Simon Weaver

Football player infobox
playername = Simon Weaver


fullname = Simon Daniel Weaver
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|12|10|df=y
cityofbirth = Doncaster
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = King's Lynn
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1996–1998
1997
1998–2000
2000–2002
2002–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Sheffield Wednesday
→ Doncaster Rovers (loan)
Ilkeston Town
Nuneaton Borough
Lincoln City
→ Macclesfield Town (loan)
Kidderminster Harriers
Scarborough
York City
Tamworth
Boston United
King's Lynn
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
02 (0)
0? (?)
63 (0)
88 (4) [Many sources, such as Soccerbase, credit Richard Logan with scoring Lincoln's goal in the 1–1 draw with Kidderminster Harriers on 10 August, 2002. However, the club officially credited the goal to Weaver, see cite news
url=http://www.redimps.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~253537,00.html
title="The Goal Was Mine" Says Weaver
publisher=Lincoln City F.C.
date=2002-08-10
accessdate=2008-06-19]
07 (0)
23 (0)
22 (1)
00 (0)
38 (1)
13 (3)
00 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Simon Daniel Weaver (born 10 December 1977 in Doncaster, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for King's Lynn.

A wholehearted central defender, Simon began his career as an apprentice with Sheffield Wednesday and made his professional debut during a loan spell with Doncaster Rovers in February 1997. Released by Wednesday, he moved into the non-league circuit with first Ilkeston Town and then Nuneaton Borough.

In May 2002 he made a return to the professional ranks signing for Lincoln City who were managed by Keith Alexander who had been his boss at Ilkeston. A dogged, if limited, defender Simon enjoyed two seasons of success at Lincoln, earning plaudits for his willingness to put his body in the line of any shot or onrushing forward and earning the nickname "the horse".

At the start of the 2004/05, Simon lost his place in the Lincoln team and, following a loan period at Macclesfield Town, he joined Kidderminster Harriers in their unsuccessful fight against relegation from the Football league. 2005/06 saw Simon in the colours of Scarborough but the spell was not successful and with Scarborough in disarray, Simon was in need of a new club for 2006/07.

He turned down an invitation from King's Lynn to trial with York City, signing a four week contract with them in August 2006.

Having been an unused substitute for their first two games of the season, Simon found the offer of a years contract at Tamworth too hard to turn down and he moved on once again.

Although Weaver played in many of Tamworths games in 2006/07 season, he was not offered a new contract following the clubs relegation.

In the summer of 2007, he briefly trialled with Conference National newcomers Salisbury City and had discussions with Droylsden. He was injured playing in a pre-season friendly in Scotland: an injury that required the bones in his foot to be pinned. The injury caused him to miss the first four months of the season but, returning to fitness, he signed for Boston United on [http://www.bufc.co.uk/article/1434023/Pilgrims-recruit-defender-Weaver 11th December 2007] .

On May 29, 2008, Weaver joined Conference North newcomers King's Lynn, after failing to agree a new deal with Boston.cite news | title = Weaver and Ellender leave Boston | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7431020.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2008-06-02 | accessdate = 2008-06-02] cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=51914|title=Weaver spill blood for the cause|date=August 15, 2008|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-08-15]

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External links

*soccerbase|id=10876|name=Simon Weaver
* [http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=weav01 Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile]
* [http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/squad/weaver.shtml Harriers Online profile]
* [http://www.givemefootball.com/interviews.html?interviewID=893&method=full Interview]