The Current Squad, No. 2

Who Plays for Your Favourite Team? Terence Baker Fearlessly Finds Out.

No. 2—Bondzanga N’Gala (shirt no. 44)

I just like name. One of the club’s legends was a Billy Bonds, who still holds the record for the most games played for the club, more than 700, and his nickname was Bonzo, so that’s gone. We’ll see of Bondz, as he is known, if he will be of that quality, and deserving of a nickname, but his league debut was in this weekend’s game against Chelsea, what is the equivalent of a Baptism by Fire. He is English, and he is another product of the club’s famed Academy, from which we regularly find, improve and round off some of the world’s greatest talent, only to sell them off during our occasional drops to the lower divisions or more-than-occasional financial crises. This young defender has recently had loan spells at Plymouth Argyle (one of the great names of football teams in the UK) and Scunthorpe Town.