Stuart Hicks

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Personal information
Stuart Hicks
Full name	Stuart Jason Hicks
Date of birth	May 30, 1967 (1967-05-30) (age 41)
Place of birth	Peterborough, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
c.1983–1984	Peterborough United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984–c.1985 c.1985–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–2000 2000 2000–2002 2002–2003	Peterborough United Wisbech Town Colchester United Scunthorpe United Doncaster Rovers Huddersfield Town Preston North End Scarborough Leyton Orient Chester City Mansfield Town Hucknall Town	0 0 0 (0) 64 0 0(7) 67 0 0(1) 36 0 0(0) 22 0 0 (1) 12 0 0 (0) 85 0 0 (2) 78 0 0 (1) 13 0 0 (0) 25 0 0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stuart Hicks (born May 30, 1967 in Peterborough) was a professional footballer who played as a defender.

[edit] Playing Career

Hicks began his career with hometown club Peterborough United, where he turned professional in August 1984. However he failed to make any league appearances for the Posh and he dropped into non-league football with Wisbech Town. However, he returned to professional circles with Colchester United in March 1988 and remained there until they were relegated out of The Football League in 1990.

Hicks then had spells with Scunthorpe United, Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Preston North End and Scarborough before returning south when he joined Leyton Orient in August 1997. After 78 league appearances for Orient, Hicks joined The Football League's bottom club Chester City in February 2000 ^[1].

Despite making his debut in a club record 7–1 home defeat by Brighton & Hove Albion, Hicks struck up a tremendous rapport with the Chester fans ^[2] as the club fought valiantly but unsuccessfully against relegation. Hicks popularity with the supporters was such that he finished third in the player of the season awards ^[3] after playing just 13 games for the club. However, he opted to remain in Division Three and joined Mansfield Town ^[4]. Hicks was to have an injury hit spell at Field Mill and he announced his retirement from professional football in February 2002 ^[5]. He then joined non-league side Hucknall Town to complete his playing days.