TJ Moncur

Infobox Football biography
playername = TJ Moncur


fullname = Thomas James Moncur
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|9|23|df=y
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Bradford City
(on loan from Fulham)
clubnumber = 20
position = Defender
youthyears = –2004
2005–2007
youthclubs = Arsenal
Fulham
years = 2007–
2008
2008–
clubs = Fulham
→ Bradford City (loan)
→ Bradford City (loan)
caps(goals) = 0 (0)
7 (0)
5 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 15:57, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Thomas James Moncur (born 23 September 1987), also known as TJ Moncur, is an English footballer who plays for Bradford City on loan from Fulham. He plays as a defender. It is his second spell on loan with Bradford City.

Early life

Born on 23 September 1987,Fact|date=July 2008 he attended St Ignatius' College, a Catholic secondary school for boys, located in Enfield, Middlesex, from 1999 to 2004.Fact|date=May 2008

Career

Moncur was a youngster with Arsenal until he was bought aged 16.cite news
url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2071601.0..php
title=There's no place like home for Moncur
date=25 February 2008
accessdate=2008-02-25
publisher=Telegraph & Argus
first=Simon
last=Parker] He joined the Fulham academy where he was for three years under the tutelage of Billy McKinlay, until he signed a professional contract at the age of 19 in February 2007. [cite web
url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2007/February/YoungTrioSign.aspx
title=Young Whites Sign
date=2007-02-19
accessdate=2008-06-14
pubisher=Fulham Football Club] In January 2008 he joined Bradford City on loan for a month to provide cover for the injured Mark Bower. [cite news
url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_league2/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/08/01/29/manual_200040.html
title=Bantams snap up Moncur
date=29 January 2008
accessdate=2008-01-30
publisher=Sporting Life] He was an unused substitute as Bradford defeated Macclesfield Town on 2 February 2008. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7210673.stm
title=Macclesfield 0-1 Bradford
date=2 February 2008
accessdate=2008-02-03
publisher=BBC Sport] After being substitute for another three games, he made his senior debut on 23 February 2008 when he was booked in a 3–1 victory at Notts County. [cite news
url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/display.var.2068507.0.notts_county_1_city_3.php
title=Notts County 1 City 3
date=23 February 2008
accessdate=2008-02-23
publisher=Telegraph & Argus
first=Simon
last=Parker] His loan deal was extended after making two first team games for City. He returned to Fulham in April 2008 because of personal problems, [cite news
url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2177298.0.mccall_ponders_deal_or_no_deal.php
title=McCall ponders: Deal or no deal?
date=2008-04-08
accessdate=2008-04-08
publisher=Telegraph & Argus
first=Simon
last=Parker] after he had played seven times for Bradford City. [cite web
url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=48658
title=TJ Moncur
accessdate=2008-04-08
publisher=Soccerbase] His form during the loan spell helped him to win a new one-year contract extension at Fulham in June 2008. [cite news
url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2008/June/TJMoncurExtension.aspx
title=Moncur Extension
date=2008-06-24
accessdate=2008-06-24
publisher=Fulham FC]

On 8 August 2008, a day before the start of the 2008–09 season, he signed another loan deal with Bradford City until 3 January 2009. The agreement gave Bradford the option for the discussion of a permanent deal with Moncur once the loan period was over. [cite news
url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3580841.Moncur_back_for_second_loan_spell/
title=Moncur back for second loan spell
date=2008-08-08
accessdate=2008-08-08
publisher=Telegraph & Argus] He made his first appearance of his second loan spell a day later, coming on as a substitute for Paul Arnison, once more against Notts County. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7541104.stm
title=Bradford 2-1 Notts County
date=2008-08-09
accessdate=2008-08-13
publisher=BBC Sport] In Moncur's first league start of the season, as a replacement for the injured Arnison, against Shrewsbury Town in September 2008, Moncur sustained a head injury when he collided with teammate Graeme Lee. Moncur continued for nine more minutes, before he collapsed and required 12 minutes of treatment on the pitch before being rushed to hospital. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7626825.stm
title=Shrewsbury 2-0 Bradford
date=2008-09-27
accessdate=2008-09-30
publisher=BBC Sport] He was later released from hospital, but remembers nothing of the match and could not attend his own 21st birthday party because he was not allowed to drive to his London home. [cite news
url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3709825.Bang_went_my_memory__says_Moncur/
title=Bang went my memory, says Moncur
date=2008-09-29
accessdate=2008-09-30
publisher=Telegraph & Argus
first=Simon
last=Parker]

References

External links

*soccerbase|48658|TJ Moncur

Persondata
NAME = Moncur, TJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Moncur, Thomas James
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 23 September 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH = England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =