Where are they Now..The Forgotten Men

[danQPR]

My mate is a baggage handler at Heathrow and works with Michael Mahoney Johnson.

Said he is doing something to get back into football through coaching I think.

[qblockpete]

The future Bryan Robson

Stuart Wardley
Stuart James Wardley (born 10 September 1974 in Cambridge) is an English former professional football midfielder.

Wardley played for non-league Saffron Walden Town, Bishops Stortford and Saffron Walden again[2], while working as a removals man, before joining Queens Park Rangers in July 1999 for a fee of £15,000[3]. His debut came on 7 August 1999 when he was a late substitute, for Jermaine Darlington in Rangers' 3-1 win at home to Huddersfield Town[4].

In January 2002, Wardley joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan, signing on a free transfer in April 2002[5]. He missed most of the 2003-04 season due to a serious knee injury.[6] He played pre-season for Bishop Stortford[7] and in August 2004 joined Torquay United on a one-month contract[8]. He signed a three month contract extension in September 2004[9], but left in October 2004 to join Leyton Orient[10]. He moved to Cambridge United on non-contract terms in January 2005[11], playing just three times before being released after a month. He had a trial with Rushden in February 2005, but was not offered a contract[12].

He played for Saffron Walden Town[13] before signing for Bedford Town in March 2005[14]. He left Bedford at the end of the season[15].

In 2008 he was appointed as joint-manager of Bishops Stortford Swifts[16].

In September 2008 he was playing for Debden[17].


MATTHEW ROSE



Matthew Rose, born Dartford Kent 24 September 1975, is an English professional footballer who currently is a Free-Agent.

Rose started at Arsenal as a trainee, captaining his side to an FA Youth Cup victory in 1994; he made his first-team debut against Manchester City on March 5, 1996. He made five appearances (three as sub) for the Gunners before moving to QPR for £500,000 in May 1997. He became a regular at QPR and made over 250 appearances for them in all competitions. He was released from his contract by John Gregory in January 2007 and left the club. On 23 February, Matthew signed for League One side Yeovil Town.[1] At the end of the 2007-2008 season Matthew rejected a new contract offer from Yeovil Town.

LEON JEANNE

Leon Charles Jeanne (born 17 November 1980 in Cardiff) is a former Welsh professional footballer currently playing for local Cardiff amateur side Carpenters Arms.

A talented winger Jeanne began his career at Queens Park Rangers, making his debut on February 1999 against Watford, but problems began to arise nearly as soon as he became a professional when he disappeared for over a week when he was meant to be reporting for Wales under-21 duty. However manager Gerry Francis revealed that it was not the first time the youngster had gone missing and that Jeanne was on his last chance at the club after being arrested for drink-driving the previous year.[1]

He left QPR in 2001 to sign for his hometown club Cardiff City who hoped to curb his disciplinary problems only for them to spiral out of control during his time there. Just a few weeks after joining Cardiff he tested positive for a class A drug and was handed a two-year suspended sentence by the Football Association of Wales.[2] He started to show his quality with two appearances for the first team after the ruling but at the end of the season yet another situation arose. In May 2002 Jeanne was selected for random drugs testing but and Jeanne sent his sample away but the results came back only to show that the sample he had submitted was not urine. He refused to provide a second sample which led to Cardiff terminating his contract and he left the club.[3]

After his release from Cardiff he attempted a comeback with Havant & Waterlooville in a pre-season friendly against League of Wales side Barry Town but was withdrawn from playing after officials at Barry questioned if he was allowed to play at which point it was revealed that he was currently banned from playing football.[4] He was allowed to resume playing a short while later and enjoyed a prosperous spell at Port Talbot Town but yet again he was involved in a scandal. In September 2002 he was arrested, along with two other men, on suspicion of dealing class A drugs. During the court case he revealed that he used to be addicted to cocaine. Eventually he and the other two men were cleared of all charges.[5]

After the case ended he returned to football with Newport County followed by spells at Dinas Powys and Barry Town.[6] After a spell playing for Maesteg Park, Jeanne currently plays for local Cardiff amateur side Carpenters Arms

[davman]

Sami Timoska, Alex Bonnot, the legend that is Ugo Ukah, Serge Branco (?), Lewis Hamilton, Richard Johnson, Sammy Koejoe, Arthur Gnohere, Egutu Oliseh, Nick Ward, Adam Czerkas, Aaron Brown, Lloyd Dyer, John Curtis, Martin Kus, Sammy Yousef...

Some REAL gems there...

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PAUL MURRAY

Paul Murray (born on 31 August 1976 in Carlisle, Cumbria) is a footballer who plays in midfield, for Shrewsbury Town

He started his career at Carlisle United in 1994. In 1996 he joined QPR on loan. After the Hoops' relegation, he joined the team permanently for a transfer fee of £300,000. Paul made his debut at Nottingham Forest in 1996. Whilst at Q.P.R. he was called up four times for the England U21 squad, and in February 1998 he made his solitary appearance for England B as a substitute against Chile. He enjoyed a successful time at Loftus Road, playing 140 league games before he joined Premiership side Southampton in 2001, though he played only one game for the south coast side.

