Neville Roach
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| Neville Roach | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neville Roach | |
| Date of birth | September 29, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Reading, Berkshire, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Maidenhead United | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1996 | Reading | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1999 1998 1998 1999 1999-2000 1999 2000 2000-2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001-2005 2005-2006 2005-2006 2006 2006- 2007- |
Reading Kingstonian (loan) Slough Town (loan) Wycombe Wanderers (loan) Southend United Stevenage Borough (loan) Kingstonian Eastern Pride St Albans City Frickley Athletic Oldham Athletic Torquay United Stevenage Borough Slough Town Basingstoke Town Eastleigh Oxford United Maidenhead United (loan) Basingstoke Town Maidenhead United (loan) |
16 (1) 20 (3) 1 (0) 12 (1) 7 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Cayman Islands | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Neville Roach (born September 29, 1978 is an English former professional footballer. He currently plays for Southern League Premier Division side Maidenhead United on loan from Conference South side Basingstoke Town.
Roach was born in Reading and began his career as an apprentice with Reading, turning professional in August 1996. His league debut came on April 26, 1997, when he scored the first goal in a 2-0 victory home over Oldham Athletic. Despite this impressive start, he found it difficult to establish himself and joined Kingstonian on loan in January 1998.
In August 1998, out of favour at the start of the new season, he joined Slough Town on loan, scoring twice in 11 Ryman League games. His debut goal for Reading turned out to be his only goal for the club, as he failed to find the net in four other starts, or 11 substitute appearances.
In January 1999, Roach was told by Reading manager Tommy Burns that he was free to leave and began talks with Conference side Stevenage Borough. However, in February 1999 he joined Wycombe Wanderers on loan, and on the 26th of February he joined Southend United on loan, with the move being made permanent on the 4th of March, costing the Shrimpers £7,000. He scored on his home debut, but found if difficult to keep his place and was loaned to Stevenage Borough.
In February 2000, knowing that he would be released at the end of the season,[1] Roach was allowed to join Chester City on trial, followed by a further one-week trial at Scarborough in March 2000. Nothing came of the trials, and at the end of the season he was released by Southend, having played only five games.
He returned to Kingstonian on trial, playing in a friendly against Reading on August 1, 2000, but nine days later had signed for Australian side Eastern Pride. In February 2001, with the demise of Eastern Pride, he returned to the UK, joining St Albans City, but joined Frickley Athletic in March 2001, and on March 22, 2001 he joined Oldham Athletic.[2]
He made only one appearance, as a substitute, for Oldham, on the final day of the season away to Millwall, before being released. In the summer of 2001 he joined Torquay United on trial, impressing manager Roy McFarland sufficiently to be signed on non-contract terms on the 9th of August which allowed him to make his debut two days later on the opening day of the season, playing in the 1-0 defeat away to Bristol Rovers. He remained on non-contract terms for the next two months, leaving the club by his own choice in November 2001 to join Stevenage Borough. The following month he joined Slough Town on a match to match basis, but left the same month to join Basingstoke Town [3]. The 2002-2003 season was a great success for Roach, he scored 25 goals, earned a trial with Football League side Boston United and won the Basingstoke supporters player of the year award.[4]
In the summer of 2005 he left Basingstoke to join local rivals Eastleigh. In November 2005 he joined struggling League Two side Oxford United on loan, returning to Eastleigh in February 2006 after Oxford had signed two new strikers (Yemi Odubade and Tim Sills).[5]
Roach spent the end of the 2005-06 season on loan at Maidenhead United, but returned to Basingstoke in June 2006[6]. In January 2007, Roach returned to Maidenhead on loan from Basingstoke [7], extending his loan for a second month in late February.In September 2007 Roach joined newly formed Farnborough Football Club on loan, before moving to Uxbridge FC in January 2008
