Sammy Igoe

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Sammy Igoe
Personal information
Full name Samuel Gary Igoe
Date of birth (1975-09-30) 30 September 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Staines-upon-Thames, England [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2000 Portsmouth 160 (11)
2000–2003 Reading 87 (7)
2003 → Luton Town (loan) 2 (0)
2003–2005 Swindon Town 79 (9)
2005–2006 Millwall 5 (0)
2006 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 11 (1)
2006–2008 Bristol Rovers 61 (1)
2008 → Hereford United (loan) 4 (0)
2008–2010 AFC Bournemouth 49 (3)
2010–2012 Havant & Waterlooville 65 (5)
2012–2014 Gosport Borough 53 (2)
2014 → Bognor Regis Town (loan)
Total576(39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Gary Igoe (born 30 September 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder during his career. He represented the England national beach soccer team.

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Career

He started his career with Portsmouth, and after spells with Reading, Luton Town and Swindon Town. Igoe signed for Millwall in August 2005 [2] but he struggled to maintain a first team place after Steve Claridge was sacked as manager.

Sammy Igoe rolls in Bristol Rovers' third goal to seal their promotion to League One (Igoe not pictured). Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town, League 2 Play Off Final, Wembley 2007 (517546477).jpg
Sammy Igoe rolls in Bristol Rovers' third goal to seal their promotion to League One (Igoe not pictured).

Igoe impressed Bristol Rovers manager Paul Trollope during a loan spell at the club at the end of the 2005–06 season, and in the summer of 2006 he signed for the club on a permanent basis. [3]

The next season, he became a regular in midfield. The highlight of the season came right at the end, he scored the last goal in the play-off final, in the 3–1 win against Shrewsbury Town at Wembley Stadium, on 26 May, running 60 yards to score it into an empty net, after the Shrewsbury goalkeeper had gone to the other goal to try to score an equaliser. [4]

Igoe was given a loan spell at Hereford United, joining on 27 March 2008. When he returned from his loan spell at the end of the 2007–08 season he was released from his contract with Bristol Rovers, along with Chris Carruthers. [5]

Igoe then signed a one-year contract with AFC Bournemouth after impressing whilst on trial.

On 10 May 2010, Igoe was released from Bournemouth having not being offered a new contract. On 30 June, he signed a one-year contract with Havant & Waterlooville with an option for another year.

In July 2012, having made 65 appearances for Havant & Waterlooville and scored 5 goals, Igoe signed for newly promoted Southern League Premier Division side Gosport Borough. [6]

On 27 March 2014, it was announced that Igoe had joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Bognor Regis Town on loan. [7]

International career

Igoe was a part of the England beach soccer team that finished in third-place at the inaugural 1995 Beach Soccer World Championships. [8]

Honours

Bristol Rovers

Gosport Borough

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References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN   978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ↑ "Igoe completes move to Millwall". BBC Sport. 19 July 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  3. ↑ "Midfielder Igoe seals Rovers move". BBC Sport. 29 July 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "Walker brace tames Shrews as Rovers enjoy final flourish". The Guardian. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rovers release Igoe & Carruthers". BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
  6. ↑ "Gosport Borough Football Club – Official Site". gosportboroughfc.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Pompey midfielder joins Rocks – Bognor Regis Observer". bognor.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Allen, Neil (6 November 2020). "Sammy Igoe: How Copacabana Beach, Zico and Frank Worthington marked resurrection of my Portsmouth career". Portsmouth News. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. ↑ Hughes, Ian (1 April 2007). "Bristol Rovers 2–3 Doncaster Rovers AET". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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