Gemmel Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Who was the first Foreigner ever to play in a domestic Cup final at Wembley? This is on the assumption that a certain free on line source of information is correct, but am amazed if this really is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Ivan Golac, league cup final in what ?78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 4 October, 2010 Author Share Posted 4 October, 2010 (edited) Ivan Golac, league cup final in what ?78 Very good - 79. I cant believe that every final prior to that had completly English players..... How times have changed Edited 4 October, 2010 by Gemmel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Albert Johanneson was the First Black player to play in a FA Cup Final but Bert Trautman played for Man City in 1956 I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Leake Saint Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Bert Trautmann, in goal for Man City 1956 Cup Final? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chorlton Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 George Robledo in early 50s? Golac was maybe first Yugoslav? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 4 October, 2010 Author Share Posted 4 October, 2010 George Robledo in early 50s? Golac was maybe first Yugoslav? I think you are probably right but this is the quote He became the first "foreigner" to appear in a Wembley final when Southampton met Nottingham Forest in the 1979 Football League Cup Final, where the Saints went down 3–2 to the holders, who were also the First Division champions.[7] Unless the others werent played at wembley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Chilean player Jorge "George" Robledo scored the winning goal in the 1952 FA Cup Final for Newcastle against Arsenal. And the year before, he also played for the winning Newcastle team in the FA Cup final against Blackpool, again at Wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 (edited) I'm sure there have been plenty of Republic of Ireland players in cup finals since partition 1922 and since the question asks for just those at Wembley (which was built in time for the 1923 Cup Final). Edited 4 October, 2010 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 4 October, 2010 Author Share Posted 4 October, 2010 I'm sure there have been plenty of Republic of Ireland players in cup finals since partition 1922. Yep and together with Deppo's post, what i thought was a great bit of trivia, is actually a load of ******** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Who was the first Foreigner ever to play in a domestic Cup final at Wembley? This is on the assumption that a certain free on line source of information is correct, but am amazed if this really is true The answer is Tom Farquharson an Irishman, born in Dublin in 1900. Played in goal for Cardiff City vs Sheffield United in the 1925 Cup Final at Wembley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_FA_Cup_Final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Are we including Welsh and Scotch? They are from a foreign country, are they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Are we including Welsh and Scotch? They are from a foreign country, are they not? No they aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 4 October, 2010 Share Posted 4 October, 2010 Are we including Welsh and Scotch? They are from a foreign country, are they not? Before the Scots start a war, I think it should be 'Scottish'. Scotch is what you drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 5 October, 2010 Share Posted 5 October, 2010 (edited) Gemmel, do you really care? I will post some real trivia tomorrow. It will comprise of one of my holiday snaps a clue along the lines of going for gold....Here is the first clue for 100 points "who am i, i am man who was born at the end of th 4th century ad"... Edited 5 October, 2010 by dune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'00' Posted 5 October, 2010 Share Posted 5 October, 2010 The answer is Tom Farquharson an Irishman, born in Dublin in 1900. Played in goal for Cardiff City vs Sheffield United in the 1925 Cup Final at Wembley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_FA_Cup_Final Technically he was British because the Republic was not declared until 1947 and was under British rule until 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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