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Nikki Bull Personal information Full name Nikki Bull Date of birth 2 October 1981 Place of birth Hastings, England Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Wycombe Wanderers Number 1 Youth career Aston Villa Queens Park Rangers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2000–2002 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0) 2002 → Hayes (loan) 7 (0) 2002–2009 Aldershot Town 323 (1) 2009–2010 Brentford 6 (0) 2010– Wycombe Wanderers 59 (0) National team 2003–2007 England C 4 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:36, 20 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Nikki Bull (born 2 October 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Wycombe Wanderers as a goalkeeper. He has previously played for, most notably, Aldershot Town and also had spells at Queens Park Rangers and Hayes. He started his career as a schoolboy at Aston Villa.
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Career
Bull was born in Hastings, East Sussex and moved to Aldershot Town in the summer of 2002 after being released by Queens Park Rangers. In his first season at the club he was named player of the year and scored his solitary goal for the club, a penalty in the final home match as promotion to the Football Conference was secured. He again won the Player of the Year trophy in the 2005–06 season.
In Aldershot's double-winning promotion season, Bull was named Goalkeeper of the Year and Non-League footballer of the Year by his peers. Despite his success, he said that he would leave Aldershot no matter what happened,[1] and this was confirmed by the club at the end of the season.[2] However, on 27 May 2008 it was announced that Bull would be staying on at Aldershot for a further two years.[3] Bull played for Aldershot Town in their first game in the Football League against Accrington Stanley on 9 August 2008, which was won 1–0.[4] He agreed to leave Aldershot at the end of July 2009 to pursue a career outside of football.[5] However, he instead opted to continue his football career, and signed for Brentford on 3 August 2009.[6] The following year, he turned down the offer of a further one-year contract with the Bees, and instead agreed a similar deal with Wycombe Wanderers on 7 June 2010. On 29 July 2010, Bull put in an outstanding performance against a Chelsea reserve side, making a very large number of saves and hampering Chelsea's efforts to score, which played a huge part in Wycombe's eventual 5–1 victory.[7]
On 25 April 2011, Bull saved a penalty in a match against Crewe Alexandra at Adams Park. His save prevented Crewe from equalising and Wycombe went on to win 2–0. Bull played every first team game in both league and cup and was rewarded by winning both the Supporters and players player of the year award.[8]
On 9 August 2011 Wycombe were involved in a penalty shootout against their Colchester United in the first round of the League Cup. Wycombe won 5–4 on penalties after Bull saved a penalty in the shootout.
Honours
- Aldershot Town
- Conference National (Champions): 2008
- Wycombe Wanderers
- League Two (Promotion): 2011
References
- ^ "Keeper Bull will leave Aldershot". BBC Sport. 2007-04-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aldershot/7028580.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Bull parts company with Aldershot". BBC Sport. 2008-05-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aldershot/7416393.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Bull signs new deal after U-turn". BBC Sport. 2008-05-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aldershot/7422345.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Accrington 0–1 Aldershot". BBC Sport. 2008-08-09. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7540958.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ "Shots to part company with Bull". BBC Sport. 2009-07-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aldershot/8159064.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ "Bees snap up Shots star". Sky Sports. 2009-08-03. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_5471326,00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "Blues hit Bull-seye". Wycombe Wanderers F.C.. 2010-06-07. http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10430~2065642,00.html. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ "Bull Scoops Blues awards". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. 2011-05-09. http://www.buckinghamshireadvertiser.co.uk/wycombe_wanderers/be_wycombewanderers_latestnews/2011/05/09/bull-scoops-blues-awards-82398-28660901/. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
External links
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. – current squad 1 Bull · 2 Foster · 4 Rowlands · 5 Winfield · 6 Johnson · 7 Ainsworth · 8 Harding · 10 Bloomfield · 11 Betsy · 12 Strevens · 13 Ingram · 15 Basey · 16 Tunnicliffe · 17 Grant · 18 Lewis · 19 McCoy · 20 Beavon · 21 Halls · 22 Donnelly · 23 Benyon · 27 Stewart · 29 McClure · 30 Harris · 33 Ibe · Manager: Waddock
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Hastings
- English footballers
- England semi-pro international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Hayes F.C. players
- Aldershot Town F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
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