England expects: A decade on from the last all-English top-flight XI, Sportsmail presents a club-by-

27 February 2009 17:38
It's 10 years to the day since the last all-English Premier League XI started a match when Coventry thrashed Aston Villa[LNB]4-1 at Villa Park - and with the influx foreign players looking likely to continue it could be some time until that feat is matched again.[LNB]Sportsmail Online has taken a look at what the potential line-ups would be if all 20 Premier League clubs we forced to field an English only team this weekend.[LNB]Indicative of the dearth of English players in the Premier League at present, some sides include many reserves and even youth players as we struggled to fill the team sheet and if you notice two right-sided full backs or the odd attacking midfielder up front, that'll be because we've had to shuffle the pack a little to get a team together.[LNB]The clubs with the strongest sides include Manchester United[LNB], West Ham[LNB], Everton[LNB], Tottenham [LNB]and Aston Villa who boast many internationals and former internationals among their ranks and the notable strugglers would include Arsenal[LNB], Liverpool[LNB], Wigan[LNB]and Sunderland [LNB]with Blackburn [LNB]fielding six reserves![LNB]Judging by some of the potential line-ups we're sure fans of the Premier League will be grateful for the foreign invasion![LNB]Here's the teamsMANCHESTER UNITEDBen Foster[LNB]Gary Neville       Wes Brown      Rio Ferdinand      Richard Eckersley[LNB] Owen Hargreaves      Michael Carrick      Paul Scholes      Lee Martin[LNB]Wayne Rooney      Fraizer Campbell [LNB] Big man at the back: United and England defender Rio Ferdinand[LNB]CHELSEA Sam Walker[LNB]     Jack Cork     John Terry      Michael Mancienne     Ashley Cole [LNB]Joe Cole      Frank Lampard   Jimmy Smith   Lee Sawyer[LNB] Scott Sinclair      Shaun Cummings[LNB][LNB] LIVERPOOLDavid Martin[LNB]Jamie Carragher      Jack Hobbs      Stephen Darby      Robbie Threlfall[LNB]Steven Gerrard      Adam Hamill      Jay Spearing      Paul Anderson[LNB]Craig Linfield       Nathan Eccleston[LNB][LNB]ASTON VILLAStuart Taylor[LNB]Luke Young      Curtis Davies      Zat Knight      Nicky Shorey[LNB]Steve Sidwell      Nigel Reo-Coker      Gareth Barry      James Milner[LNB]Ashley Young      Gabriel Agbonlahor[LNB] Great expectations: Striker Gabriel Agbonlahor (left) and winger Ashley Young are tipped for a bright future with Aston Villa and England[LNB]ARSENALManuel Almunia [LNB]Gavin Hoyte      Kerrea Gilbert      Paul Rogers      Kieran Gibbs[LNB]Jack Wilshere      Henri Lansbury      Mark Randall      James Dunne[LNB]Jay Simpson      Theo Walcott[LNB][LNB]WIGANChris Kirkland[LNB]Peter Moore      Emmerson Boyce     Titus Bramble      Luke Ashworth[LNB]Lewis Montrose      Ben Watson      Lee Cattermole      Michael Brown[LNB]Daniel Barrie      Matty Hampson[LNB] [LNB]STOKESteve Simonsen[LNB]Andy Griffin      Danny Higginbotham      Leon Cort      Ryan Shawcross[LNB]Danny Pugh      Micahel Tonge      Rory Delap      Matthew Etherington[LNB]James Beattie      Dave Kitson[LNB][LNB] EVERTONCarlo Nash[LNB]Tony Hibbert     Jack Rodwell      Joleon Lescott     Leighton Baines[LNB]Phil Neville      Leon Osman      