Simon Eldershaw

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Simon Eldershaw
Personal information
Full name Simon Eldershaw [1]
Date of birth (1983-12-03) 3 December 1983 (age 39) [1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England [1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1991–2000 Port Vale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2005 Port Vale 15 (1)
2005 Northwich Victoria
2005–2006 Leek Town 51 (6)
2006 Nantwich Town
2006–2007 Alsager Town
2007 → Newcastle Town (loan)
2007–2008 Newcastle Town
2008 Kidsgrove Athletic 2 (0)
2009–2011 Stone Dominoes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon Eldershaw (born 3 December 1983) is an English former professional footballer.

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Career

Eldershaw started his career with Port Vale, joining the club's centre of excellence at the age of seven after being scouted by Jim Cooper. [3] He scored his first senior goal for the "Valiants" in a 2–1 defeat at Huddersfield Town on Boxing Day 2004. [4] He was only to make 15 appearances though, before being released by manager Martin Foyle in May 2005. [5]

Following his release he had a trial with Kidderminster Harriers, [6] 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. [7]

He graduated from the Open University with a degree in IT. [8] 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. [9] 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.

Career statistics

Source: [10] [11]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeague FA Cup OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 2002–03 Second Division 20000020
2003–04 Second Division00000000
2004–05 League One 1310000131
Total1510000151
Leek Town 2005–06 Northern Premier League
Premier Division		3644161466
2006–07 Northern Premier League
Premier Division		1522010182
Total5166171648

Honours

Stone Dominoes

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References

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  2. ↑ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2004/05". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Eldershaw Keen to Learn". onevalefan.co.uk. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Huddersfield 2-1 Port Vale". BBC Sport . 26 December 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Vale boss Foyle releases quintet". BBC Sport . 9 May 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Simon Eldershaw - striker". kidderminsterharriers.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "APPEARANCES SEASON 2008/09". kidsgroveathletic.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  8. ↑ "Non-league: Eldershaw cool on return". The Sentinel. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Non-league football: Teen Harrison playing for keeps". The Sentinel. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  10. ↑ Simon Eldershaw at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  11. ↑ "PlayerStats - LeekTownSE". leektown.net. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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