The Rest of the Bs and Cs ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Not necessarily the best of the rest but, you know, the rest.
This is part of my (eight year long, it'll fly by) attempt to write about every Leeds United player since 1992. For more about why I'm doing this, go back to Aapo Halme, and to read all the players so far, browse the archive here.
As you know, I'm writing about every Leeds United player since 1992 in A-Z order, and as you also know, it's going to take me eight years. But it would take even longer if I tried to give full entries to players who played a grand total of three minutes in the first team of Leeds United Association Football Club, so I have to have some rules about inclusion. Those rules also extend to players it's too soon to talk about in the past tense — Charlie Cresswell might be back one day.
But I also can't bring myself to leave anyone out completely, so before embarking on the Ds (David Batty! Danny Granville!) here are the players who didn't quite merit full entries among the Bs and Cs of post-92 Peacocks.
Brett Ormerod
Some players just shouldn't ever leave Lancashire. After being let go from his home town Blackburn's youth team, Brett Ormerod supported himself while playing for Accrington Stanley by working in a cotton mill. So, obviously, Brett Ormerod is number one on Marx 'n' Engels' list of players who should never have left Lancashire. There's more evidence to take into account: becoming the only player to score for one club in all four divisions, and that club being Blackpool. Playing for Preston North End. Playing for Wigan. Playing for Oldham. Playing for Rochdale. Playing for Wrexham, technically a different country but it counts. His post-league career playing for or coaching Padham, Bamber Bridge and AFC Fylde (if these are too obscure for your general knowledge, trust me: all Lancs) and becoming kit manager at Bolton.
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