Phil Jagielka     Dan Gosling[LNB]James Vaughan      Lucas Jutkiewicz[LNB] Playing for the jersey: Joleon Lescott has had a good season for Everton [LNB]BLACKBURNPaul Robinson[LNB]Stephen Warnock      Jonathan Bateson      Dean Winnard      Alex Marrow[LNB]David Dunn      Rostyn Griffiths      Andrew Haworth     Marcus Marshall[LNB]Matt Derbyshire      Jason Roberts[LNB][LNB]MIDDLESBROUGHRoss Turnbull[LNB]Justin Hoyte      David Wheater      Chris Riggott      Andrew Taylor[LNB]Stewart Downing     Gary O'Neil      Nathan Porritt      Adam Johnson[LNB]Jeremie Aliadiere      Jonathan Franks[LNB]WEST HAMRob Green[LNB]James Tomkins      Jordan Spence      Mathew Upson      Calum Davenport[LNB]Kieron Dyer      Mark Noble      Scott Parker      Lee Bowyer[LNB]Dean Ashton      Carlton Cole[LNB] In with the big boys: Rob Green (2nd right) and Carlton Cole (far right) with England[LNB]MANCHESTER CITYJoe Hart[LNB]Michael Ball      Nedum Onuoha      Micah Richards      Wayne Bridge[LNB]Shaun Wright-Phillips      Michael Johnson      Kelvin Etuhu      Ched Evans[LNB]Daniel Sturridge      Darius Vassell[LNB][LNB]FULHAM David Stockdale[LNB]Paul Konchesky      Chris Smalling      Elliot Omazusi      Adam Watts[LNB]Julian Gray      Danny Murphy      Giles Barnes      Wayne Brown[LNB]Bobby Zamora      Andy Johnson[LNB][LNB]SUNDERLANDMartin Hunter[LNB]Phil Bardsley      Anton Ferdinand      Nyron Nosworthy      Peter Hartley[LNB]Kieran Richardson      Dean Whitehead      Grant Leadbitter      Nathan Luscombe[LNB]David Dowson      Michael Chopra[LNB][LNB]TOTTENHAMCarlo Cudicini[LNB]Michael Dawson      Ledley King      Jonathan Woodgate      Jamie O'Hara[LNB]Aaron Lennon      Jermaine Jenas      Tom Huddlestone     David Bentley[LNB]Jermain Defoe     Darren Bent[LNB] A wing and a player: Wide boy Aaron Lennon (left) and midfielder Jermaine Jenas[LNB]NEWCASTLESteve Harper[LNB]Ryan Taylor      Steven Taylor      David Edgar      Ben Tozer[LNB]Joey Barton      Nicky Butt      Kevin Nolan      Danny Guthrie[LNB]Alan Smith      Michael Owen[LNB][LNB]PORTSMOUTHDavid James[LNB]Mark Wilson      Glen Johnson      Sol Campbell      Martin Crainie[LNB]Jerome Thomas      Sean Davis      Hayden Mullins      Glen Little[LNB]Peter Crouch       David Nugent[LNB][LNB]BOLTONTom Brocklehurst[LNB]Nicky Hunt      Robert Sissons      Gary Cahill      Jlloyd Samuel[LNB]Matt Taylor      Fabrice Muamba      Mark Davies     Chris Basham[LNB]Kevin Davies      James Sinclair[LNB][LNB]HULLMatt Duke[LNB]Ian Ashbee      Tony Gardner      Michael Turner      Andy Dawson[LNB]Nick Barmby      Bryan Hughes      Dean Marney      Jimmy Bullard[LNB]Caleb Folan      Craig Fagan[LNB][LNB]WEST BROMScott Carson[LNB]Paul Robinson      Neil Clement      Leon Barnett      Jared Hodgkiss[LNB]Jonathan Greening      Joss Labadie       David Worrall      Dwayne Samuels[LNB]Ishmael Miller      Luke Moore[LNB][LNB]  Blatter delight as bureaucrats say '6+5' doesn't break EU rules[LNB]Terrible team names and beauties in short skirts: Women's 'soccer' gets the American treatment[LNB]THE LIST: Sportsmail's top ten of football's biggest traitors[LNB]GRAHAM CHADWICK'S PICTURES OF THE WEEK[LNB] [LNB]  

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