Saturday, 24 September 2016

Craig Clay has found his piece of heaven in the Johannesburg of the north... Motherwell

WITH its eye-discovering vistas, stunning neo-exemplary design, social differences and a boundless field of boutique shops and curious road sustenance outlets, it's anything but difficult to see why Motherwell is straight up there with the most enticing goals for the far-voyaged footballer. No, legitimate.

Yes, truly, it might be a procured taste. Some with no likely like to hang about in the lower scopes of English football, heading to preparing in ostentatious Range Rover autos worth practically as much as their new hair transplant, salivating over every one of the miracles and monetary advantages of sacking a win away to Crewe that weekend. No way. Indeed, perhaps the hair transplant.

No, the individuals who know where it's at are glad to explore their way through a M74 intersection that resembles a concealed Mario Kart track joined with an over-subscribed auto park in Dehli, passing the eighth marvel of the world - Strathclyde Park - before settling down for a hard day's union.

For Craig Clay, his safe house is only this. A capable midfielder brought through the young institute at Chesterfield before a few moves in the English Lower Leagues and even non group saw him land at Grimsby, the 24-year-old started to become tired of life in his usual range of familiarity last season, setting off a yearning to expand his own particular skylines.

An opportunity to go to South Africa for the experience of a lifetime soon introduced itself, an open door for a radical new beneficial experience numerous would have gobbled up. Rather, it was Motherwell, the Johannesburg of the North, which won his heart.

"You need to take bets in life and I'm thankful that I've wound up at Motherwell. I'm appreciating each moment of it," said Clay. "There was a group in South Africa who needed me on trial. Bidvest Wits, who'd completed second in their alliance, were searching for a midfielder.

"I went down to Johannesburg for a week or somewhere in the vicinity yet felt I was a bit excessively youthful for it since it's difficult to return from that point. Blackpool needed me to prepare with them, Lincoln needed me to sign for them - however Motherwell was the greatest chance for me.

"Johannesburg was an awesome affair. I like attempting things like that and opening my eyes to various things. It was their winter however it was still 15 or 16 degrees and I was strolling about in T-shirt and shorts. Everybody was letting me know I was insane.

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"I don't had anything to lose and it was a decent ordeal however I knew whether the Motherwell bargain chilled out would be best for me."

Mud has highlighted in each amusement for Motherwell this season, and has more than looked like it. Opening beside skipper Keith Lasley amidst the recreation center is something that has functioned admirably for him and has permitted the previous York City man to connect up with people around him and turn into an essential machine gear-piece in assault and in addition a key man in separating the resistance's advances.

The snappiness of his settling at Fir Park says a considerable measure for the club itself, however the genuine story is maybe in those he is presently encompassed by. Despite the fact that the setting for the following section in his profession might be new, those in his changing area are all around bit natural.

Talking in front of today's excursion to Firhill to Partick Thistle in the Ladbrokes Premiership, Clay said: "When I was 18 and playing for Chesterfield, I went on credit to Alfreton and played with Louis [Moult] for some time.

"It's insane how football functions. You play with individuals, go your different ways then get together again later in your professions.

"I played against Marvin Johnson [who left on due date day for Oxford United] when he was at Kidderminster. I think he scored against us when I was at Grimsby.

"I was in the same auto as Richard [Tait] from Nottingham to Grimsby and needed to manage him for 60 minutes and 40 minutes consistently. Lionel [Ainsworth] is from Nottingham, similar to me, and I used to play against him at the nearby PowerLeague when I was a youthful chap.

"There are some well known faces however, to be reasonable, every one of the fellows have made me feel welcome and I'm making a lot of companions."

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