But how many Sussex born players in the Premier over the years ? Gareth Barry & Hammond now are ones I can think of but Sussex has hardly been a fruitful hunting ground for anyone in the past. We may need to cast the net far and wide for the right youngsters like Southampton do
When was the last time we produced a striker from the local area from the youth team through to a first team regular and turned into a quality striker ? NEVER
Why is our youth team and academies unable to produce a decent quality striker ? One that has a lasting career at Championship level at least and a 20+ goals a season man. We've had over hopes over the likes of Jake Robinson and Joe Gatting recently but they failed and going back through the...