| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ashley James Ward Vickers | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sheffield United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Worcester City | |||
| Malvern Town | |||
| The 61 Club | |||
| 1997 | Heybridge Swifts | ||
| 1997–1998 | Peterborough United | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | St Albans City | 90 | (2) |
| 2000–2006 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 171 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Weymouth | 42 | (2) |
| 2008 | Eastleigh | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Newport County | 22 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Dorchester Town | 34 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2011 | Dorchester Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:57, 28 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ashley James Ward Vickers (born 14 June 1972 in Sheffield) is an English football manager, formerly with Dorchester Town in the Conference South.
Vickers began his career as a defender with Sheffield United, but was released at the end of his traineeship and joined non-League Worcester City. He subsequently played for Malvern Town and The 61 Club before joining Heybridge Swifts.
He was playing for Heybridge, managed by Garry Hill in the 1997–98 season, getting sent off in the FA Cup First Round defeat away to Bournemouth in November that year. The following month he joined Peterborough United for a fee of £5,000. He made his Football League debut in the 2–1 home defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion on 28 December 1997, but was sent off late in the game. He was an unused substitute twice later in the season, but that was as near as he got to the Peterborough first team again.
In August 1998, he moved to non-League St Albans City for a fee of £10,000, before joining up again with Garry Hill who was by now managing Conference side Dagenham & Redbridge in March 2000.
He joined Weymouth, managed at the time by Garry Hill, on a free transfer in late May 2006. He signed a new one year contract with Weymouth on 19 July 2007. He signed for Eastleigh on 4 March 2008 and subsequently in August 2008 he joined Newport County on a three month loan deal.
In March 2009, Vickers joined Dorchester Town as player-assistant manager to new player-manager Roy O'Brien. O'Brien was sacked on 21 November 2009, following a humiliating 3–0 defeat to fierce local rivals Weymouth in the FA Trophy with Vickers becoming caretaker manager for the rest of the season. Having turned Dorchester's season around, with the team going on to an impressive run of form, Vickers was given the role permanently in March 2010. He was suspended in March 2011 for tackling a man who had come onto the field in a mankini.[1]
In October 2011, Vickers left Dorchester by mutual consent.