Kevin AustinSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | Assists | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | D | E3 | Swansea | 44/48 | 2568 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
2006-2007 | D | E3 | Swansea | 40/48 | 2837 | 32 | 27 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
2007-2008 | D | E3 | Swansea | 48/60 | 2415 | 26 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
Signed for another year as backup for the Swans back line, Austin got in a surprisingly large number of starts, partly due to the large number of games that the team had to play, in between cup engagements, postponements and replays.
The return of injured regular starters relegated him to little playing time in the first two months of the new year, but a hamstring tear to left back Marcos Painter saw him roar back into the squad in the last two months during its sucessful championship season.
Kevin Austin was offerered another one-year contract with the Championship bound Swans but declined it for a more stable contract and more playing time at League 2 Chesterfield.
Dennis “Tallest” LawrenceSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | Assists | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | D | E4 | Wrexham | 41/43 | 3457 | 40 | 35 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
2006-2007 | D | E3 | Swansea | 49/50 | 4174 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
2007-2008 | D | E3 | Swansea | 48/53 | 3879 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
Despite his recently ended international retirement, the unlikely scorer of the most important goal in Trinidad and Tobago history remained the outfield foreign Soca Warrior clocking the most minutes all season. A cornerstone of Swansea’s defence, he would start almost every league game of the season, with the exception of a month in February, when he was out with a knee injury. His importance to Swansea was underlined when he delayed his international return to allow an injured thigh that he was playing with time to heal...We hope that this loyalty will be remembered by Roberto Martinez for the semi final round world cup qualifiers
Jason “Rocket” ScotlandSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | Assists | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | F | S2 | St.Johnstone | 35/35 | 2904 | 35 | 23 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
2006-2007 | F | S2 | St.Johnstone | 46/48 | 3795 | 45 | 27 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
2007-2008 | F | E3 | Swansea | 56/59 | 2827 | 48 | 28 | 54 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
Originally brought in as cover for talismanic Swans striker Lee Trundle, Scotland was soon thrown into the spotlight when the latter was sold to Championship new boys Bristol City. Despite widespread scepticism on his capacity to be up to the task, Jason grabbed his chance with both feet scoring in a losing effort in his first English football match. He would score 6 goals in his first nine matches, of which two against compatriot Clayton Ince. A five match dry spell would be interrupted by 2 more in three games. When a similar dry spell came, it would end with a bang, with him engineering a 3-0 dismantling of Northampton, and a 6-2 mauling of Horsham in the FA cup in successive matches. He would then be decisive with 8 goals in 14 matches after Christmas.
After missing a decisive penalty kick in the shootout with MKDons in the Johnson’s Paint Trophy semifinals (despite having scored a decisive penalty during regular play earlier on in the match) Jason would go on a tear in the month of March scoring 9 times in 10 matches. He would ultimately fall just short of the 30 goal mark, but his 29 goals and 6 assists would earn him the Swansea players Player of the Year Award. Ironically, even though he surpassed anything the former Swans idol, Trundle ever did in three seasons, in just one, Jason will still need to make his mark in the Championship to convince the Swans fans. This might seem strange, but nothing should, for a Trinidadian named Scotland playing club football in England for a Welsh club.
Clayton InceSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | PenSaved | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | G | E2 | Coventry | 35/41 | 360 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2006-2007 | G | E4 | Walsall | 51/53 | 4620 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
2007-2008 | G | E3 | Walsall | 53/53 | 4590 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Clayton Ince continued his fine stint at Wallsall after last years promotion. Tipped as relegation strugglers this season, the saddlers finished comfortable in mid table on the back of 18 Ince clean sheets, despite a difficult start to the season. In an impressive show of confidence Ince would play every minute of Wallsall’s 53 games this season, as he redons the mantle of T&T’s number one.
Ian CoxSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | Assists | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | D | E3 | Gillingham | 40/40 | 3467 | 40 | 37 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
2006-2007 | D | E3 | Gillingham | 44/48 | 3045 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
2007-2008 | D | E3 | Gillingham | 22/41 | 1761 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
In his first match of the 2007-2008 season, Ian Cox received marching orders from the referee. 17 games, one goal, and own goal, and a conceded penalty later, he would fall foul of a thigh injury that essentially ended his season. Despite recovering in early January, he would find himself out of Marc Stimson’s plans after the loan acquisiton of Reading’s Adam Bygrave, playing only 4 more games. Gillingham would go down, with his last game being a rare start in an inauspicious 4-0 pasting by Hartlepool in early March. At the end of the season, the 37 year old Cox effectively put an end to his long professional career by signing with seventh division team Maidstone.
Brent SanchoSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | Assists | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | D | E3 | Gillingham | 28/38 | 1297 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2006-2007 | D | E3 | Gillingham | 34/42 | 1828 | 21 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
2007-2008 | D | E3/S3 | Millwall/Ross | 2/11 | 180 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brent Sancho had difficulty finding a club at the beginning of the season; in fact he would not sign with a club (League 1 Millwall) until December, and on a one month short term contract. However, prior to this Brent was much more involved in the launching of the Trinidad and Tobago football player association’s association and representing the players in their ongoing pay dispute with the federation than playing club football on the field and he was not able to regain his match fitness in such a short period. His next stop would be the Scottish second division in April at already promoted Ross County, where he was able to play his grand total of two games for the season.
It is speculated that Brent’s blacklisting from the national team neither stopped when the blacklist was officially listed (several months after its existence was officially denied), nor was restricted to his national duty, hence his fall from grace from World Cup starter to long term unemployment. However, several clubs have shown interest since the end of the season. It is therefore to be hoped that with the arbitration of the players dispute, he will be able to get both facets of his career back on track.
Kelvin JackSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | Assists | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | G | S2 | DundeeFC | 21/26 | 1696 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
2006-2007 | G | E3 | Gillingham | 12/12 | 990 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kelvin Jack, like Brent Sancho would pay for his leadership role in the players dispute, at Gillingham. Blacklisted from the national team, he would equally find himself as the clubs senior keeper exiled to the stands for most of the season. Put on the transfer list in late January, he went on to break his leg in a freak accident while on trial at Barnsley in February. It is incertain when he will be ready to regain competition.
Marvin “Dog” AndrewsSeason | Position | Division | Team | Picks | Min | Starts | FG | P | W | D | L | Goals | Assists | CS | YC | RC |
2005-2006 | D | S1 | Rangers | 50/52 | 2527 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
2006-2007 | D | S3 | Raith | 29/29 | 2250 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
2007-2008 | D | S3 | Raith | 24/25 | 2160 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
- Big Marv was a fixture in the Rovers defense for the first half of the season, chalking up4 goals, 3 MOTM awards and contributing to 8 clean sheets. However he would aggravated his now famous knee cartilage injury around Christmas, and despite being able to return in mid january would end up reaggravating it a month later. His decision to finally undergo the much discussed surgery put hit out of commission for the season. Raith would miss his undeniable presence (only 2 clean sheets in 19 matches without him as opposed to 10 in 25 without him), particularly during their promotion playoff with Airdrie. Marvin is currently rehabilitating and will be out for at least the first two months of next season. As such, he negociated amicably to leave the club to spare them his maintenance costs during this time. It is unclear what his footballing future will hold at his return.