Wednesday 3rd October 2012:
How many Foreign players named Paul have appeared in the Premier League since 1992-93?
7
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Paul Allen. Pretty sure the Premier league started before he finished top flight football.
Arse cakes, really should read the question properly first. Scrap that answer
Wrong. Statto doesn't have Paul McGrath in his answers so it's at least 8.
McGrath is Irish, not British.
Paul Ifill
Paul Bosvelt
From that list of foreign players a couple of days ago.
So we have 5 so far...
Paul Stalteri
Paul Pogba
Paul Scharner
Paul Okon
Paul Hall
Where's Statto?.. This is bugging me now.. I reckon there must be another Australian or one of those players that chose to play for Jamaica or Nigeria etc?
Paul Ifill was born in England too.
Which asks the question why include Paul Ifill and exclude Paul McGrath. Either both are foreign because they played international football for non-UK teams or both are British because they were born British. Picking one and not the other seems arbitrary.
The Republic is a foreign country
adjective
1 of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own: foreign currency | a man with a foreign accent.
• dealing with or relating to other countries: foreign policy.
• of or belonging to another district or area: a visit to a foreign clan.
• coming or introduced from outside: the quotation is a foreign element imported into the work.
2 strange and unfamiliar: I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you.
• (foreign to) not belonging to or characteristic of: crime and brutality are foreign to our nature.
I appreciate it's a special case but the same arguments could also be applied to any country of the Commonwealth. If proximity is the issue then we'll have France as well as that was under the Crowns rule in the 15th century.