Simon Royce

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Personal information
Simon Royce
Full name	Simon Ernest Royce
Date of birth	September 9, 1971 (1971-09-09) (age 36)
Place of birth	Forest Gate, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Gillingham
Number	12
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1998 1998–1999 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002 2002– 2003 2003–2005 2004–2005 2005 2005–2007 2007 2007–	Southend United Charlton Athletic Leicester City → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) → Manchester City (loan) → Queens Park Rangers (loan) Charlton Athletic → Luton Town (loan) → Queens Park Rangers (loan) Queens Park Rangers → Gillingham (loan) Gillingham	149 (0) 008 (0) 019 (0) 006 (0) 000 (0) 016 (0) 001 (0) 002 (0) 013 (0) 050 (0) 003 (0) 033 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Ernest Royce (born 9 September 1971 in Forest Gate, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Gillingham. Royce joined Gillingham in April 2007 as an emergency loan signing after the Kent team were left with no fit goalkeepers for their final three matches of the season^[1] and signed for the club on a permanent basis in August 2007.

His previous clubs include Queens Park Rangers, Southend United, Charlton, Leicester City, Manchester City (on loan), Luton (on loan) and Brighton (on loan). During a Stoke City vs QPR game, he was attacked by some Stoke fans, who took offence after he chanted "Easy, Easy" at the Stoke supporters' end.^[2]

He made his début for Gillingham in the 3-2 home win over Port Vale on 21 April 2007.

It was announced on 1 August 2007 that he had joined Gillingham on a free transfer.^[3]

[edit] References

^ "Royce plugs Gills goalkeeping gap", BBC Sport, 2007-04-19. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
^ "Fans arrested after fight at goal", BBC News, 2005-04-12. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
^ "Royce signs on the dotted line", www.gillinghamfootballclub.co.uk, 2005-08-01. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.

[edit] External links

Simon Royce career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Gillingham F.C. – current squad

5 King • 7 Crofts • 8 Bentley • 9 Mulligan • 10 Facey • 11 Southall • 12 Royce • 13 Kiely • 14 Brown • 16 Sodje • 17 Pugh • 19 Clohessy • 20 Jackson • 21 Cumbers • 28 Oli • 29 Howard • 32 Thurgood • 35 Nutter • 36 Miller • 37 Richards • 38 Fuller • 39 Lewis • tbc Julian • Manager: Stimson