Off Topic All time Yorkshire XI

Just been thinking about the best team that could be made from players who have played for Yorkshire teams over the years (and I include Middlesbrough in Yorkshire). We've only been in the top flight for a few years and it was also difficult not to include too many Leeds players. I came up with this;

Ron Springett (Sheff Wed)
Trevor Cherry (LUFC); Michael Dawson (Hull C) John Charles (LUFC) Ray Wilson (Huddersfield)
Tony Currie (Sheff Utd) Billy Bremner (LUFC) Raich Carter (Hull C) Ian Butler (Hull C)
Wilf Mannion (Midd'bro) Denis Law (Huddersfield)

I'm sure others can do better

 

I sense a generational gap here!

I'd struggle to leave out Cantona or Roland Nilsson. There's also Chris Waddle.

 

Yeah, Cantona would be in mine, even though his peak wasn't until after he left Yorkshire.

 

Cloughie

There was no Teeside in his day. It were't North Riding

 

Johnny Giles & Eddie Gray (both LUFC) and Chris Chilton & Ken Wagstaff would have good shouts for slots.

 

Try putting together a team.

 

Rio Ferdinand would take Dawsons spot for a start. Maybe Des Walker too

 

Generation is going to work against me.

Consideration for more recent players given to:

Cantona
Yeboah
Ravanelli
Juninho
Waddle
Geovanni
Rush
Fowler
Okocha

 

jack charlton played in a world cup final.

 

Gary Sprake
Paul Reaney
Norman Hunter
Jack Charlton
Paul Madeley
Peter Lorimer
Billy Bremner
Johnny Giles
Eddie Gray
Mick Jones
Allan Clarke

I reckon thats probably the best

 

Yorkshire clubs have won 11 league championships and 11 FA cups between them and we've got one FA cup runners up medal. There's also a smattering of League Cups and one UEFA cup.

If we were being completely objective, which we've ever right not to be on the t'internet, then I doubt there'd be a City player in the 11 let alone 3...

 

Pfft, as if you don't wanna argue that Michael Dawson is better than Norman Hunter was

 

No idea never seen him play mate but it must be nice to have the 70s to keep harping back to.....

 

alright well I'll take Radebe, Woodgate, Matteo or Ferdinand then.

This was the "best yorkshire 11 of all time".

 

Matteo?

 

What about a Yorkshire XI (born in Yorkshire)

 

It depends on whether you measure it upon simply how good the player was or how good the player was whilst they played in Yorkshire.

For example, Raich Carter was a finer footballer than every one of them, but was of course past his prime when he played for City.

 

Barmby over Jonny Howson, or is this a currently playing team?

 

Stewart Downing