Troy Archibald-Henville, Tottenham's reserve team captain during
2007/8, joined Norwich City on a season long loan on 8th August
2008 following an injury to central defender Gary
Doherty.
A product of Spurs' academy, Troy joined Spurs' Academy full-time
ahead of the 2005-06 season having performed well enough for their
Academy in four matches in 2004-05 to gain a place in the FA Youth
Cup squad in 2005. He had to overcome serious injury to make his
mark in the 2006-07 season when he made 18 appearances for Spurs'
Under-18s, eight at reserve level and was on the bench for Tottenham
at West Ham. In 2007/8, Troy made 15 reserve appearances in total,
scoring two goals He was on the bench for two first team matches.
Troy returned to Spurs in November 2008 without making an appearance
for Norwich although City can recall him. Roeder said "With
Troy, we had him watched and asked the question whether he could
cope with the Championship this year and the people at Tottenham
believed he could. Unfortunately, in my opinion Troy wasn't ready
to make the step up.
In January 2009, Troy was loaned to Exeter City where he made
19 appearances. On 24th July 2009, he was loaned again to Exeter
this time for 6 months. After briefly returning to Spurs in January
2010, Troy made a return to Exeter on a permanent basis
Exeter were relegated to League Two on 28th April 2012