Simon Yeo

Football player infobox
playername = Simon Yeo


fullname = Simon John Yeo
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|10|10
cityofbirth = Stockport
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Macclesfield Town
clubnumber = 10
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997
1997
1997–1998
1998–2002
1998–1999
2002–2005
2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Ards
Curzon Ashton
Coleraine
Hyde United
→ Atherton Collieries (loan)
Lincoln City
New Zealand Knights
Lincoln City
Peterborough United
Chester City
→ Bury (loan)
Macclesfield Town
caps(goals) = 004 0(1)
004 0(4)
000 0(0)
130 (77)
000 0(0)
122 (37)
011 0(4)
012 0(5)
013 0(2)
035 0(8)
008 0(0)
007 0(4)
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pcupdate = 00:37, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
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Simon John Yeo (born October 10, 1973 in Stockport, Greater Manchester) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Macclesfield Town.

Yeo enjoyed two spells with Lincoln City separated by a period playing for the New Zealand Knights in the newly formed A-League. Yeo severed his contract with the Knights because of personal issues. He is something of a cult hero in Lincoln because of his vital goals at the end of the 2002–03 season. He came off the bench to score against Torquay United to put the Lincoln into the Division Three playoffs. Yeo again came to Lincoln's rescue in the playoff semi-final first leg against Scunthorpe United. With the scores tied at 3–3 with 20 minutes remaining Yeo again came off the bench to score 2 goals which put Lincoln firmly in the driving seat. Yeo scored again in the away leg to send them to the final at the Millennium Stadium, which they lost.

Yeo won the BBC's "Cult Hero" award for Lincoln City.Fact|date=September 2008

Prior to turning professional, Yeo had been a carpet fitter, a soldier with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and postman. His army career included tours of Bosnia and Northern Ireland. Whilst serving out his final army days in Northern Ireland, his football career began in earnest. He appeared for Fivemiletown before joining Ards in September 1997. He signed a twelve month deal with Ards and scored three times in seven league and cup games before his contract was cancelled to allow him to return home to England to join Curzon Ashton in October 1997. However, he quickly returned to Irish football, joining Coleraine the following month. This move proved controversial with the then Ards manager Roy Coyle claiming that Yeo had stitched him up [cite web
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19971116/ai_n14470310
title=Ards fury over Yeo
publisher=Sunday Mirror
date=16 November, 1997
accessdate=2008-05-28] though Yeo argued that that was not the case and, having scored four goals in four games for Curzon Ashton, he was contacted by Coleraine who offered to fly him in from Manchester for their games.

He remained with Coleraine for the remainder of the 1997-98 season before joining the then Unibond Premier Division side Hyde United. In September 1998 he joined Atherton Collieries [cite web
url=http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/1998/9/18/789725.html
title=Non-league:Strikers the key for RMI
publisher=Bolton Evening News
date=18 September, 1998
accessdate=2008-05-28] on loan, scoring five goals in three games before being sidelined by an ankle ligament injury. [cite web
url=http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/1998/9/29/788784.html
title=Non-league:Boro revenge mission
publisher=Bolton Evening News
date=29 September, 1998
accessdate=2008-05-28] Recalled to Hyde, he marked his Unibond League debut by scoring both goals in the 2-2 draw with Leigh RMI on 4 December, 1998. He would go on to score 111 goals in a total of 169 league and cup appearances for them before joining Lincoln City in May 2002.

Yeo joined Chester from Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee in January 2007, making his debut in a 1–0 win at Accrington Stanley. He was a regular in the starting line-up for the remainder of the season but has tended to be on the bench in the 2007–08 season. On 3 January 2008, he moved to Bury in a long-term loan deal. However, he failed to start a game for the Shakers and he was released by Chester at the end of the season. [Cite news
title= Seven leave Deva Stadium as Chester wield the axe | url= http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/sport/chester-fc/2008/05/10/seven-leave-deva-stadium-as-chester-wield-the-axe-64375-20889086/ | publisher= Daily Post| date= 2008-05-10 | accessdate= 2008-05-10]

On 23rd May 2008 it was announced that he would be joining up with his former Manager Keith Alexander once again as he signed with Macclesfield Town.

References

External links

*Soccerbase|id=32340|name=Simon Yeo
* [http://www.uptheposh.com/people/579/ Profile] at [http://www.uptheposh.com/ UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database]
* [http://www.hydeunited.com/playerstats.php?p=69 Hyde United Player Statistics: Simon Yeo]