HOW OUR LIONS HAVE GROWN

Matt BADCOCK

THREE LIONS OF OLD: Top to bottom – Sam Clucas, Andy Yiadom and Andre Gray

WHEN a new England C squad meets up, the first activity is for each player to stand up and talk about themselves for 30 seconds.
Clubs, girlfriends, wives, kids and even pets are called upon to fill the time with boss Paul Fairclough happy to prompt the more reserved.
It’s often tempting to wonder where that particular crop of U23 Non-League players will be in the coming years. Who will make it into the Football League? What will they achieve? Will any of them make the Championship o...

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