Not The English Abroad Trivia Quiz

Answer: AC Milan

Joe Jordan left Manchester United to join AC Milan in 1981, playing a total of 22 games in Serie A during the 1981-82 season. At the end of the season, despite his club's relegation to Serie B, Jordan was selected for Scotland's 1982 World Cup squad, the third World Cup in a row in which he had been selected for the national team.

In Scotland's final group game against the Soviet Union, Jordan achieved a personal milestone when he became the first Scottish player to score in three successive World Cups.

The game proved to be his final international, as he received an injury and was not selected again. Jordan eventually played five of his overall total of 52 internationals during his time at AC Milan.

Answer: Barcelona

Steve Archibald moved from Tottenham Hotspur to Barcelona in 1984 where, in his first season, his 15 goals helped the club to their first league title in 11 years. Having been a regular fixture at Barcelona for two seasons, Archibald was selected for Scotland's squad for the 1986 World Cup.

He played in one of the three group games, against West Germany, which the team lost 2-1, and which proved to be the last of his 27 international appearances. Archibald remained at Barcelona for another two seasons, but found himself left on the fringes of the first team following introduction of restrictions on the number of foreign players in Spain.

He left the club in 1987, signing for English club Blackburn Rovers on loan, before he left Barcelona permanently to join Hibernian in 1988. Archibald played four internationals during his time at Barcelona.

Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Murdo MacLeod had been a fixture at Celtic for nine years, playing almost 300 games for the club when, in May 1987, he rejected their offer of a new contract, and instead signed for German club Borussia Dortmund. MacLeod cemented his place in his new club's first team, playing more than 100 games for Borussia by the time he was selected for Scotland's 1990 World Cup squad.

At the tournament, MacLeod was selected for two of Scotland's games, a win against Sweden and the defeat against Brazil. Although he began the new season retaining his regular place at Borussia Dortmund, he was increasingly left out as the season progressed, and, in January 1991, he returned to Scotland to join Hibernian. MacLeod played a total of 20 internationals for Scotland, of which 14 took place while he was in Germany.

Answer: Bayern Munich

Alan McInally had been at English club Aston Villa for two years, helping them to promotion in 1988, when, in 1989, he left to join German club Bayern Munich. In his first season in Germany, he played 31 league games and scored 10 goals to help Bayern to the Bundesliga title, which helped lead to his selection for Scotland's squad for the 1990 World Cup. McInally played in one game at the tournament, a defeat against Costa Rica. That game was his eighth appearance for Scotland, and also proved to be his last.

He remained at Bayern Munich for another two seasons, but found himself on the fringes of the first team, and was involved in just nine more league games for the club before he left to join Kilmarnock in 1993. Six of McInally's eight international appearances for Scotland came while he was at Bayern Munich.

Answer: Monaco

John Collins had been a regular for two of Scotland's major clubs since the start of his professional career, playing more than 150 games for Hibernian between 1985 and 1990, before he moved to Celtic, where he played over 200 games from 1990 to 1996.

In the summer of 1996, Collins elected to leave Celtic and moved to AS Monaco on a free transfer, where he won the French league title in his first season. The same summer, he was a part of Scotland's squad for the 1996 European Championship, in which he played in all three of their games. Two years later, Collins was selected for the Scotland squad at the 1998 World Cup, again playing in all three of their group games, including the first game of the tournament against Brazil, in which he scored. That summer, he also elected to leave Monaco, moving to English club Everton. Collins played 17 of his overall total of 58 internationals while in Monaco.

Answer: FC Utrecht

Scott Booth had been a regular in the first team at Aberdeen from 1990 when, in the summer of 1997, he elected to leave the club and follow in the footsteps of his international team-mate, Paul Lambert, by joining German club Borussia Dortmund. However, his time in Germany proved less than successful, and in January 1998, in an effort to get regular football prior to the 1998 World Cup, he went on loan to Dutch side FC Utrecht.

He eventually played 14 games for Utrecht, scoring five times, and was selected for the World Cup, in which he played in one of Scotland's games.

Although he returned to Borussia Dortmund, he was sent on loan again in November 1998, this time to Vitesse Arnhem, before leaving Dortmund permanently in the Summer of 1999, when he joined FC Twente. Booth played for times for Scotland while he was at Utrecht, out of a total of 22 international appearances.

Answer: Oostende

Jack Hendry's career began at Partick Thistle in 2015, and was followed by spells at Wigan Athletic, Shrewsbury Town and Milton Keynes Dons before he became a fixture for Dundee in 2017. This led to a move to Celtic in 2018, although he was unable to break into the first team and, in 2020, he went on loan to Belgian side KV Oostende, where he made a total of 30 appearances.

This led to his being called into Scotland's squad for Euro 2020, in which he played one game, a defeat against the Czech Republic (his 7th international appearance). Following Scotland's elimination from the tournament, Hendry's move to Oostende was made permanent.

Hendry had played four of those seven internationals while at Oostende.

Answer: Juventus

John Charles had played almost 300 league games for Leeds United up to 1957, when he became one of the first significant British footballers to move to a foreign club (he joined Italian side Juventus). Having been a regular in Wales's national team since 1953, the move to Italy did not harm Charles's place, and he was selected in the squad for the 1958 World Cup, where he played in four games, although he missed the quarter-final against Brazil due to injury. Charles remained at Juventus until 1962, when he returned to Leeds United. He played 11 of his 38 internationals while at Juventus.

More than 60 years after Charles moved to Italy, a second Welsh international joined Juventus, when Aaron Ramsey left Arsenal to join the then Italian champions in 2019, after which he won the league title in his first season. Ramsey had been a regular for Wales since 2008, and had appeared at the 2016 European Championship. He made his second tournament appearance five years later at Euro 2020, playing in all four of Wales's games, scoring once. That 4th game was his 67th international appearance. Ramsey had played nine of those 67 internationals while at Juventus.

Answer: Real Madrid

Gareth Bale's professional career began at Southampton as a teenager, before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. In 2013, a world record transfer fee took Bale to Real Madrid. While in Spain's capital, Bale remained a pivotal member of Wales's international team, and was selected for their first tournament appearance in almost 60 years at the 2016 European Championship, playing in every game of their run to the semi-final, and scoring three times. Bale was subsequently selected for Wales's squad for the 2020 European Championships.

While he was still a Real Madrid player at this point, he had since fallen out of favour in the Spanish capital, and had spent much of the previous season on loan at his former club, Tottenham Hotspur. Wales were eliminated from the 2020 Euros by Denmark (it was Bales' 96th international appearance).

He had played 55 of those 96 international games as a Real Madrid player.

Answer: London

Graeme Le Saux's club career began after he left his home in Jersey to move to Chelsea, making his debut in 1989. In 1993 he moved to Blackburn Rovers, at which he made his England debut in 1994. Le Saux returned to Chelsea in 1997, and while there he was selected into the squad for his only international tournament, the 1998 World Cup, in which he played all four of England's games. A total of 16 of Le Saux's 36 appearances for England came while he was at Chelsea.

Kieran Tierney was born in the Isle of Man, although his family moved to Wishaw, a small town near Glasgow, when he was 10 months old. Tierney came through the ranks at Celtic, making his first-team debut in 2015 and cementing his place as a regular in his first season. In 2019, Tierney left Celtic to join Arsenal, eventually gaining a regular first-team spot. Tierney was selected for the Scotland squad at the 2020 European Championship, and played two of the team's three games, his 22nd and 23rd international appearances. Tierney had played 11 of those 23 internationals while at Arsenal.