Simon Cox playing for ROI

[FiNeRaIn]

Against N. Ireland tonight. Since when was he irish?

Hopefully its a good game that passes without trouble.

[cmonurz]

Good luck to Simon Cox, Irish grandmother apparently.

Am I right in thinking Cox will be only the second home-grown player from our academy to play at the top level? I'm not including Gylfi as we brought him in from Iceland, was Adie Williams a 'youth player' with Reading? Who else have I missed?

[savage 4 england]

Good luck to Simon Cox, Irish grandmother apparently.

Am I right in thinking Cox will be only the second home-grown player from our academy to play at the top level? I'm not including Gylfi as we brought him in from Iceland, was Adie Williams a 'youth player' with Reading? Who else have I missed?

Neil Webb?

[cmonurz]

Of course.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Believe the full list of home-grown youngsters who played full internationals after coming through our various Academies and youth team guises are:

Webb
Williams
Cox
Robson-Kanu
Church
Sanchez

[savage 4 england]

I think it is interesting how many of our squad are English, but play for other countries (including youth levels).

Jem Karacan, Jay Tabb, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Simon Church, Hal Robson-Kanu, Jake Taylor and Alex Pearce.

[Barry the bird boggler]

I thought Jake Taylor played for England, is he Scottish, Welsh or Irish instead then?

[savage 4 england]

I thought Jake Taylor played for England, is he Scottish, Welsh or Irish instead then?

Plays for Wales Under 21's.

[cmonurz]

As a short aside, reminds me of a football law I embarassingly didn't know. That players can play a full friendly international for a country and still opt to play for another, it is only the competitive games that tie a player in, hence for example Danny Welbeck can still choose to play for Ghana should he want.

Not sure why that was news to me.

[GreaterTorontoRoyal]

And he scores the fifth as the Republic destroys the North 5-0.

[TFF]

Congratulations to Simon O'Cox, a goal on debut

[Stuka]

If you had family from another country and you didn't fancy your chances of getting in the England team I guess it's always an option to have a go at international football.

With my Welsh grandfather, my chances of a career in the game still has some hope!

[Wax Jacket]

If you had family from another country and you didn't fancy your chances of getting in the England team I guess it's always an option to have a go at international football.

With my Welsh grandfather, my chances of a career in the game still has some hope!

yeah I'm with you there Stuka, the rules are the rules so make the most of it.

[Stuka]

If you had family from another country and you didn't fancy your chances of getting in the England team I guess it's always an option to have a go at international football.

With my Welsh grandfather, my chances of a career in the game still has some hope!

yeah I'm with you there Stuka, the rules are the rules so make the most of it.

I think the grandparent rule is fair enough given how much people move around these days. Less sure about getting players on national teams through naturalisation, which seems to happen more on the continent.

[papereyes]

If you had family from another country and you didn't fancy your chances of getting in the England team I guess it's always an option to have a go at international football.

With my Welsh grandfather, my chances of a career in the game still has some hope!

yeah I'm with you there Stuka, the rules are the rules so make the most of it.

My bro apparently got scouted for the Caymans.

[Wax Jacket]

if you can catch a rugby ball that's the one to go for, I've known Ghanaian and Swazi internationals

[papereyes]

Yeah, if I had the link my brother does, I'd probably have found that motivation to take a minor sport seriously.

They have a guy who is both rugby international and skiing olympian.

[Y21_Royal]

Believe the full list of home-grown youngsters who played full internationals after coming through our various Academies and youth team guises are:

Webb
Williams
Cox
Robson-Kanu
Church
Sanchez

Did Stuart Lovell never play for Australia? I made have made that up completely

[cmonurz]

2 in 2 for Cox.

[rfcjoe]

Thought it was 2 in 3?