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3 - League 1
19 - Walsall(position at time)
11 - Kieron Morris




A left winger of real pace and skill, he played a key role for the youth team before being rewarded with a first professional contract during the summer of 2012.

The Hereford-born youngster is a confident performer whose development in 2012/13 included a loan spell at Worcester City.

Handed a new deal in the summer of 2013, he went on to appear three times in 2013/14 – including a first senior start in the final game of the season.

Penning a new deal in June 2014, he started the season in the team before being sent out on loan to Wrexham at the turn of 2015 where he enjoyed a highly productive spell for the Welsh outfit.

Returning to Walsall with his confidence high, he ended the campaign brightly and duly signed a new two-year deal.

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3 - League 1
11 - Oxford United(Position at time)
2 - Christian Ribeiro



Born in Wales, Christian has been capped twice by his country, also winning honours at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. He came up through the Bristol City youth system, signing his first professional contract in 2006. He joined Stockport County on loan in January 2012, signing a permanent deal with them the following summer. After winning promotion to League 1 with them, he left for Exeter City, where he was the Players’ Player of the Year in his first season. He joined Oxford in June 2016 on a two-year deal.

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5 - Vanarama National League
18 - Solihull(position at time)
3 - Connor Franklin



A summer signing from Nuneaton in 2015/16 this left sided defender was an apprentice at Leicester City, and had a previous spell at Nuneaton before their liquidation in 2008.

He then spent two years at Hinckley United before moving to Alfreton Town, where he picked up a Conference North Winners medal and made over 150 appearances in four years.

He returned to Nuneaton in 2014. He was the Supporters Player of the Season in his first spell at Liberty Way. Connor is another former England “c” player now in the squad.

Known for his long throws and pace down the flanks.

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1 - Premiership
13 - Bournemouth(position at time)
22 - Emerson Hyndman




A summer signing, Emerson Hyndman had previously been with Fulham for nearly five years.

The American international penned a four-year deal at Vitality Stadium after his contract had expired with the Cottagers.

Made his Bournemouth debut last week in the EFL cup against Preston.

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3 - League 1
5 - Bolton(position at time)
13 - Ben Alnwick



Ben Alnwick joined Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer on deadline day in August 2016.

Most recently on the books of Peterborough United, the goalkeeper put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal at Bolton.

The 29-year-old started his career with Sunderland, helping the Black Cats win promotion to the Premier League shortly after being handed his senior debut.

Signing for Tottenham Hotspur in January 2007, he enjoyed loan stints with Luton Town, Leicester City, Carlisle, Norwich City, Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers and Leyton Orient having seen first team opportunities limited at Totenham.

The former England Under-21s international later signed for Barnsley permanently in July 2012, but was on the move again the following year as he spent brief stints with both Charlton Athletic and Leyton Orient.

Making the move to Peterborough United in July 2014, Alnwick established himself as the Posh’s first choice goalkeeper as he made 97 appearances during his two seasons at the Peterbrough, and will now offer competition to Mark Howard in goal at Bolton.

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2 - League 2
22 - Leyton Orient(Position at time)
6 - Tom Parkes




Centre half Tom Parkes arrived during the summer of 2016, penning a two-year deal with Leyton Orient after turning down a new contract at Bristol Rovers.

Parkes, who started his career at Leicester City, struggled to make the breakthrough at the Foxes leading to several loan spells at the likes of Burton Albion, Yeovil Town and Bristol Rovers before making a permanent switch to Bristol Rovers in 2012.

Despite being unable to help Bristol Rovers avoid relegation from League Two in 2014, Parkes played an integral role as Darrell Clarke’s secured promotion back to the Football League at the first time of asking with a play-off victory over Grimsby Town having finished second in the league.

During the 2014-15 season Parkes also achieved national recognition for his performances, making two appearances for the England ‘C’ side before enjoying another promotion the following year as he helped Bristol Rovers achieve automatic promotion from League Two on the final day of the 2015-16 season.

