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Listened to one of Peter Crouch's podcasts earlier and he made reference to coming on as a sub in the Champions League final for Liverpool in 2007.

I'd have never have imagined he'd have played in a CL final after seeing him as a young lad play for QPR against us at Loftus Rd. He could do everything but score that afternoon.

It got me thinking...how many players, who've been named in a Champions League final squad have faced the Mariners?

Including Crouch, I can think of four - but there may be more. Over to you lot...
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I'll start you off with the Liverpool connection:

Vladimer Smicer, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen

not forgetting Ivano Bonetti of course
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Karl-Heinz Riedle
Jermaine Pennant
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Dennis Bergkamp
Pedro
Ashley Cole


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Ashley Cole


His brother Andy as well.
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I'll start you off with the Liverpool connection:

Vladimer Smicer, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen

not forgetting Ivano Bonetti of course


My four were Crouch, Owen, Hypia and Bergkamp. Forgot about Sniper.

Don't think Carragher played for Liverpool against us did he?
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His brother Andy as well.


Good Outstanding shout.


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Dwight Yorke played against us in the Teale/Livvo game I think


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Karl-Heinz Riedle
Jermaine Pennant
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Dennis Bergkamp
Pedro
Ashley Cole


oh yeah - forgot about van Bronckhorst at Barca, Pennant and Pedro!

Who was Cashley playing for against Town?
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Don't think Carragher played for Liverpool against us did he?


He 100% did.
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He 100% did.


You're absolutely right - I stand corrected.
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Before The Champions League and played FOR Town....Garry Birtles.


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Brian Kidd

Also had 3 world cup winners play against us when we drew with West Ham they did not win the world cup until the next year though.


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Who was Cashley playing for against Town?


Palace. Think it was his league debut. More notably, Mark Nicholls won us a pen by falling over his own feet.


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Obvious one - Steve McManaman.

(Even scored! In the CL final. Not against us)


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Before The Champions League and played FOR Town....Garry Birtles.


I imagine most of those Forest players will have played against Town at some point in their careers.
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And one of them managed against us in a hilarious 6-1 win.


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Palace. Think it was his league debut. More notably, Mark Nicholls won us a pen by falling over his own feet.


Never knew that...and I think I was at that game!

Nicholls was on loan from Chelsea want he?
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Nicholls was on loan from Chelsea want he?


He was. No idea what happened to him after that!


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Robert Prosinecki played against Town for Portsmouth and won the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star Belgrade.


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He was. No idea what happened to him after that!


Going by his wiki page it seems he went on to Colchester and Aldershot after us before heading up to Scotland he's then floated around the London-area non-league scene until 2016 but it shows him playing a couple of games in 2019 too.

I didn't realise that he played that many games for Chelsea!

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Robert Prosinecki played against Town for Portsmouth and won the European Cup in 1991 with Red Star Belgrade.


And from the same game, Chris Waddle.


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And from the same game, Chris Waddle.


I did wonder with that one. Was he at Burnley when he played against us?


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Ruud Gullit


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I did wonder with that one. Was he at Burnley when he played against us?


I was thinking of Bradford the season before, but yes, Burnley too.

(And possibly in the 80s too?)


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Also, Michael Carrick (unless my memory is tricking me I think he played against us for Spurs?)
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Waddle played against us for Newcastle when he was 19,

I was sat in the main stand and there were a couple of Newcastle fans in front of us,

I asked them who is that young kid he is some player ?

They replied Chris Waddle.

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Harry Kewell (played against us for Leeds in the FA Cup in 1997)
Steve Finnan (played against us for Fulham in 1999)

At a guess a few who played for Leeds in the 1975 final or for Forest / Villa (if we are counting the European Cup before it was branded as the CL) also (people like Trevor Cherry or Jimmy Rimmer)
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James Milner played against us on loan at Swindon from Leeds, 2003.
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Cup Winners Cup, Neil Webb played for us.
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Not about squads, but The Mariners do have a connection which we may or may not like to contemplate.
  
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  was also the first hat trick by an English player in the newly branded UEFA Champions League.

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If we stretch to include the Copa Libertadores there is Nolberto Solano - Newcastle (05) / Sporting Cristal (97)
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Grobbellaar (sp) when he was at Burnley and all of the Liverpool team who stuffed us in 1980


Also played for Oldham against us
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Was Johnathan Woodgate at Leeds when we played them (probably injured though!)


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In answer to OP's question I guess we can conclude that there are dozens and dozens of European Cup final players that have played against Town.
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I remember going with my dad to see Town v Shrewsbury in the early 90s and he pointed out that the Shrews players Gary Shaw had won the European Cup with Villa in the early 80s. I was in awe initially but he hardly got a kick. Pretty sure we won 1-0 with a Tommy Watson goal.
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