Youth Players You Thought Were the Next Big Thing

Aye it was, apologies Charlie, lol

Forgot Dolan died.

 

Barry Elliot
Mark Anthony
Bryan Prunty
Charlie Grant

 

Stevie 'Baggio' Fulton.

 

I just googled John Paul McBride cos I vaguely remembered him. Shame what happened to him

 

Don't think so, this guy was signed from Forest and was around the McStay time. Don't think his pro career got off the ground tbh.

 

I remember Barry John Corr, was a young goalie played a few times late 90s.

Met him few year back on a site, he was tiling the bathrooms.

 

Does Thomas Rogne count?

I thought he was going to be the next Maldini.

 

Remember him coming through, sure was highly rated coming through the young team

 

Mark Burchill - blazed a trail for Tony Watt to follow. Got a vague memory of him coming on against Dundee Utd and scoring possibly 2 goals. Was certain he was the next Charlie Nicholas.
Raymond McStay - probably unfair expectations on him given his last name. Not sure if he ever got first team football anywhere
Roco Quinn
David Elliot - similar to Aidan Nisbett in that everyone thought he was the next big thing but never made it and struggled for a career after leaving us

 

For some reason when I was younger I thought Scott Fox would be brilliant

 

Brian McLaughlin

 

Yeah kennedy injury did him was another bhoy think his name was Stevie Murray- looked a good yin got a terrible injury from Jamie Dolan which finished his career before it took off

 

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Actually thought he had a decent career with us and then after.

But yeh, maybe didn't quite hit the next big thing.

 

Had his moments but was so inconsistent it would drive you mad. An even more frustrating McGeady I guess. Also could have done with growing a bit bigger haha

 

Michael McGlinchey - always remembered hearing about how good he was in the youths.

Islam Feruz - enough said.

Evander Sno - from what I remember, started off very well with us. Tall, powerful, just seemed to fade out.

McGeouch - I genuinely think if he hadnt broken his jaw vs Real Madrid in that friendly, that he would have broken into the first team.

 

From back in the late 80s early 90s here's a full team that never broke through. Mark McLean , John Traynor Traynor, Paul Mclaughlin, Stuart Balmer, Jim Slavin, Raymond Mcstay, Mark Donaghy, Mark Anthony, Brian Elliot, Gerry Britton and Dougald Mccarrison.

 

Jackson Irvine was Defo let go far too early. Ended up moving for good money to Hull City from Burton Albion

 

His injury when we played Lincoln, Sutton was the manager at Lincoln, finished him. He never mentally got back to the way he was before that. Shame because he was a good one.

 

I remember him mate. Clough let him go from Forrest as he was homesick only if he came back to Scotland. Clough said he was the real deal back then. Played for the reserves and that dirty * Jamie Dolan done his achilles tendon in a game at Fir Park, I was there. That boy would have been a real player in the Mcstay mould but ended up with a caliper because of Dolan. I went to a charity night for him in Bairds and a few other clubs done the same. A waste of talent and that why Dolan got the abuse from Celtic fans back then