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3 - League one
21 - Coventry
24 - Ivor Lawton



The Coventry born, Coventry bred youngster started his professional career with Coventry in the summer of 2014 after graduating from the club's Academy.

The 20-year-old was a regular in the club's Under 21s line up, but has had his first-team opportunities limited by a long-term knee injury suffered at the beginning of the 2015/16 season.

Lawton has made a return to grass based training over the summer of 2016 and is set to be back competing for Coventry by the end of the year.

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1 - Premiership
11 - Leicester(Position at time)
22 - Demarai Gray



England Under-20 international Demarai Gray signed in January 2016 from Birmingham City on a contract to June 2020.

Demarai, 19, joined Leicester for an undisclosed fee having built a reputation as one of the brightest young talents in the English game.

Having made his Birmingham debut aged just 17, Demarai has already made 78 professional appearances, including 51 starts in the Football League.

At Birmingham since the age of 10, Gray rose through the ranks at the Blues before making his professional debut for the club as a late substitute against Millwall in October 2013. He went on to score his first goal for the Championship outfit against Blackburn Rovers in April 2014.

Gray’s stock continued to rise during the 2014/15 campaign, as his pace, technique and eye for goal strengthened his reputation as a future star.

He played 43 times, netting six goals including a hat-trick against Reading in December 2014, and was named Birmingham’s Young Player of the Season

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3 - League 1
2 - Bolton(Position at time)
5 - Mark Beevers




Moving to Bolton on a free transfer, Beevers became the club’s second signing of the summer when he arrived on July 3.

A stalwart of Millwall’s backline in recent seasons, the defender put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal at Bolton.

Born in Barnsley, the 26-year-old started his career with Sheffield Wednesday and was a member of the side that won promotion to the Sky Bet Championship during the 2011/12 campaign, having suffered relegation to the third tier two seasons earlier.

Following loan spells with MK Dons and Millwall, the former England Under-19s international joined the Lions permanently in January 2013.

On the scoresheet in last season’s Sky Bet League One Play-Off Final, Beevers was unable to help the London outfit secure an immediate return to the second tier as they fell to a 3-1 defeat against Barnsley at Wembley.

Handed his debut on the opening day of the season against Sheffield United, the defender has already formed a formidable partnership at the back next to David Wheater.

An ever-present during the opening six weeks of the campaign, Beevers fired home his first Bolton goal against MK Dons in September 2016.

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5 - Vanarama National League
8 - Boreham Wood(position at time)
7 - Ricky Shakes



Born in Brixton, Shakes began his career at Bolton Wanderers in 2004 and made his debut in an FA Cup third-round replay against Tranmere Rovers in January 2004, scoring a last-minute equaliser to take the match into extra time.

He failed to make a league appearance for Bolton, and after spells on loan with Bristol Rovers and Bury, joined Swindon Town in July 2005. Shakes made almost 70 league appearances in two seasons at Swindon but was released at the end of the 2006–07 season.

He joined Brentford in August 2007 after training with the club during the summer and scored a late goal on his debut in September 2007 to give Brentford victory at Bury. After making 39 league appearances, Shakes was released at the end of the 2007–08 season.

He joined  Ebbsfleet United in July 2008. Having scored 11 goals for Ebbsfleet, he added to that statistic by scoring 8 goals in 40 league appearances for the club during the 2011–2012 season. Then Shakes signed for Kidderminster Harriers and made 17 appearances helping the club finish second in the Conference Premier.

July 2013, Shakes made the switch, signing for Boreham , with the club fighting off stiff competition from several other clubs.

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2 - Championship
17 - Nottingham Forest(Position at time)
22 - Pajtim Kasami




Nottingham Forest signed former Fulham midfielder Pajtim Kasami on a season-long loan from Olympiacos.

Kasami will be best-known to Forest fans from his time at Craven Cottage where he spent three seasons and featured regularly in both the Premier League and the Europa League.

The Swiss international started his career in earnest with Italian side Palermo where he enjoyed a successful campaign before he made the switch to Fulham in the 2011 summer transfer window.

