National league and North and South

[Hasta]

Dominic Samuel just signed for Ebbsfleet at the age of 29.  Scored for them on his debut last weekend.

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by Hasta

[Oldgregg86]

1 hour ago, Hasta said:

Dominic Samuel just signed for Ebbsfleet at the age of 29.  Scored for them on his debut last weekend.

 

Always thought he was  as playing above the level he should be . Was never good enough to be a rover

[LeftWinger]

On 17/11/2023 at 21:00, Oldgregg86 said:

Always thought he was  as playing above the level he should be . Was never good enough to be a rover

Absolutely. The spell at Rovers and a few England U19 caps are definitely out of keeping with the rest of his career.

[RoverCanada]

I weirdly recall Samuel being a lone bright spot during our shaky start to the L1 season.

Looks like my memory is correct: https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=65490&season_id=150 4 goals in 6 games (include 1 goal in 2 EFL Cup games). He then went pretty quiet (and I think the lore is that Mowbray had to crack Dack and Graham's heads together after their "less than committed..." start to the season before things took off)

He played more than I remembered that year: 41 appearances total, mostly relegated to a sub role as the likes of Armstrong, Graham, and Antonsson surpassed him.

Edited November 23, 2023 by RoverCanada

[philipl]

Mad money in the lower leagues (as both Rochdale and Torquay face oblivion)

New York Times looks into the 6th tier of English football-

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/world/europe/england-soccer-wrexham-buying-teams.html?smid=url-share