Simon Baldry
Personal information
Full name	Simon Jonathan Baldry
Date of birth	12 February 1976 (1976-02-12) (age 33)
Place of birth	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.80m)
Playing position	Winger
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-2003 1998 2003-2004 2008-2009 2009-	Huddersfield Town → Bury (loan) Notts County Ossett Town Bradford Park Avenue	146 (8) 005 (0) 035 (1) 0 ? (?) 016 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:02, 24 Nov 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Baldry (born 12 February 1976 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) is an English footballer currently playing for Bradford Park Avenue. He plays as a winger and his career has been hampered by injury.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Huddersfield Town 1.2 Notts County 1.3 Ossett Town 1.4 Bradford Park Avenue 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Huddersfield Town

Baldry was a youth player at Huddersfield clubs Stile Common and Deighton, and joined his hometown club Huddersfield Town in 1994, when he was 17 years old and spent the next nine years at the club. He won the reserve team Pontins League Player Of The Year Award a number of times,^{[citation needed]}

On 18 April 1994 Baldry scored the goal that saved Hudersfield from relegation from the First Division in the 1997–98 season when they beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0.^[1] Then twelve days later on 30 April he scored the opening goal in their 2-1 win against Blackpool which was the clubs final league game at their former Leeds Road ground, before moving to the Alfred McAlpine Stadium.

Baldry spent a month on loan at Bury in the 1998-99 season making five substitute appearances. He missed some of Hudersield's biggest games through injury, most notably against Liverpool in the Worthington Cup quarter finals in January 2000. In May 2003, Huddersfield, after being relegated from Division Two released nine players including Baldry.^[2]

[edit] Notts County

After initially linking up with Telford United, Baldry signed for Notts County following a short time on trial at the club, who were then in administration and so unable to sign players permanently, on a month-to-month contract on 6 August 2003 under then manager Bill Dearden, with a view to a permanent contract, once the club came out of administration.^[3][4] In his debut season at County, he produced some of the best football of his career and instantly became a fan favourite.

His first start for the club came on 16 August in a 0-1 home defeat to Wrexham^[5] and his first goal came in a 2-1 win over Ipswich Town in the second round of the Carling Cup on 23 September 2003.^[6]

When Steve Jenkins and Clive Platt moved to Peterborough United it was thought that Baldry would follow,^{[citation needed]}, instead he signed a permanent deal on 9 January 2004 until the end of the season, after becoming a regular in the first team.^[7][8]

A few days later Baldry suffered a thigh injury,^[9] and was out of action for nearly two months before playing in a 3-2 win over Brentford on 28 February.^[10] However, he struggled to capture his early season form and was constantly over-shadowed by new partner on the right David Pipe.

On 18 March 2004 he was named in the Football League's "Team of the Week" for Division Two after an impressive performance against Wycombe Wanderers.^[11]

Baldry made a total of 41 appearances in all competitions for County. His last game for the club came when they played Oldham Athletic in the final match of the 2003-04 season, a 1-1 draw on 8 May 2004^[12] before being released by manager Gary Mills at the end of the season. He started training with Boston United, then had a double hernia operation. He had a short trial at Blackpool from September to October 2004.^[4] However, he was injured playing for the club^[13] before returning on trial with the Seasiders in February 2005, again playing for the club's reserve team.^[14] He also appeared for the club in the Lancashire Senior Cup..^[15] After another operation, Baldry again returned on trial with the club in July 2005, joining them on a pre-season trip to the Scottish Highlands,^[16] where he featured in two games. However, injury again hampered his progress. However, he stayed with the club on trial playing in the reserve team from August^[17] to October^[18] before being released.

[edit] Ossett Town

Baldry joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Ossett Town, managed by former Huddersfield Town player Simon Collins on 5 January 2008.^[19]

[edit] Bradford Park Avenue

On the 24th July 2009 Baldry joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Bradford Park Avenue.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Simon Baldry career stats at Soccerbase

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