{"id":289843,"date":"2023-09-24T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289843"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T16:38:02","slug":"former-liverpool-defender-makes-winning-start-at-sixth-tier-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-liverpool-defender-makes-winning-start-at-sixth-tier-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Liverpool defender makes winning start at sixth-tier club"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Liverpool wonderkid makes a winning start to career in the SIXTH tier of English football with Warrington Town after more than TWO YEARS out of the game<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Ex-Liverpool starlet won his first game for Warrington Town in sixth tier<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The defender had been out of action for over two years after injury issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former Liverpool starlet made a winning start to life with Warrington Town in the sixth tier of English football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The defender, who was signed by Warrington on Friday, played the full 90 minutes as his new side beat King&#8217;s Lynn Town 1-0 in the National League North on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The victory has seen the newly-promoted Yellows move up to 14th in the league table after winning the Northern Premier League last season.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new signing last played competitive football for Derby County\u00a0in 2021, but has been unable to find a new club since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andre Wisdom, who made his Liverpool debut under Brendan Rodgers in 2012 before going on to make 22 appearances for the Reds, has been training with Warrington for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/24\/12\/75737429-0-A_former_England_player_and_England_youth_captain_has_signed_for-a-1_1695554108649.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A former England player and England youth captain made his debut for Warrington Town on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/24\/13\/75738549-12554847-Andre_Wisdom_signed_with_the_sixth_tier_club_on_Friday_after_spe-a-21_1695558443936.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Andre Wisdom signed with the sixth-tier club on Friday after spending two years without a club<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The Leeds-born defender captained England U21&#8217;s in 2013, and had loan spells at Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion and Red Bull Salzburg before leaving Anfield permanently in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His career suffered significantly after he was the victim of a stabbing in 2020, but he returned to help Derby stay in the Championship at the end of the 2020-21 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he has admitted his body &#8216;was not the same&#8217; as it had been before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed to The Beautiful Game Podcast: &#8216;It was frustrating as when I&#8217;ve come out of hospital after like three days, I had a couple of operations, it was like my body just wasn&#8217;t the same.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I tried to get back into football and it wasn&#8217;t the same, I wasn&#8217;t getting the same output in terms of power or speed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was hard to take and with that comes a lot of other niggles. I got stabbed in the head. I got headaches. A little cut here (points to his chest) I couldn&#8217;t breathe that well when I came out of hospital because I had fluid on my lungs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/24\/13\/75738583-12554847-The_30_year_old_played_for_Derby_County_most_recently_but_reveal-a-22_1695558443969.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old played for Derby County most recently but revealed that after being stabbed, his body was not the same\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think I rushed coming back to football. So once I could walk, which was like three weeks I went straight back to football. As men we get ahead of ourselves. I played two games and I wasn&#8217;t right and my ego wouldn&#8217;t let me accept it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was the last year of my contract and Derby were going through the financial issues so I remember speaking to my agent at the time I was like I&#8217;m going to play so I&#8217;m in the shop window and then rest in the summer. Then I ripped my groin.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wisdom underwent unsuccessful trials at Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Birmingham City before signing for Warrington.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told the BBC after the match: &#8216;It was really good to play my first 90 minutes in a while today, thanks to Warrington, the manager and all the lads who\u2019ve worked with me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12554847\/Former-Liverpool-wonderkid-SIXTH-tier-English-football-Warrington-Town.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former Liverpool wonderkid makes a winning start to career in the SIXTH tier of English football with Warrington Town after more than TWO YEARS out <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/former-liverpool-defender-makes-winning-start-at-sixth-tier-club\/\" title=\"Former Liverpool defender makes winning start at sixth-tier club\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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