Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ryan Lee Baldacchino (born 13 January 1981 in Leicester) is an English/Maltese/Italian midfielder . Ryan started his footballing career at Blackburn Rovers in 1996 as a promising right and left winger. He went on to win the U17 Premier League and reach the FA youth cup final against Everton playing against a strong team in front of 25,000 that consisted of Leon Osman, Francis Jeffers, Richard Dunne and Michael Ball. Ryan went on to become a reserve team regular in forthcoming seasons and was rewarded with a four year professional contract. He soon transferred to Premier League rival Bolton Wanderers. Sam Allardyce made Ryan a late signing in March 2000 as comparisons to fellow ex teammates Damian Duff and David Dunn were made by his new boss and assistant Phil Brown.