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Ernie HanniganErnie Hannigan stayed with Queens at Palmerston Park making 99 league appearances scoring 6 league goals until he was 20 when Preston signed him for # 15,000 in June 1964.
Bobby HowittHe played 11 matches in 1962 -- 63 as Stoke won the Second Division and at the end of the season he left to return to Scotland.
Harry MortonIn the summer of 1939, Morton was transferred to Burnley, but his career was brought to an end following the outbreak of the Second World War.
Graham Baker (footballer)In 1987 Manchester City were again relegated, and Baker returned to Southampton on a free transfer, having made 135 Manchester City appearances in five years.
Mike Milligan (footballer)At Bloomfield Road, he helped Steve McMahon's side win the Division Three playoffs and survive in Division Two before finally retiring in the summer of 2002, aged 35, after a career spanning 19 years.
John Oster Following a short spell at Burnley, where he scored once against Coventry, Oster joined Reading on 2 August 2005.
George AshmoreAt Chesterfield, he was a regular for two seasons and played in 71 league games before announcing his retirement in 1933.
Paul Shaw (footballer)Shaw spent three years with Millwall before moving to Gillingham in 2000.
Steve WilkinsonHe only played a handful of games for Leicester, and had a loan spell at Crewe Alexandra before he was sold to Mansfield Town in September 1989 for a # 80,000 transfer fee -- a club record at the time.
Paul Peschisolido After 51 appearances and 21 goals for West Brom, he dropped down a division to join Fulham in October 1997, for a # 1.
George Miller (footballer born 1939)However, he failed to settle in the West Midlands and returned to Scotland after just 13 months after 45 appearances, joining league runners-up Heart of Midlothian in November 1965.
David Webb (footballer)He left the Baseball Ground in May 1980, after 26 games for the Rams (1 goal), joining Bournemouth.
Hakan HayrettinIn 1990 he almost joined Turkish side Karsiyaka, but his Turkish parentage would have made him eligible for national service, and the prospect of war with the situation deteriorating in the Gulf, so he remained at Barnet who later won the Conference and with it promotion to the Football League.
Cliff PortwoodHe moved on to Portsmouth for # 4,000 in 1963, where he remained for the next six years, before he left the professional game to move to South Africa.
Richie Barker (footballer born 1975)He played two seasons at Brighton, scoring 12 goals, before moving to Macclesfield on a free transfer in 1999.
Tom LowderHe failed to make the first team with Palace and in August 1947, he joined Rotherham United where he spent two seasons in the Third Division North.
Derek Hall (footballer)He settled in well at Roots Hall, playing 123 times over the next 3 seasons, scoring 15 goals in the process, before moving to Halifax Town on a free transfer in July 1989.
Rodney Marsh (footballer)(Marsh) In summer 1975 Marsh played a handful of matches for Cork Hibernians for a fee of # 600 a game.
Willie White (footballer)At the end of the 1931 -- 32, White left Southampton for a brief (non-playing) spell with Aldershot, who had recently been elected to the Third Division South.
Lew ChatterleyAs the team struggled to shine in the Second Division, Chatterley became the butt of the crowd's frustration, and, in February 1975, he moved to Torquay United as player-coach, where he was to play a further 57 league games and score 10 goals.
Chic Brodie (footballer)He spent four years with the club but failed to break into the first team and in 1957 left to join Gillingham of the Third Division South.
Joe Spence (footballer born 1898)But in March 1919, the year after the First World War ended, Spence signed for United from north-east amateur side, Scotswood.
Darren PeacockHe scored one goal for Rovers, against Southampton in April 1999, but soon lost his place in the team and served loan spells at West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Justin FashanuHe returned to the UK and tried to resurrect his playing career, joining Manchester City on 23 October 1989, and played twice in the First Division, but on 20 November, barely a month after joining the club, he moved to West Ham United, later having a trial with Ipswich Town.
Steve Murray (footballer)After a fall-out with then manager Jim McLean, who Murray had played alongside in the 1968 League Cup Final, Murray left before the end of the year, later winning a'' substantial sum'' in a court action.
