Simon Ainge

Simon Ainge
Personal information
Full name Simon Fitzpatrick Ainge
Date of birth 18 February 1988 (1988-02-18) (age 24)
Place of birth Shipley West Yorkshire, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Guiseley
Youth career
Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2009 Bradford City 14 (0)
2008 → Halifax Town (loan) 12 (0)
2009 → Cambridge United (loan) 2 (0)
2009– Bradford Park Avenue 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:30, 14 Oct 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Simon Fitzpatrick Ainge (born 18 February 1988) is an English footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Guiseley. He is a central defender who began his career at League Two club Bradford City. He has also spent time on loan at Halifax Town and Cambridge United.

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Career

Born in Shipley, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, 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 Football League 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 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] He returned to Bradford in time to play in their final game of the season with Wycombe Wanderers as a late substitute.[15]

Ainge made his first start for City in more than a year as replacement for injured full backs Paul Arnison and TJ Moncur in a 1–1 draw with Luton Town on 4 October 2008.[16] It was Ainge's only game for Bradford during the 2008–09 season, and instead he joined Cambridge United in the Conference on another loan deal on the March transfer deadline day for the final two months of the season.[17] He made his debut for Cambridge when he came on as substitute for another loanee Jai Reason in Cambridge's 1–0 victory against Woking.[18]

At the end of the 2008–09 season, Ainge was released by Bradford City; he joined their cross-city rivals Bradford Park Avenue of the Northern Premier League Premier Division in July 2009.[19]

Career statistics

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2006–07 Bradford City League One 5 0
2007–08 Bradford City League Two 4 0
2007–08 Halifax Town Conference National 12 0
2008–09 Bradford City League Two 2 0
2008–09 Cambridge United Conference National 20 0
2009–10 Bradford Park Avenue Northern Premier 11 0 4 0
Total England 28 0
Career total 36 0

References

  1. ^ "Contract reward for City's two Joes". Telegraph & Argus. 2006-03-25. http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2006/3/25/186338.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  2. ^ "Come on you Lions, roars Todd". Telegraph & Argus. 2006-11-13. http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2006/11/13/189099.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  3. ^ Parker, Simon (2006-11-23). "Ainge can be pick of crop against Cherries". Telegraph & Argus. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1036374.0.ainge_can_be_pick_of_crop_against_cherries.php. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  4. ^ "Scunthorpe capture Ameobi on loan". BBC Sport. 2007-11-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/7097080.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  5. ^ "Ainge leaves Bradford for Halifax". BBC Sport. 2008-01-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/7219558.stm. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  6. ^ Fletcher, Dave (2008-02-04). "Halifax Town 0 v Rushden and Diamonds 2 - Town's Trophy dreams are over". Evening Courier. http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/halifaxtown/Halifax-Town-0-v-Rushden.3738885.jp. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  7. ^ "Rushden & Diamonds 2-2 Halifax". BBC Sport. 2008-02-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7223866.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
  8. ^ "Halifax Town 4 Ossett Albion 1: Two goals in each half as Town win". Evening Courier. 2008-02-07. http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/Halifax-Town-4-Ossett-Albion.3752957.jp. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 
  9. ^ "Avenue face Ossett not Halifax". Telegraph & Argus. 2008-02-20. http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2060481.0.avenue_face_ossett_not_halifax.php. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 
  10. ^ "Droylsden 2-0 Halifax". BBC Sport. 2008-03-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7298243.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-26. 
  11. ^ "Simon Ainge". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?seasonid=137&playerid=44025. Retrieved 2008-03-26. 
  12. ^ "Burton 2-1 Halifax". BBC Sport. 2008-04-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7344119.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
  13. ^ "Simon Ainge". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?seasonid=137&playerid=44025. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
  14. ^ "Halifax 1-2 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 2008-04-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7356048.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
  15. ^ "Wycombe 2-1 Bradford". BBC Sport. 2008-05-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7368700.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 
  16. ^ "Games played by Simon Ainge in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?seasonid=138&playerid=44025. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 
  17. ^ "Ainge makes Cambridge loan move". BBC Sport. 2009-03-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/7966547.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 
  18. ^ "Woking 0-1 Cambridge Utd". BBC Sport. 2009-03-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7949000.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
  19. ^ Whiting, Ian (2009-07-26). "City old boy signs up for Avenue". Telegraph & Argus. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sport_avenue/sport_avenue_headlines/4512889.City_old_boy_signs_up_for_Avenue/. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
  20. ^ Simon Ainge

External links

Guiseley A.F.C. – current squad