Nicky Banger

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Nicky Banger
Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Lee Banger
Date of birth	February 25, 1971 (1971-02-25) (age 37)
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
1987-1989	Southampton
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1994 1994-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2000 2001 2002 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2005 2005 2005-2006	Southampton Oldham Athletic Oxford United Dundee →Scunthorpe United (loan) Plymouth Argyle Merthyr Tydfil Torquay United Andover Woking Eastleigh AFC Newbury Brockenhurst Lymington & New Milton	55 0(8) 64 (10) 63 0(8) 06 0(0) 01 0(0) 10 0(2) 04 0(0) 01 0(0) 02 0(0) 20 0(4) 40 (11)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Nicholas Lee Banger (born February 25, 1971) is a retired English professional footballer. He is currently corporate sales manager with Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville.

Banger was born in Southampton and started his football career as a trainee with Southampton, turning professional in April 1989. He scored a hat-trick on his first team debut for the Saints, in a League Cup tie against Rochdale in 1990.

He moved to Oldham Athletic for a fee of £250,000 in October 1994 and remained at Boundary Park for almost 3 years, moving to Oxford United on a free transfer in August 1997.

Banger then moved to Dundee, again on a free transfer in October 1999, but was transfer listed by manager Ivano Bonetti in July 2000^[1]. He returned to England with a loan spell at Scunthorpe United in November 2000^[2], finally leaving Dundee in August 2001 when he joined Plymouth Argyle on a short-term contract, leaving Home Park in November the same year.

After time out with a back injury, he joined Torquay United on trial in January 2002^[3], but left requiring further treatment. In February 2002 he joined Leroy Rosenior’s Merthyr Tydfil, before finally signing for Torquay a month later^[4], making his Gulls debut in 0-0 draw with Mansfield Town. This was his only appearance for Torquay as he asked to be released from his contract just a few days later due to his lack of fitness. After leaving the Gulls, he briefly joined non-league Andover, making a couple of appearances during their Wessex League championship run-in.^[5]

Banger joined Woking in August 2002^[6], moving to Eastleigh in February 2003^[7] and again scoring on his club debut. In April 2004 he was appointed as full-time corporate manager and coach at Eastleigh^[8], continuing as a player until his retirement in February 2005. He quit his coaching role at Eastleigh, although remained corporate manager until late February 2006, when he resigned after falling out with the team manager^[9], in August 2005 when he joined AFC Newbury as a player^[10].

In November 2005 Banger joined Brockenhurst as player-coach ^[11], but left the same month to take a similar role with Lymington & New Milton^[12]. He resigned from his post in June 2006, claiming that he felt restricted in a head coach role and wanted a managerial post^[13].

In December 2006, Banger was appointed as commercial manager at Romsey Town^[14], but was sacked after just seventeen days in the post, amid rumours that he was announcing himself as the future team manager while allegedly tapping up players in readiness for next season^[15]. However, he was not out of work for long and on February 19, 2007 he began work as the new corporate sales manager with Havant & Waterlooville^[16].

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• Nicky Banger's career stats at Soccerbase