True Blue 971 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Think we had a similar thread earlier, how realistic is it for a player in this modern football generation to be a one club player? With all the loans for the youth etc. For the current Premier League teams these are the one club players (feel free to add more if i missed some or if your club isn't in the Premier League) Note if a player is loaned he isn't a one club player (and it doesn't matter if he was BIG for that club) Arsenal - Tony Adams Aston Villa - Ernie Callaghan, Johnny Dixon, Billy George, Harry Parkes, Tommy Smart, Billy Walker Bournemouth - None Brighton - Steve Burtenshaw Burnley - Jimmy Adamson, John Angus, George Bray, Jerry Dawson, Brian Miller Chelsea - Tommy Law, Ken Shellito Crystal Palace - Terry Long Everton - Tony Hibbert, TE Jones, Brian Labone, Ted Sagar Leicester City - Sep Smith Liverpool - Gerry Byrne, Jamie Carragher, Ray Lambert, Billy Liddell, Donald McKinlay, Ronnie Moran, Bob Paisley, Eddie Spicer Manchester City - Paul Lake, Glyn Pardoe, Fred Tilson Manchester United - Dick Duckworth, Bill Foulkes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes Newcastle - Jack Carr, Frank Hudspeth Norwich - None Sheffield United - Alan Hodgkinson, Joe Shaw, Dane Whitehouse Southampton - Nick Holmes, Bert Shelley Tottenham - Ron Henry, Ledley King, Bill Nicholson Watford - Jim Lewis, Arther Woodward West Ham - Jim Barrett, Ronnie Boyce Wolverhampton Wanderers - Stan Cullis, Peter Knowles, Billy Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted January 8, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 8, 2020 Didn't realise some of those were one club players! Outside of the Premier League, there's Francesco Totti, Paolo Maldini and Rogerio Ceni as names that stand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ 2,553 Posted January 8, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 8, 2020 Thomas Müller (so far) Philipp Lahm (I dont care if he was loaned early on) Bastian Schweinsteigar (Manu doesnt count, that was retirement) Uli Hoeness (to my recollection?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 8, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 8, 2020 Thomas Schaaf Marco Bode Dieter Eilts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Inter Milan Giacinto Facchetti Guiseppe Bergomi Sandro Mazzola ...are the big ones. Lyon None that I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 8, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, True Blue said: Southampton - Nick Holmes, Bert Shelley What about the great Matt Le Tissier 'Le Tis' or 'The God' as the Saints supporters called him, other than that all I can think of and I had to check and make sure are... Matt Le Tissier was the best one for me, even SAF tried to get him from the old Dell but he would not budge, loved watching that guy playing Paul Scholes Tony Adams Ryan Giggs Jamie Carragher I will leave the European & World one's to you experts, I would not have a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted January 8, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 8, 2020 John McDermott for Grimsby. 754 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 A quick google search shows a Wikipedia page for just this kind of question. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-club_men_in_association_football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted January 8, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Viva la FCB said: Thomas Müller (so far) I think him and Philipp Bargfrede are the only currently active one-club-men in the Bundesliga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Viva la FCB+ 2,553 Posted January 8, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 8, 2020 31 minutes ago, nudge said: I think him and Philipp Bargfrede are the only currently active one-club-men in the Bundesliga It is kind of funny or odd maybe but its such a rarity in Sport in general now let alone football. Even for Müller theres been tons of speculation over the last few years about moving on. Definitely sad in a way that its like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 I reckon Hamza Choudhury may become one for us. I think he's good enough to stay a part of our squad but not good enough for anyone to lob the money they'd need to sign him at us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue 971 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 14 hours ago, CaaC (John) said: What about the great Matt Le Tissier 'Le Tis' or 'The God' as the Saints supporters called him, other than that all I can think of and I had to check and make sure are... Matt Le Tissier was the best one for me, even SAF tried to get him from the old Dell but he would not budge, loved watching that guy playing Paul Scholes Tony Adams Ryan Giggs Jamie Carragher I will leave the European & World one's to you experts, I would not have a clue. Le Tissier played for two more clubs after Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 hours ago, True Blue said: Le Tissier played for two more clubs after Southampton. True, Eastleigh & Guernsey, non-league clubs, but Paul Scholes played one game for his son's team after Man United, Royton Town then Bill Nicholson played a game for North Fleet (Ebbs Fleet FC), Stan Cullis played for Gillingham as a wartime guest and Billy George played for Trowbridge Town before he went to Villa. But I still class the likes of LeTis and Scholes as one man clubs in the 60 eras as the latter as they came to the clubs as youth players, but I won't argue with you as you probably know better than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: True, Eastleigh & Guernsey, non-league clubs, but Paul Scholes played one game for his son's team after Man United, Royton Town then Bill Nicholson played a game for North Fleet (Ebbs Fleet FC), Stan Cullis played for Gillingham as a wartime guest and Billy George played for Trowbridge Town before he went to Villa. But I still class the likes of LeTis and Scholes as one man clubs in the 60 eras as the latter as they came to the clubs as youth players, but I won't argue with