WHEN A ‘PUB TEAM FROM ESSEX’ WERESUDDENLY TURNED INTO GIANTS

By STEVE TERVET

The striker who played Champions League football in the Nou Camp.
The winger who scored goals at four different Premier League clubs. And the forward who won back-to-back promotions into the Championship before getting a taste of the top fl ight at White Hart Lane.
No, it’s not Jim White’s text message history from agents on transfer deadline day but rather the Grays Athletic alumni of 2005/06.
As individuals, they were outrageously talented and furiously determined to get their opportuni...