Former Yeovil Town loan striker Rory Fallon made his World Cup Finals debut this afternoon for New Zealand against Slovakia.

Fallon, 28, will visit Huish Park next season as part of the Plymouth Argyle relegated from the Championship last season but today his focus was well and truly on Rustenberg as his native club drew 1-1 with their Slovak rivals.

The New Zealander spent a month on loan at Huish Park in season 2004-05 scoring once in six games. He grabbed the third goal and made the fourth in a 4-3 victory over Scunthorpe United.

Fallon is one of eleven players that played in the Football League last season who are now in South Africa for the World Cup. Interestingly enough, though all of them played in the Championship in 2009/10, six of them are unlikely to next season with five winning promotion for West Brom and Newcastle while of course Fallon drops to League One.

Football League players in the World Cup

Marek Cech - Slovakia and West Brom
Jay de Merit - Watford and USA
Rory Fallon - Plymouth and New Zealand
Adam Federici - Reading and Australia
Jonas Gutierrez - Newcastle and Argentina
Gonzalo Jara - West Brom and Chile
Brad Jones - Middlesbrough and Australia
Chris Killen - Middlesbrough and New Zealand
Robert Koren - West Brom and Slovenia (now free agent)
Tommy Smith - Ipswich and New Zealand
Chris Wood - West Brom and New Zealand