Simon Russell (footballer)
![]() Russell in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Craig Russell[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 March 1985||
Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2002 | Hull City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Hull City | 1 | (0) |
2004–2008 | Kidderminster Harriers | 134 | (14) |
2008–2010 | York City | 24 | (0) |
2009 | → Tamworth (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2010 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Cambridge United | 31 | (6) |
2011–2012 | Lincoln City | 26 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Alfreton Town | 15 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Gainsborough Trinity | 125 | (26) |
2016–2018 | North Ferriby United | 20 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Gainsborough Trinity | 1 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Tadcaster Albion | 30 | (4) |
Total | 433 | (52) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Simon Craig Russell (born 19 March 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He previously played in the Football League for Hull City and Kidderminster Harriers before moving into Non-League with York City, Tamworth, Cambridge United, Lincoln City, Alfreton Town and North Ferriby United and Gainsborough Trinity.
Career
[edit]Born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Russell began his career as a trainee at Hull City.[1] He made his first-team debut after coming on as a 60th minute substitute in a Football League Trophy match against Port Vale on 22 October 2002, which was lost 3–1.[2] He made his league debut in the Third Division in a 4–1 victory against Kidderminster Harriers on 26 April 2003.[2] He made no appearances for Hull's first team during the 2003–04 season,[3] but helped the reserve team win the East Riding Senior Cup after scoring in the final, which finished 3–0.[4] He was released by Hull in the summer of 2004 after making two substitute appearances for the club, and was signed by League Two club Kidderminster in July 2004 on a two-year contract, whose manager Jan Mølby described him as, "... [having] a tremendous engine and is likely to pop up with a goal or two."[5]
He finished his first season aft Kidderminster with 29 appearances and 2 goals as they were relegated to the Conference National.[6] He received a broken wrist in November 2005 that ruled him out for three months of 2005–06,[7] but made his return after two months when he featured as a 63rd-minute substitute against Altrincham on 2 January 2006.[8] He finished the season with 35 appearances and 2 goals.[8] After making 52 appearances and scoring 6 goals in 2006–07,[9] he signed a new one-year contract with the club, which saw him become their longest serving current player.[10] He picked up a thigh injury that ruled him out of the beginning of 2007–08 and returned to action in a 3–1 victory against Droylsden on 18 September 2007.[11][12] He finished the season with 36 appearances and 6 goals.[13]
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Having made three appearances for Kidderminster up to that point in 2008–09,[14] Russell signed for fellow Conference Premier club York City on a free transfer on 22 August 2008.[15] He made his debut a day later as a 54th-minute substitute in a 2–2 draw against Northwich Victoria.[16] He suffered from a tight hamstring during York's match against Grays Athletic in December,[17] which resulted in him missing the Histon match.[18] He scored his first goal for York directly from a corner kick in a 3–1 defeat to Barrow in the Conference League Cup on 20 January 2009.[16] He came on as a substitute in the 2009 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium on 9 May 2009, which York lost 2–0 to Stevenage Borough.[16] Russell turned down loan moves to two Conference North clubs in September 2009, as he wanted to stay and fight for his place at York.[19]
He joined York's Conference Premier rivals Tamworth on 17 September 2009 on a one-month loan,[20] after failing to play any matches for York up to that point in 2009–10.[21] The loan was extended until 1 January 2010 in October.[22] He returned to York on 19 December 2009[23] and joined Cambridge United on loan until the end of 2009–10 on 22 January 2010.[24] He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Crawley Town on 6 February 2010.[25] He returned to York at the end of the season after making 17 appearances on loan at Cambridge,[25] and manager Martin Ling said Russell would be offered a permanent contract by the club if he was to be released by York.[26] He re-signed for Cambridge permanently on a two-year contract on 10 May.[27] Russell started 2010–11 in fine form for Cambridge, scoring his first goal in the 2–2 home draw against Crawley on 17 August[28] and adding four more to lead the club's goalscoring charts in November.[citation needed]
Russell signed for newly relegated Conference Premier club Lincoln City on 20 July 2011 on a one-year contract after he was made available by Cambridge.[29] He finished 2011–12 with 30 appearances and 1 goal for Lincoln[30] before signing for Alfreton Town on a one-year contract on 13 July 2012.[31] He signed for Conference North club Gainsborough Trinity on a free transfer on 10 January 2013.[32]
Russell signed for newly promoted National League club North Ferriby United on 14 June 2016.[33] In January 2018 Russell re-joined Gainsborough Trinity.
