Journeyman footballers conjure up a wealth of emotions in fans. The term can have negative connotations of a player who perhaps never quite made it to the top, or who is unable to settle at any club for very long, forced to constantly move around in search of a new team.
And yet, fans also revere and respect the journeyman. They have enough talent to play the sport for a living, something only very few can claim, but also must go the extra mile (or sometimes more like a few thousand miles) to keep on living the dream.