[betterthanbaird]

It's amazing that some real quality Albion players have consistantly been overlooked by England over the years.

IMO the chapter that suggests that this IS something more than just strange was when Bryan Robson went to Man Utd; for a couple of years he'd been as good as he ever was, playing for us - I remember that there was even a 'Robson for England' campaign running! He hardly got a look in....but - SURPRISE SURPRISE! As soon as he went to Old Trafford he was in, and never looked back - was an absolute regular in every game.

Who else? I know a couple DID actually play a couple of times, but that's it....
Bomber
Len Cantello
Laurie Cunningham
John Wile
Derek Statham
Cyrille Regis
Ishmael  Miller

(...ok, the last one was a joke   )
I'm sure that there are heaps more that would've played for England if they'd played for a bigger club - like Villa, for example  

It's funny you say that because even now Villa have a surprisingly high number of players who've played for England. Maybe top 5 clubs in England, bizarre.