Failed Crystal Palace feeder team coach has since launched multi-million-pound business

While Crystal Palace Baltimore began as a dream, it ended up being a nightmare when reality sunk in over how to run the club.

When former midfielder Jim Cherneski from the USA had a chance meeting with a representative from Crystal Palace back on a college tour in 2006, there was no doubt plenty of excitement and jubilation over how the Eagles could soar in the States. With club executives making regular trips across the pond over the following year, it ultimately led to the creation of Crystal Palace Baltimore.

Cherneski became their head coach, also playing when needed - but they dissolved just four years into their inception in 2010. However, he was determined not to make that his lasting legacy in football and has since rewritten his pathway in the sport.

With the dust barely settling following the decline of Crystal Palace Baltimore, Cherneski was already making his next move. After being told by Palace that he would not be getting paid and having already used up his savings and credit cards, all he had left was a bright scheme that would flourish into a multi-million-pound company.

A sock designed to eradicate slipping sounds like a fairly innocuous idea but it was one that had not been thought of before Cherneski dreamt it up while experiencing trouble with his own footwear. After getting a patent for his design in 2010, the company took off exponentially and soon they had their first Premier League player donning the socks - Victor Moses.

Cherneski told The Set Pieces : "For the next year I worked on the product every day and regularly met the players from Crystal Palace who were trying to get a new club and stay fit. We’d go out and hold training sessions and test whatever I made in my house.

"We even