Drew Talbot
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Talbot
Date of birth	19 July 1986 (1986-07-19) (age 23)
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Chesterfield
Number	25
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2007 2007 2007–2009 2009 2009–	Sheffield Wednesday → Scunthorpe United (loan) Luton Town → Chesterfield (loan) Chesterfield	29 (4) 03 (1) 49 (3) 17 (2) 16 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Drew Talbot (born 19 July, 1986 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire) is an English footballer currently playing as a striker for Chesterfield.

[edit] Career

Talbot started his career at Sheffield Wednesday, promoted through the academy in 2003–04. Often used as a substitute, he scored five goals in Wednesday's 2004–05 promotion season including one at Cardiff in the Football League One play-off final.

The following season proved a disappointment for Talbot, as a back injury ruled him out for most of the year. After his impressive first full season at Hillsborough, he was not to play again until September 2006, where he made a substitute appearance against Derby County in a 2–1 home defeat. During the January 2007 transfer window, Talbot signed on loan to League One side Scunthorpe United, scoring one goal in three games. However, his loan deal was cut short as he was instead transferred to Luton Town for a fee of £250,000.

He made his debut for Luton on 27 January, 2007 against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup. Talbot scored his first goal for Luton on his home league debut against his old club Sheffield Wednesday on 20 February, 2007, as well as forcing former team-mate Tommy Spurr to score an own goal. Despite a decent goal return he was unable to stop Luton avoiding relegation.

After an epic performance against Liverpool he was labelled the "Ginger Maradona".^[1]Plymouth Argyle reportedly bid for Talbot and his strike partner Calvin Andrew. Talbot himself turned down a move to Italian side Brescia on transfer deadline day. ^[1]

Talbot suffered a serious knee injury in March 2008 against Cheltenham Town. He returned to full training in November 2008, and made eleven appearances for Luton in the 2008-2009 season, but scored no goals.

On 27 January 2009, he joined Chesterfield on loan until the end of the season,^[2] as one more league appearance for Luton would have resulted in a wage rise for Talbot.^[3] His debut came the next day, in the starting line up for a 2-1 win against Exeter at Saltergate. Three days later, he scored against Notts Country to give Chesterfield victory. In total, Talbot played seventeen games in his loan spell, scoring twice.

On 29 July 2009, Talbot joined Chesterfield on a two-year contract after failing to agree to a new deal at Luton.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Drew Talbot career stats at Soccerbase

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