Getting to know you�
Colin Kazim-Richards was born in Leytonstone, London on the 26th August 1986 and stands at 5�11 tall, weighing 12 stone. Kazim-Richards attended Greenleaf Primary School in Walthamstow, where he quickly developed an interest in football, a passion which continued into secondary school where he represented Aveling Park School (Walthamstow) in inter-borough sports. He began his career at Neil Warnock�s former club (and our Carling Cup opponents) Bury. Whilst at the club he merited the young player of the year award, before he moved down to Brighton in a remarkable transfer coup for the southerners. At the age of 19, Colin was signed by the Seagulls for �250,000. This occurred following a fan of Brighton, Aaron Berry, winning the sum for the club in a competition run by Coca-Cola which led to Kazim-Richards being dubbed the "Coca-Cola Kid".
In a stop-start year, he was often brought on as a second-half substitute, and as of the end of the 2005-2006 season, he has scored six league goals for the club, including its 5000th League goal.
After his first season with the seagulls Colin handed in a transfer request after being left-out of Brighton�s first fixture of the 2006-2007 campaign against Rotherham United. This added fire to the rumours of Kazim-Richard�s petulant attitude, and he was sold to the Blades half-way through a reserve fixture.
Coming up�
I also write a internet column for www.footballingworld.com in the Sheffield Unietd blog section. This week I highlighted many points which needed to be said to every single United fan. It has only been three games in, with two of those three games coming against teams who finished in the top five at the end of last season. The latter fixture, against Fulham in the captial, was settled by a poor, poor, Graham Poll decision and a moment of pure brilliance from Maggie Thatcher lookalike, Jimmy Bullard.
Three games are nothing when the rest of the season is in front of us. Once we have our powerful, and vastly talented record signing fit, Claude Davis, we will be far stronger at the back, with more midfield options to boot. We will improve after our baptism of fire, and as we face two very winnable games at home against reigning Championship champions, Reading, and mid-table fodder, Blackburn Rovers, there is plently to be pessimistic about.
Up the Blades, Joe. |
