Signed on a short-term contract in the summer of 2008 after being released by West Brom. Released at Christmas. Didn't realise that he went on to have something of a league career, including a number of games for Pompey in 2012-13 and appearing for Newport County this season.
Are you talking about Chris Allen, the former Oxford United and Nottingham Forest winger? Micky Adams took him on trial in the spring of 2001; he had recently been playing at Slough. He had an ankle injury but Adams was willing to let him prove his fitness. He sat among the substitutes during...
I was at that game - wasn't too long afterwards that Cattlin was sacked (which I was absolutely gutted about). Sean Edwards was also in that crop of apprentices; I can't remember if he actually appeared for the first-team or not. And goalkeeper Trevor Wood was the same year as Massimo, as was...
David Macciochi - made his debut away at the Victoria Ground, Stoke in September 1992 and I think that was his only appearance.
Think he came from QPR.