Jimmy NichollIn 1981, he left the club after scoring five goals, joining Sunderland on a permanent contract after a loan spell, and playing 32 games in one season before moving to Toronto Blizzard in Canada, scoring 11 goals in 77 games over the next two years before signing for Rangers.
Jim Stannard Having previously played for non-league Ford United (now Redbridge), Stannard began his professional career with Fulham making his debut against Swindon Town in 1981 (keeping a clean sheet), but managed only 41 Football League appearances for the Craven Cottage club in his first five years, during which he was loaned out to Southend United and Charlton Athletic.
Joakim PerssonHe returned to Sweden after less than two seasons in Italy, having very rarely played for Atalanta's first-team, joining IFK Göteborg in January 1998.
Chris CroweCrowe was sold to Blackburn Rovers in March 1960 for # 25,000, where he played for almost two years.
Gary BellamyHere, he played as a first choice player for four seasons before leaving for non-league Chelmsford City in June 1996.
Wayne CegielskiCegielski left Wrexham with 123 league appearances to his name, and joined John McGrath's Fourth Division Port Vale in July 1982.
Ian Stevens (footballer)His record at Gay Meadow was almost identical to that at Bury with him scoring 51 goals in 132 games before Carlisle United tabled a # 100k offer for him in May 1997.
Sam JenningsHe was transferred to Third Division North side Stockport County in September 1931, later returning to the Second Division with Burnley in 1931 -- 32.
Harry Johnson (footballer born 1899)When the war ended in 1918 he was demobbed very quickly at the request of Sheffield United so he could resume his footballing career.
Dick AllmanAllman returned to Staffordshire in May 1908 to sign with Stoke, but never featured at the Victoria Ground, and so instead moved on to Liverpool two months later.
Bert HoyleOn the conclusion of the war he returned to professional football by joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in May 1946, but as with Bradford he did not play any League games for them and he left after only three months to join Exeter City, with whom he finally made his League debut at the age of 26.
Jimmy HaganHe finally retired after playing against his former club, Derby County, on 14 September 1957, having scored 117 league goals in 361 league matches.
Billy Dodds Dodds moved to St. Johnstone, for a Saints club-record # 400,000, in January 1994 but moved to Aberdeen within six months.
George BellisBellis's stay in the top flight lasted only a matter of months before he joined Burnley in December 1932.
Matt Hill (footballer)After only one season at the South Yorkshire club he transferred to Blackpool but again played few first team games before being loaned to Sheffield United, with the move being made permanent in the summer of 2012.
Ian Hamilton (footballer born 1967)He remained at The Dell for a further two years, playing in the reserves but failing to break into the first team, before a free transfer to Cambridge United in March 1988.
Jack Bradley (footballer)He did not make any first team appearances for Huddersfield, and in August 1936 he was transferred to Swindon Town of the Third Division South.
Steve WhitworthIn total Whitworth spent two-and-a-half years with Sunderland before moving to Bolton Wanderers in October 1981.
Danny CanningIn July 1951, Canning was sold to Nottingham Forest for # 2,000 but struggled to break into the first team, making just five league appearances, and left the club soon after, moving into non-league football.
Kevin Arnott (footballer)Arnott remained at Bramall Lane until his release in 1987, making over 150 appearances for the South Yorkshire club in all competitions.
Stephen Wright (Scottish footballer)Two years with the Bantams preceded another two with Dundee United, before Wright finished his career in 2002 with a short spell at Scunthorpe United.
Esa PirnesHe stayed with the Blues for two seasons before he moved to rivals Tappara in 2001.
Charlie PetrieAfter two seasons at the County Ground in which he made 32 appearances, scoring 11 goals, Petrie was placed on the transfer list in the summer of 1927.
Bill Henderson (footballer born 1878) Henderson remained at Reading for two years, before returning to the Football League to join Clapton Orient in the Second Division in August 1906.
Tommy Rudkin After the war Rudkin played for Peterborough United in their pre-Football League days and joined First Division Arsenal in January 1947.
