A Wright in the North Despite Excelling As a Youngster with the England Youth Teams, the Powerful Aberdeen Striker Is Looking to Get His Career Back On Track, Hears Frank Gilfeather

Sunday Herald › March 17, 2009

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TOMMY Wright needs no reminding that Aberdeen may be his last hope in an effort to re-establish a career that has stuttered along since the heady days when he rubbed shoulders with the elite of England's young football talent.

It was then that he was regarded as a striker with the potential to hit the big time as he competed in the Fifa World Youth Championships of 2003 in Dubai alongside players like Michael Chopra, Gary O'Neil, David Bentley and Stewart Downing, all of whom went on to establish themselves with Premier League sides south of the border and are now feeding on the rich pickings available there.

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A Wright in the North Despite Excelling As a Youngster with the England Youth Teams, the Powerful Aberdeen Striker Is Looking to Get His Career Back On Track, Hears Frank Gilfeather

Today, however, Wright's thoughts centre on proving to those Dons fans still uncertain that Jimmy Calderwood was in full possession of his mental faculties when he paid Darlington GBP75,000 for his signature that his new boss...

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