Simon Royce

Infobox Football biography
playername = Simon Royce


fullname = Simon Ernest Royce
height = height|ft=6|in=2
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|9|9
cityofbirth = Forest Gate
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Gillingham
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1991–1998
1998–1999
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002
2002– 2003
2003–2005
2004–2005
2005
2005–2007
2007
2007–
clubs = Southend United
Charlton Athletic
Leicester City
→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
→ Manchester City (loan)
→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)
Charlton Athletic
→ Luton Town (loan)
→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)
Queens Park Rangers
→ Gillingham (loan)
Gillingham
caps(goals) = 149 (0)
008 (0)
019 (0)
006 (0)
000 (0)
016 (0)
001 (0)
002 (0)
013 (0)
050 (0)
003 (0)
042 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 11 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Simon Ernest Royce (born 9 September 1971 in Forest Gate, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Gillingham. Royce joined Gillingham in April 2007 as an emergency loan signing after the Kent team were left with no fit goalkeepers for their final three matches of the seasoncite news
title = Royce plugs Gills goalkeeping gap
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/football/teams/g/gillingham/6571405.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-04-19
accessdate = 2007-04-20] and signed for the club on a permanent basis in August 2007.

His previous clubs include Queens Park Rangers, Southend United, Charlton, Leicester City, Manchester City (on loan), Luton (on loan) and Brighton (on loan). During a Stoke City vs QPR game, he was attacked by some Stoke fans, who took offence after he chanted "Easy, Easy" at the Stoke supporters' end.cite news
title = Fans arrested after fight at goal
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/4496726.stm
publisher = BBC News
date = 2005-04-12
accessdate = 2007-06-20]

He made his début for Gillingham in the 3-2 home win over Port Vale on 21 April 2007.

It was announced on 1 August 2007 that he had joined Gillingham on a free transfer.cite news
title = Royce signs on the dotted line
url = http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10416~1083049,00.html
publisher = www.gillinghamfootballclub.co.uk
date = 2005-08-01
accessdate = 2007-08-01]

References

External links

* [http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10416~5740,00.html Simon Royce player profile] at gillinghamfootballclub.com
* [http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10373~5740,00.html Simon Royce player profile] at qpr.co.uk
* [http://www.lutontown.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10372~5740,00.html Simon Royce player profile] at lutontown.co.uk
* [http://www.cafc.co.uk/playerdisplay.ink?skip=23&season=2003/2004 Simon Royce player profile] at cafc.co.uk
* [http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10433~5740,00.html Simon Royce player profile] at seagulls.co.uk
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