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Anybody recall the young football sensation Sonny Pike? He was all over the telly in the mid-90s and was going to be the next Maradona.
Must have been about the same age as Wayne Rooney.
Must have been about the same age as Wayne Rooney.
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Just found an old tape - a Greg Dyke programme about young footballers, featuring Sonny Pike and Scott Parker, now of West Ham.
Luke "Sonny" Pike (born 1983/1984)[1] was an English footballer who became famous at a young age for his tremendous talent which saw him being compared to other famous stars such as Diego Maradona and George Best.[2]
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1 Football career
2 After football
3 Personal life
4 References
[edit] Football career
Pike's talent was present from an early age and led to his signature for Dutch side Ajax at the age of only seven.[3] Pike was playing for the Leyton Orient youth team at the time.[4] He was described[by whom?] as a player who, "had a lot of skill, could pass it and was a nice player, but he lacked pace."[4]
However, the pressure on Pike led to both his personal mental breakdown in 2000 and the collapse of his parents' marriage.[2][3] Pike's collapse has been used as a warning to other young athletes, such as Cherno Samba and Rhain Davis.[5]
After leaving Ajax, Pike returned to England and played non-league football with teams including Stevenage Borough, Barnet, Enfield, Waltham Forest and Dryburgh Saints, all under his birth name of Luke Pike.[4]
[edit] After football
After retiring from football, Pike attended the University of Dundee.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Pike is the nephew of former Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers striker Mark Falco.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Football career
2 After football
3 Personal life
4 References
[edit] Football career
Pike's talent was present from an early age and led to his signature for Dutch side Ajax at the age of only seven.[3] Pike was playing for the Leyton Orient youth team at the time.[4] He was described[by whom?] as a player who, "had a lot of skill, could pass it and was a nice player, but he lacked pace."[4]
However, the pressure on Pike led to both his personal mental breakdown in 2000 and the collapse of his parents' marriage.[2][3] Pike's collapse has been used as a warning to other young athletes, such as Cherno Samba and Rhain Davis.[5]
After leaving Ajax, Pike returned to England and played non-league football with teams including Stevenage Borough, Barnet, Enfield, Waltham Forest and Dryburgh Saints, all under his birth name of Luke Pike.[4]
[edit] After football
After retiring from football, Pike attended the University of Dundee.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Pike is the nephew of former Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers striker Mark Falco.[3]
Scott Parker was the kid with the curtains doing the flash keepy- uppy on the McDonald's (?) advert, was he not?
I think he ended up in Dundee, studying psychology and playing for a local or Uni team.
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