Quiz! How many of the 50 oldest players in Premier League history can you name?

Ryan Giggs

We respect our elders here at FFT – so our latest quiz is dedicated to the ageing stars who were still getting games in the Premier League when biology dictated they probably should have been at home under a blanket sipping Ovaltine. We can only assume that's what Mark Crossley is doing these days, anyway. 

The oldest man on this list actually only played in four Premier League games as part of a journeyman's 28-year, 29-club career – but did so at the astonishing age of 43, five months and 11 days for Manchester City in 1994/95 (in fairness, he also appeared in the First Division pre-1992). 

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Joe Brewin

Joe was the Deputy Editor at FourFourTwo until 2022, having risen through the FFT academy and been on the brand since 2013 in various capacities. 


By weekend and frustrating midweek night he is a Leicester City fan, and in 2020 co-wrote the autobiography of former Foxes winger Matt Piper – subsequently listed for both the Telegraph and William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards.