What occurred to teammates of England participant now going through jail?
Smiling on the digicam along with his chest puffed out, Jamie Cassidy was a younger expertise with seemingly boundless potential.
At the age of 15, Cassidy was the main scorer for the England under-16 group within the 1993-94 season with six targets, and is pictured right here posing alongside his teammates on the European under-15 championships in 1993.
Yet an harm would scupper his profession and see him flip to a squalid life in organised crime. And this week – now aged 46 – he might be sentenced for his half in a conspiracy to smuggle cocaine offered by South American cartels into Europe.
While Cassidy is now going through the prospect of a protracted jail sentence, lots of his different teammates have loved profitable careers in soccer or different fields fully, such because the world of physiotherapy.
But not all have been capable of reside as much as their full potential, with one tragically dying in a automotive crash someday earlier than their 18th birthday.
Below, MailOnline seems at what turned of the forgotten ‘Class of 93’.
The squad is (left to proper) again row: 1 – Marlon Broomes (Blackburn Rovers), 2 – Michael Millett (died in a automotive crash), 3 – Stephen Clemence (250 Premier League appearances), 4 – David Hilton (Man Utd teen), 5 – James Dungey (conceded ‘one in all soccer’s biggest targets), 6 – Andrew Duncan (Cambridge United), 7 – Richard Wright (Ipswich goalkeeper), 8 – Paul Teather (turned a physiotherapist), 9 – Andrew Fotiadis (8 years at Luton). Front row: 10 – Emmanuel Omoyinmi (Oxford United), 11 – Jamie Cassidy (convicted drug supplier), 12 – Andrew Ducros (the ‘usually forgotten legend), 13 – John Curtis (Man Utd), 14 – Lee Hodges (Scunthorpe), 15 – Jamie Kyte, 16 – Leon Bell (semi-pro)
Football is a notoriously brutal business, with the careers of even probably the most promising younger skills usually ending in obscurity following an harm or a poor flip of kind.
Among the Class of 93 who went on to take pleasure in profitable careers are John Curtis, a member of Manchester Utd’s FA Youth Cup-winning group in 1995 who racked up 14 first-team appearances for the membership earlier than spells at Blackburn Rovers, Leicester, Portsmouth and Nottingham Forest.
He later went on to discovered the NCE Soccer (National Center of Excellence) in Fairfield, Connecticut, which offers teaching to promising kids.
His 1993 teammate Stephen Clemence additionally made it from youth soccer into the Premier League with a debut for Tottenham towards Man Utd in 1997, earlier than showing for Birmingham and Leicester.
He then adopted the well-trodden path into administration and is now head coach of Gillingham.
Hero to zero: Jamie Cassidy, second left, is awaiting sentencing for drug smuggling. He’s seen with his teammates David Thompson, Michael Owen (and Jamie Carragher in 1996
Cassidy was arrested within the wake of the legislation enforcement infiltration of EncroChat, an encrypted communications system favoured by organised criminals
Also within the picture is Marlon Broomes, who started his skilled profession at Blackburn Rovers and was a part of the squad that received the league title within the 1994-5 season – though he did not truly play in any matches. He stayed with the facet till 2001.
A centre-back, he might additionally play as a left-back and a sweeper – resulting in the nickname ‘Broomes, the sweeper’.
He frolicked on mortgage at Swindon Town, Queens Park Rangers and Grimsby Town earlier than everlasting stints at Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End, Stoke City, Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra and Tranmere Rovers.
He left the skilled recreation within the 2010-11 season and ultimately joined Conference North facet Altrincham.
Some of the Class of 93 are related to a few of English soccer’s most iconic moments, though not at all times for the explanations they might have preferred.
Former youth goalkeeper James Dungey was Plymouth’s primary when his reverse quantity, Jimmy Glass, scored a last-minute purpose that saved Carlisle United within the Football League in 1999.
It is now thought of one of many biggest last-gasp targets in English soccer historical past.
His 1993 teammate Stephen Clemence made his Premier League debut for Tottenham towards Man Utd in 1997. He is now head coach of Gillingham
Also within the picture is Marlon Broomes, who started his skilled profession at Blackburn Rovers and was a part of the squad that received the league title within the 1994-5 season. He performed for the facet till 2001 and is pictured in 2023
Richard Wright was Dungey’s fellow goalkeeper within the 1993 squad and in addition loved a profitable profession, showing for a sequence of prime flight sides together with Ipswich, Arsenal, Everton and West Ham.
In 2012 he joined Manchester City, and is now their goalkeeping coach.
His Class of 1993 teammate Lee Hodges additionally made a number of appearances for West Ham and would go on to play for Scunthorpe, Rochdale, Bristol Rovers, Exeter, Plymouth, Ipswich, Leyton Orient and Southend.
Fans of Cambridge United will keep in mind Andy Duncan, who performed for the facet from 1998 to 2007; whereas Andrew Fotiadis spent eight years at Luton and Emmanuel Omoyinmi 4 years at Oxford United.
Andy Ducros performed for Coventry City within the Premier League from 1994–1999 and received the hearts of many followers, with one publish on a fan discussion board from 2020 referring to him as an ‘usually forgotten legend’.
David Hilton – praised by one journalist whereas a schoolboy for his ‘wholesome urge for food for raiding down the wing’ – performed within the Football League as a left again or left wing for Darlington. He later moved to Ayr United on trial however by no means performed within the first group.
Michael Millett (proper) tragically died in a automotive crash in 1994
While most of the Class of 93 have gone on to turn out to be coaches, others have specialised in numerous fields.
This contains former Man Utd and Bournemouth defender Paul Teather, who now works as a physiotherapist.
Tragically, one in all their quantity, Michael Millett, would go on to lose his life inside a 12 months of the group picture being taken.
A gifted teen who might play in defence or midfield, he performed three league video games and one League Cup for Wigan Athletic.
Then, on September 21, 1995, he was killed in a automotive crash close to Garswood on Merseyside.
It was simply someday earlier than his 18th birthday.
