Tyler Bindon played this morning for Reading in a trial game against Southampton. https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2023/july/22/report-reading-vs-southampton/ He's been training there for a while, and has played in a couple of earlier pre-season games.
Looks like another Tyler Boyd situation, has already played two games for USA
Was talking to someone on twitter who said this about him...
Will absolutely do my head in if we've not even had a chat to him. 🤦♂️
Thankfully that’s not true lol. Think the most that may have happened is that he wasn’t in consideration/approached for the U20 WC squad
So just to clarify Sam, NZF know about Bindon but he wasn't considered good enough for the U20 WC squad?
If so, that could look a bit silly if he makes a few apperances in Reading's senior team this season - even in the League Cup. He's already in & around the first team, and was heavily involved in their pre season struff.
Also we gave the Americans one US-Kiwi Tyler, only fair they give us one back.
Hamilton winger Jordan Lamb has taken his talents to England, joining 8th-tier Dunston. Look like a pretty savvy club - excellent media releases, from which a few NZ sides could take some notes
The worst kept secret in our history... welcome to Dunston, Jordan Lamb! 👋
The New Zealand-born forward joins the club after receiving international clearance. 🇳🇿
Bit of a left field one here, and I still have a little more digging to do on my end to chase up a few details, but here we go for the meantime.
Isaac James-Dudding (GK) out of the Swansea City Academy. Lad already has four caps for the Welsh U15's from a tournament played in Croatia earlier this year. I believe his eligibility comes about through parent/s but have sought clarification on this.
Bit of a left field one here, and I still have a little more digging to do on my end to chase up a few details, but here we go for the meantime.
Isaac James-Dudding (GK) out of the Swansea City Academy. Lad already has four caps for the Welsh U15's from a tournament played in Croatia earlier this year. I believe his eligibility comes about through parent/s but have sought clarification on this.
Rory Falloon may have some idea. He was an age group coach at the Swans, before moving to NZ to work at the Nix.
Hearing Tauranga City LB Adam Davidson (23, ex-Hamilton Wanderers starter in the Handa Prem) has signed for Northern Irish side Glenavon. Good side historically, always around the top of the table, but are dead last this season with four losses in four games.
That makes top-tier Kiwis in each of the home nations and Ireland. So cool to see
19-year-old, former Western Springs forward Dawson Straffon joined Bedfont Sports in England's Combined Counties League Premier Division North - which is the 9th tier. Bedfont Sports were relegated last season, finishing one point off safety in the Isthmian South Central League. They have two wins, a draw and a loss from four league matches so far, and also just went out of the FA Cup after a 3-0 away loss in a replay against 8th-tier Herne Bay.
He played just the 45 minutes of Northern League this season - first half of the opening match of the season - before heading over to the UK. Though across 2021 and 2022 he played 36 Northern League matches, scoring thirteen times - nine of which came last year.
Stoked to interview @IpswichTown and U20 @NZ_Football Goalkeeper Henry Gray on the podcast this week to chat about his move to Ipswich and his stint at the Wellington Phoenix.@SidelineYarns
Good interview with Ipswich Town's resident Kiwi Henry Gray. Give it a listen.
Interesting to hear that he was also trialling out at Luton Town, and Barnsley, but was only 17, so couldn't get signed up. Also alluded to the fact that he could have followed Ben Waine to Plymouth Argyle, before settling on Ipswich. Really good insight into life as a pro footballer, and he seems to be settling in nicely over in the UK.
Also nice little bit at the end there relating to Adam Supyk (who I've been tracking news on for months!) who is travelling to Ipswich later on this week for a trial.
Izumi (2005) already has 38 appearances at Central League level + 1 appearance in the South Central Series back when covid scuppered the first edition of the new National League setup.
Wildash-Chan on the other hand has 21 appearances across the Central League these past two seasons.
Good luck to the kids. You never know what could come of it!
Some cool stuff happening for the lads. Wonder if this is an official trial or just a chance to train and get a bit of experience which has been jacked up, before heading back home?
Either way, great experience for the both of them.
Gray the only young Kiwi in action in the UK recently, as Adam Watson, Noah Dupont & Marley Leuluai have only just returned to their clubs after U-17's duty in Japan.
Full 90 for Gray overnight as Ipswich fell to a 2-0 defeat against Bristol City in the U21 PDL.
Long time viewer, first time poster here. Was looking thru the list of kiwis on FM 24 as early-access just released and it looks like there's another kiwi at Reading! Apologies if he's already been mentioned. Jacob Borgnis is a midfielder who's is either 20, 19 or 18, I've found 3 separate date of births for him. I thought this may have been a mistake but I checked the Reading website and he's listed as a kiwi there too. He was in FM23 but he didn't have New Zealand down as a nationality so I wonder if Bindon's call-up had anything to do with him suddenly becoming a kiwi https://www.readingfc.co.uk/teams/u21
Long time viewer, first time poster here. Was looking thru the list of kiwis on FM 24 as early-access just released and it looks like there's another kiwi at Reading! Apologies if he's already been mentioned. Jacob Borgnis is a midfielder who's is either 20, 19 or 18, I've found 3 separate date of births for him. I thought this may have been a mistake but I checked the Reading website and he's listed as a kiwi there too. He was in FM23 but he didn't have New Zealand down as a nationality so I wonder if Bindon's call-up had anything to do with him suddenly becoming a kiwi https://www.readingfc.co.uk/teams/u21
Great first post! Please hang around and post more 👏
For what it's worth, he's listed on Transfermarkt and plays in the PL2 as a DM/CM with the likes of Matt Dibley-Dias (Fulham).
Long time viewer, first time poster here. Was looking thru the list of kiwis on FM 24 as early-access just released and it looks like there's another kiwi at Reading! Apologies if he's already been mentioned. Jacob Borgnis is a midfielder who's is either 20, 19 or 18, I've found 3 separate date of births for him. I thought this may have been a mistake but I checked the Reading website and he's listed as a kiwi there too. He was in FM23 but he didn't have New Zealand down as a nationality so I wonder if Bindon's call-up had anything to do with him suddenly becoming a kiwi https://www.readingfc.co.uk/teams/u21
ahahah welcome mate, long time coming!
full name is Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis. triple-barrelled. absolutely stunning
Long time viewer, first time poster here. Was looking thru the list of kiwis on FM 24 as early-access just released and it looks like there's another kiwi at Reading! Apologies if he's already been mentioned. Jacob Borgnis is a midfielder who's is either 20, 19 or 18, I've found 3 separate date of births for him. I thought this may have been a mistake but I checked the Reading website and he's listed as a kiwi there too. He was in FM23 but he didn't have New Zealand down as a nationality so I wonder if Bindon's call-up had anything to do with him suddenly becoming a kiwi https://www.readingfc.co.uk/teams/u21
Great first post! Please hang around and post more 👏
For what it's worth, he's listed on Transfermarkt and plays in the PL2 as a DM/CM with the likes of Matt Dibley-Dias (Fulham).
And he's getting minutes which is good! Thanks for the warm welcome. There were a couple of other new names floating around but none in the UK or at a similar level. Couple of guys in Singapore and Hong Kong, two in Sweden, one in Italy and one with in the UAE at a team called Fleetwood United which I thought was quite funny.
Great find well done. I wonder which of Hammond, Chambers or Borgnis is the Kiwi lineage? Automatically comes into reckoning for the next U20 WC (2025)? Note is born May 2003
FYI - my 26 yr old nephew played senior mens grade here on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland for Kawana FC, they made the final (sadly lost to Noosa) which is a good effort considering half the team were 18 yr olds. Two of the youngsters missed a chunk of the season away in the UK training at the Fleetwood Town Academy. Then they missed the final for a trial opportunity in the UAE, which came about from their time in the UK. So joining the dots.......
Long time viewer, first time poster here. Was looking thru the list of kiwis on FM 24 as early-access just released and it looks like there's another kiwi at Reading! Apologies if he's already been mentioned. Jacob Borgnis is a midfielder who's is either 20, 19 or 18, I've found 3 separate date of births for him. I thought this may have been a mistake but I checked the Reading website and he's listed as a kiwi there too. He was in FM23 but he didn't have New Zealand down as a nationality so I wonder if Bindon's call-up had anything to do with him suddenly becoming a kiwi https://www.readingfc.co.uk/teams/u21
Great first post! Please hang around and post more 👏
For what it's worth, he's listed on Transfermarkt and plays in the PL2 as a DM/CM with the likes of Matt Dibley-Dias (Fulham).
And he's getting minutes which is good! Thanks for the warm welcome. There were a couple of other new names floating around but none in the UK or at a similar level. Couple of guys in Singapore and Hong Kong, two in Sweden, one in Italy and one with in the UAE at a team called Fleetwood United which I thought was quite funny.
Post their names! 😁 On my own list I've got Curtis Gray at Balastier Khalsa in Singapore and Brandon Sumpter in the UAE - (Even though he's been in the Barbados age group set up - U17 or U19 setups from memory).
Long time viewer, first time poster here. Was looking thru the list of kiwis on FM 24 as early-access just released and it looks like there's another kiwi at Reading! Apologies if he's already been mentioned. Jacob Borgnis is a midfielder who's is either 20, 19 or 18, I've found 3 separate date of births for him. I thought this may have been a mistake but I checked the Reading website and he's listed as a kiwi there too. He was in FM23 but he didn't have New Zealand down as a nationality so I wonder if Bindon's call-up had anything to do with him suddenly becoming a kiwi https://www.readingfc.co.uk/teams/u21
Great first post! Please hang around and post more 👏
For what it's worth, he's listed on Transfermarkt and plays in the PL2 as a DM/CM with the likes of Matt Dibley-Dias (Fulham).
And he's getting minutes which is good! Thanks for the warm welcome. There were a couple of other new names floating around but none in the UK or at a similar level. Couple of guys in Singapore and Hong Kong, two in Sweden, one in Italy and one with in the UAE at a team called Fleetwood United which I thought was quite funny.
