Ian Selley

Football player infobox
playername = Ian Selley


fullname = Ian Selley
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=9
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|6|14
cityofbirth = Chertsey
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Maidstone United
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1990–1992
youthclubs = Arsenal
years = 1992–1997
1996
1997–2000
2000–2003
2002
2002
2003–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Arsenal
→ Southend United (loan)
Fulham
Wimbledon
→ Southend United (loan)
→ Southend United (loan)
Woking
Lewes
Grays Athletic
Maidstone United
caps(goals) = 42 0(0)
04 0(0)
03 0(0)
04 0(0)
14 0(0)
11 0(0)
97 (19)
0? 0(?)
04 0(0)
09 0(3)
nationalyears = 1994
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(0)
pcupdate = 11:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Ian Selley (born June 14 1974 in Weybridge) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Maidstone United.

Playing career

Arsenal

Selley joined Arsenal in 1990 as a trainee and won a South East Counties League title medal and Floodlit Cup Winners medal in his first season. He made his first-team debut at the age of eighteen in a 1-0 defeat against Blackburn Rovers in September 1992. Selley played nine games for Arsenal in the 1992-93 season and fifteen games in the 1993-94 season. Injuries to several key players gave Selley his most famous appearance for the club, when he was the youngest player on the field in Arsenal's 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final victory over Parma. He had previously been a substitute in Arsenal's 1993 Coca Cola Cup final victory over Sheffield Wednesday, the first trophy in their Cup double that season.

In February 1995 Selley broke his leg playing against Leicester City, which forced him out for the entire 1996-97 season. Despite reports that he would be a part of Arsène Wenger's new side he was sold to Fulham in 1997 for £500,000, after playing 42 games for Arsenal.

Fulham and Wimbledon

Unfortunately for him, he broke his leg a second time after playing just three games for Fulham and moved to Wimbledon in July 2000. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/857650.stm Dons sign ex-Arsenal duo] , BBC Sport] However Wimbledon were facing financial difficulties, and a bonus payment clause in his contract meant the club couldn't always afford to play him. Selley started just one game with 3 substitute appearances for Wimbledon.

outhend United

In February 2002 he was loaned to Southend United [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/1818982.stm Southend seal Selley loan] , BBC Sport] where he enjoyed more success, playing fourteen games in the 2000-01 season. He went on loan to Southend again in the 2002-03 season, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/2177004.stm Selley back at Southend] , BBC Sport] playing 11 times.

Woking

Selley was released by Wimbledon in May 2003 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/3050335.stm Dons release duo] , BBC Sport] and signed for Woking where he became an integral member of the team. Despite an injury against Kettering Town in the FA Trophy in 2004 which kept him out for ten games, he featured consistently and earned a reputation as a dead-ball specialist - he converted six goals from the spot in the 2003-04 season and two free kicks. At the start of the 2005-06 season his form was rather indifferent and it was revealed that he was recovering from a hernia operation. This did not prevent him from playing and he signed another one-year deal to keep him at Woking and provide much needed experience as the club sought a play-off place for promotion from the Conference National to the Football League.

Despite his injuries, Selley has become known as a player who does not shirk tackles. He picked up nine yellow cards in his time at Southend United and has shown no signs of lessening the physical side of his game, picking up ten bookings in his first season at Woking, six the season after that and four in the following season. Injury ruled him out of much of the 2006-07 season, and he was eventually released by Woking at the end of the season.

Lewes, Grays Athletic and Maidstone United

Following his release from Kingfield Stadium, Selley joined Lewes in July 2007. He then signed non-contract terms for Grays Athletic on 22 November 2007 [ [http://www.graysathletic.co.uk/news/archives/002311.html Player Signings] , graysathletic.co.uk] , reportedly wanting first team football. [ [http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/Rooks-come-from-behind-to.3501659.jp Rooks come from behind to win] , SussexExpress.co.uk] It was revealed that Sutton United manager, Ernie Howe, tried to sign Selley as a player-coach but he proved to be too expensive. [ [http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1865409.mostviewed.sutton_boss_says_no_to_selley.php Sutton boss says no to Selley] , SurreyComet.co.uk]

Selley left Grays Athletic to join Isthmian League Premier Division side Maidstone United on 7 March 2008, helping them to avoid relegation. [ [http://maidstoneunited.co.uk/news/2008/0803.htm News - March 2008] , Maidstone United Official Website]

References

External links

*soccerbase|7163|Ian Selley
* [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/10/ThenAndNow_IanSelley_29Oct04.htm FA Interview]
* [http://www.squarefootball.net/article/inbrief.asp?iid=917 Career bio]
* [http://www.cardsweb.co.uk/profiles/index.php?player=ianselley Woking Supporters' page]
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=1926 Photo & stats] at sporting-heroes.net