How a fifties Derry sensation became the Jean-Marc Bosman of his day
27-Dec-2020 02:30:00 | Irish Independent
John Crossan was the teenage sensation of his day in 1957, playing for his local club, Derry City, in the Irish League. A posse of prominent English clubs - Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United and Preston North End - pursued him, and Derry thought they had agreed a deal with Sunderland for his transfer.
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