Scouting Non League Players

harveys gardener said:

I was broke and used to watch local side Woking early 90s. I recommended Tim Buzgalo to the club and got a free ticket to a match at the Valley. Shortly after Buzgalo got a hat-trick vs W Brom in the 4-1cup win but soon after did his cruciate. I wonder had he been fit whether the club may have taken a punt?

We were at Selhurst when he scored that hat trick. WAs the ticket for Selhurst?

Stuart Pearce began at Wealdstone while working as a hod carrier.

not non league yet but Accie Stanley Connor Mahoney those in the north try and get a look see what you think.

ForeverAddickted said:

Kap10 said:

In recent years Hamlet have supplied Dickson to Charlton, a player to West Ham and a player to Huddersfield, so it does show league are looking at the non leagues and taking a punt

Wasnt there a lad who went to Liverpool as well or was that just on trial

Who was the guy we got from Tooting & Mitcham... Smith someone?

The guy who went on trial to Liverpool in the end got picked up by Huddersfield.

Very good player seen him quite a lot. I do think at championship level he is too small but hopefully I'm wrong. Brings a nice group of supporters to champion hill.

ForeverAddickted said:

AddickRam said:

http://erhunoztumer.com/Biography.html

This lad who plays for Dulwich is now on trial at Burnley, Played for Charlton Youth up to 16 we released him due to him being 5ft 3 apparently.

22 year old left footed centre-mid 90 apps for Hamlet so far, 53 goals & 23 assists.

Going by his biography he certainly seems to be playing at a level lower than his ability (no discredit to Dulwich Hamlet) especially when you see he only left the Turkish Premier League clubs due to home sickness

Playing WELL below his level in Ryman Premier.

Other examples of Charlton non-league signings...

Alan Pardew (Yeovil, Dulwich Hamlet, Whytleafe etc) and Paul Gorman.

But the best of the lot....Paul Williams...£20k from Woodford Town. He top scored for two seasons in the top division with only a handful of loan games at Brentford behind him. 4 England U21 Caps and 3 goals (I looked that bit up!) We got £700k for him when we were skint so somebody did rather well scouting him!!

Cyril Davies and Dickie, Dickie, Dickie Plumb

Both from Yeovil

Non-league also has a lot of chaff - it might not be the best use of our limited funds really. for every player who came from non-league there were 19 other squad-mates not good enough to move out really. We'd be better off looking at places like Trinidad & Tobago *hint hint*

Tiresais said:

. for every player who came from non-league there were 19 other squad-mates not good enough to move out really.

Well yes. .