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Nicholas Montgomery Personal information Full name Nicholas Anthony Montgomery[1] Date of birth 28 October 1981 Place of birth Leeds, England Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] Playing position Defensive midfielder Club information Current club Sheffield United Number 4 Youth career Sheffield United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2000– Sheffield United 344 (9) National team‡ 2003 Scotland U21 2 (1) 2005 Scotland Futures 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:34, 20 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:22, 14 April 2009 (UTC)Nicholas Anthony Montgomery (born 28 October 1981 in Leeds, England) is an English-born Scottish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Football League One club Sheffield United.
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Playing career
Sheffield United
Montgomery supported Leeds United as a child and started his professional career by coming through the youth ranks at Sheffield United. He made his début for The Blades at Carrow Road against Norwich City on 21 October 2000.[3] He has now established himself as a regular in the first-team with a total of almost 300 appearances for club. Montgomery scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 home victory of Birmingham City in November 2001.[4]
Montgomery was an integral member of the 2005–06 squad that saw the Blades being promoted back to the Premier League. As a result of his hard work over the season, he was runner-up to Phil Jagielka in the club's Player of Year awards.
During the 2009–10 season Montgomery played a main role in an injury plagued Sheffield United squad eventually winning player of the season, including scoring his first league goal for four seasons in the Blades 3–0 home victory against Blackpool[5] in March 2010. A few months of speculation followed as to whether he would leave the club but on 2 June 2010 he signed a new 3 year deal with the club after turning down Yorkshire rivals Leeds United, despite being a life long Leeds fan.[6]
After a turbulent season of four managers Kevin Blackwell, Gary Speed, John Carver and Micky Adams, Sheffield United were relegated in the 2010–11 season to League 1, and with relegation confirmed Montgomery was again targeted by Leeds United.[7]
International career
Despite being born in Leeds, Montgomery is eligible to play for Scotland after turning down an opportunity to play for England after interest from Sven Goran Erikson. He then later featured for the Scotland U21 side in 2003. He made his début in a 1–0 victory over Austria on 29 April scoring from 50 yards and his second and last appearance in another 1–0 victory, this time over Croatia on 18 November of that year. He subsequently appeared for a team of Scotland Futures in 2005, featuring in a 2–0 defeat of Poland in December.[8]
Career statistics
Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Play-Offs Total Discipline Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2011–12 Sheffield United League One 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - 8 1 1 0 2010–11 Championship 35 0 0 0 1 0 - - - - 36 0 8 0 2009–10 Championship 39 1 3 0 1 0 - - - - 43 1 8 0 2008–09 Championship 28 0 3 0 1 0 - - 3 0 35 0 6 0 2007–08 Championship 20 0 1 0 2 0 - - - - 23 0 0 0 2006–07 Premier League 26 0 1 0 1 1 - - - - 28 1 7 0 2005–06 Championship 39 1 1 0 0 0 - - - - 40 1 5 0 2004–05 Championship 25 1 5 0 3 0 - - - - 33 1 2 0 2003–04 Division One 36 3 4 0 1 0 - - - - 41 3 5 0 2002–03 Division One 23 0 3 0 6 1 - - 0 0 32 1 2 0 2001–02 Division One 31 2 1 0 0 0 - - - - 32 2 0 0 2000–01 Division One 27 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 29 0 2 0 Career total 335 8 23 0 18 2 0 0 3 0 375 10 45 0 References
- ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "Official profile at SUFC". http://www.sufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10418~8856,00.html.
- ^ "Norwich 4–2 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 2000-10-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/981756.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Sheff Utd 4–0 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 2001-11-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1658676.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Sheff Utd 3–0 Blackpool". SUFC. 2010-03-16. http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10418~49311,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ^ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/switch_of_shirts_now_has_lowry_facing_new_challenge_1_3197511
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1383223/Nick-Montgomery-heading-exit-relegated-Sheffield-United.html
- ^ The Scottish FA Website
Honours
Awards Preceded by
Matt KilgallonSheffield United Player of the Year
2009-10Succeeded by
Stephen QuinnExternal links
Sheffield United F.C. – current squad 1 Simonsen · 2 Lowton · 3 Jean-François · 4 Montgomery · 5 Morgan · 6 Ertl · 7 Mendez-Laing · 8 Doyle · 9 Evans · 11 Flynn · 13 Aksalu · 14 Williamson · 15 Collins · 16 Taylor · 17 Cresswell · 18 Harriott · 19 Maguire · 20 McAllister · 21 Porter · 23 Conneely · 24 Tønne · 25 Long · 27 McDonald · 28 Quinn · 30 Williams · 33 Parrino · — Chapell · — Gárdos · — Kennedy · — Warren · Manager: Wilson
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Leeds
- English people of Scottish descent
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland B international footballers
- Scotland under-21 international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Premier League players
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