- Simon Whaley
Football player infobox
playername = Simon Whaley
fullname = Simon Paul Whaley
height = 5ft 11in
nickname = Killer Whale, Siiiiiiii
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|6|7|df=y
cityofbirth =Bolton
countryofbirth =England
currentclub =Preston North End
clubnumber = 15
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Bolton Lads & Girls Club
years = 2002-2006
2006-
clubs = Bury
Preston North End
caps(goals) = 073 (11)
104 (14)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 28/08/2008
ntupdate =Simon Paul Whaley (born
7 June 1985 inBolton ,Greater Manchester ,England ) is a fast and skillful footballer with an almighty powerful shot plays inmidfield or (attack) forPreston North End . He joined Preston for £300,000 from Bury in January 2006 after scoring seven goals in half a season for the Shakers. earmarked as a star of the future his form in the second half of the 2006 / 07 season has been disappointing, due to a lack of starts given to him by then manager Paul Simpson, but with the departure of David Nugent and a new manager in Alan Irvine he is the most likely player at Preston North End to emerge as the most valuable asset to the club. He scored vital goals against Leicester City and Coventry City as North End pushed forward to theplay-offs .The 20-year-old made 85 appearances for the Shakers before signing for North End, since his debut in October 2002, scoring 11 goals including strikes against Leyton Orient and Wycombe earlier in the season.
Whaley signed a four-and-a-half year deal with North End.
He made his debut in the league match against Millwall on January 14th 2006, coming on as a second half substitute to replace Brian Stock.
He went on to make a further 17 appearances, scoring three goals, ironically all away from Deepdale in consecutive games against Coventry, Leicester and Hull.
Last season his early form had him grabbing all the headlines from his former Bury team mate David Nugent and he was heading the early scoring charts with three goals in the first six games.
He went on to bag a further three before the end of October before being forced to wait until the final game of the season to add to his tally, when he score the only goal in the 1-0 win over Birmingham.
He finished the season with seven goals in 33 starts.
External links
* [http://www.pnefc.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10362~22882,00.html Simon Whaley player profile] at pnefc.net
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