Alex BurkeBurke made just three league appearances, six in total, before being let go by the South Ayrshire club in January 2012.
Alf Bishop (footballer born 1886)After 382 appearances in total, he eventually left the Midlands in 1920 to join Wrexham where he finished his player career.
Adnan AhmedHe returned to England, and in October 2011 joined Bradford Park Avenue.
Steve McNultyHe remained with the club for two further years and then joined divisional rivals Barrow at the beginning of the 2007 -- 08 season on a free transfer.
John OsterHis stay with Burnley was brief and moved to Reading where he helped them earn promotion to the Premier League for the first time, in 2008 he moved to Crystal Palace where he remained for a year before transferring to Doncaster Rovers.
Derek StillieIn four years at Pittodrie, he managed only twenty-six appearances and in 1999 he moved south to Wigan Athletic.
Horace BurrowsHe eventually made his debut on 27 December 1932 against Manchester City and became Wednesday's regular left half for the next six seasons up to the outbreak of World War II.
Ted KilleanKillean then moved to fellow Southern League side New Brompton where he was a first-team regular for two seasons before returning to the Football League with Blackpool in December 1903, retiring the following summer.
Andy Ritchie (English footballer) After playing for England Schoolboys (once scoring three goals against Germany) Ritchie started his career in 1977 -- 78 with Manchester United and scored a hat-trick against Leeds while aged just 18 and another hat-trick against Spurs when 19, but was then surprisingly sold to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Tommy Allen (footballer) After four seasons at Coventry City, he signed for Accrington Stanley, where he spent the 1932 -- 33 season.
Fraser WishartThree years later he moved to Falkirk, before enjoying the most high-profile period of his career when Walter Smith signed him for Glasgow Rangers in 1993.
Nick BarmbyHe spent a loan spell at Nottingham Forest during the 2003 -- 04 season, scoring once against Gillingham, before moving to his hometown club, Hull City.
Ted Wade (footballer born 1901)At the start of the 1928 -- 29 season, he signed for Third Division South outfit Exeter City, where he played nine matches, scoring five league goals.
Dickie WatmoughWatmough made fourteen league appearances and scored two goals before he was sold to arch-rivals Preston North End in early December 1937, in an exchange deal that brought Frank O'Donnell to Blackpool and also took Jim McIntosh to Deepdale.
Ashley BayesHowever, he left Hornchurch after just three months, joining divisional rivals Grays Athletic in November 2004.
Jimmy SeddonHe accepted the offer but despite playing 7 games for the club's first team that season and the next it was not until 1919 after the end of World War I despite contacting trench foot when serving during the war, that Jimmy signed for the club and became a professional.
Neil RamsbottomHe left in 1975 to join Sheffield Wednesday but only spent one year there, making 18 league appearances.
George Davies (footballer born 1900)Davies played only three games in the First Division, and had a brief spell with Wellington Town before signing for Southend United of the Third Division South in June 1922.
Darren SheridanIn 1999 he was transferred to Wigan Athletic where he played 58 games and scored three goals, enduring two successive play-off failures in Division Two (one in the final) before linking up with his brother, John at Wigan's local rivals Oldham Athletic.
George AinsleyHe remained with Leeds until after the war, joining Bradford Park Avenue in November 1947.
Dave Hockaday In June 1983, he moved on a free transfer to fellow Fourth Division side Swindon Town.
Elfed EvansIn June 1952 he moved to West Bromwich Albion for a fee of # 5,000 and played 17 times the following season.
John McPhee (footballer)In July 1962, he moved south of the border to join Ron Suart's Blackpool.
Steve MorisonHe started the 2006 -- 07 season by scoring two goals in two games for Stortford, before joining Conference National side Stevenage Borough on a two-year deal in August 2006 for a'' small four figure fee''.
Steve Johnson (English footballer)He spent six years at Gigg Lane and then had a relatively short spell with Rochdale before moving to Wigan Athletic in February 1984.
Dennis UphillSigned by Reading in an exchange deal which involved Johnny Brooks in February 1953 he went on to make 92 appearances and netting 42 goals for the club.
