| Colchester United Academy products 11:23 - Apr 5 with 7608 views | TommoRAFC |
"The appearances by Alex Gilbey, Tom Lapslie and Sammie Szmodics in the win against Port Vale on Saturday took the U's to 102 appearances in the first team by home grown Academy products this season!
Here's hoping to many more in the years to come."
I wonder how many we have produced and how many have been in the past 10/15 years?
Off memory Camps, Cannon, Allen, Tanser, Diba, Buckley, Taberner, Thompson, Warburton, Gilks, Byrne, McGivern, Townson, McCourt. Bet I've missed a few...
Edit - missed Bell, Gray, Bywater, Warner, Moyo-Modise, Brown and Logan. [Post edited 5 Apr 2015 11:37]
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| Colchester United Academy products on 11:36 - Apr 5 with 6161 views | rochdale1987 |
McGivern was signed from vauxhall motors, Dave Bayliss was one of our rare academy graduates from the early 90's. Loved him! | | | |
| Colchester United Academy products on 11:42 - Apr 5 with 6150 views | TommoRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 11:36 - Apr 5 by rochdale1987 |
McGivern was signed from vauxhall motors, Dave Bayliss was one of our rare academy graduates from the early 90's. Loved him! |
Didn't know that cheers, left McEvilly off cause he signed from Burscough if I remember rightly.
Never got to see Bayliss but always had the impression he'd of been a favourite, sounds like he was a proper no nonsense centre half! | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 11:51 - Apr 5 with 6126 views | boromat |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 12:06 - Apr 5 with 6102 views | zxcvbnm |
D'Arcy O'Connor made 1 appearance |  |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 12:09 - Apr 5 with 6096 views | TommoRAFC |
By my maths, using Soccerbase, YTS products have made 101 appearances for us this season. Guessing that might be a record in itself? | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 12:16 - Apr 5 with 6079 views | ChaffRAFC |
There's loads you've left out, think the following are all youth teamers who've played for the first team:
Not including this season:
Jamie Allen
Callum Camps
Reece Gray
Joel Logan
D'Arcy O'Connor
Scott Tanser
Godwin Abadaki
Joe Thompson
Sam Minihan
Helio Andre
Josh Brizell
Callum Byrne
Chris Brown
Will Buckley
Danny Taberner
Kyle Lambert
Gary Brown
Raphale Evans
Ben Wharton
Matt Gilks
Clive Moyo Modise
Callum Warburton
Theo Coleman
Ben Kitchen
Scott Warner
Paddy McCourt
Kevin Townson
Matt Williams
That's my reckonning from the past 10 years.
686 first team appearances from players who have come up through the ranks in the past decade.
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| Colchester United Academy products on 12:26 - Apr 5 with 6053 views | TommoRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 12:16 - Apr 5 by ChaffRAFC |
There's loads you've left out, think the following are all youth teamers who've played for the first team:
Not including this season:
Jamie Allen
Callum Camps
Reece Gray
Joel Logan
D'Arcy O'Connor
Scott Tanser
Godwin Abadaki
Joe Thompson
Sam Minihan
Helio Andre
Josh Brizell
Callum Byrne
Chris Brown
Will Buckley
Danny Taberner
Kyle Lambert
Gary Brown
Raphale Evans
Ben Wharton
Matt Gilks
Clive Moyo Modise
Callum Warburton
Theo Coleman
Ben Kitchen
Scott Warner
Paddy McCourt
Kevin Townson
Matt Williams
That's my reckonning from the past 10 years.
686 first team appearances from players who have come up through the ranks in the past decade.
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Bates was on trial from Leamington, played in Jonah's record breaking game away at Mansfield and wasn't seen again.
I included Byrne but forgot about some of the others, Coleman and Kitchen is going back some, they played last game of Parkin's last full season in charge didn't they?
Minihan and Lambert down there as biggest disappointments? Was gutted Lambert didn't kick on he looked to have a good career ahead of him.
And did Wharton play? I know he bagged 20 in his last YTS season up front with Buckley but don't recall Hill using him in the first team... | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 12:29 - Apr 5 with 6038 views | ChaffRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 12:26 - Apr 5 by TommoRAFC |
Bates was on trial from Leamington, played in Jonah's record breaking game away at Mansfield and wasn't seen again.
I included Byrne but forgot about some of the others, Coleman and Kitchen is going back some, they played last game of Parkin's last full season in charge didn't they?
Minihan and Lambert down there as biggest disappointments? Was gutted Lambert didn't kick on he looked to have a good career ahead of him.
And did Wharton play? I know he bagged 20 in his last YTS season up front with Buckley but don't recall Hill using him in the first team... |
Wharton came on as a sub against Accrington and missed a sitter because of the awful muddy conditions If memory serves me right. | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 12:39 - Apr 5 with 6007 views | boromat |
Did Luke Watson ever make an appearance? Remember he was unlucky with an injury but can't remember whether that was before the season had started. | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 15:06 - Apr 5 with 5858 views | TVOS1907 |
| Colchester United Academy products on 12:26 - Apr 5 by TommoRAFC |
Bates was on trial from Leamington, played in Jonah's record breaking game away at Mansfield and wasn't seen again.
I included Byrne but forgot about some of the others, Coleman and Kitchen is going back some, they played last game of Parkin's last full season in charge didn't they?
Minihan and Lambert down there as biggest disappointments? Was gutted Lambert didn't kick on he looked to have a good career ahead of him.
And did Wharton play? I know he bagged 20 in his last YTS season up front with Buckley but don't recall Hill using him in the first team... |
Bates played at Mansfield in April 2007, which was the year before Jones' record breaking game there. |  |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 17:21 - Apr 5 with 5764 views | macro |
Does Buckley count wasn't he signed following a game v the yt?
Lee Duffy?
On a different note dale have only finished in the bottom half of their division twice in the last decade. [Post edited 5 Apr 2015 17:50]
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| Colchester United Academy products on 19:53 - Apr 5 with 5641 views | ChaffRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 17:21 - Apr 5 by macro |
Does Buckley count wasn't he signed following a game v the yt?
Lee Duffy?
On a different note dale have only finished in the bottom half of their division twice in the last decade. [Post edited 5 Apr 2015 17:50]
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Buckley counts because he was signed as a YTS player, just like rhe likes of Townson (Everton), McCourt (Foyle Harps), Joe Thompson (Man Utd) etc. | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 20:26 - Apr 5 with 5606 views | 442Dale |
Who was Mark Williams? |  |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 20:28 - Apr 5 with 5600 views | ChaffRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 20:26 - Apr 5 by 442Dale |
Who was Mark Williams? |
YTS striker who played once about 10 years ago | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 20:30 - Apr 5 with 5596 views | dalenumber2 |
Sam Minihan was favoured by Coleman and had one great game for us when awarded MOM. He fell out of favour when Hill took over and is now doing a sports degree at Loughborough University. |  | | |
| Colchester United Academy products on 20:36 - Apr 5 with 5584 views | 442Dale |
| Colchester United Academy products on 20:30 - Apr 5 by dalenumber2 |
Sam Minihan was favoured by Coleman and had one great game for us when awarded MOM. He fell out of favour when Hill took over and is now doing a sports degree at Loughborough University. |
To be fair Coleman ignored him after that initial good start and brought in two right backs in the summer in Rafferty and Pearson. | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 21:36 - Apr 5 with 5484 views | ColDale |
It was Matt Williams not Mark. Mark was the right back that we had in the late 90's. |  | | |
| Colchester United Academy products on 21:38 - Apr 5 with 5478 views | 442Dale |
| Colchester United Academy products on 21:36 - Apr 5 by ColDale |
It was Matt Williams not Mark. Mark was the right back that we had in the late 90's. |
That's who I was thinking of. Scored a free kick winner v Halifax to help keep Barrow in a job for a bit longer. | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 21:52 - Apr 5 with 5467 views | ChaffRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 21:36 - Apr 5 by ColDale |
It was Matt Williams not Mark. Mark was the right back that we had in the late 90's. |
Good shout, stand corrected. | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 22:07 - Apr 5 with 5449 views | Dale92 |
Gary Brown? I'm sure Byrne came forest aswell? |  |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 22:16 - Apr 5 with 5433 views | ChaffRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 22:07 - Apr 5 by Dale92 |
Gary Brown? I'm sure Byrne came forest aswell? |
Callum Byrne came from our youth team, Neill Byrne came from Forest.
Gary Brown is mentioned.
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| Colchester United Academy products on 23:07 - Apr 5 with 5387 views | rochdale1987 |
Stephen Hill at left back was a good one, played a lot during simmos tenure and a few games in the cup run | | | |
| Colchester United Academy products on 00:14 - Apr 6 with 5344 views | TommoRAFC |
| Colchester United Academy products on 22:16 - Apr 5 by ChaffRAFC |
Callum Byrne came from our youth team, Neill Byrne came from Forest.
Gary Brown is mentioned.
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Aye Beech signed Byrne. | |
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| Colchester United Academy products on 13:42 - Apr 6 with 5162 views | fitzochris |
A young lad I knew from footy at school managed to get on during our heavy second leg against Blackburn Rovers some years ago - David Walsh. When I say young lad, he was young then.
Not a great game to make your debut in, to be fair. |  |
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