07-18-2005, 08:20 AM
07-18-2005, 01:14 PM
What about him?
07-18-2005, 02:03 PM
Anything. Please. neutral
07-18-2005, 02:09 PM
Google says this about him. Do a search like this
"chris evans" + wolverhampton wanderers
and you'll find more.
ACADEMY DIRECTOR - CHRIS EVANS
The longest serving member of the football backroom staff, Chris Evans has enjoyed over ten years working with the club’s youngsters, many of whom have gone on to make the grade in League and Premier League football.
Chris, who worked in local government as a senior football development officer prior to Graham Turner bringing him to Molineux in July 1991, was on the books of Arsenal, Stoke, York and Darlington. A badly broken leg curtailed his playing career at 28 years of age.
The start of the 2000/01 season saw not only the setting up of a Youth Academy at Wolves, but also seven of the club’s youngsters were to be found on first team duty.
Chris was head of the youth department when he signed Robbie Keane as an apprentice in 1995. Keane went on to become the most expensive teenager in British football when he left Molineux for Coventry City in the summer of 1999 for £6 million.
"chris evans" + wolverhampton wanderers
and you'll find more.
ACADEMY DIRECTOR - CHRIS EVANS
The longest serving member of the football backroom staff, Chris Evans has enjoyed over ten years working with the club’s youngsters, many of whom have gone on to make the grade in League and Premier League football.
Chris, who worked in local government as a senior football development officer prior to Graham Turner bringing him to Molineux in July 1991, was on the books of Arsenal, Stoke, York and Darlington. A badly broken leg curtailed his playing career at 28 years of age.
The start of the 2000/01 season saw not only the setting up of a Youth Academy at Wolves, but also seven of the club’s youngsters were to be found on first team duty.
Chris was head of the youth department when he signed Robbie Keane as an apprentice in 1995. Keane went on to become the most expensive teenager in British football when he left Molineux for Coventry City in the summer of 1999 for £6 million.
07-18-2005, 03:15 PM
Thansk Pilgrim; I had seen that but I was looking for confirmation that he had actually played for Wales and Arsenal. Perhaps he didn't actually play for them. :???:
07-18-2005, 03:49 PM
kentgirl @ Mon 18 Jul, 2005 1:15 pm Wrote:
Thansk Pilgrim; I had seen that but I was looking for confirmation that he had actually played for Wales and Arsenal. Perhaps he didn't actually play for them. :???:
Well, reading the bio, it looks very much like that of two of my mates who coach here in Oregon. They both say they were with Middlesbrough, which is true as they were on schoolboy terms but if you don't make the grade, for whatever reason, then they dump you off very quickly.
As with my mates, they both continued to play at lower levels and stayed in the game by studying to be coaches. It is still impressive to list the clubs they were associated with but they never played any competitive matches for them beyond schoolboy or apprentice level.
Not sure about Evans - he is a very highly regarded youth team manager and as his record shows, he's been extremely successful in preparing youngsters for professional football. As a player, I have never heard of him but if he did not retire until the age of 28, he may have been playing at a lower level somewhere for a while.
07-18-2005, 04:56 PM
Sounds about right Pilgrim. I felt sure that someone would have heard of him if he had been a regular player.
07-18-2005, 05:54 PM
If you really want to know details on players, the best place to go is a supporters forum for the club in question and ask there.
Every club has at least one Statto that can dig through the relevant information. I can recall looking up my Dad's cousin in Rothmans from the 70's - he was a Derby County fringe player who went to Australia, played there for a few years and retired a millionaire. I think his name was Johnny Clemence but everyone in the family called him Johnny Clem.
Every club has at least one Statto that can dig through the relevant information. I can recall looking up my Dad's cousin in Rothmans from the 70's - he was a Derby County fringe player who went to Australia, played there for a few years and retired a millionaire. I think his name was Johnny Clemence but everyone in the family called him Johnny Clem.
07-18-2005, 09:49 PM
pilgrim_007 @ Mon 18 Jul, 2005 Wrote:
If you really want to know details on players, the best place to go is a supporters forum for the club in question and ask there.
Every club has at least one Statto that can dig through the relevant information. I can recall looking up my Dad's cousin in Rothmans from the 70's - he was a Derby County fringe player who went to Australia, played there for a few years and retired a millionaire. I think his name was Johnny Clemence but everyone in the family called him Johnny Clem.
Every club has at least one Statto that can dig through the relevant information. I can recall looking up my Dad's cousin in Rothmans from the 70's - he was a Derby County fringe player who went to Australia, played there for a few years and retired a millionaire. I think his name was Johnny Clemence but everyone in the family called him Johnny Clem.
You fibber!!!
You know it was Trevor Francis really :mrgreen: :wink:
07-18-2005, 10:24 PM
We Googled Maurice Norman. He is a nephew (or great nephew) of Mick's grandfather.
I beleive he lives in Clacton now mrgreen
http//www.mehstg.com/m_norman.htm
I had to laugh when it talks about the game he played against Chelsea. Good thing he was retired and out of the game when I joined the family mrgreen mrgreen
I beleive he lives in Clacton now mrgreen
http//www.mehstg.com/m_norman.htm
I had to laugh when it talks about the game he played against Chelsea. Good thing he was retired and out of the game when I joined the family mrgreen mrgreen
07-19-2005, 10:09 AM
Saying you were "on the books" of a club is the same in agent/CV speak as a hockey player over here saying he was an NHL draft. Tony Hand of the Murrayfield Racers was an NHL draft for the Edmonton Oilers. He played 3 games in the major junior league in Canada before "doing a Landon" and going home.
07-19-2005, 04:53 PM
kentgirl @ Mon 18 Jul, 2005 Wrote:
Anything. Please. :neutral:
I think he's Welsh.