It is 25 years since a top-flight team named an all-English XI – so who makes your club's best all-English Premier League era XI?
It is 25 years since a manager named a starting line-up made up entirely of English players. On February 27, 1999, boss John Gregory sent out this side to face : Michael Oakes; Steve Watson, Riccardo Scimeca, Gareth Southgate, Alan Wright; Paul Merson, Ian Taylor, Simon Grayson, Lee Hendrie; Dion Dublin, Julian Joachim. Advertisement Little did anyone realise we would not see another all-English XI in the Premier League over the next quarter of a century.
This has been the case with goalkeepers in particular, which gives a run at the No 1 spot over nearest contender David Stockdale. finalist Paul Konchesky gets the nod over at left-back. Konchesky is one of two England internationals in the back line, along with Zat Knight . could well earn one himself in the coming years. Liam Rosenior, a former England Under-21 international, provides the width on the right. Midfield was problematic.
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