Nigel Cassidy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nigel Cassidy | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Sudbury, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 May 2008 (aged 62) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1966–1967 | Lowestoft Town | ? | (?) |
| 1967–1968 | Norwich City | 3 | (0) |
| 1968–1970 | Scunthorpe United | 88 | (35) |
| 1970–1974 | Oxford United | 116 | (33) |
| 1974–1975 | Cambridge United | 43 | (11) |
| 1975 | Denver Dynamos | 20 | (1) |
| 1975 | Cambridge United | 11 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Nigel Cassidy (7 December 1945 – 19 May 2008) was an English footballer.
Career
Cassidy started his career with non-league side Lowestoft Town in the Eastern Counties League, where he played until joining Norwich City in Second Division in July 1967.[1][2][3] He managed to make three league appearances for the team before making a move to Fourth Division side Scunthorpe United in December 1968.[1][4] He made 88 appearances and scored 35 goals in the league for Scunthorpe before leaving for Oxford United in November 1970,[1] making a return to the Second Division.[1][5]
His stay at Oxford saw him make 116 league appearances, in which he scored 33 goals, until he joined Cambridge United in March 1974,[1] who were relegated to the Fourth Division at the end of the 1973–74 season.[1][6] He spent the summer of 1975 with Denver Dynamos in the North American Soccer League, where he made 20 appearances and scored one goal.[7] He returned to Cambridge for the 1975–76 season after finishing his spell in America and finished his Cambridge career with 54 league appearances and 13 goals.[1][7] He was forced to retire after an achilles tendon injury suffered in a match in 1975.[7]
He died on 19 May 2008 after suffering from a short illness.[8]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. pp. p112. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
- ↑ "LOWESTOFT TOWN". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ "NORWICH CITY". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ "SCUNTHORPE UNITED". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ "OXFORD UNITED". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ "CAMBRIDGE UNITED". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Nigel Cassidy". Bob and 1970-71 Footballers. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ "Oxford United great Cassidy dies". BBC Sport. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-05-21.