| Matthew Gregg
Matt played for Gloucester Primary Schools
for two
seasons between 1988 and 1990. He was ever present when Gloucester won the Cotswold
League and gained first place at the Jersey Festival during the
1989/90 season.
Matt started his league career at Torquay, making his debut as a sixteen year
old against Wigan Athletic. He went on to appear at Wembley in the 3rd division
play off against Colchester in the 97/98 season, his team going down to a late
penalty.
Matt impressed Terry Venables
when Torquay played Crystal Palace in a 1998 Coca-Cola cup tie, so much so
that he signed him for a fee of
£400,000. After 3 seasons as the Palace No 2, the signing of Matt Clarke
from Bradford City for a £1.4m fee saw Matthew drop down the rankings and
he left the club in December 2001 to take up a playing career with Bray
Wanderers in the Irish
League. He transferred to Bohemians in the summer of 2003, since when he has
appeared for his new club in the qualifying stages of the Champions
League. Career Record to May 2002
(League games only): Torquay United (95-98): 32 matches. Swansea City
(98/99): 5 matches. Crystal Palace (98-01): 7 matches. Exeter City (loan):
2 matches. Total (not
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| Wayne
Thomas
Wayne played in the same team as Matt
Gregg. He began his
career as a forward/ attacking midfielder, scoring 25 goals in 39
appearances for Gloucester Primary Schools.
Wayne went the same way as Gregg, signing YTS forms with
Torquay United in 1995. He also played at Wembley in the Division Three
Play Off Final, though by this time he had been converted to a highly
efficient centre back.
In August 2000 Wayne was bought by Stoke City for the sum
of £200,000 rising to £250,000 based on appearances. He was a virtual
ever present in the Potter's defence since then and at the end of both his
first and second seasons at the club won the supporter's Player of the
Year award. Wayne was transferred to Burnley in the summer of 2005 and
became GPSFA's first million pound player when joining Southampton in
August 2007.
Career Record to August
2007: Torquay United (95-00): 123 matches (5 goals). Stoke City (00-July
04): 189 matches (7 goals). Burnley 50 games (1 goal). Total to July 2007:
362 games (13 goals).
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| Phil
Greening
Phil attended Kingsholm Primary School and was a highly rated goalkeeper
during his time playing for Gloucester Primary Schools. He appeared in 9
of the team's 11 matches during 1986/87.
Soon after leaving primary school, Phil
changed codes and took up the oval ball game. He has since gone on to play for
England at rugby and was selected for the 2001 British Lions tour to
Australia. At club level, Phil left Gloucester for Sale in July 1998 and
after two
seasons with the Manchester-based club, moved south to London to take up a place in the
Wasps team.
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| Neil
Mustoe
Neil played for the Primary Schools from
1986-1988, making 23 appearances, scoring 7 times.
His career began as a
trainee with Manchester United in July 1993, where he started out as a
centre-forward before switching to a midfield role. A hard-working all-rounder,
Neil represented England in the Under-16 European Championships, scoring 4
times in 4 games and won an FA Youth Cup winner's medal in 1995 during his four and a half
year spell at Old Trafford.
He
signed for Wigan Athletic on a free transfer from United, but only managed one
LDV Cup appearance, before being picked up by Cambridge United in the
summer of 1998 where he was a regular for the next 3 seasons. Following
his release, Neil had brief spells at Stevenage Town and Yeovil Town in the
Conference, before joining Gloucester City.
Career
Record to May 2002 (League games only): Cambridge United (98-01): 94
matches (4 goals).
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| Lee
Mansell
Lee played for Gloucester PSFA during the
92/93 & 93/94 seasons. He made 62 appearances (18 goals) for the A
Side and 10 appearances (5 goals) for the B Team during his two years in
GPSFA colours.
Lee
trained with Luton Town as a schoolboy, signing YTS forms at 16 and making
an immediate impact by scoring in his first outing against Southend United
U-18's. He made five reserve team appearances in the 1999/2000
season before making national headlines when scoring just 58 seconds into his
first team debut in an FA Cup tie at QPR in January 2000/01.
Lee played in 18 more first team games,
scoring a further 5 times before the end of the season to earn himself a 3
year contract which was extended by a further year during the summer of
2004.
In the summer of 2005 Lee
was transferred to Oxford United where he was a virtual ever present in
central midfield, earning the Player of the Year award in the process and
repeated both feats after signing for Torquay United in 2006.
Career Record to August 2007: Luton Town:
47 matches (10 goals). Oxford United: 44 games (1 goal). Torquay United 47
matches (4 goals). Total (August 2007): 139 games (13 goals).
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| Shayne
Bradley
Shayne played for Gloucester Primary Schools during the
successful 1990/91 season, making 41 appearances, during which time he
scored 14 goals. In 1994/95, Shayne represented England Schoolboys at U-15
level, playing in 7 international matches that season.
He signed professional forms for Southampton in 1998
after completing his time as a YTS player and made four Premier League
appearances over the next three seasons. Shayne left the Saints to join
Mansfield Town for
a then club record fee of
£150,000 in October 2000 in search of regular first team football
and despite injury problems played in 26 of the club's matches that season.
Following that, he had brief spells at Chesterfield and Lincoln, though
persistent injury problems
saw him having to retire from the professional
game.
Career Record to May 2001 (League games only):
Southampton (98-00): 4
matches. Swindon Town (98/99): 7 matches. Exeter City
(99/00): 8 matches (1 goal). Mansfield Town (00/01): 42 matches (10
goals). Chesterfield: 6 games (2 goals). Lincoln: 2 games (1 goal). Total:
69 matches (14 goals) (Not including cup games).
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| Steve
Cowe
Steve played for GPSFA in 1983/84 and signed for Aston
Villa in 1992. After three seasons as a regular scorer for the reserves,
switched to Swindon Town in 1995 for a fee of £100,000, where he stayed
until 2001. Injuries limited his appearances in his final season and he
left in the summer to join Newport County and has since
played for Forest
Green Rovers, Cirencester Town and starts 2007/08 at Cinderford
Town.
Career Record to May 2001 (League games only): Swindon
Town (95-01): Swindon Town: 97 matches (11 goals).
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| Marcus Palmer
Marcus was a virtual ever-present in the
Gloucester PSFA team of 1998/99. After spending time at Bristol City and
Cheltenham Town as a schoolboy, Marcus signed for Hereford United in 2006,
making his debut towards the end of the season against Swindon Town but was
released in the summer of 2008.
Career Record to August 2008: Hereford United: 4
games.
Non-League Review (August 2007).
Gloucester City
(Southern League Premier)
Eight ex-players are
currently appearing in Gloucester City's first team squad: Neil Mustoe (1986-88), Tom Webb
(1993-95), Scott Griffin (1988-90), Luke Buttery (1994-96), Jamie Reid
(1988/89), Michael Noakes (1997-99), Sammy Ellis (2000/01)) & Jody Bevan (1988-90). Shayne Bradley meanwhile has
returned to coach the U-12 side in 2007/08.
Bath City (Conference South)
Michael Green (1994-96).
Cinderford Town
(Southern League Midland) Neil Griffiths (1991/92), Steve Cowe
(1983/84), Jimmy Cox (1990/91), Adam Hemming (1994/95).
Cirencester Town (Southern League Premier)
Lance Lewis (1997/98), Danny Wallington
(2000/01).
Swindon Supermarine
(Southern League Premier) Steve
Jenkins (1991-92) Bishops Cleeve
(Southern League Midland) Richard
Mansell (1995-97) |
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