What ever happened to….

[Davalon]

Never really got over the death of his brother apparently. Also very badly advised by his old man.

Who's this?

 

[HillStreet Blade]

Terrific sitcom. Still makes me laugh when I see a repeat on some obscure channel (not those obscure ones)

England f

 

[Wards]

Who's this?

 

[Davalon]

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D'oh silly me

 

[LBA_Blade]

Im arguing with a pig about Wilders signings in all the different spells, although I’m not going to admit it to a pig, even the most red and white tinted wilder fan boy has to admit for every David Mcgoldrick there’s been a Kean Bryan. Anyway while going through transfers in and out I’ve noticed quite a few names and thought “oh ah, I remember him” quickly followed by “I wonder where he is now” and then the odd name I’ve thought “who the f*** is he, can’t remember him”
Admittedly a lot of these were very young when we signed them.

So, give me your memories on some of these or feel free to add your own names from any era.

So, what happened to

Reece brown - signed by Wilder from Bury on a free? I can’t remember him !

Jake Young - signed from Guiseley, again never heard of him

Harry Shepperd- signed from tadcaster, never heard of him

Reece York - signed from Fulham, never heard of him

Nicksoen Gomis - signed Evreux FC 27 a French team, I remember the name Gomis but have no recollection of him playing, I’ve never heard of the French team either !

Zak Brunt - signed from Matlock. I do remember this kid, my mates lad used to lay for the academy and I went to watch him a few times, Zak stood out and had a few loans but it never worked out for him at a top level, I’m always wary of people getting giddy about academy players, they can shine like a diamond against players their own age but put them up against a 33 year old experienced central midfielder and they look well out of their depth a lot of the time. He’s at Boreham wood now and is still only 24 so good luck to him and hopefully he’ll be in the EFL soon

Leo Gaxha - Irish kid, never played first team now back in Ireland for Dundalk.

Michael Verrips - didn’t he spill the ball into his own net or something daft like that in his only appearance for us? He’s now playing for a club called FC Dender in Belgium in their top flight after the club won back to back promotions. He’s not first choice but has played 44 times for them in the past 3 seasons. I’m assuming he played a part in one of the promotions and then got pushed out of being first choice. That’s just an assumption though.

Ashton Hall - signed from Matlock, now plays for Rushall Olympic. Again a young un, now 25.

Kacper Lopata - Never made the first team, we were in the premier league at the time, never got his chance. He went to Southend and I’m pretty sure Roy did a loan update “view from” and they raved about him. He’s at Barnsley but hasn’t played much for them in three years and has had numerous loans. i remember a lot of noise around this kid

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Ismaila Coulibaly - we all remember the noise around this kid, signed from Norwegian side Sarpsborg who Brian Deane used to manage and we loaned him to Beerschot (wasn’t it something to do with Brexit and youth players? now playing for Austrian side LASK who have regularly been playing European football for 7/8 years now. Hopefully he will shine through.

I know about Jake Young as Guiseley are my local non-league side, a good interview with him below, he literally went from local Sunday league Leeds football to Guiseley to being scouted out by us. Now plays at St Mirren after playing at Bradford, Swindon and Stevenage, he hasn't done too bad for himself to say he was a Sunday league footballer less than 10 years ago. Scoring 6 goals in a FA Youth Cup game helps I guess!

https://guiseleyafc.co.uk/jake-young-guiseley-is-everything-for-me/

 

[Gin&Juice]

Anyone remember Zak Brunt’s dad?

 

[I should coco]

They grind my goat, I’m like an addict when it comes to arguing with pigs, I know I shouldn’t but I just can’t help myself.

Ask them when was the last time they averaged over 30k at home.

After they all guees and suggest early/mid 90s, then nod at each other knowingly, you can cheerfully point out that it was 1968 (NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT).
They will go quiet, call you a liar, then scuttle off to check.

Hopefully, you'll never see them again.

 

[Kenilworth]

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He gets killed, shortly after that.

His last word was, “Bastards”