Mike Small

Mike Small

On leaving school Mike signed on for Bromsgrove Rovers and from there was picked up by Luton Town as a 17 year old.

At Kenilworth Road Mike gained England Youth honours but could only make four substitute appearances for the first team in three seasons so decided to try his luck abroad and played in the Netherlands, Belgium and Greece over the next seven years before coming back to this country and asking for a trial at Brighton.

At the Goldstone, the now experienced striker was a goalscoring sensation which led to a £400,000 move to West Ham in 1991 where he made his debut against the Hatters.

After scoring 13 goals in 20 starts for the Hammers Mikes’s status began to wane, not helped by a back injury, and it was not long before he was playing non-League football finally finishing up at Baldock Town.