Vernon Thomas                       One time Sun goalkeeper                               1993/94                        

Ex Sun Sports and Bushey Rangers manager and goalkeeper Vernon Thomas cites as one of his biggest regrets as leaving Watford to join Chelsea just as Graham Taylor was joining the Vicarage Road club.
Thomas was aged just 15 at the time and was in the England Schoolboy squad, and when he heard about Chelsea's interest he jumped at the chance.
Now older and wiser he looks back at the episode and Wishes that he had stayed with the Hornets.
"Chelsea were a glamorous club with some of the best players in the country," explains Thomas.
"I was drawn to that glamour but they had the pick of all the players in the country and it didn't work out for me."
"The problem was I didn't grow any taller, not tall enough to make it there was a goalkeeper and they didn't offer me a contract."
"I wish I had stayed at Watford where I received the best coaching from Tom Walley. He was a great motivator. At Watford I received the sort of training and attention I never had at Chelsea.
Thomas played for the same school team, Grange Park, as Nigel Callaghan.
In fact Grange Park (Now known as Bushey Academy), also had another representative in the England Schoolboys team in Dennis Powell, who also went to Chelsea along with Thomas.
From Chelsea, Thomas went to play for Chesham, Amersham, Chalfont St Peter and Harefield United before work commitments forced him to retire from that level to the local football scene.
Thomas then reappeared in the County League with Sun Sports and then moved south to Bushey Rangers.
Thomas ruptured a thigh muscle which sidelined him for three years in which time he put on a lot of weight, his involvement with football has certainly been a bittersweet one with it's highs and lows.
Among the highs Thomas counts his appearance for England Schools against Wales at West Bromwich and the sheer excitement of the atmosphere in the 3-1 win against West Germany in front of an 80,000 crowd in Munich.