In December 2001 Murray joined Oldham Athletic, where he spent three and a half years, before he joined Portuguese club Beira-Mar. He re-joined Carlisle United in the close-season after their promotion to League One, and scored against Doncaster Rovers in the opening game of the 2006-07 season. This was the first match for new manager Neil McDonald, and the only goal of the game at Brunton Park. He was released by the club in May 2007.[1]

Murray joined newly-promoted Scottish Premier League outfit Gretna in June 2007 on a one-year contract.

With his contract expired, Murray turned down a number of clubs to move south of the border and join League Two side Shrewsbury Town in May 2008, alongside former team mate Stephen Hindmarch.[2

Andrew "Andy" Linighan (born June 18, 1962) is a former English football player.

Linighan was born in Hartlepool into a footballing family – his brothers David and Brian were also professional footballers. He first played for his local side, Hartlepool United, before spells at Leeds United (1984-1986), Oldham Athletic (1986-1988) and Norwich City (1988-1990). A tall, imposing centre back, Linighan became notable for his calm performances in defence for Norwich, and was snapped up by George Graham's Arsenal for £1.2 million in the summer of 1990 (despite Arsenal already having England international defenders Tony Adams and Steve Bould in the side). Linighan had been very reluctant to leave Norwich, but was told by then-chairman Robert Chase that he was being sold.[citation needed]

Linighan mainly played as backup to Adams and Bould at Arsenal. In his first season, in which Arsenal won the First Division, Linighan managed to put in 10 performances, which were only just enough for him to win a medal. His biggest moment for the club came at the end of the 1992-93 season; having already beaten Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup final, Arsenal faced Wednesday again in the FA Cup final. The final finished 1-1, forcing a replay, which finished 1-1 after 90 minutes and went to extra time; with 119 minutes gone, Linighan (suffering from a broken nose after a clash with Mark Bright) came up for a corner and headed in the winner. Thanks to his goal, Arsenal thus became the first club in English football to win the "Cup Double". His former club, Norwich City, qualified for the UEFA Cup as a result of his cup final goal, as it meant that Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, so the European place for the League Cup winner went to the team who had finished third in the Premier League instead.

By then, Linighan's place in the Arsenal side was further in doubt, as the club had signed Martin Keown earlier that year (Linighan had only played in the cup finals because Keown was cup-tied). Despite this, he stayed on at the club as fourth-choice centre-back, until he was sold to Crystal Palace in January 1997. He helped Palace as they won promotion to the Premiership, and became club captain. He stuck with Palace during the club's financial problems, even after they were forced to loan him to Queens Park Rangers for part of 1998-99 in order to reduce the wage bill. Linighan returned to the club after his loan spell, and was voted the fans' player of the year in 1999-2000, but after falling out with new owner Simon Jordan, he was given a free transfer in the autumn of 2000.

Linighan saw out the rest of the season with Oxford United, which ended in disappointment – United were relegated to the Third Division. Afterwards he briefly played for non-league St Albans, before retiring completely from the game to run his own plumbing business

TONY SCULLY

Anthony Derek Thomas "Tony" Scully (born 12 June 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish football midfielder who is currently unattached following his release from Crawley Town in December 2007.[

ANDY THOMSON

Andy Thomson signed for Gillingham on 5th August 1999 for £25,000 just before the season kicked off. This was later described by manager Peter Taylor as the best £25,000 he ever spent.[4][2]

On 28th May 2000 Thomson scored the winning goal for Gillingham in the Football League Second Division play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Thomson had come on as an extra time substitute in the 97th minute of the game. Thomson scored with two minutes of play left on the clock. Following Ty Gooden's centre from the right, the diving Thomson stole in front of Stuart Balmer to glance the ball into the far corner of the net. The goal was reminiscent of Keith Houchen's cup final goal for Coventry City against Tottenham Hotspur.[5] The 3-2 win against Wigan Athletic ensured the Kent club's first ever promotion to the second tier of English football.[6] The club's website described the goals as, "The most iconic moment in the long history of Gillingham F.C. encapsulated in a few moments of extra time football".[4][2] Andy Thomson became the second former Queen of the South player to win a Wembley play off final after Ted McMinn.[2]

Thomson also scored 4 goals in Gillingham's 1999–00 FA Cup run, against Cheltenham, Walsall, Bradford City and Sheffield Wednesday. The Gills were knocked out of the cup in the quarter-final - the first time they had ever reached this far - at Stamford Bridge, where they lost 5-0 to Chelsea.[2]


[edit] Queens Park Rangers
From Gillingham Thomson went to Queens Park Rangers signing on 22nd March 2001 Thomson left to return to Scotland 10th July 2003.[7][2]

He returned to Scotland and played for Falkirk, Partick Thistle and then moved back to Queen of the South. As Thomson was to say on his return to Queens, "Things have changed quite a bit while I've been away - a new stand, a completely new set-up and a more modern type of training system". Thomson added, "Norman Blount was an excellent chairman."[2]

From Queens Andy Thomson then went to Stenhousemuir. Troubled by injuries Thomson's retirement from playing was announced in the press on 18th March 2008.

