Quote: vastman "Makes him a third of one doesn't it. OK if they are the rules he's yours on a technicality.
I don't mind because clearly he means that much to you so have him on the house as I think he's pretty poor tbh.'"
It is much of a muchness but homegrown is generally defined as those players who have spent 3 years or more at a club before 21 or where they made their first team debut.
Otherwise we could be here arguing the toss about which academy contributed to a player when in reality it could be many.
So you would be correct in that Larne Patrick wouldn't be ours despite being from Ponte and that I went to school with him.