Stockholm 1980 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I’m sure this might have been done before, but after contributing to another topic, I thought i’d raise this one. My first and outright candidate would be Kevin McAllister Falkirk - Chelsea - Hibs. I can take if your playing for Falkirk your hardly going to get a look in, but in his time at Chelsea and Hibs he merited a cap, and I’d argue he was a much better player than Pat Nevin who was probably preferred to him. Chip in with your selections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoofitharder Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 John McGovern absolutely unbelievable he never got capped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, hoofitharder said: John McGovern absolutely unbelievable he never got capped. Yeah amazing. Compared to some of the folk who got caps in more recent times... dearie me we have gone to the dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Frank Beattie, Jock Dodds, Hughie Ferguson, John McMaster & Gordon Wallace ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Andy Ritchie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Bobby Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Joe Wark is a name always chucked in by 'well fans of the older generation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 2 hours ago, 0Neils40yarder said: Joe Wark is a name always chucked in by 'well fans of the older generation What about Bobby Graham? Was he not the guy made the whole team tick at the time Pettigrew was scoring loads of goals? I suppose there were just so many good players around at that time that the competition for places was so strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjd1972 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Billy Stark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab The Crab Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Campbell Money for me, was very unlucky that he was understudy to Goram/Leighton at various points. Then St Mirren got relegated, he retired and Nicky Walker got a cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Pat McGinlay, even being Celtic’s top scorer for the season (from midfield) couldn’t get this guy a cap. A real box to box midfield who banged in over 60 goals for the Hibernians. Genuinely no idea why he was constantly overlooked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 My dad gave me a pull out from the Sunday Post a couple of weeks back on "No cap wonders". In it are the aforementioned McGovern, Ritchie and Russell, plus:, John Brown (Dundee/ Rangers) Alex Harley (Third Lanark) Jimmy Leadbetter (Ipswich) Graeme Payne (Dundee Utd) Gordon Smith (Rangers, Brighton etc) - apparently Ron Greenwood wanted to call him up for England! Alex Ferguson (Dunfermline, Rangers etc) Bobby Cox (Dundee) Malcolm Finlayson (Wolves) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Templeton_Peck Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Craig Brewster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Templeton_Peck said: Craig Brewster Pushing it but he was miles better than Stevie Crawford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Ian Scanlon, great player for Aberdeen and St Mirren, came to Saints in a swap deal with Peter Weir going to Dons, both great players and very similar, but Scanlon scored Treble the amount of goals for saints than Weir did in similar appearances. Including the best goal I ever saw at Love Street, 2-0 down to Celtic, came back to win 4-2 with Scanlon scoring the 4th with a sweet volley over 40 yards out ( not exaggerating), totally gutted there is no footage of that goal in existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Antti Niemi Somebody had to bloody post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 John Brown - another one who was good enough but unfortunately for him there were better players in his position at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, aaid said: John Brown - another one who was good enough but unfortunately for him there were better players in his position at the time. Does that not mean he wasn't good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 9 minutes ago, kumnio said: Does that not mean he wasn't good enough? Not really - he was good enough to play international football but there were players that were better. Sadly, we have too many players at the moment who aren't good enough to play international football but are the best - or least worst - options available. I doubt you will find any players who were the best in their position at that particular point who weren't capped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 6 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: Pushing it but he was miles better than Stevie Crawford. Brewster's team mate when he was capped, albeit several years younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 4 hours ago, aaid said: Not really - he was good enough to play international football but there were players that were better. Sadly, we have too many players at the moment who aren't good enough to play international football but are the best - or least worst - options available. I doubt you will find any players who were the best in their position at that particular point who weren't capped. We shall agree to disagree. Im good enough to play for Tuvalu, so thats international standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekevie04 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 4 hours ago, aaid said: John Brown - another one who was good enough but unfortunately for him there were better players in his position at the time. His finest moment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFC8Qw7lVU What a fud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, weekevie04 said: His finest moment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFC8Qw7lVU What a fud! Talking about his ability as a player. If being an arsehole was a barrier to being an international then plenty of players would never have got the caps they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Ray Houghton. Heads should have been rolling down Park Circus to Charing Cross for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 9 minutes ago, Barney Rubble said: Ray Houghton. Heads should have been rolling down Park Circus to Charing Cross for that one. That's easy to say with the benefit of hindsight but I don't recall any clamour to call him up when he was playing for a struggling Oxford United team. Which player would you have left out of the 86 World Cup squad to accommodate him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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