Fabian Caballero (1998/99)
Having signed on loan from Cerro Porteno of Paraguay in October 1998 until
the end of the season, Fabian only made a single league appearance for
Arsenal and his loan deal never resulted in a permanent move. He went back
to Paraguay in the summer of 1999 to join Atletico Tembetary and later went
on to play for another Paraguayan club, Sol de America, before returning to
Great Britain to play for Scottish Premier League side Dundee in the summer
of 2000 on a one-year loan deal. He scored 7 league goals in 18 games
during 2000/01, with the club finishing in sixth position under the reign
of player-boss Ivano Bonetti. In May 2001, Dundee signed Fabian from Sol de
America on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
Gus Caesar (1985/86-1989/90)
Gus Caesar was released on a free transfer at the end of the 1990/91 season
and joined Cambridge United of Division One during the 1991/92 pre-season.
He stayed at the Abbey Stadium for only two months without making a single
league appearance before moving to Second Division Bristol City (10 league
appearances) on a free transfer in September 1991 and finished the 1991/92
season with Airdrie, who he also joined on a free transfer. Gus made 57
league appearances for the Scottish Premier League outfit, staying until
the summer of 1994 when he signed for Third Division Colchester United on a
free transfer. His spell with Colchester lasted for two seasons and
consisted of 62 league appearances, his last coming on Saturday, May 4,
1996 at Layer Road in a 1-0 victory over Doncaster Rovers. Gus was released
on a free transfer in the summer of 1996 and decided to take up a career
playing football in Hong Kong. He played for Golden of the Hong Kong First
Division in 1996/97 and for Hong Kong First Division side Rangers during
the 2000/01 season.
Kevin Campbell (1987/88-1994/95)
Kevin Campbell joined Nottingham Forest (80 league appearances) for
£2,500,000 in the 1995/96 pre-season, having lost his place in the Arsenal
first-team during 1994/95 and being forced further down the pecking order
following the summer arrival of Dennis Bergkamp. In August 1995, he
equalised for Nottingham Forest in a 1-1 draw at Highbury, one of 9
Premiership goals that he scored for the club before relegation at the end
of 1996/97. Kevin helped steer Nottingham Forest towards the Division One
Championship during 1997/98 and scored 23 league goals along the way to
ensure Premiership football returned to the City Ground during 1998/99.
That earned him a £2,500,000 move to Turkish First Division side
Trabzonspor in the summer of 1998 but the striker became unsettled in
Turkey having allegedly received racial abuse during his stay. He joined
Everton on loan until the end of the season in March 1999 and saved the
club from possible relegation by scoring 9 goals in 8 league games. Kevin
signed on a permanent basis during the summer of 1999 in a £3,000,000 deal,
scoring 12 league goals in 26 games during 1999/00 with the club finishing
in thirteenth position. Normal service was resumed a season later as
Everton were once again fighting against relegation, with Kevin scoring 9
league goals in 29 games. During March 2001, he signed a new contract to
keep him at the club until 2005 and was later made club captain in the
summer of 2001.
Jimmy Carter (1991/92-1994/95)
In the summer of 1995, Arsenal released Jimmy Carter on a free transfer
having made only 25 league appearances since his £500,000 move from
Liverpool in October 1991. He signed for First Division Portsmouth (72
league appearances) later that summer and after surviving relegation on the
final day of the 1995/96 season on goal-difference, 'Pompey' finished in
seventh position during 1996/97. In September 1997, he was subject to a
£200,000 bid from First Division Charlton Athletic, who would later be
promoted that season via the play-offs, but stayed at Portsmouth until the
end of the 1997/98 season before being released on a free transfer at the
end of the season. In the summer of 1998, he re-signed for Second Division
Millwall, the club who he left in January 1991 for a dream £800,000 move to
First Division Champions Liverpool. Millwall were also the club who
Portsmouth survived in the First Division at the expense of in 1995/96 as
Portsmouth won 1-0 at Huddersfield on the final day of the season to
survive relegation by having a superior goal-difference. Jimmy started the
first 16 league games with Millwall during 1998/99 but his last league
appearance in English football was to be that sixteenth league game, a 1-1
draw against Oldham Athletic at the New Den on Saturday, October 31, 1998.
He was ruled out for the remainder of the season with a serious back injury
and announced his retirement from the game in the summer of 1999 having
been released by Millwall at the end of the season on a free transfer.
(1994/95-1995/96)
Adrian Clarke signed for newly-relegated Second Division side Southend
United in the summer of 1997 on a free transfer. During 1997/98, the club
suffered its second successive relegation season although on a personal
scale, Adrian was nearly ever-present in the team, making 45 league
appearances. He only made four league appearances throughout the 1999/00
campaign for Southend, his last in league football coming on Saturday, May
6, 2000 in a 2-1 victory at home to Cheltenham Town. Adrian had previously
joined Carlisle United of Division Three during 1999/00, where he made 7
league appearances on loan. Having been released by Southend on a free
transfer in the summer of 2000, Adrian joined Football Conference side
Stevenage Borough during the 2000/01 pre-season.
Andrew Cole (1990/91)
Andrew Cole left Arsenal in the summer of 1992 to join Bristol City of
Division One for £500,000 and had the weight of expectation on his
shoulders. During 1992/93, he scored 12 goals in 29 league games for
Bristol City and earned himself a £1,300,000 move to Newcastle United in
February 1993. Andrew helped 'The Magpies' on their way to winning the
Division One Championship, scoring 12 goals in 12 games before the end of
the season, and was joined at Newcastle by Peter Beardsley for the 1993/94
season. Andrew was top goal-scorer in the Premiership during 1993/94 with
34 league goals in 40 games and helped the club reach third place, scoring
in Newcastle's 2-0 win over Arsenal at St James' Park on the final day of
the league season. Having scored 9 league goals in 18 games for Newcastle
during 1994/95, he joined Premiership Champions Manchester United for
£6,000,000 in January 1995, with Keith Gillespie, valued at £250,000,
moving in the opposite direction. Manchester United failed to win the
league that season and although they won the Double in 1995/96 and the
Premiership again in 1996/97, Andrew did not really begin to find his goal-
scoring boots at the club until 1997/98. He bagged 15 league goals in 33
games but it was Arsenal, his former club, who went on to win the League
Championship with two games to spare. During 1998/99, Andrew formed a
successful strike-partnership with Dwight Yorke and the pair scored 35
league goals between them, with Andrew bagging 17 in winning the
Championship. United also won the League Championship, FA Cup and European
Cup during 1999/00 with Andrew scoring 19 league goals. He scored his first
goal for England on his thirteenth appearance, a 3-1 victory in Albania
during March 2001 and soon to follow was a third successive League
Championship for Manchester United. Andrew scored 10 league goals in 19
games during 2000/01, and had to once again compete for a first-team place
with Dwight Yorke, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham.
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