Mick HarfordHe lasted just four months at Sunderland, before moving to Coventry City for # 200,000 in July 1993.
Mark GardinerIn August 1988 Gardiner left for Crewe Alexandra, again on a free transfer, after making 49 league appearances for the Gulls, scoring 4 goals in the process.
Gary SheltonShelton started more than 40 league games in three of his five seasons at Ashton Gate but appeared just three times in 1993 -- 94 when he spent time on loan with Rochdale.
David Hamilton (footballer)He spent the last two months of the season out on loan at struggling Cardiff City, who were eventually relegated to the Football League Third Division in May 1985 after finishing second-bottom of the Second Division.
Dean LynessHe signed for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian in 2009, and spent a spell on loan at East Fife of the Scottish Second Division, but again, never played first-team football.
Paddy KennyKenny would later sign for Warnock once again in 2010, joining Queens Park Rangers after his time at Sheffield United ended on a sour note when he spent much of his final season on the sidelines after failing a drugs test the previous summer.
Mike TrussonIn 1989, he stepped down to the Fourth Division to join Gillingham, and rounded off his league career with three injury-blighted seasons at the Kent - based club before moving to Hong Kong to play for Sing Tao.
Steve Jones (footballer born March 1970)After another short spell at Bournemouth, Jones moved to Bristol City, for transfer fee of # 425,000 and then had loan spells at Brentford, Southend United and Wycombe Wanderers He became player-coach for Isthmian League team Hornchurch in June 2002.
Paul MannsHowever, he did not play again after being substituted against Bury on 3 December 1983 and he moved into non-league football with Brereton Social.
George MarksMarks spent two years on loan at Arsenal's nursery club Margate before returning in May 1938.
Joe Turner (footballer) Turner left the Saints in the summer of 1904 to join fellow Souther League side New Brompton for two years, before finishing his professional career at Northampton Town.
Martin LaneAfter making just three league appearances in two years at Highfield Road and spending time on loan with Wrexham, Lane returned to Chester for the same amount he had been sold for in January 1989.
Lewis BedfordHe was restricted to six league matches before leaving in 1931 to move into non-league football with the Bloxwich Strollers.
Joe Robinson (footballer) Robinson moved across the Pennines to join Hull City in 1948, helping them to win the Third Division North title, and with it promotion to the Second Division in the 1948 -- 49 season.
Arthur HepworthIn March 1928, Hepworth moved from Barnsley to struggling Football League Third Division North club Nelson, along with inside forward George Hayes.
John WalmsleyAfter spending two years with Barnoldswick, he moved back into the Football League, signing for Accrington Stanley in the summer of 1924.
Henry BoydNewton Heath signed him for # 45 in January 1897 ; in all he played 41 matches for Woolwich Arsenal, scoring 31 times.
Georgios SamarasHe made his first team debut two years later and after a further three seasons with the club he moved to English Premier League side Manchester City for a fee of # 6 million in 2006.
Tom BamfordIn September 1920, after failing to play a competitive match in over five years, Bamford left Burnley to join Central League outfit Rochdale on a free transfer and he played there until the end of his career.
John Molyneux (footballer)He went on to play regularly for the club in Football League Division Three North until Liverpool manager Don Welsh paid # 4,500 on 23 June 1955.
Jonathan BaillieHe had a brief loan spell at Ayr United in January 2006, but did not play a first-team game for Hibernian in over two and a half years.
Terry Gennoe Gennoe began his career at Bury and moved to Halifax Town making 78 league appearances, then to Southampton (where he played against Nottingham Forest in the 1979 League Cup Final, and also made 36 league appearances for the club, then onto Crystal Palace (on loan), making 3 league appearances, before moving to Blackburn Rovers, where he made 289 league appearances in his decade at the club.
Chris Allen (footballer born 1972) Allen started his career with Oxford United, and made his debut under Brian Horton in the 1991 -- 92 Second Division campaign ; he played fourteen games, helping the'' U's'' to avoid relegation.
Henrik Larsson Since leaving Celtic Park in June 2004, Larsson has returned to play for Celtic in testimonial matches three times.