I don't know if this has been brought up before. But a lot of people have gone on for years about how our best sides have been made up of local Lads, and even though the academy hasn't produced too many just yet, it's interesting to see that a lot of the players that Clough has brought in are very local to the area.
MacDonald is from Notts.
Bowery from Notts
Flints from Pinxton
Reeds from Barnsley
Maris from Sheffield
Swan from Mansfield
Flinders from Rotherham
Gale from Notts area
Akins from Huddersfield
Oates from Pontefract
Brunt from Birmingham
Then obviously you've got Abdullah, Kruszynski etc. that I'd imagine live local.
Cargills not local but his Mrs is