Russell signed for Tadcaster Albion ahead of the 2020–21 season.[34] In June 2022, Russell announced his retirement.[35]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 29 April 2017
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hull City | 2002–03[2] | Third Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2003–04[3] | Third Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Kidderminster Harriers | 2004–05[6] | League Two | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
2005–06[8] | Conference National | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
2006–07[9] | Conference National | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 9[c] | 2 | 52 | 6 | ||
2007–08[13] | Conference Premier | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[d] | 1 | 36 | 7 | ||
2008–09[14] | Conference Premier | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 134 | 14 | 4 | 0 | — | 17 | 3 | 155 | 17 | |||
York City | 2008–09[16] | Conference Premier | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[e] | 1 | 33 | 1 | |
2009–10[21] | Conference Premier | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 33 | 1 | |||
Tamworth (loan) | 2009–10[36] | Conference Premier | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
Cambridge United (loan) | 2009–10[25] | Conference Premier | 15 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Cambridge United | 2010–11[30] | Conference Premier | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 3[c] | 1 | 37 | 8 | |
Total | 46 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 54 | 8 | |||
Lincoln City | 2011–12[30] | Conference Premier | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[c] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
Alfreton Town | 2012–13[30] | Conference Premier | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Gainsborough Trinity | 2012–13[30] | Conference North | 15 | 4 | — | — | 4[c] | 1 | 19 | 5 | ||
2013–14[30][37] | Conference North | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 10 | ||
2014–15[30][38] | Conference North | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
2015–16[30][39] | National League North | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 41 | 5 | ||
Total | 125 | 26 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 139 | 27 | |||
North Ferriby United | 2016–17[30] | National League | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
Career total | 402 | 48 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 461 | 55 |
- ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy
- ^ Two appearances in Football League Trophy, one in FA Trophy
- ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
- ^ Three appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Conference League Cup
- ^ Two appearances and one goal in Conference League Cup, five appearances in FA Trophy
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-85291-651-0.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Simon Russell in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Games played by Simon Russell in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ "Tigers victorious in East Riding Senior Cup Final". Hull City A.F.C. 17 November 2004. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Harriers snap up trio". BBC Sport. 20 July 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Simon Russell in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ "Harriers must do without Russell". BBC Sport. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Simon Russell in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
"Altrincham 3–0 Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
"Kidderminster Harriers 0(0) v (0)1 Grays Athletic". St@tto's Kidderminster Harriers Site. Retrieved 13 December 2012. [dead link] - ^ a b Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2007). Non-League Club Directory 2008. Kingsbridge: Tony Williams Publications. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-1-869833-57-2.
- ^ "Russell signs new Harriers deal". BBC Sport. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Russell steps up comeback efforts". BBC Sport. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Scholesy's back in action". Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
- ^ a b Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2008). Non-League Club Directory 2009. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-869833-59-6.
"Guiseley 1 (1) v (0) 2 Kidderminster". St@tto's Kidderminster Harriers Site. Retrieved 17 February 2017. - ^ a b Williams, Tony; Wright, James, eds. (2009). Non-League Club Directory 2010. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-1-869833-66-4.
- ^ "City land Harriers winger". The Press. York. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d Williams; Wright (eds.). Non-League Club Directory 2010. pp. 162–163.
- ^ Flett, Dave (8 December 2008). "York City boss Martin Foyle admits "we've got problems" after Grays Athletic defeat". The Press. York. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Carroll, Steve (9 December 2008). "Brodie and Sodje add to York City's striking options". The Press. York. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Flett, Dave (2 September 2009). "York City winger Simon Russell turns down switch to Blue Square North". The Press. York. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Tamworth seal Russell loan deal". BBC Sport. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Games played by Simon Russell in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Flett, Dave (27 October 2009). "York City winger Craig Nelthorpe in loan move request". The Press. York. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ^ "'Scholesy' is hoping for a January return". Tamworth Herald. 23 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "York City sign Courtney Pitt on loan from Cambridge". BBC Sport. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Williams; Wright (eds.). Non-League Club Directory 2011. pp. 50–51.
- ^ "Nine players shown Cambridge United door". BBC Sport. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Cambridge United swoop for four new players". BBC Sport. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Cambridge vs Crawley Town". Cambridge United F.C. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.
- ^ "Imps snap up midfielder Russell". Lincoln City F.C. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "S. Russell". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Alfreton sign Lincoln City midfielder Simon Russell". BBC Sport. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Trinity pick up Russell". Non-League Daily. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ Withers, Phil (14 June 2016). "Second new signing and two familiar faces". North Ferriby United A.F.C. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Simon Russell – Tadcaster Albion AFC Tadcaster Albion".
- ^ CLUB CAPTAIN SIMON RUSSELL HANGS UP HIS BOOTS, tadalbion.com, 23 June 2022
- ^ Williams, Tony; Wright, James, eds. (2010). Non-League Club Directory 2011. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-1-869833-68-8.
- ^ Marshall, David (28 September 2013). "Match report: Gainsborough Trinity 2 Rushall Olympic 0". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. Retrieved 23 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
Smith, Kristan. "Leamington 2 Gainsborough Trinity 0". Gainsborough Trinity F.C. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017. - ^ McMillan, Dave. "Gainsborough Trinity 4–0 Marine". Marine F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Pitchero.
Marshall, David (29 November 2014). "Gainsborough Trinity 2 Brackley Town 1: Match report". Lincolnshire Echo. London. Retrieved 3 January 2017.[permanent dead link] - ^ Hinsley, Dawn (26 September 2015). "Gainsborough Trinity 2 Boston United 0: Match report – FA Cup joy for the Blues". Lincolnshire Echo. London. Retrieved 3 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
Willis, Dan (10 October 2015). "Gainsborough overcome Droylsden comeback in FA Cup thriller". Quays News. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
Hobson, Steve. "Gainsborough Trinity 0–0 Ashton United". Ashton United F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Pitchero.
"Gainsborough Trinity sent crashing out of FA Trophy as lower league Ashton United roar back from early setback". Gainsborough Standard. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
External links
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- Simon Russell profile at the North Ferriby United A.F.C. website
- Simon Russell at Soccerbase
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kingston upon Hull
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players
- York City F.C. players
- Tamworth F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Alfreton Town F.C. players
- Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players
- North Ferriby United A.F.C. players
- Tadcaster Albion A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players