 Other players to emerge from Sear's youth system and enjoy successful league careers include Brian Croft, twins Paul and Ron Futcher, Chris Lightfoot, Robbie Painter, Mike Williams and Colin Woodthorpe.After leaving Chester in acrimonious circumstances in 1987, Sear joined arch-rivals Wrexham and helped revamp the club's youth policy.Many of the players he helped bring through the ranks with Wrexham went on to play in the club's numerous giantkilling acts in the 1990s.