Liam Graham

Here is the profile of Liam Graham who has been transfered from vicenza primavera to Ascoli Calcio 1st team for 100000$ on August 23th

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/liam-graham/profil/spieler_101658.html

Graham will be wearing number 27 with Ascoli. Didn't find any mention of Nicholas Del Moro in any section of Ascoli calcio

http://www.ascolicalcio.net/squadra.asp?id=774

Interview with Liam Graham on Italian news site:

http://www.picusonline.it/notizia/Ascoli+Piceno+-+Ascoli,+dalla+Nuova+Zelanda+ecco+Liam+Graham+-+Sport/30037

Ascoli Calcio

 "To land in series B is a big step, I will try to do well with Ascoli -" After two years in the Primavera youth championship, joining Serie B is a big step for a player, I'm very excited about this new adventure."  These are the first words of Liam Graham, born August 14, 1992 in Melbourne, recently arrived at the court of Massimo Silva.  The defender arrives at Ascoli after two seasons in the youth team of Vicenza.

 "I want to prove that I deserve to be here, I will try to do well with Ascoli. My role is to fifth right midfielder in the 3-5-2, I like to run along the line."   "Last year I could begin with the first team of Vicenza at the end of season but an injury stopped me. During the holidays I spoke with my agent who told me to come to Ascoli."  The player was also a member of the Olympic team of New Zealand and the Under 20.

Big Pete 65 wrote:

Interview with Liam Graham on Italian news site:

http://www.picusonline.it/notizia/Ascoli+Piceno+-+Ascoli,+dalla+Nuova+Zelanda+ecco+Liam+Graham+-+Sport/30037

Ascoli Calcio

ASCOLI, FROM NEW ZEALAND, HERE IS LIAM GRAHAM

 "To land in series B is a big step, I will try to do well with Ascoli -" After two years in the Primavera youth championship, joining Serie B is a big step for a player, I'm very excited about this new adventure."  These are the first words of Liam Graham, born August 14, 1992 in Melbourne, recently arrived at the court of Massimo Silva.  The defender arrives at Ascoli after two seasons in the youth team of Vicenza.

 "I want to prove that I deserve to be here, I will try to do well with Ascoli. My role is to fifth right midfielder in the 3-5-2, I like to run along the line."   "Last year I could begin with the first team of Vicenza at the end of season but an injury stopped me. During the holidays I spoke with my agent who told me to come to Ascoli."  The player was also a member of the Olympic team of New Zealand and the Under 20.

????? Never saw him invoved with U20`s

No game time yet with ascoli but participating in social activities

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graham made his first appearance in the professionnal group with ascoli and was an unused sub in a 1-0 away win vs bari

http://fr.soccerway.com/matches/2013/01/26/italy/serie-b/as-bari/ascoli-calcio/1357771/

Wasnt good enough for chris milicich. He prefered hobbs

Again unused sub yesterday in a 1-1 draw

http://fr.soccerway.com/matches/2013/02/04/italy/serie-b/ascoli-calcio/ss-virtus-lanciano-1924/1357792/

well hopefully he continues...between graham, roux and tuiloma we might be set at right back now

 if you guys want me to translate anything from Italian about this guy, just drop me a PM

Yeah, about that...

here is one thing to translate

SPEZIA-ASCOLI

29 punti la prima, 32 la seconda, la sfida tra le due bianconere di B si preannuncia molto interessante. Tra i liguri c’è Goian squalificato e Sammarco infortunato. Antenucci e Okaka saranno i due attaccanti. Nell’Ascoli mancheranno Graham e De Sanctis. Zaza e Soncin proveranno a scardinare la difesa dei liguri.

29 points the first, 32 the second, the challenge between the two eagle B promises to be very interesting. Among the Ligurian Goian is suspended and injured Sammarco. Antenucci and Okaka will be the two strikers. Nell'Ascoli miss Graham and De Sanctis. Zaza and Soncin try to undermine the defense of Liguria.

Unused sub in a 2-1 away win

http://fr.soccerway.com/matches/2013/03/06/italy/serie-b/ac-cesena/ascoli-calcio/1357815/

So is this guy any good?

Not for milicich two years ago. He prefered hobbs

But what about now?

Well we need a RB sooo him tuiloma roux milne gotta start blooding someone post qualifiers. Tuiloma front runner?

I don`t often Agree with Milicich but I do in this case

Ricki's got a bit of time on his hands after the two AW games now.  Would be a good time to come to Europe and properly scout some of the Kiwi's we talk about that have yet to wear the Fern at AW level.

