THE UNLIKELY LADS

PASCAL CHIMBONDA

MARKET DRAYTON TOWN (2013)

 His 2005-06 season at Wigan was so impressive that it earned him places in the Premier League PFA Team France’s World Cup squad, followed by a £4.5 million switch to Spurs. Legend has it that he handed Latics boss Paul Jewell a transfer request from his sock straight after the final game of the campaign. “It wasn’t in my sock,” Chimbonda rebuffed to earlier this year. “I had it in my bag. I wasn’t aware of how transfer requests really worked in England – my agent told me I had to write a letter. I didn’t know Jewell would open it in front of the team!” Pascal tasted League Cup glory with Spurs before turning out for Sunderland, Blackburn, QPR and Doncaster. But when a later move to Chicago fell through, there was only one logical solution: sign for Northern Premier League Division One South outfit Market Drayton Town. Of …