Simon Fox (footballer)

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Simon Fox
Personal information
Full name Simon Michael Fox [1]
Date of birth (1977-08-28) 28 August 1977 (age 46) [1]
Place of birth Basingstoke, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Basingstoke Town
Fleet Town
Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 (0)
1997–???? Hastings Town
St Leonards
Rye & Iden United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon Michael Fox (born 28 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion. [1]

Life and career

Fox was born in 1977 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, [1] and played youth football for Basingstoke Town and Fleet Town before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion as a schoolboy. He made his first-team debut on 23 April 1994, at the age of 16 years 238 days, in a Football League Second Division match at home to Fulham, becoming the youngest player to play in a competitive match for the club in peacetime. He turned professional in 1995, and made 24 appearances before being released at the end of the 1996–97 season. [2] He went on to play non-league football for clubs including Hastings Town, St Leonards and Rye & Iden United. [3] [4]

Fox's older brother Mark played alongside him for Brighton & Hove Albion and for St Leonards. [2] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Simon Fox". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-9521337-1-1.
  3. ↑ "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 St Leonards FC Season Review 2000–2001 (PDF). St Leonards F.C. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 17 September 2018.


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