Post by Macmoish on May 28, 2016 12:44:13 GMT
Couple of pieces
Rob Brennan/Kilburn Times
Meet the man who was paid £50 by QPR for Liverpool and England star Raheem Sterling
09:00 29 January 2015
Former QPR scout Peter Moring has revealed that he was paid £50 by the club when he alerted them to a skilful youngster called Raheem Sterling.
Sterling was then a nine-year-old having a kickabout on the pitches where the Ark Academy in Wembley now stands, and Moring said he knew straightaway the Liverpool attacker had a special talent.
Speaking at his home in Wembley, Moring told the Brent and Kilburn Times: “I was running the football at the London Underground sports ground where the Ark Academy now is, and I allowed the Brent primary and secondary schools to play there.
“One day I was down there and I saw this little kid playing for Oakington Manor school.
“The guy he was with was a bloke called Darren, who was one of the coaches from the church team Alpha & Omega.
Raheem Sterling playing for England at Under-16 level.Raheem Sterling playing for England at Under-16 level.
“I said to Darren, ‘this kid is good, can I get him down to QPR?’.
“What we agreed was for Raheem to keep playing for the Alpha & Omega side and I would inform John O’Brien, who was in charge of the QPR Under-16s, and arrange for him to come up and watch him.
Moring went on: “At 10 years of age he was down at QPR but he wasn’t allowed to sign on. When he was Under-11 they signed him and I got £50 from the club for him.
“I was scouting for them at that time. I fell out with John, even though I knew him personally.
“When he was 12, John Creith got involved with Rangers as youth development officer, but he never took him down there – I did. I got paid for it.
“But John was there on the day I spotted him playing for his school.”
Sterling was sold to Liverpool for an initial fee of £500,000 rising to around £5million with add-ons including international honours.
Despite his status as one of the most promosing talents in world football, Moring says he has seen better young players in Brent, including the borough’s current Under-12 manager Dean Sylvester.
Moring said: “Dean was at Luton Town and Chelsea paid £18,000 for him when he was just 10.
“He didn’t get his YTS at Chelsea because he got distracted by other things. He was at QPR but ended up playing in non-league football. I’m delighted to see him now involved, coaching one of the Brent teams.
“Another lad called Stevie Roberts is one of the best players you have ever seen in your life. He was absoloutely magnificent. Lennie Lawrence from Luton Town went running with him to try and get him to stay on his YTS but he’d had enough.”
Moring continues to watch football but doesn’t describe it as the beautiful game: “Football is a disgrace,” he said. “You’ve got all these development centres but how many kids make the first team? The coaches don’t care because they are being paid well whether a kid makes it through or not.”
www.kilburntimes.co.uk/sport/football/queens-park-rangers/meet_the_man_who_was_paid_50_by_qpr_for_liverpool_and_england_star_raheem_sterling_1_3933982
John Creith's Daughter responding to this thread
Have just found this post:
You are right in saying John Creith, my dad found Raheem Sterling at the age of 10 and took him into QPR.
Since this conversation QPR have still not given him recognition for his find.
Also around that time he scouted:
Darnel Furlong
Osman kakay
Tafari Moore
Bruno Andre
Jordan Gibbons
And numerous others that are in the system.
He is still involved in football and offered QPR players but no one ever gets back to him so he sends them to Watford.
And still pays to go to QPR games in his beloved 'x' block.
Catherine Creith
My dad wasn't "just there" on the day Raheem was found. He played a huge part in getting Raheem into QPR because he was a trusted scout by head of recruitment, John O'Brien. John O'Brien and Peter didn't see eye-to-eye on things and he would never have taken Raheem in on Peter's recommendation.
The real story is, and please do check with Peter Mooring. They were both there looking at Oakingdon Manor school playing, and both decided Raheem should go into QPR. Peter knew raheems Sunday club manager who was there and spoke to him about Raheem going to the club while my dad spoke to John O'Brien about Raheem going as he wasn't the normal type of player QPR was looking for ie size. But because John O'Brien fully trusted my dad he said they would bring him in and have a look at him. And so they did.
They would never have brought Raheem in on Peters word, they both played their part in getting him in and my dad always credits Peter as well for it and sometimes has to remind Peter, even though in that article that's been referred to, Peter says he didn't say all of that. And some of the facts are incorrect. Peter was paid the £50 because the socalled club policy was to pay one scout for the find so my dad told John O'Brien and Yerry springett to give it to Peter and he will just claim expenses.
My dad was 1 of 2 scouts under the head of recruitment at the time Raheem was found. And had been a scout for a year or two before that bringing others in.
He also coached in the centre of excellence at the time and was brought on board to do all of that by John O'Brien after meeting him where my dad worked in the football in the community coaching at the west way development centre.
The facts in the article are mixed up. And conversations Peter has had with my dad, he has said he didn't say all of how they have written it. Yes, also my dad did play another big role when Raheem was u12 in keeping him at the club because they wanted to release him for various reasons but my dad sat in the office with Joe and Steve Gallan and his coach and convinced them to keep him on based on his ability and potential and to move him to play a year group up which worked.
