Can you name a player who has established himself

[Icy Gull]

in league 1 or 2 or lower and then gone on to be a Premiership star in the last 10 years?

It used to be lower league fans got the pleasure of watching a mega talent befor he got snapped up by one of the top clubs having played for a while in the lower leagues.

Seems to me that they get poached at youth level and i'm struggling to think of any Premiership STARS ( not players like Dawson or Etheridge or loanees from the top clubs getting experience!) who plyed their trade for a while at lower league clubs.

Real shame that players like Keegan (Scunthorpe) aren't seen at small grounds araound the country anymore

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Zamora.

 

[Icy Gull]

Zamora.

Now I'm embarassed

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Don't beat yourself up, I couldn't list many others that could class as stars; Tim Cahill definately, maybe Hahnemman, Hunt, Bullard, Baines, Shorey and a few other Reading / Wigan players - but not really 'stars', no.

 

[The Large One]

Frank Lampard.

 

[Gritt23]

Peter Crouch - what league were QPR in when he turned up there?

 

[sussexfatboy]

DJ Campbell?

 

[Gritt23]

How low down the leagues were Fulham when Steve Finnan started with them?

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Dean Ashton

edit: actually, were Crewe ever in League 1?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Etherington?
Davies?

Whether you could call them stars or not...

 

[itszamora]

How low down the leagues were Fulham when Steve Finnan started with them?

Pretty low I think, I've a feeling he also spent some time in the Conference although that could be total nonsense. Sean Davis also has played in all 4 divisions for Fulham, and of course is now at Portsmouth.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

earnshaw should have been. amazed if kris commons dosent get snapped up by a lower prem team or high championship team

 

[Gritt23]

Actually, I think Finnan might have started even lower. Peterbrough or Notts Co? I know one of the guys on Talksport talks about him now and again as being an ex-player of his team. It's either Adrian Durham (Peterbrough) or Macca (Notts Co.)

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Peter Crouch - what league were QPR in when he turned up there?

They brought him from Spurs.

Jamie Redknapp?
Lee Sharpe?
Shorey?
Matthew Taylor?
Reo Coker?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Danny Murphy?

 

[Braders]

Pretty low I think, I've a feeling he also spent some time in the Conference although that could be total nonsense.

it's true , played in a league cup, FA cup ,UEFA Cup & Champions League final aswell as playing in every league from Premiership to Conference...


almost a quiz question isn't it

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

in league 1 or 2 or lower and then gone on to be a Premiership star in the last 10 years?

It used to be lower league fans got the pleasure of watching a mega talent befor he got snapped up by one of the top clubs having played for a while in the lower leagues.

Seems to me that they get poached at youth level and i'm struggling to think of any Premiership STARS ( not players like Dawson or Etheridge or loanees from the top clubs getting experience!) who plyed their trade for a while at lower league clubs.

Real shame that players like Keegan (Scunthorpe) aren't seen at small grounds araound the country anymore

Why not Dawson?

 

[Life After Bobby]

Roy Carroll
Steve Finnan
LuaLua
Linvoy Primus

 

[Gritt23]

it's true , played in a league cup, FA cup ,UEFA Cup & Champions League final aswell as playing in every league from Premiership to Conference...


almost a quiz question isn't it

Who did he play for in the Conference then?

Oh hang on, I may know, was it Welling?

 

[Gritt23]

it's true , played in a league cup, FA cup ,UEFA Cup & Champions League final aswell as playing in every league from Premiership to Conference...


almost a quiz question isn't it

Who did he play for in the Conference then?

Oh hang on, I may know, was it Welling?