Simon Marples
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Marples | ||
Date of birth | 30 July 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Alfreton Town | ||
Youth career | |||
Sheffield Wednesday | |||
Rotherham United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1999 | Stocksbridge | - | (-) |
1999–2006 | Doncaster Rovers | 151 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Chester City | 46 | (0) |
2008– | Alfreton Town | 19 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26/1/2009 |
Simon Marples (born 30 July 1975 in Sheffield) is an English football defender currently signed on a part-time contract at Alfreton Town who play in the Conference North.
Marples was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham United as a youngster.[1] He then joined non-league side Stocksbridge Park Steels in 1994, working his way into the first team after impressive performances in the reserves.[2]
In 1999 Marples moved to Doncaster Rovers for £12,000, which remains a club record fee received for a Stocksbridge player. Marples impressed so much in his early weeks at the club that he attracted interest from Premier League clubs, with Rovers valuing him at more than £200,000.[3]
However, Maples stayed with Rovers and he was part of Doncaster's glory days when they won the Football Conference playoffs and the Division 3 championship in successive seasons from 2003 to 2004.
A notable fact is that Maples never scored in a League or Cup match for Doncaster in 170 appearances.
He signed for Chester in the summer of 2006 on a free transfer and over the next two years would again fail to find the net in more than 50 first–team appearances. In March 2008 he was placed on 'gardening leave' at Chester, believed to be following a dispute over his non-selection in the team.[4] He did not play for the club again and was released at the end of the season.[5]
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- Living people
- 1975 births
- Sportspeople from Sheffield
- Footballers from Sheffield
- English footballers
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Chester City F.C. players
- Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. players
- Alfreton Town F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Association football fullbacks
- National League (English football) players
- English football defender, 1970s birth stubs