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Robbie Savage

Born:

18 OCT 1974

Place of Birth:

Wrexham

School:

Bryn Alyn, Gwersyllt

Biography:

Robbie played for Llay United, at the age of 11, he scored 74 goals in 28 games in one season, breaking the Wrexham & District goal scoring record. Not bad for a midfielder but in those days, Robbie played as a striker.

Robbie then moved to play for Bradley Youth, managed incidentally by his dad, Colin, he was asked to join Crewe Alexandra's Centre of Excellence and, needless to say, he jumped at the chance. While still at the School of Excellence, he was spotted by a scout from Manchester United.

Career Record

Club From To Fee League FA Cup League cup Other

Blackburn 19-01-2005 Ł 3000000 73 (1) 1 5 (1) 0 6 (0) 0 10 (1) 2

Birmingham 30-05-2002 19-01-2005 Ł 1250000 82 (0) 11 5 (0) 0 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0

Leicester 01-08-1997 30-05-2002 Ł 400000 160 (12) 8 12 (0) 1 15 (2) 0 2 (1) 0

Crewe 22-07-1994 01-08-1997 Free 74 (3) 10 5 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 8 (0) 1

Man Utd 05-07-1993 22-07-1994 Trainee No appearance data available

Chris Armstrong

Born:

19 June 1971

Place of Birth:

Newcastle upon Tyne

School:

Darland

Biography:

Chris was a late starter as a provisional player and after leaving school played his football in the local Wrexham leagues while working in a meat factory in Llay.

He was then spotted by Wrexham in 1989, after a short spell at Wrexham Chris moved to Millwall, before going on to Crystal Palace and the Tottenham Hotspur for Ł4.5million. After a short spell at Bolton Chris finally returned to play his last two years at Wrexham

Career Record

Club From To
App / Goals

Wrexham 1989 1991 60 13

Milwall 1991 1992 28 5

Crystal Palace 1992 1995 118 45

Tottenham Hotspur 1995 2002 141 48

Bolton Wanderers 2002 2003 0 0

Wrexham 2003 2005 59 13

Llay United Youth Football Club