Mozza has found a midfield gem!
https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2024/12/20/albion-hero-james-morrison-hailed-for-north-east-recruitment-work-to-unearth-midfield-talent/West Brom hero James Morrison hailed for north-east recruitment work to unearth midfield talent
Former Albion star and academy coach James Morrison has been praised for bringing promising youngster Matt Crowther from the north-east to The Hawthorns.
Darlington-born Morrison spotted and arranged for central midfielder Crowther, who is just 16, to come to Albion at under-16 age group last season having been playing grassroots football in the north-east of the country.
The rangy, left-footed Crowther, who despite his years stands at 6ft 1ins, caught the eye with his first Premier League 2 goal at The Hawthorns on Monday night as Richard Beale's under-21s side saw off Reading 3-1.
It was just Crowther's second goal for the under-21s but the teen is already earning rave reviews and is well thought of. Boss Beale revealed Morrison - who played 341 times for Albion between 2007 and 2019 and is now on the staff - was behind the midfielder's emergence and labelled Crowther "a real find".
"Everybody in the football club should be a recruiter - for the first team and the academy," Beale told the Express & Star.
"In this instance it was Mozza. He is from where Mozza's from and he knows him, I think as a family friend. It's absolutely brilliant from Moz to get him in because he's a real find and good lad.
"So not only was Mozza a top-drawer player, he is a top recruiter! It came about through James Morrison's contacts up north."
