- Simon Marples
Football player infobox
playername = Simon Marples
fullname = Simon Marples
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|7|30
cityofbirth =Sheffield
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Alfreton Town FC
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Sheffield Wednesday
Rotherham United
years = 1994-1999
1999-2006
2006-2008
2008
clubs = Stocksbridge
Doncaster Rovers
Chester City
Alfreton Town FC.
caps(goals) = - (-)
151 (0)
46 0 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 10/5/2008Simon Marples (born
30 July 1975 inSheffield ) is an English football defender currently signed on a part-time contract at Alfreton Town FC who play in the Blue Square Conference North.Marples was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham United as as a youngster. [cite book | author=Steve Whitney | title=The Ultimate Book of Non League Players: 1997-98 | year=1997| pages= p.192 |id=ISBN 0-9531258-0-7] He then joined non-league side Stocksbridge in 1994, working his way into the first team after impressive performances in the reserves. [cite book | author=Steve Whitney | title=The Ultimate Book of Non League Players: 1997-98 | year=1997| pages= p.192 |id=ISBN 0-9531258-0-7]
In 1999 Marples moved to Doncaster Rovers for £12,000, which remains a club record fee received for a Stocksbridge player. Marples impressed so much in his early weeks at the club that he attracted interest from
Premier League clubs, with Rovers valuing him at more than £200,000. [Cite news
title= Snodin gets tough with Premiership big-boys | url= http://www.donny.co.uk/rovers/news.php?ID=110 | publisher= Donny Online | date=2000-02-24 | accessdate= 2008-01-12]However, Maples stayed with Rovers and he was part of Doncaster's glory days when they won the
Conference National playoffs and the Division 3 championship in successive seasons from 2003 to 2004.A notable fact is that Maples never scored in a League or Cup match for Doncaster in 170 appearances.
He signed for Chester in the summer of 2006 on a free transfer and over the next two years would again fail to find the net in more than 50 first–team appearances. In March 2008 he was placed on '
gardening leave ' at Chester, believed to be following a dispute over his non-selection in the team. [Cite news
title= Marples sent on garden leave | url= http://www.chestercityfc.net/article/1619143/Marples-sent-on-Garden-Leave | publisher= Chester City Official Website| date=2008-03-06 | accessdate= 2008-03-22] He did not play for the club again and was released 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]External links
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* [http://www.chestercityfc.net/Player?playerId=451523 Chester City Official Website Profile]References
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