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appearances, Crystal Palace and

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. He made his

debut for Gillingham aged just 15 years and 259 days, and remained the youngest player to play for the club until 2007 when

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made his debut aged 15 years and 233 days. In 1980, he played one game on loan to the

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of the North American Soccer League.

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