1- John
McGovern
Scottish
midfielder John McGovern was part of Brian Clough’s successful Nottingham
Forest squad that won the League title as well as two Champions Cups in 1979
and 1980. Despite his successes he was overlooked by Scottish Managers Ally
McLeod and Jock Stein.
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 54, June 1980
(John McGovern lifting the Champions Cup, May
28, 1980, Champions Cup, Nottingham Forest 1-SV Hamburg 0) |
2- Hans-Peter
lehnoff
1980s
West German midfielder Hans-Peter Lehnoff played for many seasons for Koln.
During the 1987/88 season, he joined Belgium’s Antwerp for a successful six year spell. However, he was
overlooked by the national team and only earned two caps with the Olympics
squad in 1987.
Photo
From: Fussball Magazin, January February 1985
(Hans-Peter
Lehnoff with Koln, 1984/85)
|
3- Horst
Blankenburg
West
German libero Horst Blankenburg joined Ajax Amsterdam in 1970 and won the
Champions Cup three times. Unfortunately, his position in the National Team was
always occupied by Franz Beckenbauer. As a result he never gained any caps.
Photo
From: AS Color, Issue 122, September 18, 1973
(Horst
Blankenburg)
|
4- Nigel
Spackman
1980s
and 90s English midfielder Nigel Spackman was a solid performer for Chelsea,
Liverpool and Rangers Glasgow. He never gained any English caps.
During
the 1990/91 season, while at Rangers Glasgow he was called for a Scotland squad
because of the one Grandparent rule but did not play.
Photo
From: Goal, Issue 16, January 1997
(Nigel
Spackman)
|
5- Agostino
Di Bartolomei
1980s
AS Roma captain Agsotino Di Bartolomei is often regarded as one of the best
Italian players never to have been capped. He was the captain of Roma, when
they won the Scudetto under Nils Liedholm in 1983. Surprisingly, Enzo Bearzot never selected as Giancarlo Antognoni
was always his first choice.
Sadly
Di Brtolomei committed suicide in 1994, having been suffering from clinical
depression for years.
Photo
From: Onze, Issue 91, July 1983
(Agostino
Di Bartolomei and Juventus’ Massimo Bonini, March 6, 1983, AS Roma 1-Juventus
2)
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