01-05-2021, 21:26
Hadn't realised that Derby were in such a mess. That prompted me to look up what George Thorne is up to nowadays, and it seems he's been a free agent since last summer, having been released by Oxford United where he was playing for free. Career basically over at 28. Spends a lot of time tweeting support for the Rams though; not sure if he's angling for a back-room position or if he just loved his years there that much, even though he only managed a few dozen appearances. But it's all such a far cry from the night he signed his first senior contract in the centre circle at Albion in 2009, and was talked up as the Next Big Thing and future England material. Football can be desperately harsh.
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley