Former Town striker Connor Wickham is training with Championship side Watford’s academy.

Wickham, now 31, has been without a club since leaving Charlton in the summer having made two starts and two sub appearances for the Addicks, scoring once, in a short stint at the end of last season.

The one-time Town academy product recently joined up with the Hornets’ youth set-up in order to get fit while also working with their young players.

It’s not expected that his time at Vicarage Road will lead to a contract offer, however, he has featured twice listed as a trialist for their U21s, scoring a 30-minute hat-trick in a 3-0 away win at Colchester last week, then netting again in a 2-2 draw at Brentford earlier today.

Wickham came through the Town academy and became the club's youngest-ever first-team player when he made his debut in April 2009 aged 16 years and 11 days.

The England U21 international departed for Sunderland for an initial £8.1 million fee in the summer of 2011, then, having had spells on loan at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United, he moved on to Crystal Palace in 2015.

Another spell with the Owls followed before he was released by the Eagles in the summer of 2021 when he joined Preston.

Short stints with the MK Dons, Forest Green Rovers and Cardiff City followed before he joined Charlton in March last year.

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Linkboy13 added 17:39 - Feb 12 I feel sure without all the injuries he would have played for England . Liam Delap has been very impressive this season in a struggling team but Wickham at the same age was exceptional and didn't really have a weakness expect possibly lacking a yard of pace.
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LegendofthePhoenix added 18:43 - Feb 12 why is this even a story?
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WINNERWILNIS2 added 19:34 - Feb 12 Legend of the phoenix.. Once a blue always a blue !!!
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Edmundo added 20:08 - Feb 12 One of our own. If he'd been born 10 years later he might be our striker we need in the Premier League. Or he might have got sold to Man City aged 15.
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Tampa_Florida_Blue added 20:45 - Feb 12 Legend of the phoenix. Just like anyone coming to this site, there are no rules on which stories you read. Why are you reading this story if it do not interest yourself. There is only one person to blame for reading a story you have no interest in, Legend of the phoenix. Hope you find a club Conner and can stay injury free.
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BobbyBell added 10:07 - Feb 13 LegendofthPhoenix. This site is not run simply for you, there are thousands of town fans who would be very interested in how Conner is doing. The headline explains the article very clearly so you didn't have to read it or criticise it.
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Taricco_Fan added 11:19 - Feb 13 Slow news day.
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RaymondovicBlue added 11:21 - Feb 13 wasn't that long ago that there would have been several posts saying "sign him up" in this circumstance!! :-)
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muccletonjoe added 13:55 - Feb 13 He was very special as a teenager. I felt sure he would be an England player at that stage. Shame his career was blighted by injury.
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bringmeaKuqi added 14:00 - Feb 13 I hope Delap has the career that Wickham should have had. Such a shame he had so may injuries. He showed a real spark in the prem with Sunderland before his injuries.
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Alphawhiskey added 14:03 - Feb 13 Average at best. If he was that good he would still be starting each game for a club. Had bags of potential, well built, lacked pace. Still nice to see he is still about though. He was a unit when 16, but never kicked on like we thought he would. COYB
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