you as you probably know better than me. I would agree that Le Tissier isn't a one club player solely because he made 17 appearances for Eastleigh. I think the one game for Guernsey would be excusable however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 Matt Le Tissier handed 'One Club Man' award by Athletic Bilbao after brilliant Southampton career Le Tissier played for Southampton from 1986 to 2002 Wednesday 29 April 2015 10:20 Former Southampton forward Matt Le Tissier has bizarrely been awarded by Spanish Premier Division club Athletic Bilbao. The 46-year-old, who criminally only received eight England caps in a brilliant career, was the first player to receive the "One Club Man Award" from the Basque club. Le Tissier played for the South Coast club from 1986 to 2002, playing more than 500 matches. The award was recently introduced to honour players who have spent their entire careers with one team. Le Tissier flew over to attend the Basque derby between Athletic and Real Sociedad and was introduced to the San Mames crowd at half-time. "It certainly was a big surprise and a very pleasant one too," he told Athletic's official website. "I am incredibly proud to be the first to receive this award. "My main reason (for staying at Southampton) was my personal happiness and contentment, something which I have always put first among other things. "That and the fact that I felt a loyalty to pay back Southampton for giving me the chance to achieve my dreams." Le Tissier scored 209 goals during a 16-year career with the Saints before retiring in 2002. "For us, what we value most are your (Le Tissier's) values and principles, your loyalty to the same club during your entire career," Athletic said on their website. "We see ourselves very much reflected in this value and in these principles. For this reason, it is a true honour for us to give you our first One-Club Man Award. This way you will always be part of our history." https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/matt-le-tissier-handed-one-club-man-award-by-athletic-bilbao-after-brilliant-southampton-career-10211895.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris 2,606 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 6 hours ago, CaaC (John) said: True, Eastleigh & Guernsey, non-league clubs, but Paul Scholes played one game for his son's team after Man United, Royton Town then Bill Nicholson played a game for North Fleet (Ebbs Fleet FC), Stan Cullis played for Gillingham as a wartime guest and Billy George played for Trowbridge Town before he went to Villa. But I still class the likes of LeTis and Scholes as one man clubs in the 60 eras as the latter as they came to the clubs as youth players, but I won't argue with you as you probably know better than me. I still sort of class Xavi, Iniesta and Gerrard as one. They simply just retired in another country is how I see it. It was either that, for a quick bit of cash to end their career, or hang up their boots. They gave the whole of the best of their career to one club, then moved to a rich country, with semi-professional leagues in order to retire and because they still love to play football, they just don't feel as though they had enough anymore for the top level. It's pretty much just the new way of retiring now. Well, I say new, but if we go all the way back to the 70s, Pele himself retired out in the states after spending the whole of his career at Santos. On paper they obviously won't go down as one club men anymore, but I find them being equally as special as one. I mean, Gerrard could have moved to any club in the world from Liverpool, but he stayed there and gave them the whole of his career until he felt he could no longer offer anything else. Also John Terry might have played a few games on loan at Forest and then moved to Villa, when in the Championship, to end his career, but I would regard him as being equally as special as any one club man to his club. He must have spent like 20 years there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ 2,773 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 Definitely don't class Terry as one! 32 appearances for Villa isn't just a couple of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,102 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 If they played for another club, they quite simply aren't a one-club player. Haha, the mental gymnastics in this thread are ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, Spike said: Haha, the mental gymnastics in this thread are ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Aboutrika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 14 minutes ago, Azeem said: Aboutrika Do you mean Mohamed Aboutrika? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,378 Posted January 9, 2020 Administrator Share Posted January 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Do you mean Mohamed Aboutrika? Nah, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted January 9, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted January 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Stan said: Nah, Dave. Pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,116 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Franco Baresi (AC Milan) Klaus Augenthaler (Bayern Munich) Rudiger Vollborn (Bayer Leverkusen) Christian Fiedler (Hertha Berlin) Michael Zorc (Dortmund) Lars Ricken (Dortmund) Christian Hochstatter (Gladbach) Hilmar Weilandt (Hansa Rostock) Pavel Verbir (FK Teplice) Kim Daugaard (Brondby) Eric Sikora (Lens) Ralf Bucher (Unterhaching) Axel Roos ( Kaiserslautern) Pat Bonner (Celtic) Paul McStay (Celtic) Carsten Cullmann (FC Koln) Uwe Kamps (Gladbach) Andriy Nesmachnyi (Dynamo Kyiv) Hans Pflugler (Bayern Munich) Manuel Sanchis (Real Madrid) Peter Schottel (Rapid Vienna) and lastly one that Nudge surprisingly forgot: Thomas Wolter (Werder Bremen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,102 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Wasn’t Maldini’s father a one club man as well? What about Costacurta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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