Couldn't get a work permit I'm sure? Trained with Rangers while he had a broken bone in his foot and Archie Knox apparently said "This lad couldn't trap a bag of cement."
My first match was a 0-0 draw with Croatia towards the end of the qualifying campaign for the 2002 world cup. Billy Dodds had a goal disallowed for offside.
Started watching the games during the Euro 96 qualifying campaign but none of my mates at the time were interested in going through to them.
Given the looks on their faces I'm willing to bet they were given by someone for a laugh rather than they stopped by an off license on their way to the ground just in case they won promotion.
The best TA select story I have heard is from (I think) Belarus where the organiser misunderstood the "amateur" part and the guys ended up playing some mob who had competed in the Intertoto Cup the year before and only lost 2-0 on aggregate to Schalke.
I haven't watched any episodes since the midseason break, I might make an effort to watch them over the weekend.
Agree that the show needs to be put out of its misery, there is no direction whatsoever to it.
Amdy Faye used to be my default answer to this, however some of the dross signed during the years in the lower leagues will surely have taken this mantle from him.
I'll go with Cribari. Proof that purely being Brazilian will give you a shot at being a professional footballer.
TV- Vague recollection of watching the 0-0 with Russia in 1995 at youth club. The 0-0 with Holland at Euro 96 probably the first time I sat and watched the full 90 minutes.
Home- 0-0 draw with Croatia in 2001. Billy Dodds having a goal disallowed.
Away- If you don't count the under 21's 2-1 loss to Northern Ireland in 2005 (rumours were the full team would be playing there so I took a gamble and booked flights, still went over anyway) then it would be the 2-0 loss in the San Siro with Pirlo scoring both.
Not a lot of goals there.