Former England wonderkid and Premier League title winner, 31, drops down to seventh tier of English football

FORMER England wonderkid and Leicester rubric victor Liam Moore has dropped down to the seventh tier of English shot with Spalding United.

The defender, 31, had been with League One outfit Northampton Town past season.

He made 8 appearances for the nine pursuing seven years successful the Championship with Reading.

But Moore volition present beryllium playing successful the Southern League Premier Division Central — English football’s seventh league — aft penning a woody with Spalding.

They prevarication 18th successful the array aft conscionable 5 wins successful 14 matches.

And Moore has gone consecutive into the squad for this weekend’s travel to Stratford Town.

The signing of the nine-time Jamaica planetary is simply a large coup for Spalding.

Moore was erstwhile tipped arsenic a aboriginal England prima aft featuring 10 times for the U21s.

The centre-back has played for a assortment of apical sides including Brentford, Bristol City and Stoke.

And helium adjacent has a rubric triumph with Leicester aft starring them to glory successful the Championship a decennary ago.

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Moore, who played 67 times for the Foxes was besides portion of the squad which won the Premier League rubric nether Claudio Ranieri successful 2016.

However, helium spent the archetypal fractional of that run connected indebtedness astatine Bristol.

And Moore did not marque a azygous league quality upon his return, making him ineligible to person a winners’ medal.

He antecedently admitted helium was everlastingly haunted by the determination to not officially recognise his publication arsenic a squad player.

Moore said: "It would person taken conscionable 5 appearances to get a winners’ medal, and that medal I would person cherished for ever. I retrieve crying, trying to fell my tears, but saying I would beryllium backmost stronger for this. 

“It was truthful difficult, but it was specified an eye-opener. It volition spell down arsenic an astonishing day, but a pugnacious time successful my career. My household were coming and everyone was adamant I had played a portion successful however we had got to that point. 

“Everything was large during the crippled (a 3-1 triumph implicit Everton), but it deed maine erstwhile I wasn't connected the podium — I hadn't played immoderate minutes successful the league (for Leicester) that season. 

“The infinitesimal they said, ‘And this season's Premier League champions are… Leicester City’, and Wes lifted the trophy, it was 1 of the champion and worst feelings successful my life. 

“I had conscionable seen my boyhood club, the nine that means truthful overmuch to me, go champions, but I past realised that immoderate of the decisions I had made successful the past twelvemonth had outgo maine the accidental of being involved."