Born in Farnworth, the young striker would earn a credit in the Guinness Book of Records whilst playing local football, scoring an amazing 340 goals in a single season for Bolton Lads Club under-15s. Signing for City at the age of seventeen he continued to be prolific, and played in the side who won the FA Youth Cup in 1986, making his first-team debut on New Year's Day of the same year. He'd come back from a broken leg to be the club's top scorer during the 88/89 promotion season, before being used as a makeweight in the deal that brought Ian Bishop to Maine Road.
Regularly on the scoresheet at Bournemouth he was surprisingly sold to Oldham the following March. His three injury-prone years there would see him make less than twenty starts, and over the course of his career he'd break his leg on a further three occasions. Short spells at Birmingham, Huddersfield and Rochdale proved unsucessful and he dropped out of League football in 1996, playing for Accrington Stanley and Bacup. Last known to be coaching back at his childhood club, and runs two chippies in the Bolton area.
Lee Crooks
The Wakefield-born right-back made over ninety appearences for City between 1996 & 2000, being most active during the 98/99 Play-Off season. Made his debut as a late substitute for Michael Brown during a 2-0 win at Vale Park. He'd go on to prove himself relatively versitile, playing in both full-back positions and midfield.
He left City for Barnsley for £190k in March of 2001 after a spell on loan at Northampton, spending three years at Oakwell before spending two seasons at Braford City and Rochdale, respectively. After leaving Spotland he raised over £6,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support climing Mount Kilimanjaro. Last seen on the books of Ossett Town last season, but would now appear to be without a club.
Matías Vuoso
Argentinian 'wonderkid' who Kevin Keegan spunked £3.5m on in the summer of 2002, likening him to a young Kenny Dalglish, if i'm not mistaken, though i may've made that bit up. One of a number of, erm, 'questionable' KK purchases, he'd never play a senior game for the club, joining Mexican side Santos Laguna on loan, and later permanently, replacing South American legend Jared Borgetti and eventually finding his shooting boots.
In two years at Santos he'd score over fifty goals, moving to Club America for the 2006 Clausura. One season spent in the capital led to a return to Torreón, where after an iffy start he once again started putting them away. After five years in Mexico he became a neutralised citizen and now represents their national side, earning his first caps under Sven-Göran Eriksson, sacked by City only four months previously.
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