The vast majority of players who have
ever taken part in matches arranged under the umbrella of the Tandridge League
did so (and continue to do so) for the fun and enjoyment of being part of a Grass-roots
team and for the satisfaction of playing their favourite sport, whilst
representing their club alongside their friends and team mates.
Whilst many may have dreamt of progressing to a professional career, few will have done so, but these players will still look back fondly at their time in the League.
That said, many Clubs also look back with pride and satisfaction at the part they played in giving some young players their first steps and grounding on their way to professional success.
Some of these former Tandridge players, who went on to enjoy successful professional or semi-professional careers are proudly listed below.
(These players have been nominated by current League members – if you know of others then please let us know).
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (1997) – Crystal
Palace, Manchester United – Junior Elite FC
Ademola Lookman (1997) – Charlton
Athletic, Everton, RP Leipzig – Waterloo FC
Anton Walkes (1997) - Atlanta Utd
(loan from Spurs), Portsmouth – Moonshot FC
Brandon Hanlan (1997) – Charlton
Athletic, Colchester United, Gillingham – Junior Elite FC & Tulse Hill
JFC
Briggs Ojemen (1999) – Bromley FC
– Moonshot FC
Corie Andrews (1997) – Kingstonian
FC, AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot Town - Afewee Urban
Courtney Senior Brentford (1997)
Brentford, Colchester, Newport County - Junior Elite FC
Daniel Carr (1994) – Huddersfield
Town, Karlstad BK, Shamrock Rovers – Moonshot FC
Daniel Bowry (1998) – Charlton
Athletic, Antigua & Barbuda, Cheltenham Town – Selsdon Junior FC
Daniel Johnson (1992) – Aston
Villa, Preston North End – Southwark Allstars FC
Dean Leacock (1984) – Fulham,
Derby, Notts County, Crawley Town – Thornton
Athletic & Selsdon Junior
Di’Shon Barnard (2000) –
Manchester United – 2020 (loan) Salford City – 2021 (loan) Hull
City - Junior Elite FC
Djed Spence (2000) – Middlesbrough
– Junior Elite FC
Elliott List (1997) – Gillingham –
Tulse Hill FC
Emile Smith Rowe (2000) – Arsenal,
RP Leipzig (loan) – Junior Elite FC
Fabio
Carvalho (2002) – Fulham – Balham
FC
Fankaty Dabo (1995) - Swindon
Town, Vitesse Arnhem, Sparta Rotterdam, Coventry City – Tulse Hill FC
Femi Ilesanmi (1991) – Dagenham
& Redbridge, York City – Southwark
Allstars FC
Grant Basey (1988) – Charlton
Athletic, Barnet, Peterborough United – Wycombe Wanderers – FC Elmstead
Hamzad Kargbo (2002) – Queens Park
Rangers – Southwark Allstars FC
Ian Pearce (1974) – Chelsea,
Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Fulham – Oxted & District FC
Jaden Brown (1999) – Huddersfield
Town – Moonshot FC
Jamal Blackman (1993) - Wycombe
Wanderers & Sheffield Utd, both on loan from Chelsea – Junior Elite FC
Jeremy Sarmiento (2002) – Charlton
Athletic, Benfica, Brighton & Hove Albion - Southwark Allstars FC
Joe Gomez (1997) – Charlton Athletic,
Liverpool – Moonshot FC
Keith Asare (2000) – Nottingham
Forest – Junior Elite FC
Kyle de Silva (1993) – Crystal
Palace, Notts County, FC Eindhoven, Bromley – Selsdon Junior FC
Lee Martin (1987) – Manchester
United, Ipswich Town, Millwall, Gillingham, Exeter City – FC Elmstead
Lexi Lloyd Smith (2003) – Arsenal
Women, Chelsea Women – Southwark
Allstars FC
Malique Spooner (2001) –
Nottingham Forest – Moonshot FC
Michael Chambers (1994) – Wrexham
AFC – Moonshot FC
Mustapha Carayol (1988) – Torquay, Lincoln, Bristol Rovers, Middlesbrough, Nott’m Forest – Southwark
Allstars
Nigel Reo-Coker (1984) – Wimbledon,
West Ham Aston Villa Ipswich Town - Selsdon
Junior FC
Reece Charles Cook (1994) – Bury,
Coventry City, Swindon Town – Tulse Hill
FC
Reece Deakin (1996) – Morecombe – Tulse Hill FC
Reiss Nelson (1999) – Arsenal,
1899 Hoffenheim (loan) – Moonshot FC
Regan Charles Cook (1997) –
Charlton Athletic, Gillingham – Tulse
Hill FC
Reggie Young (1999) – Woking FC – Storm FC & Warlingham Colts FC
Sam Woods (1998) – Crystal Palace,
Hamilton Academicals (loan), Plymouth Argyle (loan) - Selsdon Junior FC
Scott Minto (1971) – Charlton
Athletic, West Ham, Chelsea, Benfica – Orpington Rovers FC
Sean Scannell (1990) – Crystal
Palace, Huddersfield Town - Addiscombe
Corinthians FC & Afewee Urban FC
Sefan Payne (1991) – Gillingham,
Shrewsbury Town, Bristol Rovers - Junior
Elite FC
Steve Kabba (1981) – Crystal
Palace, Sheffield Utd, Watford, Barnet –
Tulse Hill FC
Wayne Routledge (1985) – Crystal
Palace, Spurs, QPR, Newcastle, Swansea – Addiscombe
Corinthians FC
Wesley
McDonald (1997) – Yeovil Town, Walsall – Junior
Elite FC