Lower Leagues Quotes

I'm a great believer in the lower leagues, the pyramid system, but there is mileage in having B-teams in England with young players playing competitively.

I had to start all the way down the divisions and that is really difficult. You might be playing well and having great performances - but nobody ever watched us.

It took me a little bit of time in the Premier League. I came back from an ACL and got one goal in I think six months at Crystal Palace. It wasn't great but I got to grips with the Premier League, started to understand what it's about because it's very different to the lower leagues.

But I like Harry Kane's robustness and where Harry Kane's come from as well. He dropped down into the lower leagues and learnt his trade on loan.

I was only picking up short-term contracts in the lower leagues. I thought that rather than the game kick me out, I'd be proactive about it.

The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.

I got a lot of games under my belt in the lower leagues, and I don't feel the Premier League or England is that much different.

You can ask any young player in the lower leagues. They always dream of playing for England.

I don't think people realise the quality of player in the lower leagues.

The national team can do so much for Italian football, as can even lads who no-one knows or who play in the lower Leagues.

When you look at the vast amounts of money in the Premier League - and some extent the Championship - people think all footballers get paid a lot. But there's a different side. In League Two, it's dog-eat-dog. You must work for your money by getting results.