Post their names! 😁 On my own list I've got Curtis Gray at Balastier Khalsa in Singapore and Brandon Sumpter in the UAE - (Even though he's been in the Barbados age group set up - U17 or U19 setups from memory).
Of course! Curtis is one of them but got a different player from Fleetwood.
Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis - Reading (England) - DM - 17/4/2005 - New Zealand/England Curtis Gray - Balestier (Singapore) - CB - 2/5/2006 - New Zealand/Singapore Alessandro Scimia - Torrese (Italy) (On-Loan from L'Aquila - Italy) - ST - 7/8/2005 - New Zealand/Italy James Bulkeley - Fleetwood Utd (UAE) - CM - 14/5/2005 - New Zealand/Australia Jesper Sanderson - IK Sirius (Sweden) - CB - 25/5/2005 - Swden/New Zealand Oscar Faulds - Stofors AIK (Sweden) - ST - 15/1/2002 - Sweden/New Zealand Max Severs - Lucky Mile (Hong Kong) - CB - 19/6/2006 - England/New Zealand Conrad Szymanski - Free Agent (Hong Kong Based) - ST - 8/7/2002 - Hong Kong/New Zealand/Germany
Scimia we are aware of. He made it up to Serie C but he's mainly been in the 5th and 4th tier so I'm not actively following him at the moment - but great stuff and keep it up!
Long time viewer, first time poster here. Was looking thru the list of kiwis on FM 24 as early-access just released and it looks like there's another kiwi at Reading! Apologies if he's already been mentioned. Jacob Borgnis is a midfielder who's is either 20, 19 or 18, I've found 3 separate date of births for him. I thought this may have been a mistake but I checked the Reading website and he's listed as a kiwi there too. He was in FM23 but he didn't have New Zealand down as a nationality so I wonder if Bindon's call-up had anything to do with him suddenly becoming a kiwi https://www.readingfc.co.uk/teams/u21
Great first post! Please hang around and post more 👏
For what it's worth, he's listed on Transfermarkt and plays in the PL2 as a DM/CM with the likes of Matt Dibley-Dias (Fulham).
And he's getting minutes which is good! Thanks for the warm welcome. There were a couple of other new names floating around but none in the UK or at a similar level. Couple of guys in Singapore and Hong Kong, two in Sweden, one in Italy and one with in the UAE at a team called Fleetwood United which I thought was quite funny.
Post their names! 😁 On my own list I've got Curtis Gray at Balastier Khalsa in Singapore and Brandon Sumpter in the UAE - (Even though he's been in the Barbados age group set up - U17 or U19 setups from memory).
Of course! Curtis is one of them but got a different player from Fleetwood.
Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis - Reading (England) - DM - 17/4/2005 - New Zealand/England Curtis Gray - Balestier (Singapore) - CB - 2/5/2006 - New Zealand/Singapore Alessandro Scimia - Torrese (Italy) (On-Loan from L'Aquila - Italy) - ST - 7/8/2005 - New Zealand/Italy James Bulkeley - Fleetwood Utd (UAE) - CM - 14/5/2005 - New Zealand/Australia Jesper Sanderson - IK Sirius (Sweden) - CB - 25/5/2005 - Swden/New Zealand Oscar Faulds - Stofors AIK (Sweden) - ST - 15/1/2002 - Sweden/New Zealand Max Severs - Lucky Mile (Hong Kong) - CB - 19/6/2006 - England/New Zealand Conrad Szymanski - Free Agent (Hong Kong Based) - ST - 8/7/2002 - Hong Kong/New Zealand/Germany
Cue NZF pretending they know what all this www stuff is, and saying they have been keeping tabs on them for years.....
Scimia we are aware of. He made it up to Serie C but he's mainly been in the 5th and 4th tier so I'm not actively following him at the moment - but great stuff and keep it up!
Is this Luca's younger brother though? Alessandro born 2005?
Lawton Green is in Scotland and training with an unnamed club.
Corban Piper (I know he has his own thread) has finished up at Wexford, but will be staying in Europe. Hopefully looking to trial at a few clubs over the next wee while, with England on the radar.
Bronson Sammut is back in New Zealand for now, but will be heading back to Europe later on this year/start of 2024.
Scimia we are aware of. He made it up to Serie C but he's mainly been in the 5th and 4th tier so I'm not actively following him at the moment - but great stuff and keep it up!
Is this Luca's younger brother though? Alessandro born 2005?
I stand corrected. Older brother Luca is currently top of his group (Italian 4th div) with Sanbenedettese. 0 goals in 9 games.
Alessandro (who is also a dual citizen by the sounds of it) is on loan at 5th Div (Eccellenza) club Torrese. They are 11th and he also hasn't scored yet.
They also had Frewan Watts debuting in goal, the 19 year old, with Scott Morris allegedly over in England having a trial with Stoke City, according to the livestream commentary. Stoke City is where Jonathan Gould is currently employed as goalkeeping coach so that would make sense.
19 year old goalkeeper Freddie Martin on trial with SPL side St Mirren. Scottish teams seem to be taking a real interest in NZ players over the last 12-18 months.