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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
- ^ a b c d e f g Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. pp. p112. ISBN 1852916656.
- ^ "LOWESTOFT TOWN". Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.info/LOWESTOT.HTM. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "NORWICH CITY". Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.info/NORWICHC.HTM. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "SCUNTHORPE UNITED". Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.info/SCUNTHOU.HTM. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "OXFORD UNITED". Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.info/OXFORDU.HTM. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "CAMBRIDGE UNITED". Football Club History Database. http://www.fchd.info/CAMBRIDU.HTM. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ a b c "Nigel Cassidy". Bob and 1970-71 Footballers. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bob.dunning/ncassidy.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "Oxford United great Cassidy dies". BBC Sport. 2008-05-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7411270.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
Categories:- 1945 births
- People from Sudbury, Suffolk
- 2008 deaths
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Lowestoft Town F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- Denver Dynamos players
- The Football League players
- North American Soccer League players
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