Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
Fair enough, i read it on a site about ex Merthyr players, although nothing on Wiki about him scoring. Crazy stuff mind, it would be interesting to find out how the move came about. I wonder if there was anyone on the PSV staff who knew Deacey. I'm trying to think of any other players who have had such a meteoric career rise in such a short space of time. Didn't Paul Lambert go from Motherwell to the champions league? I'd still put Deacey's achievement above Lamberts though, and Lambert was a player.
Yes he was. Not quite the same as Deacey, but this blokes career took an unusual route.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cl...sh_footballer)