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« Reply #1 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 12:08:23 » |
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with austin and marshall both doing well on saturday, I wondered how many other decent players are doing the business having made the jump from non-league to pro football. McKail Smith at Peterborough, any others?
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 12:09:17 » |
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Beckford?
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 12:29:05 » |
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I didn't include him on the grounds of him being a tw@t, but yeah, he joined Leeds from wealdstone didn't he?
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 12:48:37 » |
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George Boyd went from Stevenage to Peterborough and is now on loan at Nottingham Forest.
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:14:31 » |
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Freddie Eastwood, Phil Smith, DJ Campbell, Michael Kightly. There's a fair few out there.
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:16:14 » |
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George Boyd went from Stevenage to Peterborough and is now on loan at Nottingham Forest.
M-Smith, cant remember his full name who played for Peterborough, he was also non-league. |
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:17:00 » |
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You mean Mackail Smith who got mentioned 5 posts before yours?  |
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:25:17 » |
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You mean Mackail Smith who got mentioned 5 posts before yours? Oh so he did. Ian Wright, picked up whilst playing Sunday league football, has he been mentioned? |
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:32:14 » |
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Roy Keane was playing in Ireland, which must be the equivalent of our non-league. Pretty certain Brian Clough signed him after a recommendation from his green grocer. Brian Clough was ace.
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:34:14 » |
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Roy Keane was playing in Ireland, which must be the equivalent of our non-league. Pretty certain Brian Clough signed him after a recommendation from his green grocer. Brian Clough was ace.
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:56:46 » |
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not sure if they count, but shane long and co at reading came from the irish leagues. a step up from non-league, though, perhaps.
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 14:05:57 » |
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Sir Les Ferdinand, Stuart Pearce, Stan Collywobble, Kevin Phillips, Kerry Dixon all were non league players to play for England.
And don't forget John Barnes who signed for Watford from Sudbury Court for the transfer fee of 1 full set of kit!
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 21:41:36 » |
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Anyone remember Juan 'best friends with Xabi Alonso' Ugarte? Wrexham signed him from Dorchester and he went on to score 5 goals in one game, 4 in another after already getting two hat tricks or something ridiculous. He completely disappeared after that. I think he had a trial with Liverpool after he was at Wrexham! Hope our Charlie doesn't go down that route.
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, March 15, 2010, 22:04:58 » |
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Good shout on Ugarte...think he was working in a hotel somewhere, when Wrexham gave him a run out....he scored a 4, a 3 in a Skoda Hubcap game, and then a 5, all in away games. Went to Crewe and got injured, then back to Wrexham before disappearing. Think he came on at the CG as a sub for Wrexham when Parkin scored a hat-trick.
I suppose there are two names which readily spring to mind on this subject....daddy of the lot is Ray Barlow.
Barlow is a West Brom legend, recently voted in their top 16 all time...won the FA Cup and played for England...Barlow was spotted playing for Garrards in the Wilts League, in 44, by Jimmy Cookson, who played for the Baggies, finished at STFC just prior to the War and was running a pub in Swindon.
I've always suspected the chaos at the time was the reason we missed such a class player.
Dudley Tyler, was playing for Pinehurst and then non league Hereford, and ended up,at West Ham.
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