What Happened to a random foreign player from every team in Merlin’s Premier League 96

[@PorcupineFizzy]

I remember in Premier League 96 the sticker of the Aston Villa player Gareth Farrelly wore the Aston Villa away kit when all the other players wore the home kit.

[@Jaunt1able]

Class video. This is the type of conversations me and mate have over a few beers. Excellent work mate

[@jopalm3649]

Milosevic was also top scorer of the European Championship in 2000 if remember correctly, together with Patrick Kluivert.

[@garryclarke1922]

I had the Dmitri Kharine figure that Corinthian made in the 90’s. Nice memory!

[@W2APS]

He lived in the house opposite mine during his Chelsea time. We had Dave Beasant up the road too on my paper round. Good times. 😁

[@garryclarke1922]

@@W2APS That is a genuinely cool story 😄

[@mccorlyjon7593]

Just loving these vids. Reminiscing of when my club Coventry were in the Premier league And to think we had the first Brazilian in the Premier lol 🩵

[@st-cf6kj]

Silenzi and Bart-williams playing in the snow. One of the most iconic background in championship manager 97-98

[@TGFLdn24]

The legend (but you lot just don't want to admit it) Glenn Helder. Glad to see he is good. Stand up comedian? Now that's an interesting one lol lol.

[@AbdulKareem-uy6hk]

I turned 39 in September 2024. I was in primary school when this classic sticker collection was out! 1996 was an amazing year: Euro 96' in England; the Atlanta Olympics (Nigeria won it beating Brazil in the semi finals and Argentina in the final ❤🔥

[@joannedj1]

Denis Irwin is an absolute Legend and one of the best players United have ever had, certainly one of the most consistently good ones. I can’t remember him having a crap game, even on the occasions we lost he would still be one of the players who had done alright even if the rest had had a ‘mare. As a retired player, he’s been on MUTV as a pundit and has also given stadium tours.

[@Havencheese]

Great video, I do wish there was never a separation between the old football league and the premier league. Mirandinha was playing for Newcastle only a few years prior to the Brazilian mentioned here as an example. Aside from a few changes, the old Div One and Premier League represent virtually the same thing - the top tier of English football. It’s as if history has been erased sometimes.

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Get what you mean. But the angle of this channel is predominantly to cover the Premier League and mainly in the 90’s

[@mohammeddmalik]

What a throwback! Remembered almost all of those players but hadn't heard their names in ages!

[@klasing]

RIP Klas. Still lives on in my username.

[@franciscoamado7232]

Isaías is a legend at Benfica, shame it didn't work out for him in the PL

[@cleehomes]

Dennis Irwin? Love me some Dennis but was expecting maybe Karel Pobrosky, Andre Kanchelskis or Jordi Cruyff...

[@pietropes1322]

Poborsky came to UTD the next season after Euro 96

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Poborsky and Cruyff didn’t arrive until 96/97 seasons so they were in the 97 album. Kanchelskis had signed for Everton in the summer of 95 so he was among the Everton stickers in this album Only foreign United players in this album were Schmeichel, Cantona, Irwin and Keane

[@Sambodiggidy]

Back when the foreign players were from down south or up north lol

[@clivet3252]

Whenever a goalkeeper wore leggings I called them Kharine Pants.

[@mowvu]

@@clivet3252 then a few years later mart pooooooooom! came along

[@RandomnessTube.]

I still have this sticker book fully completed from when I was a kid.

[@kayvee6]

Andrea Silenzi. Bought by Forest on the strength of a highlights video shown by his agent to our (then) manager Frank Clark. The first goal Silenzi scored for us was a ricochet off his nose during a goal-mouth scramble as he lay flat on the turf, he wasn't even aware at first that he'd scored! Massive flop for us, frustrating at the time, but these days I have to smile and shake my head when I hear his name.

[@cianog]

An embarrassment of a player. Can’t believe he played a game for Italy in the era of Baggio, Zola , Vialli 😅😅😅

[@treehousekohtao]

Worst pro I've ever seen

[@ToryTerminator]

I had a t-shirt with "I saw Silenzi score" on it. Useless. So bad even Pratt wouldn't have signed him!

[@Bammers86]

Savo's father was shot dead by his grandfather...

[@almasolido374]

I remember all of these players and all their pictures from that sticker album. A shame I never completed the collection

[@mowvu]

me too pal. we're both sad af and i know I'm very proud of that lol

[@paulwilcox9184]

Really enjoyed this video. Thanks.

[@trickydickyblyth4785]

Cracking video I had just got over how bad silenzi was now it’s all come flashing back 😂

[@Redemption660]

Can’t believe Nicky Barmby got on the front Cover lol

[@Vongreimbf109]

Nick Barmby was promising young and only english attacking midfielder back then its supposedly Gerrard (nicky Butt)as DM Mcmanaman (Joe cole) LW Beckham (Lampard) RW Scholes(Barmby) AM Owen and Rooney (heskey/de foe)as ST but ,butt,barmby not up to expectation ...macca and cole had injuries Barmby can cover lw too

[@Vongreimbf109]

Christopher Kirkland and Scott Carson not up to expectation too(like butland case)..had to rely on robinson before joe hart

[@cordes85]

i have this album, all completed, for me Ruud Gullit was the hardest sticker to collect

[@b0n3z42oUk]

Completed most of the albums from the 90s. Graeme Le Saux always caught me out.

[@sentinel8617]

Great video again. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@1986misfits]

The only sticker album I ever completed this was. My cover was turquoise though not red. Same players but a different colour entirely

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Never saw those, do you still have it ?

[@1986misfits]

@@Retro-Football-Club I did up until not so long ago. But not got it anymore

[@mrbailey8653]

Sure you’re not thinking of the ‘97 album?

