Interesting

Although a bit of a stretch to say that Mark Metcalf made it with NCFC. He made one substitute appearance for the first team.

Likewise Paul Clayton (who was a friend of my sister's, by the way...) - only made a handful of appearances for us (and never really made it anywhere else, either).

Still, Spearing, Goss and Donowa is a pretty good return from a single youth side. (Although I imagine the numbers were in general higher back then - a larger proportion of first teams would have been home-grown...)

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on April 29th 2015 at 10:44:21

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there was a discussion on here the other day about the success (or lack of it) of our acad (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 29, 09:06:43
- Wow. That's really interesting. Thank you. (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Apr 29, 10:49:20
- Norwich City FA Youth Cup winning sides... (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Apr 29, 10:33:50
  - Interesting (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 29, 10:44:21
    - I went to school and scouts with Paul and played footie (NCFC) - Pixelman, Apr 29, 11:02:31
- For their parent club? (NCFC) - duke of york, Apr 29, 09:18:10
  - Yup, is in terms of playing for parent club. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 29, 09:21:17
    - isn't that partly because of who actually tends to win the Youth Cup (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 29, 09:30:14
      - Glad you started at 2006 rather than 2005 there ;o) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 29, 09:38:46
        
        the official line is that I did it to make it a neat 10 years ;0) (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 29, 09:43:06
      - That list puts Neil Adams achievement into perspective. (n/m) (NCFC) - Dunney, Apr 29, 09:35:54
        
        I was just thinking that too, pretty amazing really. (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Apr 29, 10:22:23
      - Probably (NCFC) - duke of york, Apr 29, 09:33:34
        
        If success of a youth team is who makes it as a pro, then this was a really good team (NCFC) - Basil Wrathbone, Apr 29, 09:45:32
- Cor. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Apr 29, 09:15:49

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