Can you name the last five Burnley players who???

[ClaretTony]

Can you name the last five players who have played in our youth team and gone on to make a full league debut (start) in the first team. Must be a start, must be a league game.

[Quickenthetempo]

Dwight McNeil
Jay Rod
Chaplow

[Wellsy1882]

Dwight

[ClaretAndJew]

Chris McCann
Jay Rodriguez
Richard Chaplow
Dwight McNeil

[ClaretTony]

Those three are all correct - Chappy being the one furthest back in 2003.

[MACCA]

Lafferty, McCann, O'Neil,

[ClaretTony]

And McCann is also correct which should lead to the last one

[MACCA]

Alex Harvey
Alex MacDonald

[wilks_bfc]

Am I missing something obvious that nobody has mentioned Jimmy Dunne?

Edit: Obviously so

[ClaretTony]

Am I missing something obvious that nobody has mentioned Jimmy Dunne?

Jimmy Dunne never played in our youth team - he was beyond that team age wise when we signed him

[ClaretTony]

Alex Harvey
Alex MacDonald

Alex-Ray Harvey never played in the first team, Alex Mac never started a league game.

[Dougall]

Kyle Lafferty?

[ClaretTony]

MACCA got the last one - Kyle Lafferty

I was looking back last night at the list and didn't realise you'd have to go back to Chappy to get to five.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/bu ... th-academy

[ClaretAndJew]

MACCA got the last one - Kyle Lafferty

I was looking back last night at the list and didn't realise you'd have to go back to Chappy to get to five.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/bu ... th-academy

Who was it before that, Tony?

Those names mentioned are I believe the only ones in my lifetime I've known about to make the first team.

[Mala591]

We must have one of the lowest youth team -> first team success rates.

I don't know why. Anybody got any reasonable theories?

[groove]

I'm surprised Chappy is one of the last five, that seems a long time ago. There must be hundreds of youth players fail to break through.

[Herts Clarets]

We must have one of the lowest youth team -> first team success rates.

I don't know why. Anybody got any reasonable theories?

Success of the first team v the low standard of the academy until very recently i would suggest plays a major role.

[ClaretTony]

Who was it before that, Tony?

Those names mentioned are I believe the only ones in my lifetime I've known about to make the first team.

Was Matt O’Neill a couple of weeks before Chappy but all listed at the link

[Rowls]

Who was it before that, Tony?

Those names mentioned are I believe the only ones in my lifetime I've known about to make the first team.

Hmmmm maybe Bradley Maylett from memory.

Stan played a few when he arrived as the “first team” were simply not good enough.

Marty O’Neill
Heywood
Chris Scott

Before that it was Weller, Brass, Mullin and Smith who broke through.

No doubt I’ve missed a few.

[Longsidelenny1882]

Just proves my point about coaching football you carnt you are either a very good un or you are just making the numbers up at youth level utc

[jedi_master]

Pretty sure I remember Brad Maylett starting at Deepdale a bit out of the blue for us, sometime around 2001. Ian Moore scored a great goal as I recall.

I don't think he started again, may be wrong.

[NottsClaret]

Just proves my point about coaching football you carnt you are either a very good un or you are just making the numbers up at youth level utc

Jamie Vardy was making the numbers up at Sheffield Wednesday once. Still playing non-league football at 25. But if you can't get in a Premier League Burnley side at 20, you'll not make it.

[Paul Waine]

We must have one of the lowest youth team -> first team success rates.

I don't know why. Anybody got any reasonable theories?

A couple of thoughts on what may have contributed:

1) the club climbing from L2 to L1 to Championship and, finally, Premier League; Academy needing time to catch up with climbing the pyramid.
2) ITV Digital - i know a few who's footballing careers were cut short at the end of that season. One or two of the emerging pros may have been good enough for a start the following season....

UTC

[ClaretTony]

Hmmmm maybe Bradley Maylett from memory.

As posted above, they are all listed at the link

[Devils_Advocate]

There was that Shandran kid who was brilliant on Champ Manager in the early 2000's but not sure if he ever made a full league debut for us.

[dsr]

I remember Graham Lancashire who had 3 good months and then disappeared, and Phil Eastwood who scored at Preston (but did he ever start or was he just a sub?), and I think John Borland played a couple in midfield but they might have been as sub as well. I thought he was going to be really good.

[ClaretTony]

I remember Graham Lancashire who had 3 good months and then disappeared, and Phil Eastwood who scored at Preston (but did he ever start or was he just a sub?), and I think John Borland played a couple in midfield but they might have been as sub as well. I thought he was going to be really good.

Eastwood started at Watford in Waddle’s first game for one, but I’ve posted the link on this thread that shows how many games (starts, subs, league, cups) on this thread, but it’s here again.

https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/bu ... th-academy

[dermotdermot]

Trevor Steven. Probably not in the last five but worth a mention.

[superdimitri]

Jamie Vardy was making the numbers up at Sheffield Wednesday once. Still playing non-league football at 25. But if you can't get in a Premier League Burnley side at 20, you'll not make it.

And people also win the lottery.