Michael Symes

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Michael Symes
Personal information
Date of birth 31 October 1983 (1983-10-31) (age 24)
Place of birth    Great Yarmouth, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Macclesfield Town
on loan from Shrewsbury Town
Number 14
Youth clubs
2000–2002 Everton
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–2004
2004
2004–2006
2006
2006
2006
2006–
2008–		 Everton
→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)
Bradford City
→ Macclesfield Town (loan)
→ Stockport County (loan)
→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Shrewsbury Town
→ Macclesfield Town (loan)		 00 0(0)
04 0(1)
15 0(3)
00 0(0)
01 0(0)
02 0(1)
52 (11)
14 0(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 00:58, 29 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Michael Symes (born 31 October 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays for Macclesfield Town on loan from Shrewsbury Town. He plays as a striker. He started his career as a trainee with Everton, playing in attack with future England international Wayne Rooney. He moved to Bradford City after he failed to break into the Everton side but after two injury-ravaged seasons with Bradford he moved to Shrewsbury Town, following a short loan spell.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Everton

Born in Great Yarmouth, Symes started his career as a trainee at Everton where he reached the final of the 2002 FA Youth Cup, playing up-front with Wayne Rooney.[1] Symes scored 31 goals from 51 games at youth level for Everton but was also hampered by six operations.[2] In March 2004 he joined Crewe Alexandra on loan for the rest of the 2003–04 season making his debut as a substitute against Nottingham Forest on 27 March.[3] He played four games during his loan spell, starting once against Coventry City when he scored his first senior goal in a 3–1 win.[4] A succession of injuries prevented him from breaking into the Everton first team and he was released by David Moyes after just three reserve games for the club.[5][1]

[edit] Bradford City

Crewe manager Dario Gradi decided not to offer a contract to Symes,[6] who instead spent a period on trial at Bradford City, which included an 8–1 pre-season friendly win over Farsley Celtic.[7] With fellow former Everton trainee Steven Schumacher he signed for the League One side in July 2004.[8] He made his Bradford debut in a 2–1 defeat at Hartlepool United on the opening day of the 2004–05 season. Three days later he missed a late penalty which would have secured Bradford victory over Peterborough United in a game in which Symes was also booked.[9] Symes was dropped from the first team after Bradford signed Dele Adebola.[10] When Bradford were allowed special dispensation to sign Neil Roberts, Bradford tried to give Symes a loan transfer to Darlington but the deal was blocked by the Football League.[11] The following month, Symes scored his first goals for Bradford when he came off the bench at half-time to score twice in a 3–1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday on 23 October 2004.[12] They were the only goals he scored that season from just 15 games.[13]

Before the following season started Symes was loaned out to Macclesfield Town for six months,[14] but in July he suffered an ankle injury keeping him out until September.[15] He never played for Macclesfield meaning his action in 2005 was limited to just 35 minutes on New Year's Day.[16] Instead he joined Stockport County in another loan deal in January 2006,[17] where he made his one and only appearance in a 1–1 draw with Torquay United on 31 January 2006. He returned to Bradford and played another three games, scoring in a 1–1 draw with Brentford on 8 April 2006.[18] However his season again ended early when he pulled his hamstring during the draw with Brentford.[19]

[edit] Shrewsbury Town

At the start of the 2006–07 Symes was kept on at Bradford but started the season on loan at Shrewsbury Town.[20] He made his Town debut as a late substitute in the opening game of the season in a 2–2 draw with Mansfield Town.[21] He scored in his second appearance, when he again came on as substitute, as Shrewsbury defeated Boston United 5–0.[22] He started his first game in the League Cup against Birmingham City as Shrewsbury lost 1–0. His move from Bradford was made permanent by the end of the August transfer window. He had started just six games in two seasons with Bradford.[23] He scored the second brace of his career to give Shrewsbury a 2–1 victory over Hereford United in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy first round,[24] a competition in which Shrewsbury eventually reached the southern section semi-final stage.[25] In January 2007 his contract was extended further, lasting until summer 2009.[26] He scored 13 goals in his first season at Shrewsbury, but was also given the first red card of his career in a game against Mansfield Town,[27] as they missed out on promotion when they lost 3–1 to Bristol Rovers in the play-off final at Wembley.[28][29]

Symes was not a regular in the Shrewsbury side at the start of the 2007–08 season,[28] making 12 starts and nine substitute appearances as he scored just three goals. In January 2008 he rejoined Macclesfield Town with defender Neil Ashton on loan until the end of the season.[28] Despite his exit, Shrewsbury manager Gary Peters said the pair could both return to Shrewsbury at the end of the season.[30] He played his first Macclesfield game in a 1–0 defeat to Peterborough on 12 January,[31] and scored his first goal as Macclesfield drew 1–1 with MK Dons on 29 January.[32] It was his only goal in his first eight games and he was dropped for Macclesfield's 3–0 defeat against Peterborough on 23 February when he came on as a substitute in the 44th minute.[33] He returned to the side a week later for new manager Keith Alexander's first match against Notts County when Macclesfield were denied a victory by a late goal from Richard Butcher.[34] While Symes was on loan at Macclesfield, Shrewsbury manager Peters left the club and was replaced with Paul Simpson,[35] who promised Symes and other players out on loan that he would monitor their progress and build his own opinion of them.[36] Macclesfield were involved in a relegation fight during Symes' stay and it was not until a 1–0 victory over Chesterfield on the penultimate weekend of the season that Macclesfield ensured they would be in the league the following season.[37] Symes played 14 games, four as substitute, but scored just one goal during his stay with Macclesfield.[38]

[edit] Career statistics

Updated to 29 April 2008.[38]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[39] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2003–04 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Bradford City 2004–05 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 15 2
2005–06 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 18 3
Stockport County (loan) 2005–06 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Shrewsbury Town 2006–07 33 9 2 0 1 0 7 4 43 13
2007–08 21 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 25 3
Total 54 12 3 0 3 0 8 4 68 16
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2007–08 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
Career totals 88 17 4 0 4 0 9 4 105 21

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Symes' second shot at big time", Telegraph & Argus, 2004-08-06. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  2. ^ Michael Symes - Striker. Toffee Web. Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
  3. ^ "Nottm Forest 2-0 Crewe", BBC Sport, 2004-03-27. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  4. ^ "Crewe 3-1 Coventry", BBC Sport, 2004-04-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  5. ^ Michael Symes. Everton official website. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  6. ^ "Gradi hoping Brammer stays", BBC Sport, 2004-06-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  7. ^ "Encouraging Symes as City just gr-eight", Telegraph & Argus, 2004-07-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  8. ^ "Bantams snap up trialists", BBC Sport, 2004-07-30. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  9. ^ "Bradford 2-2 Peterborough", BBC Sport, 2004-08-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  10. ^ "Bower and the glory", Telegraph & Argus, 2004-08-16. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. 
  11. ^ "Symes' future is with City, says Todd", Telegraph & Argus, 2004-09-18. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  12. ^ "Bradford 3-1 Sheff Wed", BBC Sport, 2004-10-23. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  13. ^ Michael Symes. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  14. ^ "Silkmen complete Symes loan deal", BBC Sport, 2005-06-18. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  15. ^ "Macclesfield suffer Symes injury", BBC Sport, 2005-07-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  16. ^ "Symes praying for happy new year", Telegraph & Argus, 2005-12-31. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  17. ^ "Symes moves to Stockport on loan", BBC Sport, 2006-01-31. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  18. ^ "Brentford 1-1 Bradford", BBC Sport, 2006-04-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  19. ^ "New blow for Symes", Telegraph & Argus, 2006-04-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  20. ^ "Shrews boss snaps up strike pair", BBC Sport, 2006-08-04. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  21. ^ "Shrewsbury 2-2 Mansfield", BBC Sport, 2006-08-05. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  22. ^ "Shrewsbury 5-0 Boston", BBC Sport, 2006-08-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  23. ^ "Symes departs Bantams for Shrews", BBC Sport, 2006-08-31. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  24. ^ "Hereford 1-2 Shrewsbury", BBC Sport, 2006-10-17. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  25. ^ "Shrewsbury 0-1 Bristol Rovers", BBC Sport, 2007-01-30. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  26. ^ "Symes signs new Shrewsbury deal", BBC Sport, 2007-01-24. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  27. ^ "Symes vows to learn from red card", BBC Sport, 2007-02-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 
  28. ^ a b c "Shrewsbury Town let three leave", BBC Sport, 2008-01-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  29. ^ "Bristol Rovers 3-1 Shrewsbury", BBC Sport, 2007-05-26. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  30. ^ "Three go in Town clearout", Shropshire Star, 2008-01-10. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. "At the moment we see both of them coming back to us at the end of the season." 
  31. ^ "Peterborough 0-1 Macclesfield", BBC Sport, 2008-01-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  32. ^ "MK Dons 1-1 Macclesfield", BBC Sport, 2008-01-29. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  33. ^ "Macclesfield 0-3 Peterborough", BBC Sport, 2008-02-23. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 
  34. ^ "Macclesfield 1-1 Notts County", BBC Sport, 2008-03-01. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. 
  35. ^ "Simpson named as Shrewsbury boss", BBC Sport, 2008-03-12. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. 
  36. ^ Hudson, Chris. "Simpson gives squad clean slate", Shropshire Star, 2008-03-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. "I will be monitoring the others as well to work out if they have a future with us. I want to get a good look at them because my opinion on those players might be different to the opinion of the previous manager." 
  37. ^ "Macclesfield 1-0 Chesterfield", BBC Sport, 2008-04-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-30. 
  38. ^ a b Michael Symes. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
  39. ^ Competitive games only. Football League Trophy and play-off games.

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NAME Symes, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1983-10-31
PLACE OF BIRTH Great Yarmouth, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH