24 months ago

Hey, on July 21, 2006, Fulham played a pre-season friendly with then CCC side Luton Town FC. Mikey was kind enough to score a program for me [he's a good lad, you know] and I was rereading it this morning. On the back is of 32 FFC players whose names were sent to LTFC as possibles to perform. In looking at these 32, I see that less than 2 years later almost all of them are gone. Many left last summer in the Lawrie Sanchez clearout, and several more departed in May when Woy emptied the dustbin. Anyhow, here's who was on the list. The one's in bold are the one's I THINK are still with us. The one's I know the answer to "where are they now" are so listed. Anyone who can help me correct the list, please do so.

It's just amazing to me how many of the 32 disappeared in less than two years. Here's the list:

Ricardo BATISTA
Carlos BOCANEGRA -- Rennes [Ligue 1]
Luis BOA MORTE -- West Ham
Papa BOUBA DIOP -- Pompey
Michael BROWN -- WIGAN
Philllippe CHRISTANVAL -- ????
Matty COLLINS -- SWANSEA CITY
Mark CROSSLEY -- OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Jaroslav DROBNY -- ??
Ismael EHUI -- ??
Simon ELLIOT -- ?
Ahmad ELRICH -- AUSSIE A LEAGUE
Liam FONTAINE -- ???
Heidar HELGUSON -- BOLTON
Chris JAMES -- ??
Claus JENSEN -- ??
Niclas JENSEN -- DENMARK LEAGUE
Collins JOHN
Zat KNIGHT -- ASTON VILLA
Silvain LEGWINSKI -- retired???
Steeeeeeed MALBRANQUE -- SPURS
Brian MCBRIDE -- retired
Antii NIEMI
Ian PEARCE -- ???
Mark PEMBRIDGE -- retired
Darren PRATLEY -- the one guy on the list I never heard of
Tomasz RADZINSKI -- GREEK LEAGUE
Zesh REHMAN -- QPR
Liam ROSIENIER -- READING
Michael TIMLIN -- SWINDON???
Moritz VOLZ
Tony WARNER -- ??

So, 4 out of 32 survive to this day, and three of those -- Volz, Niemi, and CJ -- have been in the transfer rumor mill most of the summer. By the time we visit Hull opening day, it's possible that only ONE will have survived. :shock:

It's amazing we're still in the Prem with that kind of turnover.