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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 01:04:54 » |
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:: In 1992-3, there were 393 English players (71%), 99 (19%) from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, and 49 (10%) from overseas.
:: In 2006-07, there were 191 (38%) English players, 55 (11%) from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, and 252 (51%) from overseas.
:: In 2006-07, only eight English Academy players made debuts in the Premier League.
:: In 2005-06, eight English Academy players from one club, Middlesbrough, who have gone out of their way to concentrate on young, home-grown players, made Premier League debuts.
:: Since the Academy system began, only 120 English players from Academies have made debuts in the Premier League while in the same period, 617 overseas players made debuts.
:: Even though the number of English players in the Premier League has increased slightly each year since 2002, so has the number of overseas players as squads have got bigger.
:: The number of regular English goalkeepers in the top flight was 14 in 1992-3 and seven in 2006-7
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