Players plucked from non-league

[withdeanwombat]

Everton signed Andrew Johnson from Crystal Palace.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

How many of the aforementioned players had played at League level BEFORE dropping out though?

Steve Claridge played 7 games for Bournemouth before dropping out the league in 1986 to play with Weymouth for a couple of years before Palace signed him in 1988.

 

[the wanderbus]

Tony Book went from I think it was Bath City or some club down that way straight to Div 1 with Man City, who were challenging for the title, at about 27 years of age if my memory serves me well.

& he played his 250th game for Bath against us in the cup, I think

 

[Don Tmatter]

Didn't we sign Kilo from Canvey Island?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Paul Rogers

 

[Tooting Gull]

Jay DeMerit must be leading the non-Albion list at the moment. Gambled huge by coming over from the States with £500 in his pocket to play for Northwood, hoping someone would see him. One good pre-season match against Watford - now a couple of years later he's in the Premiership.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Didn't we sign Kilo from Canvey Island?

Nope, Chelmsford City

 

[Safeway]

Steve Claridge played 7 games for Bournemouth before dropping out the league in 1986 to play with Weymouth for a couple of years before Palace signed him in 1988.

Not sure he'd been mentioned in thread, though.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

DJ Campbell was with.....can't remember. But he described himself as a bad egg and got kicked into non-league.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Nope, Chelmsford City

He played 50 odd times for Southend before joining Chelmsford.

 

[Boroseagull]

DJ Campbell was with.....can't remember. But he described himself as a bad egg and got kicked into non-league.

Was with Stevenage Boro & dropped down to Yeading. But we also had a certain Barry Hales who went on to greater heights & earned us a few bob via Bristol Rvs, Fulham etc. Barry was discovered by our then manager, Paul Fairclough, playing for Wilsdon [Nth London Lge] in Sunday football.

 

[Silent Bob]

Tim Sills
Yemi Odubade

Where did Oxford finish again?

 

[Pigsy]

garry birtles joined forest from non-league, so did Ian Woan

 

[Scotty Mac]

junior lewis

 

[Marshy]

who is our 2nd signing ?

 

[Icy Gull]

who is our 2nd signing ?

I was thinking of Doug Loft, who we haven't really seen yet

 

[Da Man Clay]

I was thinking of Doug Loft, who we haven't really seen yet

He looked quite good in the Stoke game, Saying that I think I would have looked better than half the heartless mob that were in the stripes.

 

[mona]

Adrian Owers was signed from Chelmsford and helped us to promotion in the Garry Nelson team.

 

[Icy Gull]

Adrian Owers was signed from Chelmsford and helped us to promotion in the Garry Nelson team.

Really? Don't recall ever seeing him

 

[Cadman]

Didn't West Brom sign Cyril Regis from Hayes.?