- Harry Maguire’s Is One Who Never Gave Up His Hopes Of Becoming A
Footballer is an inspiration to Nigerian Youths
Harry Maguire’s childhood story is interesting, if not uncommon
– We give you a
story of a young dreamer who became blessed with extraordinary talent, one who
never gave up his hopes of becoming a footballer.
He possessed a steely determination to make his dreams come true and his
ambitions were not just a passing fancy.
Casting back to the late 90s, Maguire would often come home with his elastic tie
and grey school trousers covered in mud.
Instead of getting cleaned up, he’d go straight in the garden or the ‘greenfield’
outside his childhood home in Chapel Street in Mosborough with a ball at his feet
for a football tournament called “May Day”.
The school playground, greenfield area and the ‘May Day’ tournaments in which
his brother Joe (a year older and semi-professional with Buxton as at the time of
writing) played alongside him, still hold a special place in his heart.
A quick stint at Brunsmeer Athletic led him to Barnsley and then Sheffield United.
During his youth club days, Harry was fortunate enough to play a lot of games
with players like Kyle Walker, John Stones and Jake Livermore.
He was a young boy who made his way through the division’s ranks.
It is pertinent
to state that his 6 foot 4-inch centre-half came through the youth ranks this was
coupled with fantastic maturity for his age.
As a boy, Harry was level-headed. He took everything in his strid
During his time at the first team, Maguire was involved in 15 clean sheets during
Sheffield United’s successful 11/12 campaign.
His performances earned the club’s Player of the Season and Young Player of the
Season awards. Maguire went on to win Player of the Season at Bramall Lane in
2012/13 and 2013/14.
He was also included in the PFA League One Team of the Year for three seasons
running.
This led to a £2.5 million move to Hull City. His hopes of getting an
England call-up came when he signed for Premier League club Leicester City. The
rest, as they say, is now history.
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