Sky Blue youth superstars who never made it... (1 Viewer)

DannyThomas_1981

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Thinking of youth players who broke into the first team and we all thought might be the next big thing.

I'll start the ball rolling:

Kevin Thornton

When he broke into the team under Coleman I expected him to go far in the game (I understand the reasons why he didn't but he had so much talent and potential as a youngster).

Other starlets who didn't make it after looking like they had a big future after a few first team appearances?
 

fatso

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Thinking of youth players who broke into the first team and we all thought might be the next big thing.

I'll start the ball rolling:

Kevin Thornton

When he broke into the team under Coleman I expected him to go far in the game (I understand the reasons why he didn't but he had so much talent and potential as a youngster).

Other starlets who didn't make it after looking like they had a big future after a few first team appearances?
He was at racing club Warwick last I heard.
 

Covkid1968#

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Howard Clarke (I think)...87 youth cup winner
 

cc84cov

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Kevin Thornton is a prime example of having “potential” far more potential than Bayliss as he broke into the team at a higher level went on to do nothing in the game last time I seen him he was working in a shop in cov town centre.
 

DannyThomas_1981

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Don't want to disagree with Bertola and certainly not with Greggs and his owl....but I don't recall Gavin Strachan or Ducros being labelled as names who could make it really big?

Bigi was someone who acquired a big reputation very quickly - but I never understood the hype there.
 
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eastwoodsdustman

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Dougie Mcguire, signed from scotland as a youngster and sillett raved about him. Came onto the pitch once for 2 minutes and didn't touch the ball. never heard of him again.
 

DannyThomas_1981

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Tommy English

Tommy English freaked me out as a youngster. Coming from the Bedworth 'side of the woods' blokes didn't dye their hair. It was unheard of. Tommy English turned up to a new season with a bleach job - didn't understand who it even was on the pitch for some minutes.
 

Manchester_sky_blue

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Arguably McSheffrey. He did made a decent career for himself but I think many thought when he left for Birmingham thatd he'd kick on to bigger things.

Can recall a few from the last few years who supposedly had potential, Jeffers, Cooney, seem to recall a winger who may or may not have been called Davis?
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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Arguably McSheffrey. He did made a decent career for himself but I think many thought when he left for Birmingham thatd he'd kick on to bigger things.

Can recall a few from the last few years who supposedly had potential, Jeffers, Cooney, seem to recall a winger who may or may not have been called Davis?


The one that went to oxford Liam?
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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How many of the young players that didn’t make it in the past when we were in the top league would have been starters in this team?
 

shepardo01

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Andy Ducros.
Ducros was my year at CCFC through the age groups. Was technically outstanding and went off to the old National School of excellence at Lilleshall for U15/16 (like St George's park, for you youngsters!) He could have gone pretty much anywhere but signed a YTS at City. There were a few local lads who had the choice of big clubs like Manchester United but at this period in time City's youth set up had a great reputation. Age groups were often mixed together and I was in groups containing Iyesden Christie (now Sphinx! at about 44) Marcus Hall and a lad called Simon Wood (massive massive Hope's for him... was big as a kid but others caught up) Think he played a few games for Mansfield in the end.
Ducros made it into the first team at 18 and was invited to train with the full England squad when a YT at City but then drifted away... size was a factor with him though. Would have been better suited to today's game.
I ended up at Chesterfield. Kevin Davies year below me, but was playing in 1st team. Sean Dyche a big character at Chesterfield at that time!
 

hamil99

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I remember there being quite a lot of talk about Ashley Cain when he was in our youth setup. Another one that never made it, but didn't he appear on some reality TV show?
 

peace ndlovu

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Callum Davenport - Looked like a Rolls Royce of a defender 8 England u21 caps but only turned our 28 times for Tottenham and West Ham with a few loan spells. Played 84 times for us before leaving as a 21 year old.
Didn’t Davenport get a horrific injury?
 

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