Newcastle United fielded an entire team of English players and the opposition had 10, a Premier League record set in 1994.

Writer Ryan Hill believes Newcastle United’s lower key recruitment of three English players could pay bigger dividends long-term than the headline grabbers.

A very interesting reworked table which shows how the Premier League would look if it only counted goals by English players.

I suppose this is a totally different Rio Ferdinand to the one who has a personal life that makes teammate Ryan Giggs look like a model family man and who got an eight month ban for not taking a drugs test, by his own actions letting down Manchester United and especially England, as he missed the Euro 2004 finals.

It’s been clear in recent seasons that buying English players meant paying a bit extra but recently published figures show just how much home grown players are massively overpriced.