FORMER England wonderkid and Leicester title winner Liam Moore has dropped down to the seventh tier of English football with Spalding United.
The defender, 31, had been with League One outfit Northampton Town last season.
He made eight appearances for the club following seven years in the Championship with Reading.
But Moore will now be playing in the Southern League Premier Division Central — English football’s seventh league — after penning a deal with Spalding.
They lie 18th in the table after just five wins in 14 matches.
And Moore has gone straight into the squad for this weekend’s trip to Stratford Town.
The signing of the nine-time Jamaica international is a major coup for Spalding.
Moore was once tipped as a future England star after featuring 10 times for the U21s.
The centre-back has played for a variety of top sides including Brentford, Bristol City and Stoke.
And he even has a title win with Leicester after leading them to glory in the Championship a decade ago.
Moore, who played 67 times for the Foxes was also part of the squad which won the Premier League title under Claudio Ranieri in 2016.
However, he spent the first half of that campaign on loan at Bristol.
And Moore did not make a single league appearance upon his return, leaving him ineligible to receive a winners’ medal.
He previously admitted he was forever haunted by the league’s decision to not officially recognise his contribution as a squad player.
Moore said: “It would have taken just five appearances to get a winners’ medal, and that medal I would have cherished for ever. I remember crying, trying to hide my tears, but saying I would be back stronger for this.
“It was so difficult, but it was such an eye-opener. It will go down as an amazing day, but a tough day in my career. My family were coming and everyone was adamant I had played a part in how we had got to that point.
“Everything was great during the game (a 3-1 win over Everton), but it hit me when I wasn’t on the podium — I hadn’t played any minutes in the league (for Leicester) that season.
“The moment they said, ‘And this season’s Premier League champions are… Leicester City’, and Wes lifted the trophy, it was one of the best and worst feelings in my life.
“I had just seen my boyhood club, the club that means so much to me, become champions, but I then realised that some of the decisions I had made in the past year had cost me the chance of being involved.”
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