Henry the king of all-time Premier League foreign star XI

March 15th, 2011

By Sportingintelligence 15 March 2011 On the back of our feature about how Patrick Vieria was selected in 2003 as the best foreign player in English football up to then, we've conducted a poll via Twitter @sportingintel to see who our readers and other fans would select in an #AllTimeForeignXI. Without further ado, below is the resulting composite team as things stands this lunchtime. Peter Schmeichel was the massively overwhelming choice in goal, selected in 70 per cent of the teams. Theirry Henry appeared in 85 per cent of line-ups, more than any other player, with Vieira the next most popular player (in 81...

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In 2003, an illustrious panel of football men, including Sir Bobby Robson, picked Patrick Vieira as England’s greatest foreign player up to then. Here’s how…

March 13th, 2011

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 March 2011 . While I was researching and writing my first book, 'England, Their England', a history of foreign players in the English game since 1888 (published in 2003), I'd amuse myself in times of writer's block by toying with the idea of an across-all-eras Dream XI of foreign signings. The criteria was they had to be born outside of Britain and Ireland, and had to have played at least once in England's Football League, anywhere, any time. The criteria was outside Britain and Ireland because British and Irish players, ie: English, Scottish, Welsh...

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Know your global sports tycoons? How to tell your Kroenke from your Henry and your Mateschitz from your Mallya, Allen and Anschutz

October 13th, 2010

* By Nick Harris 15 October 2010 With Liverpool's ownership dispute settled, another American owner of a Premier League club is about to start reshaping a club, and that's not a bad thing according to at least one expert interviewed elsewhere on sportingintelligence. The move by John W Henry of the Boston Red Sox into English football follows a trend by owners of major US sports interests that was set in train by the Glazer family when they bought Manchester United in 2005, and has been followed by Randy Lerner, Stan Kroenke, Tom Hicks and George Gillett. But these owners are far from alone...

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