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[Albion] Where is your favorite now? The ULTIMATE list of active Albion ex-players



hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
62,759
Chandlers Ford
Great list. Top work.

(There is no way Kevin Thornton plays for Coventry though. He last played league football about 10 years ago!)
 




stewart12

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2019
1,920
(There is no way Kevin Thornton plays for Coventry though. He last played league football about 10 years ago!)

was gonna say...absolutely no chance is that bloke playing championship football in 2021
 


NooBHA

Well-known member
Jan 13, 2015
8,591
Jamie Murphy will always be my favourite Brighton player as he came through the Motherwell youth ranks.

He was also my first ITK transfer into Brighton and loads of people said I was a bullshitter.

I thought I was doing people a favour by telling people he was signing and all I got was accused of lying. Unless of course I was willing to post a copy of the signed contract. A tough initiation and baptism to NSC that was.

I look back and find it quite funny now. Also a great signing at the time and place.
 








DJ NOBO

Well-known member
Jul 18, 2004
6,816
Wiltshire
This list should be pretty complete, but I've randomly ignored a few ones in the English amateur divisions (including all Burgess Hill players because I decided to have something against them). Probably missed out on a few others as well but not too many, I think. The list is perhaps a little bit poorly sorted with the countries and players coming in a random order but thats life, it is what it is and we take the positives and move on and your mum.

ITALY

Serie A
Fikayo Tomori (Milan)
Niki Mäenpää (Venezia)

Serie B
Ales Mateju (Brescia)

Serie D
Gai Assulin (AC Crema)

ENGLAND

Premier League
Ben White (Arsenal)
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)
Chris Wood (Burnley)
Ashley Barnes (Burnley)
Dale Stephens (Burnley)
Tim Krul (Norwich)
Paul McShane (Manchester United.. U23)

Championship
Oliver Norwood (Sheffield U)
Anthony Knockaert (Fulham)
Izzy Brown (Preston)
Grant Hall (Middlesbrough)
Gary Gardner (Birmingham)
David Button (West Bromwich)
Viktor Gyökeres (Coventry)
Glen Rea (Luton)
Sam Baldock (Derby)
Colin Kazim-Richards (Derby)
Gaetan Bong (Nottingham)
Bradley Johnson (Blackburn)
Kevin Thornton (Coventry)
Jack Leahy (Cardiff)
Joe Ward (Peterborough)
Joe Tomlinson (Peterborough)

League One
Sam Vokes (Wycombe)
Jack Wakely (Wycombe)
Liam Bridcutt (Lincoln)
Jake Forster Caskey (Charlton)
Elliott Bennett (Shrewsbury)
Max Sanders (Lincoln)
Joe Mattock (Rotherham)
David Stockdale (Wycombe)
Warren O'Hora (MK Dons)
Lewis Freestone (Cheltenham)
Jonathan Obika (Morecambe)
Jonah Ayunga (Morecambe)
Courtney Duffus (Morecambe)
Kieran Sadlier (Rotherham)
Jordan Thorniley (Oxford)

League Two
Stephen Ward (Walsall)
James Wilson (Port Vale)
Danny Cashman (Rochdale)
Jim McNulty (Rochdale)
Scott Flinders (Cheltenham)
Mustapha Carayol (Gillingham)
Rob Hunt (Swindon)
James Tilley (Crawley)
Archie Davis (Crawley)
Tom Dallison (Crawley)
David Ajiboye (Sutton U)
Brad Barry (Stevenage)

National League
Rohan Ince (Woking)
Will Collar (Stockport)
Adam Chicksen (Notts County)
Mitch Walker (Aldershot)
Ben Barclay (Stockport)
Jack Hinchy (Stockport)
Jordan Davies (Wrexham)
Jordan Maguire-Drew (Woking)

Others - incomplete
Will Hoskins (Kings Langley)
Adam El-Abd (Whitehawk)
Dean Cox (Worthing)
Matt Thornhill (Basford)
Dean Bowditch (Stowmarket)
Jake Robinson (Dartford)
Stephen Dobbie (Fylde)
Stuart Fleetwood (Yate)
Mark Yeates (Bamber Bridge)
Chris McPhee (Bideford)
Tony Stokes (Tilbury)
Wes Fogden (Dorking)
Craig Mackail-Smith (Bedford)
Doug Loft (Tonbridge Angels)
Gavin Hoyte (Maidstone)
Ryan Harley (Bath)
Jake Wright (Boston)
Anton Rodgers (Marlow)
Ross Flitney (Eastleigh)
Kemy Agustien (Mickleover Sports)
Shamir Fenelon (Horsham, the best town in Sussex)
George Barker (AFC Portchester)
Leroy Lita (Nuneaton)
Chris May (Hastings)
Gary Elphick (Hastings)
Tyler Hornby-Forbes (Colne)
Bailey Vose (Billericay)
Danny Barker (Worthing)
Harry Cardwell (Chorley)
Jesse Starkey (Worthing)
Chike Kandi (Dulwich Hamlet)
Charlie Harris (Horsham, the best town in Sussex)
Jimmy Muitt (Dorking)

SPAIN

La Liga
Mathew Ryan (Real Sociedad)
Martin Montoya (Real Betis)

Third division
Jack Harper (Racing Santander)
David Rodriguez (Racing Ferrol)

Some division
David Lopez (Callosa Sportiva)

HOLLAND

Eredivisie
Davy Pröpper (PSV)
Alizera Jahanbaksh (Feyenoord)
Joao Carlos Teixeira (Feyenoord)
Romaric Yapi (Vitesse)
George Cox (Fortuna Sittard)

