The 21-year-old joined Palace as a youngster and came up through the ranks to make his debut during the 2002/2003 campaign. He has made four first team appearances for The Eagles. Although Sam found first team opportunities limited at Selhurst Park, he excelled during loan spells with Oxford United and Northampton Town during the 2004/2005 campaign. He made five appearances for Oxford and then a further ten at Sixfields. Sam joined Port Vale on loan last season and proved himself to be a excellent performer at League One level, putting in a goalscoring performance against The Reds at Vale Park in January 2006. He turned out 30 times for Vale, netting four goals. Sam put pen-to-paper on a deal keeping him at Oakwell until the summer of 2008. |
