A former Nottingham Forest goalkeeper has been interviewed for a new book about the legendary scout who found him.

Jim Barron is just one of the 114 players who Mark Crook discovered as a youngster and helped on their way into professional football.

Though from the North East originally, Jim was picked up by Crook's vast network of scouts and invited down to South Yorkshire for a trial.

His aim was to earn the golden ticket to Wolves, who Crook ran a feeder team for, and he was quickly snapped up by the bosses at Molineux.

Barron was to make his name at Oxford United and then moved to Forest in 1970.

He spent four seasons with the club and became known as a solid and dependable 'keeper.

A move to the USA came in 1977 and it was with the Connecticut Bicentennials where Barron played against the biggest name in football in Pele.

Barron has been interviewed for a forthcoming book about his early days in the game by Barnsley Chronicle journalist, Ashley Ball.

Ashley said: "Jim's journey started a long time ago and only last season, even aged 81, he was still involved in football, coaching at Bath City.

"Jim had a great career and I'm sure Forest fans of a certain age will remember him fondly.

"Jim knew that his path to Wolverhampton depended on impressing Mark Crook and like Ron Flowers and Roy Swinbourne before him, he did just that."

Mark regularly raided the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire area for players too with the likes of Jimmy Conde (Worksop), John Galley (Clowne) and Jimmy McVeigh (Bamford) also among his finds as well as England internationals in Cyril Knowles, Terry Cooper and Alan Sunderland.

Feeding The Wolves is available to pre-order now and will be out in early December.

You can pre-order a copy through visiting: dondearneschoolfootball.wordpress.com/mark-crooks-wath-wolves/

All profits from the book are heading to Brampton United JFC and The Wolves Foundation.