Eerste Divisie
Soufyan Ahannach (Den Bosch)

RUSSIA

Russian Premier League
Anders Dreyer (Rubin Kazan)
Mathias Normann (Rostov)

GERMANY

2. Bundesliga
Uwe Hunemeier (Paderborn)

3. Bundesliga
Nzuzi Toko (Wurzburger Kickers)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Top tier
Jiri Skalak (Mlada Boleslav)

FINLAND

Top division

Vahid Hambo (IFK Mariehamn)
Hugo Keto (HJK)

SWEDEN

Allsvenskan
Peter Gwargis (Malmö FF)
Bojan Radulovic (AIK)

IRELAND

Irish Premier League
Riche Towell (Shamrock Rovers)
Daniel Mandroiu (Shamrock Rovers)
Greg Halford (Waterford)

Second division
Dylan Barnett (Bray Wanderers)

NORWAY

Top tier
Henrik Björdal (Vålerenga)

Second division
Torbjörn Agdestain (Aalesunds FK)

MALTA

Top divison
Danny Holla (Sliema Wanderers)
Andre Wright (Sligo)

BELGIUM

Some amateur division
Alexandre Frutos (VV Tielt)

ARGENTINA

Argentinian top tier whatever its called
Ezequiel Schelotto (Racing Club)

Lower divisions
Agustin Battipiedi (Justo Jose)

AUSTRIA

Austrian Bundesliga
Markus Suttner (Austria Wien)

CHINA

Super League or something like that
Aaron Mooy (Shanghai)

SCOTLAND

Scottish PL
Connor Goldson (Rangers)
Leon Balogun (Rangers)
Jamie Murphy (Hibernian)

Scottish third division
Ben Hall (Falkirk)
Josh Kerr (Airdrieonians)

GREECE

Greek Superleague
Chuba Akpom (PAOK)

CROATIA

Top tier
Jan Mlakar (Hajduk Split)

TURKEY

Turkish first division
Sam Adekugbe (Hatayspor)

Turkish second divison
Kazenga LuaLua (Genclerbirligi)

ICELAND

Top tier
Stefan Ljubicic (Kopavogs)
Emil Asmundsson (Reykjavik)

Not top tier
Ragnar Mar Larusson (Kari Akranes)
Jeffrey Monakana (Grenivik)

AUSTRALIA

A-League
Craig Noone (Macarthur FC)
Tomer Hemed (Western Sydney Wanderers)

Some not-so-A-league
Matt Sparrow (Joondalup)
Peter Skapetis (South Melbourne)

EGYPT

Top division
Percy Tau (Al Ahly)

MEXICO

Liga MXE (?)
Gonzalo Jara (Club Tijuana)

ISRAEL

Israel Top Division
Beram Kayal (Ihud Bnei Sakhnin)

IRAQ

Top division
Yaser Kasim (Zakho SC)

URUGUAY

Top division
Diego Arismendi (Montevideo City Torque)

HONG KONG

Hong Kong PL (?)
Zesh Rehman (Southern District)

There you go, all very useful.

EDIT - adding these (not including any players below National League)

Bulgaria

Elvis Manu (Ludogorets)

India

Fran Sandaza - Hyderabad

England
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (Crystal Palace)
Kacper Lopata (Sheff U)
Isaac Hutchinson (Derby)
Tyrese Fornah (Nottingham)
Nikola Tavares (Wealdstone)

What link does Oxford’s Jordan Thorniley have with the Albion?
 
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Albion Robster

Well-known member
Jul 21, 2003
2,499
North West
One to add to the library…Abdul Razak.
What a debut that fella had at The Amex that afternoon?! In the mould of Yvette Bissouma but turned into Craig Gardener.
Ruzak now plying his trade in Sweden.
 




Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
34,009
East Wales
My favourites from that list are Ashley Barnes, Jimmy McNulty, Uwe Hunemeier and Elliot Bennett.
 


Comrade Sam

Comrade Sam
Jan 31, 2013
1,922
Walthamstow
What of Bernardo? Unfortunately most of my favourite ex players retired - Zamora, Murray, Bruno, Conner, Gotsmonov, Gary Nelson, Keith Dublin, John Crumplin. At least I assume so.
 


AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Oct 14, 2003
13,092
Chandler, AZ
Has Albion 'hobbyist' [MENTION=1276]AZ Gull[/MENTION] been triggered to fire up his database download yet? Clearly going to be all fired up by this challenge to his very strange throne by this equally very strange contender to that throne :lolol:

A bloke with 62,598 posts on an Albion forum, thinks it's strange that someone else has Albion as a hobby? :shrug:
 




AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Oct 14, 2003
13,092
Chandler, AZ
Whatever happened to that Spanish wonder kid Luis Garcia?


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He's on the Men's Soccer Program at Providence College in Rhode Island.

A couple of others out in the US:

Tareq Shihab is on the Men's Soccer Program at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, and Ben Clark-Eden will soon be arriving at Amherst College in Massachusetts to start his program there.
 


Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
NSC Patron
Apr 5, 2014
25,922
Folk the piss, have a pop, yet secretly study the list for ten minutes and rather enjoy it.

Splendid work Swanny, from another stats obsessive.

Danny Holla at Sliema. Nice place to get a contract.
 


LANGDON SEAGULL

Well-known member
Dec 9, 2004
3,549
Langdon Hills
He's on the Men's Soccer Program at Providence College in Rhode Island.

A couple of others out in the US:

Tareq Shihab is on the Men's Soccer Program at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, and Ben Clark-Eden will soon be arriving at Amherst College in Massachusetts to start his program there.

Your knowledge astounds me - thanks AZ


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