And despite having played in the back three at school, his first incarnation in the sport at club level came as a lock at London Irish.
You see our players, not just the strikers but the midfielders, banging in goals week in and week out at club level.
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They from finished 18th in League Two last season under Glover, in the club's first campaign at that low a level in 23 years.
Such a performance by the Sounders would not bode well for the long-term success of the club, no matter what level of success the club had experienced in the USL. The target for the Sounders first season was clearly modeled on the Chicago Fire, the only MLS expansion franchise to earn more than 50% of the available points in a season.
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Cole spent the best part of two seasons on loan at Bedford Blues, another club in National League One - the level below the Guinness Premiership - from 2006 to 2008.
"We've got to get a level of consistency back in this club".
They're the only club to have played every season in the top level of semipro women's soccer in England.
American success at club level may raise a flicker of interest in the USA but Sampson believes soccer will now be taken seriously.
Walker says he is alarmed at the level of debt incurred by the club in redeveloping Sophia Gardens into the Test-standard Swalec Stadium.
"When I got the phone call last Friday it was pleasing in a way that I'd been playing well enough at club level to get back into it, " added Page, who made his debut against Turkey 10 years ago.
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On one end of the spectrum, a ball player can easily reach the zenith of his profession financially while an entry level position in ticket sales with a Single A ball club is a hot commodity for countless job seekers.
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Seifert said that decisions taken by the German federation and the Bundesliga after a poor showing at the European Championships in 2000 paved the way for the current triumphs at both club and international level.
The last four years have seen interest in club rugby soar with record Premiership crowds and increased participation at grass-roots level.
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In a statement it said it was "disappointed" by ACL's decision to issue a statutory demand, rather than "negotiate a level of rent which the club can afford and which is in line with the rent paid by other clubs".
Rather than spending big on flashy foreign imports, he has instead invested in Congolese players, paying European-level wages to keep them at the club and out of the hands of European scouts used to picking off Africa's best talent for a pittance.
The competition is also a chance for the club to start on a level footing after a nine-point deduction in the Championship at the start of the season with Eaton claiming it has given Keighley a real focus heading into the second half of the season.
The Bryant-Denny Stadium now has over 101, 000 seats, making it about the 5th largest in the US, 36 high-dollar sky boxes and another 1, 600 club-level seats.
In that time, there has been pressure by the bank for the club to control their spending and level of debt.
"I joined the club at a time when several promising young players were emerging at senior level, particularly in the pack, " he added.
Healy has made fewer than two dozen appearances in a two-year spell at Sunderland, having previously struggled to repeat his international form at club level.
But at club level he found it hard to break into the City first team and was loaned to Bolton in January, making 13 top-flight appearances.
And Taylor knows from his time at the same level with Man City in the 1998-99 season that the pressure will be on for a club of Forest's size.
With only modest resources, the club has steadily climbed the non-league pyramid and last year finished seventh in their first season at Conference National level.
The former England 'B' international, who also had a spell managing Scunthorpe United in the mid-1990s, has raised the bar at a club which until 2004 was holding its own at Championship level.
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