I knew the Hewie answer but I didn't know of another of ours. Interested to know who it is.
Somebody should get it but as I'm going to be without internet access shortly until late afternoon I'll leave it until then. He was aged 21 and only had one cap prior to the tournament if that helps.
I think it unlikely Edwards took a penalty for Wales as he was a young fullback and only played twice for Wales (full international) in his career unlike Hewie who took them for Charlton and was a very experienced pro at the time.
No probs. OK that's two players from our club who have taken part in the finals, there are three more name them and the year of the competition and no Googling. All you youngsters should get this, by that I mean aged 21 and over :-)
Only a couple of hours to go and still looking for the fifth player to have taken part in the World Cup finals whilst on our books and the year. So far we have Hewie and Edwards 1958 and Kiely and Kinsella 2002.
Well done GA spot on, Claus came on as a sub in 58th min as England beat Denmark 3-0.
If anyone is interested, the link below shows 793 players of 64 English League clubs that have played in the World Cup finals from 1950 to 2010. Not surprisingly, Manure 74, Arsenal 61, Liverpool 58, Chelsea 54 head the table whilst we lie in a creditable joint 34th. http://www.myfootballfacts.com/FIFA_World_Cup_Players_From_English_Clubs.html
Like Matty and Rom, there were quite a few ex-Charlton or Charlton-to-be at the 2002 finals. Anyone interested can work out the ones who were at English clubs from the myfootballfacts.com link above.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/even-after-nearly-50-years-i-can-still-picture-it-hitting-the-post-419021.html
We also had another player in that tournament who was it?
I was told it was Trevor Edwards for Wales who got through to the semis beating the great Hungary.
Can anyone tell me if he , like Hewie , did miss a penalty.
http://www.scottishfootballblog.co.uk/2010/06/scotland-v-france-1958-world-cup.html?m=1
I will pass that on.
I'll leave the other for someone else.
If anyone is interested, the link below shows 793 players of 64 English League clubs that have played in the World Cup finals from 1950 to 2010. Not surprisingly, Manure 74, Arsenal 61, Liverpool 58, Chelsea 54 head the table whilst we lie in a creditable joint 34th.
http://www.myfootballfacts.com/FIFA_World_Cup_Players_From_English_Clubs.html