Jamie Mitchell

Jamie Mitchell (born 6 November 1976) is a Scottish former footballer. Mitchell began his career playing with Rangers BC and his services as a youngster were sought after. He made the decision to sign with Norwich City, moving down with his parents at the age of 12 to England from Glasgow to sign for the East Anglian club who bought his parents a house to land the youngster. Having come through the successful youth system at Carrow Road alongside players like Danny Mills and Craig Bellamy winning several high profile youth tournaments including the prestigious Northern Ireland Milk Cup, Mitchell signed his first professional contract in 1995 under new manager Martin O'Neill, despite starring in the youth and reserve teams he failed to make a first team appearance whilst seemingly having the skill and technical level required he was deemed too lightweight to make an impact on the English Premier league and was surprisingly released from the Canaries who were going through a financial crisis in 1996. The assistant manager at Norwich Mick Wadsworth recognised Mitchell's potential and took him to English Div 3 side Scarborough F.C after Wadsworth had taken over the north east coast club, Mitchell joined for a 2-year spell, playing over 75 games winning a player of the year award and playing in the side that reached the Division 3 play off finals. Scarborough had mounting financial issues brewing and Mitchell left at the end of his contract in 1998.