Simon Ainge

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Simon Ainge
Personal information
Full name Simon Ainge
Date of birth 18 February 1988 (1988-02-18) (age 20)
Place of birth    Shipley, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Bradford City
Number 16
Youth clubs
Bradford City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006–
2008		 Bradford City
→ Halifax Town (loan)		 13 (0)
12 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Simon Ainge (born 18 February 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for Bradford City. He is a central defender, who made his debut in October 2006, and has since spent time on loan at Halifax Town.

[edit] Career

Born in Shipley, Bradford, Simon Ainge is a product of Bradford City's youth system winning a senior contract in March 2006.[1] He broke into the first team the following season making his debut in a 2–1 defeat to Scunthorpe United on 17 October 2006 in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. He made his first league appearance the following month before his first start was in a 4–0 FA Cup victory over Crewe Alexandra on 4 November 2006.[2] He played four times during November 2006 winning praise from his manager, Colin Todd, a former England international centre back.[3] Ainge played a total of 11 games during the 2006–07 season but he was limited to just four games the following season, including three as substitute, and was instead given a trial at Scunthorpe United.[4] He returned to Bradford before he joined Conference side Halifax Town in January 2008 in a loan deal for the rest of the season.[5]

Ainge was an unused substitute as Halifax went out of the FA Carlsberg Trophy as they lost to Rushden & Diamonds 2–0,[6] and instead made his league debut the following weekend against the same team when he gave away a penalty for handball.[7] Two days earlier Ainge had been one of five substitutes, who were all on loan at Halifax, during their 4–1 West Riding County Cup victory over Ossett Albion.[8] Ainge came on during the victory but Halifax were later thrown out of the competition because loan players are not eligible.[9] Ainge did not feature again for Halifax following their explusion from the West Riding County Cup until 24 March 2008, when he came on as a substitute in the 16th minute when Halifax lost 2–0 to Droylsden.[10][11] On 15 April 2008 he received the first red card of his career for two bookable offences during Halifax's 2–1 defeat by Burton Albion.[12] He played 12 games during his loan spell for Halifax,[13] helping them to avoid relegation from the Conference by just one point from Altrincham.[14]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Contract reward for City's two Joes", Telegraph & Argus, 2006-03-25. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  2. ^ "Come on you Lions, roars Todd", Telegraph & Argus, 2006-11-13. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  3. ^ Parker, Simon. "Ainge can be pick of crop against Cherries", Telegraph & Argus, 2006-11-23. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  4. ^ "Scunthorpe capture Ameobi on loan", BBC Sport, 2007-11-15. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  5. ^ "Ainge leaves Bradford for Halifax", BBC Sport, 2008-01-31. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
  6. ^ Fletcher, Dave. "Halifax Town 0 v Rushden and Diamonds 2 - Town's Trophy dreams are over", Evening Courier, 2008-02-04. Retrieved on 2008-02-05. 
  7. ^ "Rushden & Diamonds 2-2 Halifax", BBC Sport, 2008-02-09. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. 
  8. ^ "Halifax Town 4 Ossett Albion 1: Two goals in each half as Town win", Evening Courier, 2008-02-07. Retrieved on 2008-02-20. 
  9. ^ "Avenue face Ossett not Halifax", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-02-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-20. 
  10. ^ "Droylsden 2-0 Halifax", BBC Sport, 2008-03-23. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 
  11. ^ Simon Ainge. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  12. ^ "Burton 2-1 Halifax", BBC Sport, 2008-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-16. 
  13. ^ Simon Ainge. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
  14. ^ "Halifax 1-2 Stevenage", BBC Sport, 2008-04-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 

[edit] External links

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3 Heckingbottom • 6 Bower • 7 Daley • 9 Conlon • 10 Thorne • 12 Clarke • 15 Colbeck • 16 Ainge • 19 O'Brien • 22 Nix • 23 Topp • 28 Taylforth • 29 Morgan • 32 Bullock • 29 Sharry • –– Brandon • –– McLaughlin • –– Osborne • Manager: McCall


Persondata
NAME Ainge, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 18 February 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH