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ROMAINE AIMS FOR TOP FLIGHT

By John Lyons

BEE HAPPY: Brentford’s Romaine Sawyers celebrates with his team-mates after scoring and, inset, boss Dean Smith
PICTURE: Action Images

ROMAINE Sawyers is hoping his partnership with manager Dean Smith can lead all the way to the Premier League.
It was five years ago this month that a 21-year-old Sawyers joined League One Walsall, then managed by Smith, on loan. At the end of that campaign, the Birmingham- born midfielder was released by West Brom and Smith snapped him up on a permanent basis.
Sawyers flourished with the Saddlers and played more than 150 games in three...

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