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by Bluemoon4610 » Thu Apr 02, 2026 5:34 pm
Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
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by nottsblue » Thu Apr 02, 2026 6:59 pm
Bluemoon4610 wrote:Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
Who are the others?
Vardy?
Earnshaw?
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by BlueinBosnia » Thu Apr 02, 2026 7:08 pm
nottsblue wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
Who are the others?
Vardy?
Earnshaw?
Steve Finnan's one - I saw that a few months back (maybe even on this site).
I'd have thought Peter Beardsley was one, too, but he never played non-league, and left Newcastle the season before they played in the CL.
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by zuricity » Thu Apr 02, 2026 7:35 pm
BlueinBosnia wrote:nottsblue wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
Who are the others?
Vardy?
Earnshaw?
Steve Finnan's one - I saw that a few months back (maybe even on this site).
I'd have thought Peter Beardsley was one, too, but he never played non-league, and left Newcastle the season before they played in the CL.
So he' s not one of them then ?
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by Scatman » Thu Apr 02, 2026 8:27 pm
Teddy Sheringham?
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by charvet_wonderland » Thu Apr 02, 2026 10:14 pm
Im sure I read Earnshaw has scored a hat trick at every level including international. Possibly not champions league but that is not a football tier in my opinion. Lovely claim to fame
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by Harry Dowd scored » Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:09 pm
Stan Collymore went through the leagues
1989–1990 Stafford Rangers 35 (11)
1990–1992 Crystal Palace 20 (1)
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by Bluemoon4610 » Fri Apr 03, 2026 7:30 am
nottsblue wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
Who are the others?
Vardy?
Earnshaw?
It was a BBC piece, so very poorly researched and therefore no mention of the others. I was too busy to look it up myself. I'll have a look now...
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by Bluemoon4610 » Fri Apr 03, 2026 7:39 am
Bluemoon4610 wrote:nottsblue wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
Who are the others?
Vardy?
Earnshaw?
It was a BBC piece, so very poorly researched and therefore no mention of the others. I was too busy to look it up myself. I'll have a look now...
Best answer I can find is this:
Steve Finnan
Ricky Lambert
Dan Burn
Antoine Semenyo
From nonleague to Champions League: Man City's Semenyo joins exclusive club - ESPN
https://share.google/gyN2a3JjX7fBAOWXu
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by BlueinBosnia » Fri Apr 03, 2026 8:11 am
Harry Dowd scored wrote:Stan Collymore went through the leagues
1989–1990 Stafford Rangers 35 (11)
1990–1992 Crystal Palace 20 (1)
1992–1993 Southend United 30 (15)
1993–1995 Nottingham Forest 65 (41)
1995–1997 Liverpool 64 (28)
1997–2000 Aston Villa 46 (7)
1999 → Fulham (loan) 6 (0)
2000 Leicester City 11 (5)
2000–2001 Bradford City 7 (2)
2001 Real Oviedo 3 (0)
Total 287 (110)
International career
1995–1997 England 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
No CL, though.
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by BlueinBosnia » Fri Apr 03, 2026 8:13 am
Bluemoon4610 wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:nottsblue wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
Who are the others?
Vardy?
Earnshaw?
It was a BBC piece, so very poorly researched and therefore no mention of the others. I was too busy to look it up myself. I'll have a look now...
Best answer I can find is this:
Steve Finnan
Ricky Lambert
Dan Burn
Antoine Semenyo
From nonleague to Champions League: Man City's Semenyo joins exclusive club - ESPN
https://share.google/gyN2a3JjX7fBAOWXu
Just searched, and Gary Hooper too (although he played in the CL with Celtic)
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by Bluemoon4610 » Fri Apr 03, 2026 12:29 pm
BlueinBosnia wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:nottsblue wrote:Bluemoon4610 wrote:Just read thet Antoine Semenyo is only the 4th player to have played at every level from non-league, all 4 English divisions, and Champions League. A great rise through the ranks, and a symbol of hope for players not coming through PL academies. Take a bow, Antoine, for showing hard work can pay off in the end.
Who are the others?
Vardy?
Earnshaw?
It was a BBC piece, so very poorly researched and therefore no mention of the others. I was too busy to look it up myself. I'll have a look now...
Best answer I can find is this:
Steve Finnan
Ricky Lambert
Dan Burn
Antoine Semenyo
From nonleague to Champions League: Man City's Semenyo joins exclusive club - ESPN
https://share.google/gyN2a3JjX7fBAOWXu
Just searched, and Gary Hooper too (although he played in the CL with Celtic)
Yeah, saw Hooper mentioned elsewhere but I think the article was focusing on English teams only.
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by Bluemoon4610 » Sat Apr 04, 2026 5:13 pm
Just back from the match, so haven't had the chance to catch up on here. Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but it made my day.
From the BBC report on the thrashing of the murdering dippers:
Having defeated Liverpool home and away in the league this season, City's brilliant display sealed a hat-trick of wins over the Reds for the first time in almost a century
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by nottsblue » Sat Apr 04, 2026 5:55 pm
We have won 18 consecutive home matches in the competition and in doing so have surpassed Clapham Rovers' long-standing record, which was set between December 1873 and February 1881.
The last team to beat City in the FA Cup at Etihad Stadium were Middlesbrough 11 years ago
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by nottsblue » Sat Apr 04, 2026 5:56 pm
We’ve also extended our record breaking run of consecutive semi final appearances to 8
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by nottsblue » Sat Apr 04, 2026 5:57 pm
We’ve now scored over 1400 goals since Pep arrived.
Be surprised if any team in the same period gets within 200 goals of that
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by CTID Hants » Sat Apr 04, 2026 7:07 pm
nottsblue wrote:We’ve now scored over 1400 goals since Pep arrived.
Be surprised if any team in the same period gets within 200 goals of that
Mentioned this in the match thread and surprised by the lack of response to it.
Also the other stat where have won 18 fa cup home games in a row, which iirc topples a record from 1873 .
The other land mark today is 8 consecutive FA cup semi finals in a row that has never been done before by anyone.
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by nottsblue » Sat Apr 04, 2026 7:19 pm
CTID Hants wrote:nottsblue wrote:We’ve now scored over 1400 goals since Pep arrived.
Be surprised if any team in the same period gets within 200 goals of that
Mentioned this in the match thread and surprised by the lack of response to it.
Also the other stat where have won 18 fa cup home games in a row, which iirc topples a record from 1873 .
The other land mark today is 8 consecutive FA cup semi finals in a row that has never been done before by anyone.
Another great day of record breaking. Norris McWhirter would have been a busy man
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by CTID Hants » Sat Apr 04, 2026 7:49 pm
nottsblue wrote:CTID Hants wrote:nottsblue wrote:We’ve now scored over 1400 goals since Pep arrived.
Be surprised if any team in the same period gets within 200 goals of that
Mentioned this in the match thread and surprised by the lack of response to it.
Also the other stat where have won 18 fa cup home games in a row, which iirc topples a record from 1873 .
The other land mark today is 8 consecutive FA cup semi finals in a row that has never been done before by anyone.
Another great day of record breaking. Norris McWhirter would have been a busy man
Indeed NB and long may it continue
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by Slim » Sat Apr 04, 2026 9:45 pm
It seems very likely now that Chelsea or City(or both) will make the final, making it 10 years in a row where one of the two made the final.
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