Bevan started his football career with Southampton as an associated schoolboy player before turning professional in 1997.

When he made a stop at a nearby recreation center, dozens of schoolboy players stopped to greet him.

Jack was a shining schoolboy player.

He was also a schoolboy player for both Fulham and Chelsea.

Peos was a leading schoolboy player, and was part of the inaugural West Coast squad in 1987.

As a promising schoolboy player in 1983, Okosieme was disappointed to be rejected by his local club Bendel Insurance for being too small.

Before then he had 14 years in charge of West Ham, the club he joined as a schoolboy player and where he progressed through the ranks.

The club also caters for hundreds of schoolboy players and ladies teams.

In 1967, he signed as a schoolboy player with Celtic and was given his first-team debut in 1970.

He played for many local teams and was a schoolboy player of some repute, winning two medals as a right back with Park School.