Matt Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/8638423.stm thats impressive! ok, 1 time thing but still makes you wonder, who are the oldest players to play in the top leagues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/8638423.stm thats impressive! ok, 1 time thing but still makes you wonder, who are the oldest players to play in the top leagues? Stanley Matthews famously played at the top level into his fifties (there's hope for me yet...Davey, Davey sign me up!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 50's!? wow, that impressive. I know Shilton played into his 40s, did Big Nev also? Anyway, anyone know who is the oldest player to play in the premiership (without googling)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 yeah i know that one only cos my mate carl asked me in pub other day(he always has some daft question i think it's 1 too many boxing matches) and i got it wrong i'd have never in a million years got it.. John Burridge as for the oldest players i found these... The oldest player to play was Salvador Reyes. He played at the age of 71 with Chivas of Mexico against Pumas of Mexico on January19 2008. He played for the first minute of the game touching the ball 5 times. He got substituted after all of that. As for the United States or anywhere other than Europe I am unsure. This is for Europe. The official record is held by John Ryan the owner of Doncaster Rovers. He brought himself on as substitute in the last minute of a game in 2003 aged 52 years, 11 months. If this counts because he did not touch the ball otherwise New Brighton goalkeeper Neil McBain is the man your looking for. He played away at Hartlepool in a Division 3 North game in March 1947 aged 51 years, 4 months. At the age of 58, Pedro Ribeiro Lima, the oldest professional player in activity, scored the first goal of his career. This could not have happened anywhere else than in Brazil, and its glorious state championships. Pedro plays for A.D. Perilima, the worst club of Paraibano championship and scored from the penalty spot when Campinense had a 4 - 0 advantage in the score board. When the referee signalized the foul, his teammates had no doubt: Pedro had to take it. The fans celebrated the achievement as a title, and greeted Pedro as top star. Despite the final score of 5 - 1, Pedro was very happy about it, and said that Romário's search for the 1000th goal inspired him. Perilima was founded in 1992 and Pedro started playing in 1999. He says that his strength comes from a diet of "sordas," a type of "cookie" made out of rapadura, the delicious sweet typical from Brazil's Northeast. In Japan there are two elder players: Masashi "GON" Nakayama who plays for Jubilo Iwata in the japanese first division and Kazuyoshi "KAZU" Miura who plays for Yokohama FC in the japanese second division. Both are 42 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 nice googling Marco! found something similar: The 17 oldest players to have played in the Football League since 1888 are: Team Born Last match Age 1 Neil McBain New Brighton 15/11/1895 15/03/1947 51y 120d 2 Bob Suter Halifax Town 10/07/1878 24/04/1929 50y 288d 3 Stanley Matthews Stoke City 01/02/1915 06/02/1965 50y 5d 4 Billy Meredith Manchester C 28/07/1874 22/03/1924 49y 238d 5 Peter Shilton Leyton Orient 18/09/1949 21/01/1997 47y 125d 6 Tom Holford Port Vale 28/01/1878 05/04/1924 46y 68d 7 Alan Judge Oxford United 14/05/1960 06/11/2004 44y 176d 8 Alex Ferguson Swindon T 05/08/1903 15/11/1947 44y 102d 9 Howard Matthews Halifax Town 29/11/1885 01/03/1930 44y 92d 10 Dave Beasant Brighton 20/03/1959 04/05/2003 44y 45d 11 Harry Wait Walsall 03/1892 02/05/1936 44y 31d+ 12 John Burridge Darlington 03/12/1951 09/12/1995 44y 6d 13 Billy Hampson South Shields 26/08/1884 21/04/1928 43y 239d 14 Alf Wood Coventry C 14/05/1915 29/11/1958 43y 199d 15 Tommy Hutchison Swansea C 22/09/1947 12/03/1991 43y 171d 16 Mick Burns Ipswich T 07/06/1908 06/10/1951 43y 121d 17 Jack Page Merthyr Town 24/03/1886 04/05/1929 43y 41d Didnt even know New Brighton had a team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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