Simon Eldershaw
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Eldershaw | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Stone, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Port Vale | 15 | (1) |
| 2005 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 2005 | Leek Town | ||
| 2005–2006 | Nantwich Town | ||
| 2006–2007 | Alsager Town | ||
| 2007 | → Newcastle Town (loan) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Newcastle Town | ||
| 2008 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–201? | Stone Dominoes | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Simon Eldershaw (born 3 December 1983) is an English former professional footballer.
Playing career
Eldershaw started his career with Port Vale, where he gained his first senior goal in a 2–1 reverse at Huddersfield Town on Boxing Day 2004.[1] He was only to make 15 appearances though, before being released by manager Martin Foyle in May 2005.[2]
Following his release he had a trial with Kidderminster Harriers,[3] before having spells with local non-league teams Northwich Victoria, Leek Town, Nantwich Town, Alsager Town and Newcastle Town. He turned out in two league and one FA Cup qualifier game for Kidsgrove Athletic in the 2008–09 season.[4]
He graduated from the Open University with a degree in IT.[5] He became a teacher, and taught in the IT Department at St Thomas More Catholic Academy in Stoke-on-Trent. He later became a teacher at Alleyne's High School in Stone, Staffordshire, also playing for local non-league team Stone Dominoes from August 2009.[6] Stone finished as champions of the North West Counties League Division One in 2009–10, before retraining their Premier Division status in 2010–11 and 2011–12.
Statistics
- Sourced from Simon Eldershaw profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 2002–03 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003–04 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | League One | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Honours
- with Stone Dominoes
- North West Counties Football League Division One champion: 2009–10
References
- ↑ "Huddersfield 2-1 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 26 December 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ↑ "Vale boss Foyle releases quintet". BBC Sport. 9 May 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ↑ "Simon Eldershaw - striker". kidderminsterharriers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ↑ "APPEARANCES SEASON 2008/09". kidsgroveathletic.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ↑ "Non-league: Eldershaw cool on return". The Sentinel. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ↑ "Non-league football: Teen Harrison playing for keeps". The Sentinel. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
