A wani bayan rana guda a watan Maris 2019, 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa biyu masu ƙuruciya suna ci kwallaye a gaban 'yan kallo ɗari kaɗan a ƙananan matakan gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila. Babu ɗaya daga cikinsu da zai iya tunanin cewa, shekaru bakwai bayan haka, za su yi bikin tashi zuwa Premier League a matsayin manyan gine-ginen nasara ta Coventry City a Championship.

Brandon Thomas-Asante, wanda yake da shekaru 20 a lokacin, ya ci kwallo don Oxford City a cikin hasarar 5-3 da Hampton & Richmond Borough a National League South — a gaban kusan 'yan kallo 500. Kusa da sa'a guda daga wurin, Ephron Mason-Clark ɗan shekara 19 ya ci kwallo don Barnet a cikin hasarar 2-1 da Gateshead a National League a gaban ƴan kallo fiye da 650 kaɗan.

Tafiya ta shekaru goma

Shekaru bakwai bayan haka, a lokacin Championship na 2025-26, biyu sun haɗu don kwallaye 36 don mayar da Sky Blues zuwa babbar gasar na farko a cikin shekaru 25. Gudummuwarsu a wasan gida na ƙarshe — lokacin da suka haɗu don bude zura kwallo, Mason-Clark yana shirya wa Thomas-Asante kafin su duka biyu ci — ya ji kamar adalci na waƙa.