I’ll let others play along…

Nothing from back in the day either, certainly in terms of five players.

Some notable games included N.Ireland v England (World Cup winners) late in 1966......The Ireland team included Alex Elder (captain), Sammy Todd and Willie Irvine.

An Under 23 international in 1975 between England and Wales included Ray Hankin (England) with Brian Flynn and Leighton James (Wales).

[Royboyclaret]

Nothing from back in the day either, certainly in terms of five players.

Some notable games included N.Ireland v England (World Cup winners) late in 1966......The Ireland team included Alex Elder (captain), Sammy Todd and Willie Irvine.

An Under 23 international in 1975 between England and Wales included Ray Hankin (England) with Brian Flynn and Leighton James (Wales).

In that N.Ireland v England game I thought it possible that former players Jimmy Mac and John Connelly may have been involved but that turns out not to be the case. Connelly had left Man Utd for Blackburn at the start of that season and Mac had left Stoke and was by now at Oldham.

[ClaretTony]

We had three NI players in one team not that long ago with Michael Duff, Martin Paterson and Steve Jones.

But I reckon all of Walters, Brady, Hendrick and Ward will have played in the same Ireland team at some point so they only needed to play against a team with a former/current Claret in it to make it to five.

[aggi]

ROI games against Wales seem to be the one.

2017 match with Hennessey and Vokes for Wales and Ward, Duffy, Hendrick, Brady and Kevin Long for ROI gives 7.

[ClaretTony]

ROI games against Wales seem to be the one.

2017 match with Hennessey and Vokes for Wales and Ward, Duffy, Hendrick, Brady and Kevin Long for ROI gives 7.

I hadn't considered Duffy as the ex-Claret making it five for Ireland

[Royboyclaret]

Where's Dan the man?......Hope he appreciates the time and effort taken to answer his question?

[Royboyclaret]

Interesting that one particular player appears in both the query and the answer.

[aggi]

I hadn't considered Duffy as the ex-Claret making it five for Ireland

Me neither until someone further up the thread said it.

[dandeclaret]

Where's Dan the man?......Hope he appreciates the time and effort taken to answer his question?

Top work - Great insights - I know some people on here love a challenge like this.

[Walton]

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This is from the Ireland v England Euro 92 qualifier.

Unfortunately only 4 Burnley connections made it to the selected 16: Chris Woods, Lee Dixon, Gordon Cowans and Paul Gascoigne. There was a tantalising teaser on the bench, but it was Gary Stevens and not Trevor Steven.

[Tricky Trevor]

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This is from the Ireland v England Euro 92 qualifier.

Unfortunately only 4 Burnley connections made it to the selected 16: Chris Woods, Lee Dixon, Gordon Cowans and Paul Gascoigne. There was a tantalising teaser on the bench, but it was Gary Stevens and not Trevor Steven.

Ian Wright( Crystal Palace)
Steven Trevor(Glasgow Rangers). Their typo not mine.
As you say not in match day squad but 6 in an England squad will take some beating.

[Walton]

Here's the UEFA page for that match showing the named 16s: https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifier ... d/lineups/

[dandeclaret]

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This is from the Ireland v England Euro 92 qualifier.

Unfortunately only 4 Burnley connections made it to the selected 16: Chris Woods, Lee Dixon, Gordon Cowans and Paul Gascoigne. There was a tantalising teaser on the bench, but it was Gary Stevens and not Trevor Steven.

You could get to 7 there…. Only the other day on the This Is Football podcast, Peter Beardsley referred to his time at Burnley, before moving to Canada.

[Royboyclaret]

Ian Wright( Crystal Palace)
Steven Trevor(Glasgow Rangers). Their typo not mine.
As you say not in match day squad but 6 in an England squad will take some beating.

5 actual Burnley players in the original England squad for the World Cup in 1962......

......John Angus, Brian Miller, Jimmy Adamson, Ray Pointer & John Connelly......before the squad was whittled down to 22......Adamson eventually went to Chile as Assistant Manager to Walter Winterbottom.

[Walton]

5 on the teamsheet for the Euro 92 qualifier v Poland https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifier ... d/lineups/