- Simon Wormull
Infobox Football biography
playername = Simon Wormull
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|12|1|df=y
cityofbirth =Crawley
countryofbirth =England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position =Midfielder
currentclub = Eastbourne Borough
clubnumber = 18
youthyears =
youthclubs = Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur
years = 0000–1997
1997–1998
1998
1998–2000
2000–2001
2001–2004
2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2008–
clubs = Tottenham Hotspur
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion
Dover Athletic
Rushden & Diamonds
Stevenage Borough
Hornchurch
Crawley Town
Lewes
Eastbourne Borough
caps(goals) = 00 0(0)
05 0(0)
00 0(0)
24 0(3)
24 0(1)
73 0(9)
09 0(0)
43 0(4)
73 0(8)
07 0(1)
manageryears = 2005
managerclubs = Crawley Town (caretaker)
nationalyears = 1999–2002
nationalteam = England National Game XI
nationalcaps(goals) = 07 0(0)
pcupdate = 19:16, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 14:34, 12 August 2008 (UTC)Simon Wormull (born 1 December 1976) is an English footballer who plays as a
midfielder for Eastbourne Borough in theConference National . As a junior, he played for Tottenham Hotspur in the final of the 1995FA Youth Cup and in the Intertoto Cup. Although he made a few appearances in the lower divisions ofthe Football League for Brentford and Rushden & Diamonds, the majority of his career has been spent innon-league football , with clubs including Dover Athletic, Stevenage Borough, Hornchurch, Crawley Town and Lewes. He has been capped seven times for the National Game XI, the team that represents England atsemi-professional level.Playing career
Early career
Wormull was born in
Crawley ,West Sussex , and began his football career as a schoolboy with Brighton & Hove Albion.cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/1998/3/25/200373.html |title=Seagulls in signing blitz |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=1998-03-25 |accessdate=2008-07-07] He joined Tottenham Hotspur while still a junior, and at the age of 15 became one of the youngest players ever to appear for theirreserve team .cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2007/11/9/245444.html |title=FA Cup: Wormull rallies Rooks |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=2007-11-09 |accessdate=2008-07-07] In 1995, he played in the final of theFA Youth Cup against Manchester United youth team, scoring the opening goal in the first leg, which Tottenham won 2–1. [cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950512/ai_n13982058 |title=Spurs youngsters have the edge |author=Brendan O'Keeffe |work=The Independent |date=1995-05-12 |accessdate=2008-07-07] By the time the second leg went to a losingpenalty shootout , Wormull had been substituted byStephen Clemence . [cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950516/ai_n13982800 |title=Cooke's spot success for United |author=Guy Hodgson |work=The Independent |date=1995-05-16 |accessdate=2008-07-07] The closest he came to first-team football in six years at the club was in the Intertoto Cup, [cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950626/ai_n13990857 |title=No picnic for English clubs by the sea |work=The Independent |author=Phil Shaw |date=1995-06-26 |accessdate=2008-07-07] a competition in which Tottenham fielded extremely weak sides, including that which lost 8–0 to FC Cologne. [cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:OBSC&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F2ADE0DA5CAF5EF&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Football: They're off – next season starts before this one finishes |work=The Observer |date=2001-06-17 |accessdate=2008-07-13]Released by Tottenham at the end of the 1996–97 season, Wormull joined Second Division club Brentford on a free transfer, marking his debut in
the Football League by missing the best chance of the match. [cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19970810/ai_n14467020 |title=Lions go on the rampage |work=Sunday Mirror |date=1997-08-10 |accessdate=2008-07-08] He fell out of favour, and following a trial in Brighton & