Their playing careers went in contrasting directions, but Bobby Zamora believes old mate Luke Williams is heading to the top as a coach with Swansea City.
Bobby Zamora went all the way to the England team, while Luke Williams playing career ended without so much as one professional game.
Having played against each other at district level, they became team-mates in an Essex side which also featured the likes of former England and Chelsea defender John Terry, left-back Paul Konchesky, whose long career included spells at Charlton, Fulham, Liverpool and Leicester, as well two England caps, and ex-Norwich and Stoke midfielder Darel Russell.
"We had offers from other places but we said 'shall we just go for an adventure together?'. We said 'let’s do it'. I remember the journey home that day was an absolute buzz."On the pitch, Zamora says, Williams made the bigger impression in their first year with Rovers. "But Luke left professional football. He played Sunday league for his brother's team and did his knee, and that's pretty much what stopped him playing at a very young age."
Bobby Zamora won two caps for England having initially made his name in the lower divisions with Brighton"We were back to having adventures. We weren't doing anything crazy, just young kids having stupid banter. We used to watch films, Anchorman or Friday, over and over again. "He was my best pal and I was in a big old apartment in Canary Wharf on my own. I said 'stop coming round, grab your three shirts and two pairs of trousers that you own and put them in the wardrobe'.""I'd say 'are you not going to iron that?'. Luke would say 'mate, nobody can see in a nightclub anyway, who cares?'. He is really not bothered," Zamora recalled with a smile.
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