Any pro footballers come from your town/school/village?

[sock]

Kyle Bartley - Arsenal Reserves. - Tipped the next England Center Back. Was in year 11 two years ago.

Some guy who plays For Celtic U18's

James Vincent - Stockport County

That's all I know from around my area.. Was sorta mates with Bartley and played footy with him he was mint.

Edit: i mean ones who are like upcoming who went to your school less than 5 years ago.

[Oleh]

Not really a footballer, Fred trueman came from my school, he used to play for england cricket, lived in my town aswell


He was educated at Maltby Secondary School. from wikipedia

[Minstrels]

It's Manchester... I wont be able to list them all.

[Haze]

http://www.mkdons.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10420~36865,00.html

[Andys]

Jordan Henderson is from around my area.
I played with Gary Bennett before (retired sunderland player)
argh and theres someone else i don't know his last name, Kieran someone - also a retired footballer for sunderland, we sometimes have a kick around with him :)

[Andeeh]

We had tommy elphic went to our skl and live up the road from me :)

[buttons]

i know you said people from 5 years or less but the only person i can think is Denis Law if you know him. he was born in aberdeen which is a few miles from me, he's old though. + i know some footballers family live here but i forgot his name lolol


In March 1960, Law signed for Manchester City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C.) for what was then a British record transfer fee of £55,000wiki. idk though :P

[Minstrels]

i know you said people from 5 years or less but the only person i can think is Denis Law if you know him. he was born in aberdeen which is a few miles from me, he's old though. + i know some footballers family live here but i forgot his name lolol

wiki. idk though :P
I know him... can't think why though... :eusa_whis;)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aNnsWnHW9co

[The Undertaker]

So many from London.
Joe Cole lived in the same borough as me & went to a school like 20mins from my house.

[Immenseman]

nope lol woo we had john lee from sclub?!

[Heart Break Kid]

Stewart Downings from Pally Park School :P

[sock]

Minstrels and The Undertaker, its town, so yeh, for you Minstrels, Rochdale? or your school?

[Minstrels]

Minstrels and The Undertaker, its town, so yeh, for you Minstrels, Rochdale? or your school?
No... Manchester. :rolleyes:

[Rarelime]

Stevenage;

Kevin Phillips - ex Sunderland Striker
Ashley Young - Aston Villa
Jack Wilshere - Arsenal

not quite football but another sporting person from Stevenage is Lewis Hamilton.

[mangle]

Keiran Richardson went to my school a few years before me.

[sock]

Minstrels you're from Rochdale though!!!!!!11111!!!!oneone

[Minstrels]

Minstrels you're from Rochdale though!!!!!!11111!!!!oneone
No I'm not. :rolleyes:

Mate you don't even ******* know me.

[sock]

yeh but I seen somewhere you live in Rochdale.. kk don't live in Rochdale from, what about school you're from, anyone from there?

[Minstrels]

yeh but I seen somewhere you live in Rochdale.. kk don't live in Rochdale from, what about school you're from, anyone from there?
Why the **** would I tell you which school I'm from?

[PaintYourTarget]

Peter Ndlovu used to live next door to my mate.

And not a footballer, but Marlon Devonish went to my school. We even had the same PE teacher.

[sock]

Why the **** would I tell you which school I'm from?

I'm not asking for you to tell me your school, oh forget it, all I was asking was wondering who is around your area, your borough ye say your borough, what footballers have grew up in your borough? tameside, rochdale, oldham, stockport whatever.

[Cisse9]

i know a couple of youth u18 players that are at my school now playing for the academy.

[Andys]

i know a couple of youth u18 players that are at my school now playing for the academy.
Which school would that be? :P

[leah]

Nigel Martyn (goalie)
used to go to my old school and was really good friends with my dad lol
got him into the leeds dressing room and in the players lounge

[Cisse9]

Which school would that be? :P

perv :O

Edited by Wayne (Forum Super Moderator) Please stay on topic.

[5,5]

For american football, theres a player who went to my high school that played at Ohio State and now for the Indianapolis Colts. Roy Hall.
And for soccer I had a teacher who played proffesional socer in South Africa.

[Jibbish]

craig gardner and gabby abonglahor

[Grainger@CUFC]

Current players:
Rory Delap (Wasn't born in Carlisle, but moved here when he was a baby)
Matt Jansen
Paul Murray
Grant Holt
Paul Huntington
Jonny Brain
Paul Reid

Past players:
Paul Simpson
Kevin Beattie

I know he isn't a footballer, but England rugby captain Steve Borthwick was born in Carlisle and used to live next door to me :)

[Geraint]

Scott Young
Alex Lawless
Robert Page
A liverpool player from a while ago
Dan Lewis, Arsenal goalie and Welsh national keeper in the 20s and 30s
Geraint Williams (Colchester Manager, well was.) - friend of my dad
Chris Evans - Bolton assistant
Nathan Jones
Roy Paul
Jimmy Murphy - Took over at Man Utd after the Munich crash


Also have Morgan Stoddart and a paralympian from my school.

[Tristan]

er,
I know some people that play for Aldershot U18s and Reserves...

[Disaronno]

In my Area

Kazim Richards
Dennis Bergkamp (When he was at Arsenal lived about 5 mins away from me)
Ashley Cole
David Beckham When He was a baby


I think thats it






Victoria Beckham went to my ex-school

[leah]

owot I have like one and theres the welsh with like 10 each :(

[Geraint]

owot I have like one and theres the welsh with like 10 each :(

To be honest, I've done the Rhonnda not my actual town. If I did my town and just it's surrounding area, there'd be a few less.

[Immenseman]

I even searched on google, I can't even find one pro footballer from my area, lol

[Alkaz]

Not sure of his name but one from my area (Ebbsfleet) was signed up by England a few weeks ago.