Jul 4 2008 by Gareth Bicknell, Daily Post
THE man who shot to fame when Peter Crouch pulled his dreadlocks at the World Cup could be at Wrexham next season.
Former Trinidad & Tobago defender Brent Sancho is on trial at the Racecourse, and Wrexham boss Brian Little said he could be just the sort of the player the Dragons need for their bid to get back into the Football League at the first attempt.
Sancho, 31, played all three games in the Soca Warriors’ 2006 World Cup campaign, partnering former former Racecourse favourite Dennis Lawrence at the heart of defence.
Crouch famously broke the deadlock in England’s 2-0 victory after impeding the centre-back in the 83rd minute by pulling his dreadlocks .
And former Gillingham man Sancho could aid Wrexham’s Blue Square Premier assault after beginning a trial alongside youngsters David Ogilby – also a centre-back – and striker Drew Fahiya.
Little said of Sancho: “He’s got bags of experience behind him. He’s played at a higher level and he was keen to come in to Wrexham and show us what he’s got.
“He’s one of three players who have come in for a couple of weeks so we’ll have a look at him and see how he does.
“If they do really well we’ll try to bring them on board. We’ve done one training session and at the moment we want to integrate them in training with us and make sure their fitness levels are high.
“We’ll be pushing them in game situations in the next couple of weeks and take it on from there. At the moment they’re just getting involved in a little bit of fitness work so in terms of how their trials are going it’s early days.”
Sancho, from Port of Spain, made 45 appearances for Gillingham between 2005 and 2007, and has also played for Dundee.
His World campaign in Germany, in which he played alongside another ex-Wrexham favourite Carlos Edwards as well as former Manchester striker Dwight Yorke, included a creditable 0-0 draw against Sweden which saw the Soca Warriors hold on despite playing the whole of the second half with 10 men.
That result gave them a hope of qualifying before England’s somewhat fortunate victory over them, but Sancho’s World Cup campaign ended in unfortunate circumstances when he scored an own goal in a 2-0 defeat to Paraguay.
He announced his retirement from international football in October 2006 following a dispute between players and the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation over bonuses.
