Manchester City Players Who Captained England

[Sam Armstrong]

According to today's Daily Fail, there have been just 5 City players who have captained England whilst at the club .... Who were they all?

 

[DiscoSteve]

Bell, Hart, Milner

 

[squirtyflower]

Joe hart?
Dave Watson?

 

[kaz7]

Joe is the only one i remember and i think that was just once?

 

[Sam Armstrong]

Bell, Hart, Milner

.....and that, to my shame, is where my list ended too! Though I thought Milner may have been handed the armband rather than captaining from the outset though I may be wrong.

 

[Glauber Berti]

Barry has been IIRC

 

[Sam Armstrong]

BTW, I'm not trying to be a smartarse sitting here with all the answers ..... it's a genuine lack of knowledge on my part!

 

[DiscoSteve]

Dave Watson and David Seaman

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Was David James ever captain?

 

[Sam Armstrong]

Right, done a bit of digging and have come up with the following and please feel free to correct me if I am wrong and there are in fact others

Gareth Barry (1 game in 2011)
Colin Bell (1 game in 1972)
Frank Swift (2 games in 1948)
Sam Barkas (3 games in 1937)
Max Woosnam (1 game in 1922

So I was wrong about Hart & Milner!!! I hope that at some point that is remedied as I do believe both, with their work ethic deserve it though now Jimmy is at Scousepool he can wait!!!

 

[kaz7]

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/10/13/shropshire-lad-joe-hart-captains-england/

Only for a few mins if that counts

 

[Sam Armstrong]

Dave Watson and David Seaman

Dave Watson was an England Captain for 3 games in 1980 but was by then a Southampton player
David Seaman was too for 1 game in 1997 but was still a Gooner

 

[Sam Armstrong]

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/10/13/shropshire-lad-joe-hart-captains-england/

Only for a few mins if that counts

Can only assume they mean Captain as in leading the team onto the pitch at kick off then.

 

[kaz7]

Can only assume they mean Captain as in leading the team onto the pitch at kick off then.

Damn it,i was trying to be a smart arse lol

 

[Sam Armstrong]

Slight shift on the original question then ..... how many former England Captains have played at some point in their careers for City? (and for the sake of clarity let's go with the interpretation I posted previously i.e. those who led the players on to the pitch as Captain)

We can now happily include Big Dave Watson, David Seaman, Stuart Pearce & Mick Channon for starters .... any more?

 

[Sam Armstrong]

Frank Lampard & Peter Beardsley (okay so he was only with us on loan but sod it I'm counting him!)

 

[Big Swifty]

May be the wrong thread as he wasn't a City player, but I have a question about England captains that I ask people and no one ever gets it right - who was the last footballer to captain England on his international debut?
A pint of Wobbly Bob (6% ABV) at my local if you get it right.

 

[xgorton]

May be the wrong thread as he wasn't a City player, but I have a question about England captains that I ask people and no one ever gets it right - who was the last footballer to captain England on his international debut?
A pint of Wobbly Bob (6% ABV) at my local if you get it right.

Claude Ashton 1925.

 

[lancs blue]

Claude Ashton 1925.

Was that because the rest of the team said "after you, Claude" and he ended up leading them out?

 

[Big Swifty]

No, it was George Hardwick, of Middlesbrough and Oldham Athletic, who captained England when full internationals resumed in the autumn of 1946 after the war. He was a handsome beast, with a Clark Gable moustache, and allegedly had many a conquest among his lady followers. His debut match saw him appointed captain, as he had a distinguished bearing and could play a bit.
I shall google his photograph and see if he really was as handsome as I remember him.
Sorry if (a) this is about a non-City player and (b) if it sounds a bit gay.