From Hednesford Park to Sydney for starlet Cohen Bramall
This time last year, Cohen Bramall was putting in the hard yards on pre-season runs around Hednesford Park as he prepared for upcoming games with the Pitmen.
But 12 months later, the former Market Draton Town man's surroundings were altogether more glamorous as the 21-year-old was selected in the starting XI as Arsenal played their own pre-season fixture against Sydney FC, some 12,000 miles from Staffordshire at the ANZ Stadium.
Bramall, who left Hednesford Town for Arsenal in January, was selected by Arsene Wenger in a left wing-back role – playing alongside the likes of Mesut Ozil and Arsenal’s £50million new striker Alexandre Lacazette.
It caps an amazing six months for the player signed months earlier by the Pitmen – and found out he was being made redundant by luxury car-maker Bentley just weeks before his dream move was done.
