Simon Tracey

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Simon Tracey
Personal information
Full nameSimon Peter Tracey
Date of birth (1967-12-09) 9 December 1967
Place of birthWoolwich, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubBarnsley
(Goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988Wimbledon1(0)
1988–2003Sheffield United332(0)
1994Manchester City (loan)3(0)
1994Norwich City (loan)1(0)
1995Nottingham Forest (loan)0(0)
1995Wimbledon (loan)1(0)
Total338(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Simon Peter Tracey (born 9 December 1967 in Woolwich) is an English former professional football player who played as a goalkeeper. He is now goalkeeping coach at Barnsley.

Playing career

Tracey played most of his professional career at Sheffield United. He started out as a goalkeeper at Wimbledon in 1985. After only making one League appearance for the Wimbledon first team in three years at the club, he was sold on to Sheffield United in 1988 for £75,000. He was an ever-present in United's promotion season of 1989-90 and remained first-choice in Division One.

Tracey played 382 games for Sheffield United until 2003. His games were limited by the arrival of Alan Kelly in the summer of 1992 for the first season of the new FA Premier League. During this time he had loan spells at several clubs, including Manchester City, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest and his old team Wimbledon. His playing days came to an end when he suffered an injury during pre-season to the 2002-2003 season and once recovered, summer signing Paddy Kenny had cemented his place in the first team. This led to Tracey retiring from football. One of his three appearances for Manchester City came in November 1994 in a 5-0 loss to rivals Manchester Utd, the worst losing margin for City in a Manchester Derby.

The loan spell that he spent at Norwich City during the 1994-95 season was a nightmare for Tracey. He made three appearances - in the first he ran mindlessly out of his area allowing Coventry to score an easy goal, in the second he was stretchered off with an injury and in the third he let in five goals in an FA Cup tie at Everton. In 2000 when he played at Norwich for Sheffield United he made a similar charge from his area that allowed Norwich striker Craig Bellamy to score.

Coaching career

Tracey began his goalkeeper coaching career in 2004 at Rotherham United F.C., replacing previous coach Graham Brown. His position lasted until October 2009, when he joined Mark Robins, John Breckin and Nick Daws at Barnsley.

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