[@1986misfits]

@@mrbailey8653 most definitely 96 album. It had the same players on the front

[@tankc6474]

Amokachi 💙

[@caeserromero3013]

Why would Sheff Weds need Klas Ingesson when they had Carlton Palmer? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Leeds had just signed him for £2.6 million

[@BenziBoy]

RIP Ingesson deserved more of a chance at Wednesday

[@CowDaily]

Mirandinha was the first player to play in the English top flight. Football didn’t start when the premier league did.

[@Retro-Football-Club]

That’s correct but we are clearly covering the Premier League in this series, in particular the 96 sticker album, hence the title, the theme, the graphics 👍🏻

[@CowDaily]

@@Retro-Football-Club Your channel is called Retro FC. 😂

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Yep…….🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@pietropes1322]

@@CowDaily 90s football is retro lol

[@RustyVaperGameplay]

The first Brazilian. Not the first player.

[@andycuthbert4413]

Right up my street, thanks!

[@chrislacey8776]

Oynvid Leonhardsen looks a bit like Jimmy Carr in the final pic of him there

[@RC-oe6gy]

Miss them days when every club had different goals nets and some coloured ones like there team colours like norwich city,all same these days goals nets at every club.

[@Retro-Football-Club]

100% 👊🏻

[@PrehistoricPro]

These are really great videos, but they would definitely be improved if you didn't use an AI narrator.

[@Retro-Football-Club]

They would be but then Alan would be out of a job ? Jokes aside we will be looking to move away from it in the future as the channel grows hopefully.

[@PrehistoricPro]

@@Retro-Football-Club Haha, fair enough! I do think it will help attract more people, as some folks just switch off straight away when they hear AI. Still, great work! I'm enjoying the nostalgia! 🥲

[@Retro-Football-Club]

For the time being it’s all we can do with the equipment and bits we have. It’s still not prevented our videos from surging over the 20k mark so far, in fact as soon as we posted these videos the channel sky rocketed in views. Agree it’s a bit iffy though. We’ll get there 🙂

[@PrehistoricPro]

@@Retro-Football-Club You will mate, the content is quality & that's the main thing!

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Appreciate the comment and the feedback 👊🏻

[@pietropes1322]

RIP to the players that passed

[@mowvu]

jaime moreno was a good cheap womderkid on CM97

[@Vongreimbf109]

He was 22/23 yo then ..but he struggled in EPL..style didnt suit him..he success in MLS

[@mowvu]

@@Vongreimbf109 damn you're right he was much older than i remember. i always played with my club luton town lol. so he was amazing for me

[@Vongreimbf109]

@@mowvu yup his attributes good back then I i used to brought him too..even tho Im lfc fan but in CM I love play as west ham..lampard, Trevor Sinclair,shaka hislop, tomas repka,don Hutchinson Paul kitson.. really tough to get decent DL tho

[@Vongreimbf109]

@@mowvu Netherland had good players with high attributes too..Jan vanegoor of hasselink great addition 00/01 CM already got Freddy kanoute for west ham..great striker

[@Vongreimbf109]

@@mowvu but all I remembered for CM97..when facing arsenal..ANELKA name blipped when he scores 😄..what a year 97/98 for anelka

[@tomlevick2935]

Metrostars aren't defunct, they're just called ny red bulls. Liverpool didn't win the league cup in 1993, rhat was villa. Liverpool won it in 1995

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Thanks for the Correction 95 it was although Arsenal was 93, Villa was 94 As for NY they were sold off to Red Bull, so I suppose they are defunct in a way as are Wimbledon, after becoming MK. That’s the thought process anyway 👍🏻🙂

[@chicharito229]

Nice brief appearance of William Prunier. 😂

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Could probably do a whole episode on that cameo alone 🤣

[@chicharito229]

@@Retro-Football-Club Definitely, so many questions about him.

[@adambressington418]

Plenty of options for United, Van Der Ghouw was there, Solsjkaer, Poborsky, Ronnie Johnson, Jordi Cruyff

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Wrong season. None of them arrived until the 96/97 season. Only foreign players in the the 96 album were Schmeichel, Cantona, Keane and Irwin.

[@adambressington418]

@@Retro-Football-Club ohhh, my memory is failing me in my old age 😂

[@donnchaodalaigh4031]

@@Retro-Football-Clubif you include Irwin then Keane, literally lived 5 miles from each other in cork

[@latesha2008tyrese200]

Liverpool won the league cup in 1995 not 1993 mate. Great video tho. Keep them coming 🤝

[@SamScanlan-vu1pb]

That threw me aswel lol, again…. Great vid though 👍🏼

[@davidmcnaboe]

probably the first time ive ever heard someone call the FA Cup the f-a cup :D

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Welcome to A.I Alan, he’s over the moon you referred to him as someone, he’s far from perfect but he does a job

[@sentinel8617]

Long live A I Alan 🤣🤣

[@PorcupineFizzy]

In Premier League 96 some of the so called shiny stickers had a green background.

[@Retro-Football-Club]

It was a weird one wasn’t it

[@fman02]

Great watch, but shocking pronunciation in parts.

[@Retro-Football-Club]

AI Alan unfortunately. 🙂 will be moving away from it soon

[@zapre2284]

Silenzi.....a nose like Zlatan

[@jeniferallan6693]

Shame about the AI voice

[@Retro-Football-Club]

Can’t discriminate our Alan, he tries his best 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jeniferallan6693]

@@Retro-Football-Club would prefer a human

[@Retro-Football-Club]

@@jeniferallan6693 its not perfect but he’s not bad, as the channel grows we’ll look towards a more permanent solution

[@jeniferallan6693]

@@Retro-Football-Club however it was interesting...I just hate AI

[@RustyVaperGameplay]

@@Retro-Football-Club I can talk clearly...