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Internationals who ended up at Orient

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Which full international footballers have ended up at Orient in the last 50-ish years? This is a subjective exercise.

Category E
Very good/good players for the O's, like Ralph Coates and Simba, or sensational, like Bowles.

Category G
Disappointing: for example, Hodge and Alvin Martin perhaps?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Peter Shilton somewhere between the two. No idea which for Ray Wilkins.

Andrea Dossena definitely category G
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Glyn Garner "E"
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Tbf was Alvin Martin disappointing, considering he was 38 and dropping down 3 divisions? If anyone was disappointed I'd say that was down to a failure to manage their own expectations.

Eldin Jakupovic category E since he made his international debut before he came to Orient.

Edit: removed M'Poku and Hendon as they weren't FULL internationals when they joined Orient as the thread requires.
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Norman Deeley, think he had recently played for England when we signed him.
Peter Brabrook was in the '62 England World Cup Squad and had full caps.
Both category E.
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Thanks again, that's helpful. Here're the candidates so far:

Bowles, Brabrook, Coates, Dossena, Garner,
Jonny Gorman, Hodge, Andy Jones, Liam Kelly, Lisbie,
McAnuff, Alvin Martin, His Reverence Mulryne, Shilton, Simba,
Peter Taylor, Thompson, Toner, Walley, Wilkins,
and Zoricich. (21)

Applying the test: was he ultimately a good signing for the Orient? 11 yes, 9 no and one too soon to say.
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Peter Taylor deffo good signing
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Not a full international but Craig Easton with 22 appearances at U21 was about as close as it gets.
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Lisbie had played for Jamaica hadn't he?

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Amazingly Ous Cisse has five caps for Mali.
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Anthony Griffith debuted for Montserrat the year before he joined us.

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Martin Rowlands had five caps for Ireland when he joined us.
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Jamal Campbell-Ryce had appeared for Jamaica when he joined on loan.
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Goalkeeper Jason Brown had played for Wales before he joined on loan.
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Not a lot of you would remember Phil Woosnam who played inside left and played for Wales. Great player.
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moonwalk19 wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 6:51 pm Not a lot of you would remember Phil Woosnam who played inside left and played for Wales. Great player.
Yes Phil was an excellent player but does not actually fit into the category of........... ''Which full international footballers have ended up at Orient in the last 50-ish years? This is a subjective exercise.''
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timothy wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:21 am Norman Deeley, think he had recently played for England when we signed him.
Peter Brabrook was in the '62 England World Cup Squad and had full caps.
Both category E.
Both good players for the Os, Deeley joined us in 1962 and left in 1964, he had 2 caps for England in 1959.
Brabrook joined us in 1968 and left in 1971. He had 3 caps for England between 1958 to 1960.
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Flying Hippo wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:07 am Which full international footballers have ended up at Orient in the last 50-ish years? This is a subjective exercise.

Category E
Very good/good players for the O's, like Ralph Coates and Simba, or sensational, like Bowles.
I can’t think of any better player signed by Orient than Stan Bowles.
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