Who made these decisions?

[Scarlet pimple]

Tony currie was here as well, as a youngster. went to watford.

[Nodge70]

Jim Smith turned down Ray Houghton

No he didn't to my recollection.

Jim Gregory didn't want to pay what Oxford wanted so let Smith by Brock instead. Smith badly wanted Houghton and Aldridge but Gregory pulled the plug.

[Rsonist]

hindsight is a wonderful thing. i can well imagine campbell and beckford flattering to deceive on trial back then, because they still do to this day to some extent. (also beckford took at least a season to really get going at leeds.)

wanchope was a complete and utter balls-up though. i still vividly remember watching wanchope score at old trafford on his debut on motd and thinking "hold on, wasn't this the bloke we... "

[Rsonist]

we also bombed out LEROY GRIFFITHS when he was always gonna be the new john barnes . lol

exactly - campbell and beckford at the time were basically as promising as griffiths was then, and look how he turned out. these things aren't set in stone.

who else have we had from non-league in recent times? stuart wardley, adam miller...?