He doesnt need to fly to europe and see a guy sitting on the bench for 90 mins

 He can do that by watching young kiwi's at Auckland City.

zing

No I agree, but it would be in NZs interest for him to take a look at the likes of Herderson, Graham and others who are on the radar at youth/national level as lets be honest NZF is more dependant on us then their own eyes for scouting (Fitzgerald being a classic case).

Fitzgerald  >  Graham     .........There scouting done.......airfare saved !!!!

Graham on the bench last weekend in Ascoli's 3-0 away loss to Livorno in serie B - his sixth appearance on the bench since his first one on January 26 v Bari.

http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/liam-graham/leistungsdaten/spieler_101658.html

Ascoli currently 19th in the 22 team league (a place above Graham's last team Vicenza who were relegated to Serie B last season).

They seem to do things a bit differently in Italian football with players more involved in local cultural activities - Liam Graham and several team -mates are involved in local amateur dramatics, putting on a production of the English classic "The Canterville Ghost" (I've seen the movie on Turner Classic Movies with Charles Laughton).

Liam's playing "Lord Gray" apparently. Love it...

Where else in the world do "three young Australian players on trial" get thrown into a theatre production? Or rehearsals get held up because the team's manager was sacked that day?

http://translate.google.co.nz/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.ascolicalcio.net/altre_news.asp%3Fid%3D8675&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dliam%2Bgraham%2Bascoli%2Bcalcio%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4GGHP_enNZ433NZ433%26biw%3D1325%26bih%3D497&sa=X&ei=2fljUeuIAsSiiQLeuIHIAQ&ved=0CFsQ7gEwCDgo

 One of the more bizarre football /trials experiences!

Auckland City: 12. Tamati WILLIAMS, 7. James PRITCHETT, 8. Chris BALE, 9.
Manel EXPOSITO, 10. Gustavo SOUTO, 11. Daniel KOPRIVCIC, 14. Adam DICKINSON, 15.
Ivan VICELICH (c), 16. Albert RIERA, 19. Mario BILEN, 22. Andrew
MILNE
Substitutes: Jacob SPOONLEY [GK], 2. Simon ARMS, 5. Darren
WHITE, 13. Alex FENERIDIS, 17. Pedro GARCIA, 20. Emiliano TADE, 21. David BROWNE

Kiwis - Williams, Pritchett, Vicelich, Milne

Converts - Koprivcic

Imports - Bale (WAL), Dickinson (ENG). Exposito, Souto, Reira, (SPA) Billen (CRO)

Bench

Kiwis - Spoonley, Arms, Feneridis

Imports - White (ENG), Garcia (Assume SPA), Tade (ARG), Browne (PNG)

I don't think he is clutching at straws at all when over half your squad is not eligible for NZ. And before you fire back that the Phoenix have a truckload of Aussies I would remind you that the ACFC supporters started that stone throw first...

 ..and Liam is well pissed of now. Eff off to your own inane Auk vs the rest threads.

unused sub in a 3-2 loss.Liam Graham was part of the club's lineup 7 times this year without playing a single minute. his contract with ascoli runs until june 2014

http://espnfc.com/us/en/gamecast/statistics/id/353042/statistics.html?soccernet=true&cc=5901

Graham an unused sub again in 1-0 away loss to his former club Vicenza Tues. 16 last week and not in squad for home game this week on Monday night in 1-0 loss vs. Padova

http://int.soccerway.com/teams/italy/ascoli-calcio/

With four matches remaining this season, Ascoli sit at 19th on the 22 team table, just outside the bottom three relegation zone.

Yay!!! Liam Graham finally makes his debut for Ascoli in Serie B.

Came on as a 77th minute sub in a 5-0 home loss to third place Verona on Saturday:

http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/04/27/italy/serie-b/ascoli-calcio/hellas-verona-fc/1357952/

Ascoli conceded all five goals in the first 40 mins, so thankfully none of them were his fault...

With three games left, Ascoli's position remains unchanged, sitting in 19th place, two points above 20th placed Vicenza and the bottom three relegation places. Remaining games:

Video of that Liam Graham debut game (first Kiwi to play in Serie B):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHHjs7jnJZM

Ascoli videos from this season:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ascoli+serie+b+2012+-+2013&oq=ascoli+serie+b+2012+-+2013&gs_l=youtube.12...79021.93636.0.96971.42.23.0.0.0.0.759.4480.3j0j4j5j2j0j1.15.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.MZWAWUKUT0s