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Full name
  
Neil Robert Sproston

Years
  
Team

Position
  
1986–1988
  
Height
  
1.88 m

Playing position
  
Forward

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Dudley, England

Name
  
Neil Sproston


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Date of birth
  
(1970-11-20) 20 November 1970 (age 45)

Neil Robert Sproston (born 20 November 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.

Sproston was born in Dudley, West Midlands. When he left school in 1986, he joined Birmingham City as a YTS trainee, and turned professional two years later. With fellow forwards Tony Rees, Andy Kennedy and Steve Whitton unavailable, Sproston, still a trainee, was given a place on the substitutes' bench for the Second Division game at home to Middlesbrough on 24 October 1987, four weeks before his 17th birthday. He came into the game as the second substitute used, to replace John Trewick, and marked his debut by receiving a head wound which needed stitches. At the time he was the second-youngest player (behind Trevor Francis) to appear for Birmingham's first team. In the youth team Sproston was tried in a variety of positions, ending up playing in midfield, but never played for the first team again. Released at the end of the 1989–90 season, he went on to play for a number of non-league teams in the West Midlands area.

References

Neil Sproston Wikipedia


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