Ex Boro players you forgot, where they are now.

Steer said:
Hines was one of the many defenders that came through the academy. I thought he was OK.


Ok - how about József Varga

Single season here in 2013-14. I think he was a centre mid but he played at right back. I thought he was pretty good at the time and remember thinking that we should buy him. We had a EUR 650k option according to the internet, but Karanka did not take it up. He went back to Hungary and seemingly stayed there.
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Tony Mowbray not playing him at right back cost him his job imo
 
viv_andersons_nana said:
Cattermole slammed into Digard’s thigh I think. It was an awful tackle and looked pre-meditated to me. I may have caused a mass brawl, I can’t remember, but it was dreadful. Think he only got booked as well.
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It looked pre meditated. I don’t think Cattermole wanted to leave boro so he left his mark on him (tore his quad I think). Pretty much finished Digard with us.

“Digard was involved in a challenge by Lee Cattermole and was stretchered off midway through the first half suffering an injury to his medial ligaments in his right knee as well as a rupture to the quadriceps muscle in his left leg.” - we were relegated that season, screaming out for a genuine midfielder. Turned our noses up at Nemenja Matic for £800k in favour of a £2m no show Ben Watson.

Malaury Martin was an odd one.. another French midfielder. Refused to sign a contract extension with us.. went on trial at Barnsley, then ended up playing for a Swiss outfit like 8 months later. Spent a few seasons in the SPL with Hearts and Dunfermline. Odd
 
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Anthony Ormerod, really thought he would go all the way. Think the Gazette ran a feature on him a few years ago and he had become a PE teacher?
 
Alan Moore is a scout at Wigan. See him occasionally at friendlies and youth games in the north west.
 
Luke Williams is currently playing for an Icelandic club.

I remember that Cattermole tackle on Digard during a very dull 0-0 draw with Wigan at the Riverside - it was the only memorable thing about that game.
 
viv_andersons_nana said:
How about Australian striker Scott McDonald. He had one of the worst first touches I’ve ever seen on a Boro player but still managed to contribute a goal roughly every three games. I thought he’d be brilliant because he scored in the Champions League against AC Milan. He is now the manager of Australian side Gold Coast Knights.
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He was absolutely awful as a footballer, just managed to scuff a few in. Apparently an absolute ar%^ around the club as well.

Some fans felt it was a mistake to let him go, but then he got about 2 goals at millwall before returning to Sunday league level Scottish footy.
 
Mikael Soisalo! Finnish player who looked like he had a massive future after a couple of games, now plays for FC Riga in Latvia!
 
I can't say we'd forgotten about him, as the "worst 11" thread reminded me of him, but when last sighted, Phil Whelan was a headmaster.

While as a kid I'd have loved to have had an ex-pro footballer as headmaster, I wonder if any of the kids in the photo know just how good he wasn't?

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Anyone know what happened to Cameron Park? I always thought he looked like he had it all in front of him. Seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.
 
Scrug said:
Anyone know what happened to Cameron Park? I always thought he looked like he had it all in front of him. Seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.
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I don't think he's a pro anymore, he fell down the leagues - he was released by Whitby in 2016
 
Scrug said:
Anyone know what happened to Cameron Park? I always thought he looked like he had it all in front of him. Seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.
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Mate of mine said he went on loads of nights out with him. Said he just wanted a normal life and he wasn't interested in the life of being a footballer. Lovely lad, just didn't fancy it.
Thirsty Thursdays in Redcar is definitely worth it haha!
 
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