- Jul 9, 2007
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I am sure there is a thread about this elsewhere but seeing as I can't find it I'll start this one for now.
With our academy seemingly getting better, and some of those players even managing to break into the first team, I thought it might be nice to look back on the careers of the could of beens.
I remember when I began to start going to the lane there was this 16 year old fullback making a name for himself. His name was Phil Ifil and he has been missing from the football limelight since 2011 after an unsuccessful spell with Daggenham & Redbridge. Since then Phil Ifil slipped into non-league football with Kettering Town before slipping into obscurity. He had a few failed trials at Wrexham and other clubs before popping up in the Watford sunday league side Evergreen FC. Last I heard he had a goal scoring debut from the bench but could not prevent a 4-2 loss.
It is not all bad news though, Jacques Maghoma made a name for himself in Burton Albion. Scoring and creating often and forming a good partnership with the unpredictable but brilliant Kalvin Zola. The two players formed one of the flairest and deadliest partnerships in League two. After a successful 2012-2013 season which ended with 18 goals to his name and a team of the year position he became highly sought by championship clubs. Eventually Sheffield Wednesday securing his services. He seems to be playing fairly regularly and well for them on the left wing and it would not surprise me to see him make a few premier league appearances before he calls it a day.
John Bostock, was another player with high hopes and our youngest ever player to make an appearance. He seems to finally be finding his feet in the Belgium second division. After a decent if not exceptional season at Royal Antwerp he made the move to Oud-Heverlee Leuven, who were relegated from the top division the season before. There he has scored 4 goals in the first 9 as the club hunt for promotion.
I'm gonna leave it here for now. But looking at these things it really becomes clear how thin the line between success and failure really is.
With our academy seemingly getting better, and some of those players even managing to break into the first team, I thought it might be nice to look back on the careers of the could of beens.
I remember when I began to start going to the lane there was this 16 year old fullback making a name for himself. His name was Phil Ifil and he has been missing from the football limelight since 2011 after an unsuccessful spell with Daggenham & Redbridge. Since then Phil Ifil slipped into non-league football with Kettering Town before slipping into obscurity. He had a few failed trials at Wrexham and other clubs before popping up in the Watford sunday league side Evergreen FC. Last I heard he had a goal scoring debut from the bench but could not prevent a 4-2 loss.
It is not all bad news though, Jacques Maghoma made a name for himself in Burton Albion. Scoring and creating often and forming a good partnership with the unpredictable but brilliant Kalvin Zola. The two players formed one of the flairest and deadliest partnerships in League two. After a successful 2012-2013 season which ended with 18 goals to his name and a team of the year position he became highly sought by championship clubs. Eventually Sheffield Wednesday securing his services. He seems to be playing fairly regularly and well for them on the left wing and it would not surprise me to see him make a few premier league appearances before he calls it a day.
John Bostock, was another player with high hopes and our youngest ever player to make an appearance. He seems to finally be finding his feet in the Belgium second division. After a decent if not exceptional season at Royal Antwerp he made the move to Oud-Heverlee Leuven, who were relegated from the top division the season before. There he has scored 4 goals in the first 9 as the club hunt for promotion.
I'm gonna leave it here for now. But looking at these things it really becomes clear how thin the line between success and failure really is.