English:

Steve Simonsen
Andy Griffin
Danny Higginbotham
Leon Cort
Liam Lawrence
Tom Soares
Richard Cresswell
Dave Kitson
Danny Pugh
Ryan Shawcross
James Beattie
Andrew Davies
Michael Tonge
Matthew Etherington
Andy Wilkinson
Carl Dickinson

Irish:

Glenn Whelan
Stephen Kelly
Rory Delap

Scotish:

Dominic Matteo

Nigerian:

Seyi Olofinjana

Jamaican:

Ricardo Fuller

Malian:

Mamady Sidibe

Senegalese:

Salif Diao
Amdy Faye
Abdoulaye Faye
Henri Camara

Danish:

Thomas Sorensen

French:

Ibrahima Sonko

If you look at 29 of stokes players who have being involved in the last couple of season there is only 9 different nationalities, we have the smallest in the premiership and as you can see if the FA ever make it so you need 10% of your team english we got alot more than average

I personally think all teams should be made to have this many english players, the reason our English football team was so good many many years ago is becuase we made them ourselfs we used them and made them to be great, instead of looking for fresh talent here teams like utd arsenal liverpool man city all go to other countries instead of looking on their door step which should not be allowed to happen constantly!

Edited at 17:07 Wed 6/05/09 (BST)

Looking at our first team:

English:
Kevin Nolan
Joey Barton
Danny Guthrie
Michael Owen
Steve Harper
Ryan Taylor
Alan Smith
Nicky Butt
Shola Ameobi
Steven Taylor
Fraser Forster
Ben Tozer
Callum Morris
Andy Carroll
Mark Donninger
Ryan Donaldson
Jonny Godsmark
James Marwood
Darren Lough
Nile Ranger

Argentinian:
Fabricio Colocini
Jonas Gutierrez

Spanish:
Jose Enrique
Xisco

Brazilian:
Claudio Cacapa

Nigerian:
Oba Martins

Irish:
Damien Duff

French:
Seb Bassong
Wesley Ngo Baheng

Cameroon:
Geremi

Senegalese:
Habib Beye

Danish:
Peter Lovenkrands

Hungarian:
Tamas Kadar

Italian:
Fabio Zambalera

Dutch:
Frank Wiafe Danquah
Tim Krul

Swedish:
Ole Soderberg

Australian:
Mark Viduka

Congo:
Kazenga LuaLua

So we wouldn't be too badly off either, but I really should be revising instead of doing this!

Double Post

English

Carlo Nash
Tony Hibbert
Phil Neville
Phil Jagielka
Jolean Lescott
Leighton Baines
James Vaughan
Leon Osman
Jack Rodwell
John Ruddy
Dan Gosling
Kieran Agard
John irving
John Paul Kissock
Jose Baxter

Nigerian

Ayebeni Yakubu
Victor Anichebe
Joseph Yobo

Dutch

Andy Van De Meyde

Ecuadorian

Segundo Castillo

French

Louis Saha

Spanish

Mikel Arteta

Brazilian

Jo (on loan)

Danish

Lars Jacobson

Australian

Tim Cahill

Portueguese

Nuno Valente

South African

Steven Pienaaar

American

Tim Howard

Belgian

Marouane Fellaini

Irish

James Wallace
Seamus Coleman


OHH EVERTON WE LOVE YOUUU

English

Steven Gerrard (c)
Jamie Carragher (vc)
Jay Spearing
Stephen Darby (RC)
Steve Irwin
Nathan Eccleston
David Martin
Jermaine Pennant
Martin Kelly
Craig Lindfield
Paul Anderson
Adam Hammill
Robbie Threlfall

Spanish

Fernando Torres
Albert Riera
Xabi Alonso
Álvaro Arbeloa
Pepe Reina
Miki Roque

Brazillian

Diego Cavalieri
Lucas
Fábio Aurélio

Dutch

Dirk Kuyt
Ryan Babel

Argentinian

Javier Mascherano
Emiliano Insúa
Sebastián Leto

Finnish

Sami Hyypia

Italian

Andrea Dossena

Danish

Dan Agger
Martin Hansen

Isreali

Yossi Benayoun

Swiss

Philipp Degen

French

David N'Gog
Damien Plessis
Charles Itandje

Slovakian

Martin Škrtel

Hungarian

Krisztián Németh
Péter Gulácsi

Bulgarian

Nikolay Mihaylov

Moroccan

Nabil El Zhar

Ukrainian

Andriy Voronin

On your point at the bottom of your post though Si, I think that is a pure Myth. Other than in 1966, England have never won anything (and that was in England!) We regulalrly never qualified for tournaments, and teams like Scotland did.

The Influx of foreign footballers to the prem appears to have strengthened the English national team, it has increased competition for places at clubs (as Wenger says - if players are good enough they will be picked - nationality is not a factor). What i will say is foreign players are cheape

... are cheaper than English players in the transfer market, this is what the problem is.

For example, Liverpool bought Sami Hyypia for 2.5 million. We have had 10 years of quality service out of him. Who could we have bought who is English at that price who could give us such service for such a long time. Answer - Nobody.

English players are very over valued. I can't think of one English player in recent times (other than Kevin Davies at Bolton) who has turned out to be a bargain. There is certainly not enough instances.

At the end of the day the cream will always rise to the top.

Look at our English players, we have bought very few. The ones that have done well have been brought through the academy.