what happened to

[Tiddysdad]

17 year old Mark Wilson from Australia, who saved up to £1500 to come to England to play professional football, after having trials with Rovers?

I can remember it being in the news in late 80's but not what happened.

[Tiddysdad]

Am I the only one who remembers this?

[not on facebook]

Cant say it rings any bells with me fella

[RobTheRover]

Or me.

[craigdrfc]

I consider myself pretty clued up on the Rovers during that time period but this doesn't ring any bells with me either??

[not on facebook]

The thing is if rovers were looking at a player from anywhere in the uk back in the 1980s it could Well have gone under or over everyones radar.

But if a said player came from any european Nation or Australia there is no ,way all and sundry would have missed it

[jonnydog]

Quick bit of google detective work proved this did happen:-

http://www.friendsreunited.com/soccer-mark-wilson-photocall-nottingham/Memory/05a5c5a9-22e1-4b00-805a-a00b01624192

Will keep researching for more

[glosterred]

At a guess he probably did not make it

COYR

[Tiddysdad]

Quick bit of google detective work proved this did happen:-

http://www.friendsreunited.com/soccer-mark-wilson-photocall-nottingham/Memory/05a5c5a9-22e1-4b00-805a-a00b01624192

Will keep researching for more

It was this article I found when looking for info after an argument in the pub over Craig Johnstone and if he paid to come over and try out for liverpool. I said that someone had done the same to try out for Donny. I'd got a recollection of him being ozzie and he'd paid his way. it was this article that gave me his name when trying to find proof to show friends. I thought someone would be able to tell me if he made it.

[neil grainger]

I think we can safely say he didn't make it

[Sammy Chung was King]

He might still be in Reception

[Muttley]

He was obviously "one for the future"....

[not on facebook]

He might still be in Reception

Still looking for the pen

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Good in training apparently...

[NickDRFC]

He made almost 150 appearances in 3 spells for the club

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wilson_(English_footballer)

[The Red Baron]

I never noticed an Aussie twang when I spoke to Mark Wilson!