[danQPR]

Heard that Leonne Jeannes family run all the drugs in Cardiff, one of the reasons he ended up a wrong'un. He could've been class.

Martin Kus - the Polish striker evryone thought was going to be amazing! Oh dear!

[Robsondinho]

Chris plummer plays for peterborough northern star in the ucl league, played against him a few weeks back and he has still got it marked me out the game!! Also bircham is at kings langley.

[rblockells]

always liked Paul Murray-he should have gone further in the game.Remember a few great goals by Andy Thomson.

[davman]

Heard that Leonne Jeannes family run all the drugs in Cardiff, one of the reasons he ended up a wrong'un. He could've been class.

Martin Kus - the Polish striker evryone thought was going to be amazing! Oh dear!

Kus was a Right Back from memory; surely you're thinking of Adam Czerkas???

[danQPR]

Kus was a Right Back from memory; surely you're thinking of Adam Czerkas???

That's the one ;D

[qprmarc]

lee harper?

[Robsondinho]

At kettering in the confrence
At

lee harper?

[kevinQPR]

Leroy Grittiths plys his trade in Scotland I hear

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LEROY GRIFFITHS

Great goal against Chelsea pre-season.

Now.......

Leroy Henerica Septon Griffiths (born 30 December 1976 in London, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Staines Town.

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ADAM CZERKAS

Adam Czerkas (born July 13, 1984 in Sokołów Podlaski, Poland) is a Polish footballer. He was on loan to Queens Park Rangers FC from Korona Kielce in the early part of the 2006-07 season. His loan contract was terminated in December 2006. However , Korona loaned him again - to Odra Wodzisław



Egutu Chukwuma Oliseh (born 18 November 1980) is an Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Panthrakikos. His stay at QPR was unremarkable, and was deemed to be surplus to requirements by the new manager John Gregory in January 2007, after only a six-month stay at the club. Within days it was announced he had joined Montpellier.

He is the younger brother of Churchill Oliseh, Sunday Oliseh and Azubike Oliseh; his nephew is Sekou Oliseh.

He also hold French passport.

MIKKEL BECK

He joined Middlesbrough in the 1996-97 season, which ended in the club being relegated to the English First Division, even though Middlesbrough reached the 1997 FA Cup final. Beck stayed with the club, and was a part of the squad which won promotion to the Premier League the very next year. After 24 goals in 91 league matches for Middlesbrough, he moved to league rivals Derby County in March 1999 in a transfer deal worth £500,000.[2]

He didn't find success with his new club, and never became an integrated part of the team. Seeking playing time, Beck underwent loan deals to English lower league clubs. He signed a two-month loan deal to Nottingham Forest in November 1999, but after a month at the club he was recalled to Derby, as the club experienced a lack of strikers.[3] He sat a single match on the bench, before Derby bought Belgian striker Branko Strupar and Beck was once more out of the team. He was then loaned out to Queens Park Rangers in February 2000, on a three month deal. Despite good play for QPR, Beck was once more recalled in April 2000, in order to go on loan at Danish Superliga club Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB) for the rest of the 1999-2000 Superliga season.

During his last year at Middlesbrough, and through the rest of his time in England, Beck had lost his place in the Danish national team. At AaB, he scored eight goals in ten matches and led the team to the Danish Cup final, and he was brought back to the Danish national team squad for the Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands. He played in two matches, and following the tournament he was bought by French Ligue 1 club OSC Lille for £500,000.[4] Unhappy with Lille coach Vahid Halilhodžić' principle of rotating the players, Beck went on loan to AaB once again in February 2002.[5] Hoping to be called up to the Danish national team for the 2002 World Cup, in repeat of his AaB loan in 2000, Beck was injured in the last months of the tournament and was not considered for the squad. Back at Lille, he suffered a string of injuries which kept him out of football for one and a half years. In January 2004, he trained with English club Crystal Palace, but as injuries resurfaced during his stay at Palace, he did not get a contract and Beck retired.

Following his retirement, he became a player agent.

STEVE PALMER

Vicarage Road and his departure on a free transfer in July 2001 caused some consternation amongst the club's supporters.[2] Whilst at the club he broke the record for wearing every numbered shirt from 1 to 14 in the 1997-98 season.[3] He was in goal for the kick-off of the final home match (v A.F.C. Bournemouth) - having warmed up in goal before the game, confusing those in the stands, and completed the set by wearing Jason Lee's number 9 shirt in the final match (away at Fulham) - when Watford won the Division 2 title.

Palmer signed for QPR from Watford in July 2001 and made his debut in August of that year in the 1-0 win against Stoke City. He was captain and ever present in what was QPR's first season in the third tier since 1966-67. He helped Ian Holloway bring stability to the club. In all Steve made 95 league appearances for QPR, scoring 5 goals.

Palmer retired from football in 2006 and is currently working Tottenham Hotspur's as Academy Performance Manager

[QPR1234]

jurgen sommer, mathew brazier,