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in 1988 for a fee of Β£400,000, a club record for both
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as he felt he had a better chance of breaking into the first-team at
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November 1999 and went on to work for the
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1458:"The Simon Barker Interview"
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1493:26 November
490:Loftus Road
470:West London
454:Ray Wilkins
217:England U21
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1964:Kaminski
1932:Williams
1884:Robinson
1652:Rathbone
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1868:Warnock
1852:Bentley
1844:Bellamy
1820:Friedel
1764:Shearer
1756:Shearer
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1644:Speight
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1405:24 June
1380:9 March
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1125:1997β98
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