Nigel Jemson

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Nigel Jemson
Full name	Nigel Bradley Jemson
Date of birth	10 August 1969 (1969-08-10) (age 38)
Place of birth	Hutton, Lancashire, England
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1988 1988-1991 1989 1989 1991-1994 1993 1994-1996 1995 1995 1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000 2000-2003 2003-2004 2004-2008	Preston North End Nottingham Forest → Bolton Wanderers (loan) → Preston North End (loan) Sheffield Wednesday → Grimsby Town (loan) Notts County → Watford (loan) → Coventry City (loan) → Rotherham United (loan) Oxford United Bury Ayr United Oxford Shrewsbury Town Ballymena United Ilkeston Town Total	032 00(8) 047 0(13) 005 00(0) 009 00(2) 051 00(9) 006 00(2) 014 00(1) 004 00(0) 000 00(0) 016 00(5) 068 0(27) 029 00(1) 012 00(5) 018 00(0) 109 0(36) 00? 00(?) 003 00(0) 423 (109)
National team
1990	England U21	001 00(0)
Teams managed
2005-	Ilkeston Town (player-manager)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Nigel Jemson (born 10 August 1969) is an English former footballer, who represented his country at Under-21 level and until May 2008 was manager of Ilkeston Town.

He played for a total of 12 English league clubs and one Scottish league club during his career, rarely lasting more than a season at each club.

Arguably the highlight of his career was the goal he scored in the 1990 League Cup Final for Nottingham Forest against Oldham Athletic. It turned out to be the winner being the only goal of the game.

Another highlight in his career was in 1996 when he scored two goals at Wembley in the then named Auto Windscreen Shield Final(Football League Trophy) for [[Rotherham United] in a 2-1 win against Shrewsbury Town whom he later went to play 109 games for.

Jemson also gained national fame in January 2003 after scoring the goals that knocked Everton F.C. out of the FA Cup 3rd round during his time at Shrewsbury Town. He put the Shrews into a first half lead with a stunning free kick, and after Niclas Alexandersson had equalised for Everton, he glanced a last minute header past Richard Wright to give Shrewsbury Town another famous FA Cup victory and one of the all-time greatest FA Cup giant-killings.