The place for interviews with English footballers abroad.
Freddie Westlake is in doubt when it comes to the differences between football in England and Cyprus. Having moved to the country in the Eastern Mediterranean as a seven-year-old, he has come through the academy system in his adopted home but has also sampled football in his country of birth as well. "The English game …
Kieron Cadogan is one of three English players currently at Sutton United who have played abroad. As well as Wayne Brown and Tom Bolarinwa, Cadogan, a 28-year-old winger, gained life experience playing abroad before returning to England. In his case, it was in Sweden with second division club GAIS where he spent two-and-a-half seasons. "I …
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Calum Angus is only 32 but he has called time on a football career which took him across the world having started at Portsmouth's academy. In an eleven-year spell away from the UK, he played in three different continents before hanging up his boots. It was a move to the States which kick-started it all. …
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Last year, Red Bull set about attempting to find players from across Europe to trial at their clubs, New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig, for a mini-TV series. The first episode of The Streets Don't Lie saw former Liverpool striker Djibril Cissé head to London to talk to three hopefuls. One …
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Back in 2016, in the space of just over half a year, Fisayo Adarabioyo went from National League North to the second tier of Dutch football but having grown up in professional academies, he was ready for the challenge. In fact, it was one of his former academy teams which helped him make the move …
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The top flight of football in New Zealand began in October and last weekend saw gameweek 5 take place. There has been a healthy number of Englishmen involved so far so let's take a look at how they're all getting on. The league table as it stands. Unsurprisingly Auckland sit top of the table with …
Continue reading "New Zealand Premiership update: Every Englishman reviewed"
Sam Shaban is a 23-year-old striker from London who last year decided to take his football career abroad. He had previously played for a professional academy and also at a high level in non-league as well as spending three months training with Turkish side İstanbul Başakşehir growing up. Last year, he had the opportunity to …
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It wasn't until the age of 18 that Bayan Fenwick finally got his chance as a professional footballer. Having impressed for his local side Lewes, scoring 18 times in 11 games for their under-18 side, the forward earned a trial with Premier League side Crystal Palace. A goal for their youth team against Norwich City …
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Danny O'Brien has just come to the end of his second season in Finland. This season he played for top flight side SJK and also appeared for their under-23 side in the third tier. He scored 11 goals in 13 games for the U23s as well as making nine appearances for the first team. I …
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The regular season of the top three tiers of football in Sweden have now come to an end. All that's left to play now are the relegation/promotion playoff matches but before they begin, let's have a look at every Engishman who was involved in the top three flights of Swedish football in 2018. Click on …
