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John Jensen, Anders Limpar (both Arsenal), Robert Warzycha (Everton), Eric Cantona (Leeds), Gunnar Halle (Oldham), Ronnie Rosenthal (Liverpool), Michel Vonk (Manchester City), Peter Schmeichel, Andrei Kanchelskis (Manchester United), Craig Forrest (Ipswich), Roland Nilsson (Sheffield Wednesday), Hans Segers (Wimbledon), Jan Stejskal (QPR).

And that was it.

Only 13 players from outside Britain and Ireland appeared on the opening weekend of the Premier League era.

It has only gone one way since.

One hundred and twelve overseas players started 10 games on the last day of the 2016-17 season.

Cantona the key for Leeds?

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You are in luck Nick. The engineroom of Denmark's European Championship-winning team is straight into George Graham's line-up to face Norwich.

Three subs! The game has gone...

John Motson
BBC commentator at Elland Road

Three international midfielders can’t get into the Leeds side. Indeed, £2m record signing David Rocastle can’t even get on the bench which features Steve Hodge, Gordon Strachan and reserve goalkeeper Mervyn Day.

Clubs can name a third substitute – a keeper – this season but only two substitutions can be made during a game.

Henry Winter
Writing for the Independent in 1992

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Alan Shearer's £3.6m fee has easily eclipsed the domestic transfer record, set when Liverpool paid £2.9m to Derby County for Dean Saunders. The price is high for a player who has yet to prove himself properly at senior international level and, before last year, had managed only 10 League goals in four seasons.

But the 21-year-old Geordie is clearly the leading English striker of his generation, the natural successor to Gary Lineker after his record-breaking goalscoring feats in an England Under-21 shirt. Eight years younger than Ian Wright, Shearer is also more highly regarded than Sheffield Wednesday's David Hirst in the England camp.

Managers, at club and national level, admire his equable temperament, and given a more supportive midfield than Southampton's, he should feature alongside the likes of Wright at the top of the Premier League scoring charts.

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John Terry or Rio Ferdinand? Frank Lampard or Steven Gerrard? Alan Shearer or Didier Drogba?

The Premier League is 25 years old this week and has been the home of some of the greatest players of the modern era. But who would make your all-time Premier League XI?

Well, now you can pick your favourites from the shortlist selected by a panel of BBC experts and then share your picks with your friends.

Adam Diouri: Can't see Norwich having a good day against Arsenal. In fact, can see them struggling this season & going down!

Mike: A new dawn in football. Everton - the Mersey millionaires - will be Premier League powerhouses for decades

James H: I'm intrigued how Alan Shearer will get on - £3.6m for a footballer? Outrageous amount of money. No-one is worth that.

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The Premier League looks set to bring in a new world of big-money moves.

Here's a smattering of this summer's movers and shakers...

David James - Watford to Liverpool (£1m)

Stuart Ripley - Middlesbrough to Blackburn (£1.3m)

Neil Pointon - Manchester City to Oldham (£600,000)

John Jensen - Brondby to Arsenal (£1.1m)

Chris Waddle - Marseille to Sheffield Wednesday (£1m)

Neil Ruddock - Southampton to Tottenham (£750,000)

David Rocastle - Arsenal to Leeds (£2m)

Alan Shearer - Southampton to Blackburn (£3.6m)

Robert Fleck - Norwich to Chelsea (£2.1m)

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The worry at Bramall Lane all summer has been a bigger club coming in to take Brian Deane away. But the number 10 starts for the Blades, fresh from 12 league goals last season.

Defender Alan McLeary is the only new face - he's just arrived on loan from Millwall.

No debutants for Manchester United either, although big summer signing Dion Dublin is an option on the bench.

With Bryan Robson injured the manager's son, Darren Ferguson, gets the chance to earn a regular starting place in the heart of midfield. Defender Mal Donaghy completed a £150,000 move to Chelsea this week while Neil Webb continues to be linked with a move away from Old Trafford.

Mark Robins joined Norwich just yesterday! A gamble?

They came pretty close last year but you have to think time is running out for Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. He's already had almost six years in charge.

Their opener at Bramall Lane is our main game this afternoon. You can watch the full 90 minutes in this page.

So will it be Leeds again who lead the way? Will this finally be Manchester United's year after 26 years of waiting?Can Chris Waddle deliver the title to Hillsborough?

Or is it Liverpool's turn to shine again?

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Earlier this summer, Fifa decided to make defenders' fall-back option of a pass back to the goalkeeper decidedly more risky.

Previously the man between the sticks - provided he was in the penalty area - could pick up the ball, take up to four steps with it in his gloves and then punt downfield.

Now, regardless of where he is on pitch, the goalie has to field a pass from a team-mate's feet with his own. Chaos!

Goalkeepers only have their own defenders to blame after the tactic of passing back to a goalkeeper was used rather cynically to run down the clock at World Cup 1990 and Euro 92.

The rule has been tested out at the Olympics football in Barcelona last month a few weeks back - with the likes of United States' Brad Friedel getting to grips with it.

Now, let's see how it works out on the domestic stage.

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Yes, don't worry, you are still in 2017. Well, physically at least. Mentally and emotionally, we want you to be back in the summer of 1992.

A time when Snap were top of the charts with 'Rhythm is a Dancer,' Sally Gunnell and Linford Christie had wowed us in Barcelona and Aladdin and Wayne's World had you queuing round the block at your local cinema.

So join in the nostalgia. In fact, we insist. Tell us what you were doing then, feel free to send pictures too. We also want you to play along as if you've never seen these games before and tell us how you think it will all pan out.

Tweet #bbcfootball to get involved.

No fewer than nine fixtures on this opening afternoon of Premier League action, all kicking off at the same time.

Sky Sports are showing Nottingham Forest v Liverpool tomorrow afternoon and Manchester City v QPR on Monday night. It'll never catch on.

Here's the games we'll be keeping you across for the next few hours.

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Arsenal v Norwich

Chelsea v Oldham

Coventry v Middlesbrough

Crystal Palace v Blackburn

Everton v Sheffield Wednesday

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Ipswich v Aston Villa

Leeds v Wimbledon

Sheffield United v Manchester United

Southampton v Tottenham

August 15, 1992.

After 104 years the Football League as we know it is no more.

The 'Premier League' is here.

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A brave new dawn or the end of life as we know it? A runaway success or a shocking breakaway by the money-hungry elite?

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All around the country the diggers are moving in to renovate creaking grounds, foreign players are jetting in and terraces are being replaced by seats.

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Time will surely tell whether the new division of 22 clubs signing a £305million exclusive TV rights deal with BSkyB will be good for football and fans alike, but one thing we can be sure of is that we are in for excitement.

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Who knows how the changes will affect us all. But why not join us over the next few hours for full coverage of Sheffield United v Manchester United, plus all the goals as they go in around the grounds.

It could be a momentous day...