Rob Purdie

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Personal information
Rob Purdie
Full name	Robert Purdie
Date of birth	September 28, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73m)
Nickname	Purds
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hereford United
Number	6
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2002 2002-	Leicester City Hereford United	0 (0) 176 (21)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Rob Purdie (born 28 September 1982 in Leicester) is an English footballer who currently plays for Hereford United. He is the longest serving player currently at the club, with over 200 first team appearances, and is the club captain.

Purdie is a versatile player who plays primarily as an attacking midfielder, but he can also play in central midfield, in the 'hole' or as a striker. He has also been known to play in defence on several occasions when the need arose.

He began his career at Leicester City where he played for the U19 and reserve teams. In his final season he played several matches for Hereford's reserves before signing for them in July 2002. In his first season at Hereford most of his appearances were as a substitute, but as the season progressed he started matches more regularly. He started the 2003-04 season playing alongside Steve Guinan up front, a partnership that saw the team top the Conference in the first part of the season. He moved back into midfield for the latter part of that season, finishing with 9 goals from 41 appearances. Unfortunately the team failed to progress in the playoffs despite finishing the season with 91 points and equalling the record for goals scored in a season.

The 2004-05 season was less successful as he was in and out of the side due to injuries, and Hereford again missed out in the playoffs. The 2005-06 season saw Rob make more appearances than any other Hereford player, he missed only one match due to injury. His season finished with an eventful playoff final in his home city of Leicester. While Halifax were taking the lead he was off the field receiving treatment, after he got knocked in the face. This broke his front teeth, and the bleeding from this caused him to change his shirt 3 times during the match. In the second half he had a decent shout for a penalty which was not given, when he went down in the penalty area. Not that it mattered, as Hereford went on to win the match.

He signed a new contract in June 2006 and was made club captain after the departure of Tony James. This season he has missed just two first team matches and has scored nine goals. Eight of these were from the penalty spot, including one against his former club Leicester in the Carling Cup. However he lost his 100% penalty record when he missed against Torquay. Recently he has been playing in the position of left-back, in preference to other established defenders at the club, underlining his versatility as a player.

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Hereford United Player Statistics 2006-07

Hereford United F.C. - Current Squad
1 Brown \| 2 Travis \| 3 Thomas \| 4 Rose \| 5 Mkandawire \| 6 Purdie \| 8 Ferrell \| 9 Sills \| 10 Fleetwood \| 12 Connell \| 14 Thompson \| 15 Gwynne \| 16 Williams \| 17 Giles \| 18 McClenahan \| 19 Palmer \| 20 Jeannin \| 21 Webb \| 22 Fitzpatrick \| 23 Gulliver \| 24 Guinan \| 25 Smith \| 28 Beckwith \| 30 Lewis \| 31 Jennings \| Manager: Turner