One of the essential CM9798 wonderkids and a key signing to set your back line up for a long time. John would make his Manchester Utd debut in a 7-0 hammering of Barnsley in 1997 but never broke through at the club.

He went on to sign for Blackburn Rovers in 2000 and played consistently during the promotion season to the Premier League. He can also count himself a League Cup winners medal from his time at Blackburn. After representing England B, he went on to a number of moves that just didn’t quite work out, retiring in 2011 hanging up his boots after a final season in the A-League.