Saturday, 24 September 2016

The Craig Clay story: 'You can keep Johannesburg, I'm off to Motherwell'

WITH its eye-finding vistas, amazing neo-great engineering, rich social differing qualities and an immense territory of boutique shops and interesting 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, fair.

Yes, without a doubt, it might be a procured taste. Some with no most likely like to hang about in the lower scopes of English football, heading to preparing in conspicuous Range Rover autos worth just about as much as their new hair transplant, salivating over every one of the miracles and monetary advantages of packing a win away to Crewe that weekend. No way. All things considered, possibly 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 miracle of the world - Strathclyde Park - before settling down for a hard day's union.

For Craig Clay, his sanctuary is only this. A skilled midfielder brought through the adolescent foundation at Chesterfield before a few moves in the English Lower Leagues and even non alliance saw him land at Grimsby, the 24-year-old started to become fatigued of life in his usual range of familiarity last season, setting off a craving 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 getting a charge out of 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 however 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 me - 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 yet 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 affair however I knew whether the Motherwell bargain got over it would be best for me."

Earth has highlighted in each amusement for Motherwell this season, and has more than looked like it. Opening by 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 indispensable machine gear-piece in assault and also a key man in separating the resistance's advances.

The speed of his settling at Fir Park says a great deal for the club itself, yet 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 well known.

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

"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 neighborhood PowerLeague when I was a youthful fellow.

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