Thursday, February 09, 2006

Arsenal Academy - Part 1

This picture on the back page of yesterday's Sun newspaper caught my attention. James Harper is in the process of scoring Birmingham's winner against Graham Stack in the Reading goal. Both Harper and Stack are players who came through the Arsenal Academy. How many other ex-Arsenal Academy players are there in the top leagues around the world?

Here are a few I can think of:

Harper, Pennant, Upson - Birmingham
Bothroyd, Thomas - Charlton
Bentley - Blackburn
Taylor - Aston Villa
Volz - Fulham
Sidwell, Harper - Reading
Juan - Fluminense (Brazil)
Quincy - Moscow (Russia)

How good are Arsenal's current crop? Do they have a better chance of making it at Arsenal than the players listed above? What ever became of Paolo Vernazza? Come back soon for the answers...

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