Luke Varney began his professional career at Quorn and was bought by Dario Gradi’s Crewe Alexander (song: "There's only one CAFC") in 2003 making 95 appearances and scoring 35 goals.
But, significantly he scored 25 goals in 42 games in Crewe’s 2006-7 season, finishing third-highest scorer in the division that season. He was voted into the League One “Team of the Year”.
Factoid: Luke Varney is no relation to either Peter or Reg Varney.