Rob Brennan/Kilburn Times
Meet the man who was paid £50 by QPR for Liverpool and England star Raheem Sterling
09:00 29 January 2015
Former QPR scout Peter Moring has revealed that he was paid £50 by the club when he alerted them to a skilful youngster called Raheem Sterling.
Sterling was then a nine-year-old having a kickabout on the pitches where the Ark Academy in Wembley now stands, and Moring said he knew straightaway the Liverpool attacker had a special talent.
Speaking at his home in Wembley, Moring told the Brent and Kilburn Times: “I was running the football at the London Underground sports ground where the Ark Academy now is, and I allowed the Brent primary and secondary schools to play there.
“One day I was down there and I saw this little kid playing for Oakington Manor school.
“The guy he was with was a bloke called Darren, who was one of the coaches from the church team Alpha & Omega.
Raheem Sterling playing for England at Under-16 level.Raheem Sterling playing for England at Under-16 level.
“I said to Darren, ‘this kid is good, can I get him down to QPR?’.
“What we agreed was for Raheem to keep playing for the Alpha & Omega side and I would inform John O’Brien, who was in charge of the QPR Under-16s, and arrange for him to come up and watch him.
Moring went on: “At 10 years of age he was down at QPR but he wasn’t allowed to sign on. When he was Under-11 they signed him and I got £50 from the club for him.
“I was scouting for them at that time. I fell out with John, even though I knew him personally.
“When he was 12, John Creith got involved with Rangers as youth development officer, but he never took him down there – I did. I got paid for it.
“But John was there on the day I spotted him playing for his school.”
Sterling was sold to Liverpool for an initial fee of £500,000 rising to around £5million with add-ons including international honours.
Despite his status as one of the most promosing talents in world football, Moring says he has seen better young players in Brent, including the borough’s current Under-12 manager Dean Sylvester.
Moring said: “Dean was at Luton Town and Chelsea paid £18,000 for him when he was just 10.
“He didn’t get his YTS at Chelsea because he got distracted by other things. He was at QPR but ended up playing in non-league football. I’m delighted to see him now involved, coaching one of the Brent teams.
“Another lad called Stevie Roberts is one of the best players you have ever seen in your life. He was absoloutely magnificent. Lennie Lawrence from Luton Town went running with him to try and get him to stay on his YTS but he’d had enough.”
Moring continues to watch football but doesn’t describe it as the beautiful game: “Football is a disgrace,” he said. “You’ve got all these development centres but how many kids make the first team? The coaches don’t care because they are being paid well whether a kid makes it through or not.”
www.kilburntimes.co.uk/sport/football/queens-park-rangers/meet_the_man_who_was_paid_50_by_qpr_for_liverpool_and_england_star_raheem_sterling_1_3933982
John Creith's Daughter responding to this thread
You are right in saying John Creith, my dad found Raheem Sterling at the age of 10 and took him into QPR.
Since this conversation QPR have still not given him recognition for his find.
Also around that time he scouted:
Darnel Furlong
Osman kakay
Tafari Moore
Bruno Andre
Jordan Gibbons
And numerous others that are in the system.
He is still involved in football and offered QPR players but no one ever gets back to him so he sends them to Watford.
And still pays to go to QPR games in his beloved 'x' block.
Catherine Creith
My dad wasn't "just there" on the day Raheem was found. He played a huge part in getting Raheem into QPR because he was a trusted scout by head of recruitment, John O'Brien. John O'Brien and Peter didn't see eye-to-eye on things and he would never have taken Raheem in on Peter's recommendation.
The real story is, and please do check with Peter Mooring. They were both there looking at Oakingdon Manor school playing, and both decided Raheem should go into QPR. Peter knew raheems Sunday club manager who was there and spoke to him about Raheem going to the club while my dad spoke to John O'Brien about Raheem going as he wasn't the normal type of player QPR was looking for ie size. But because John O'Brien fully trusted my dad he said they would bring him in and have a look at him. And so they did.
They would never have brought Raheem in on Peters word, they both played their part in getting him in and my dad always credits Peter as well for it and sometimes has to remind Peter, even though in that article that's been referred to, Peter says he didn't say all of that. And some of the facts are incorrect. Peter was paid the £50 because the socalled club policy was to pay one scout for the find so my dad told John O'Brien and Yerry springett to give it to Peter and he will just claim expenses.
My dad was 1 of 2 scouts under the head of recruitment at the time Raheem was found. And had been a scout for a year or two before that bringing others in.
He also coached in the centre of excellence at the time and was brought on board to do all of that by John O'Brien after meeting him where my dad worked in the football in the community coaching at the west way development centre.
The facts in the article are mixed up. And conversations Peter has had with my dad, he has said he didn't say all of how they have written it. Yes, also my dad did play another big role when Raheem was u12 in keeping him at the club because they wanted to release him for various reasons but my dad sat in the office with Joe and Steve Gallan and his coach and convinced them to keep him on based on his ability and potential and to move him to play a year group up which worked.
