Books Quote by Adrian Lewis

I first realised I was good at football when I started getting scouted by United, Liverpool, Everton; clubs like that had a lot of…

— Jesse Lingard

I got scouted at six by Everton. My parents said it was maybe a bit too young. A year later, I went down to…

— Jack Rodwell

I signed as an 11-year-old for Everton. I broke into the Under-18s at the age of 14, then the reserves at 15, then I…

— Ross Barkley

I arrived when I was a kid; I was just 17. I would have liked to have played more, but I learned a lot…

— Gerard Pique

I was a goalkeeper at Crewe as a kid but piled on pounds when I stopped training every day.

— Adrian Lewis

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley signed me from Crewe in 1981. We were the champions in my first season and I went on to win…

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I played in the school football team, as a striker, and in year 7 and 8 I was one of the leading goalscorers.

— Luke Campbell

I began my journey as a 16-year-old boy at the Arsenal's academy, trying to one day become a first team player, going out for…

— Wojciech Szczesny

I was at a local club, Penketh United, and Mike Glennie, a Manchester United scout, came to watch me. He spoke to my grandad…

— Jesse Lingard

I started out at youth level as a holding midfielder.

— Roberto Firmino

I was playing first-team football at Cardiff at 16.

— Aaron Ramsey

I was a young manager at Everton and had 11 great years there.

— David Moyes