Having played for Fulham in the Premier League, Kasami had a brief loan spell with Swiss side Luzern before returning to produce his best performances at Fulham.

He is fondly remembered by Fulham fans for a stunning strike in their 4-1 win at Crystal Palace in October 2013 and after featuring 36 times that season he opted to move to Olympiacos.

An integral part of the Olympiacos side over the last two campaigns, Kasami's performances earned him a call-up to the Switzerland national side and he found the net in their 7-0 demolition of San Marino last October.

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1 - Premiership
18 - Sunderland(position at time)
10 - Wahbi Khazri



Signed for Sunderland from French Ligue 1 side Bordeaux on January 30th 2016.

Born in Corsica, Khazri can play in a host of positions in midfield, including the No. 10 role or on the wing. Khazri began his career with Jeunesse before moving to Bastia in 2003, where he made 171 appearances and scored 32 times.   

In the summer of 2014, Khazri signed for Bordeaux and managed to score 14 times in 48 appearances.  However, following interest from Sunderland, Khazri brought an end to his 18-month stay at Bordeaux and put pen to paper on a four-a-half year deal until 2020.

He quickly settled in and showed impressive form over the second half of the 2015-16 campaign, playing 14 games and scoring twice, including a blistering strike against Chelsea which was later voted as the club's Goal of the Season.

The attacking midfielder has made 13 international appearances with Tunisia and scored six times. 

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4 - League 2
23 - Cheltenham Town(position at time)
14 - Asa Hall



Central midfielder Asa Hall signed a two-year contract with Cheltenham in June 2014.

Hall was born in Sandwell, West Midlands and was a young player in Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Academy setup before he moved onto Birmingham City where he signed professional terms at the age of 17. As a young midfielder he represented England at Under-19 and 20 level before making his Football League bow on loan at Boston United in the 2005/06 season.

Further loan spells with Ashford Town and then Shrewsbury helped him begin to make a name for himself, before he helped Luton reach the final of the Football League Trophy in 2009 in a spell at Kenilworth Road which saw him notch 17 goals in 89 appearances. 

The 28-year-old’s next step was with Oxford United, where he registered 70 appearances and 11 goals later before re-joining Shrewsbury Town in 2012. Further loan spells at Aldershot Town and Oxford United followed before Hall was released, allowing him to link up with the Robins.

After a promising pre-season , Hall picked up an Achilles injury just four minutes into his side’s 2014/15 season opener at Bury, and did not feature for the rest of the campaign.

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2 - Championship
1 - Newcastle(position at time)
15 - Mohamed Diame




Born in Creteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris, he began his professional career at Lens in 2003 - representing the club’s ‘B’ side - before moving to Spain to join CD Linares in 2007.

Mo spent the 2008/09 season with Rayo Vallecano in the Spanish second tier before heading to England, where he has represented Wigan Athletic, West Ham United and Hull City.

His winning goal against Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship Play-off Final at Wembley in the summer of 2016 helped Hull to promotion back to the Premier League before Rafa Benítez secured his services at St. James’ Park.

Despite being born in France, Mo is eligible to play for Senegal through his Dakar-born father and he made his full international debut in 2011.13

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1 - Premiership
3 - Tottenham(position at time)
13 - Michel Vorm



Formerly with Utrecht and Den Bosch in Holland, Michel joined Swansea in August, 2011, and firmly established himself as first choice in their debut season in the Premier League, which saw him pick up Supporters' Player, Players' Player and the Away Player of the Year accolades at their end-of-season awards.

In total, he made 97 appearances for Swansea and was also part of the Netherlands' FIFA World Cup squad that reached the semi-finals and eventually finished third in Brazil in the summer of 2014.

He proved a reliable deputy in his first season at the Lane, 2014-15, and when Hugo Lloris picked up an injury against in March, 2015, he went on to start our next three Premier League matches. He played 14 times that season in total, including five matches in our run to the Capital One Cup Final.

He started our first match of the 2015-16 season away at Manchester United and went on to make seven appearances throughout the rest of that campaign - the latter six all coming in the cup competitions.