How low can you go?

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

What’s the lowest level a player has dropped to after playing for us?

I ask this as I note Daniel Bogdanovic has been plying his trade for Xewkija Tigers F.C, playing in the Gozo Football League on the Maltese island of Gozo (pop. 32k) since 2014.

He does have a league winners medal though.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

I think you've just answered your own question mate

 

[Le Cynique]

He is Maltese though, to be fair. It’s not like he’s just upped sticks and found the shittest league available.

 

[JJBlade]

He's also got old and was with us 10 years ago , if he fancies a kick about at a lower level that might be better for him than not playing at all.

It's the first team players that left us and ended up playing League 2 or non league football immediately after leaving us that was a problem

 

[Lane Ender]

Chico Hamilton played for Windsor in the County Senior League

 

[8lade]

Wayne Quinn looked superb for us for a while, was absolutely gutted he went to Newcastle (for good money), didn't he end up playing in Cornwall or something?
(Hope I'm remembering this right)

 

[8lade]

Also didn't Lee Morris look really good, sold him for sommat daft like £3m but in an incredible double cross United found the suitcase of cash was packed out with a useless Jon Hunt and an average Rob Kozluk with just a layer of 20 pound notes covering them up.

 

[VictoryBlade]

How long can you go......without breath, water and food?

 

[Freddy Dunning-Kruger]

Wayne Quinn looked superb for us for a while, was absolutely gutted he went to Newcastle (for good money), didn't he end up playing in Cornwall or something?
(Hope I'm remembering this right)

Truro, IIRC.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Anyone who leaves the mighty Blades is automatically on a downwards trajectory.

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

Truro, IIRC.

He resigned as player manager of mousehole FC in 2016. It’s a good shout.

 

[nickwr37]

I'm out later and dancing. Will do the twist and see how low I can go On another note I watched Bhuttya play in Goa a few years ago at Fatorda Stadium. He'd been playing for Bury. Indian captain. Bury wages Vs Indian........ Low

 

[Bath Blade]

Also didn't Lee Morris look really good, sold him for sommat daft like £3m but in an incredible double cross United found the suitcase of cash was packed out with a useless Jon Hunt and an average Rob Kozluk with just a layer of 20 pound notes covering them up.

Think Hunt and Kozluk were part of the deal sending Borbokis to Derby rather than Morris.

 

[8lade]

Think Hunt and Kozluk were part of the deal sending Borbokis to Derby rather than Morris.

Possibly but more importantly, who had who's pants down?

 

[Houston_Blade]

Michael Boulding was playing in the Meadowhall league 2 seasons after he came on loan to us. He was a tennis coach and earned more doing that than as a footballer. He did go back to being a pro-footballer again though.

Wilder also played for Bradway in the Meadowhall league.

 

[Swinton Blade]

Wheres Jordan Slew these days?

Can't believe he was a million pound player.

 

[Ginger Gnome]

Possibly but more importantly, who had who's pants down?

In the case of Borbokis, he only played 16 times for Derby, so although we got half a million compensation for taking the atrocious Hunt off their hands, we also got mediocre clown Kozluk, so nobody really got a great deal out of that transfer.

In the case of Morris, we got £3m which was a lot at the time, he did OK for Derby at first, but went to Leicester for next to nothing a couple of years later and got an injury that pretty-much ended his career 10 years before his career actually ended playing for Loughborough Dynamo a few times while he was coaching there.

Wheres Jordan Slew these days?

Can't believe he was a million pound player.

Plays for Morecambe in League 2

 

[Guesty]

Wheres Jordan Slew these days?

Can't believe he was a million pound player.

Still in the Football League, remarkably, at League Two Morecambe. According to Wikipedia (which normally only records league goals) he's scored 13 goals in his career to date.

 

[JohnDenver]

I love that so many ageing players aren’t too proud to accept dropping down levels as the price of continuing to play football. Far more preferable to Michael Owen, who achieved everything but wanted out at 30.

I think a better question is which players absolutely plummeted after leaving us, despite being at a viable age?

J-Mac springs to mind...

 

[8lade]

28 year old JS, 14 league and 2 cup goals (FA FL) here's a lad who did well out of the make your money when you look good, was at Premier League Blackburn for over 3 years! Well done sir United got a million quid too, proper deal in hindsight!

 

[Gavlar]

In the case of Borbokis, he only played 16 times for Derby, so although we got half a million compensation for taking the atrocious Hunt off their hands, we also got mediocre clown Kozluk, so nobody really got a great deal out of that transfer.

In the case of Morris, we got £3m which was a lot at the time, he did OK for Derby at first, but went to Leicester for next to nothing a couple of years later and got an injury that pretty-much ended his career 10 years before his career actually ended playing for Loughborough Dynamo a few times while he was coaching there.


Plays for Morecambe in League 2

Violently well it would seem:

Jordan Slew: Morecambe striker given three-game ban for violent conduct - BBC Sport

 

[Foody]

Craig Alcock, now aged 33 is playing for Harlow Town of the Isthmian League South Central Division.

A 28 year old James Wallace is no longer playing for Fleetwood and has become their scout. Feel a bit sorry for him, without injuries I always felt there was a player hidden there somewhere.
Lecsinel Jean Francois career was similarly ruined by injury, never got a club after picking up a few injuries with us. He was just 27 when we released him, can't find any record of him playing since.

Darryl Westlake ended up at Stourbridge, where his career seemingly died.

A few youth players with the odd senior appearances have had careers less impressive than they dreamt. I.e. Matt Harriot, went on to play for: Wealdstone, Wilmington Hammerheads (whoever the hell they are/were) and Hendon.

If you look at Adkins team it's worrying how many of them are now in Scottish football league or Conference north.

 

[Swinton Blade]

28 year old JS, 14 league and 2 cup goals (FA FL) here's a lad who did well out of the make your money when you look good, was at Premier League Blackburn for over 3 years! Well done sir United got a million quid too, proper deal in hindsight!

Do we know how much of that million pound we got?

I hope it was not in insallmants and performance based income.

 

[Swoodster]

We signed Ryan Hall on loan from Leeds in August 2013, by December 2013 he signed permanently for Bromley. He didn’t even finish his half season loan before falling out the EFL

 

[Bartleby]

Paddy Kenny at Maltby?

 

[S64 Blade]

A better question would be based on the timeframe and relativity of where they’d played before.

 

[Trigger Blade]

Plays for Morecambe in League 2

Jordan Slew is unusual because although he’s at Morecambe now, he had dropped out of league football and for a short while, played for Radcliffe (Borough as was) in the Northern Premier League, Tier 8.

 

[Chezzy Blades]

Febian Brandy had a brief spell at Ubon United after leaving us who ply their trade in the Thai 2nd Division.

Remarkably he’s also an international footballer, with 2 caps for St Kitts & Nevis.

 

[Snowflake]

Wayne Quinn looked superb for us for a while, was absolutely gutted he went to Newcastle (for good money), didn't he end up playing in Cornwall or something?
(Hope I'm remembering this right)

I think he was Cornish

 

[8lade]

Best I can find on Slew is the fee was £800k so I guess that bit was upfront our former owner was remarkably candid when saying how much money the club received for players especially when it was less then the quoted figures ie the £1m for Mellis was actually £400k (from his mouth). AlSo Slew is an ideal subject for this topic as he is still only 28 whilst some of the others mentioned have continued to play football as they have grown old.