#17 Meet the man who discovered Gareth Bale – in a six-a-side aged nine

    #17 Meet the man who discovered Gareth Bale – in a six-a-side aged nine

    Rod Ruddick is rummaging around in his office at his home near Bath and has just found a piece of paper that ought to be in a frame on his mantelpiece. It is a fax he sent to Southampton Football Club on 28 September 1998, titled "players recommended to sign". There are three names listed and the last boy is a nine-year-old 

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