Simon Shaw (footballer)

Simon Shaw
Personal information
Full name Simon Robert Shaw[1]
Date of birth (1973-09-21) 21 September 1973[2]
Place of birth Middlesbrough,[2] England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position Right back
Youth career
– Darlington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1998 Darlington 176 (12)
1998–2001 Doncaster Rovers 72 (1)
2001–2004 Barrow
2004–2006 Thornaby
2006 Bishop Auckland
2006–2010 Billingham Synthonia
National team
1999 England semi-pro

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Simon Robert Shaw (born 21 September 1973) is an English former footballer who made 176 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Darlington in the 1990s.[2] He went on to play 72 times in the Conference Premier for Doncaster Rovers,[1][3] and was capped for England semi-professional XI while with the club.[4] He went on to play for Northern Premier League club Barrow,[5] and for other non-league teams including Thornaby,[6] Bishop Auckland,[7] and Billingham Synthonia,[8] where he spent four seasons, scoring 24 goals from 104 appearances,[9] and took the free kick from which James Magowan scored the only goal of the 2009 Durham Challenge Cup final.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Simon Shaw". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Simon Shaw". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 209–10. ISBN 978-1-869833-52-7.
  4. ↑ Metcalf, Rupert (2 April 1999). "Football: Patmore the pride of England's semi-pros". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Lauderdale, N. (27 April 2004). "Maxfield, Anthony sign new AFC deals". North West Evening Mail. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "A Shaw thing". Evening Gazette. Middlesbrough. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bishops make final call". Non League Daily. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Julio set for debut, Liam wants three points". Hartlepool Mail. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "A–Z of 'The Synners' 1945/46–2012/13". Billingham Synthonia FC. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Billingham Synthonia 1, Durham City 0". The Journal. Newcastle. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2014.


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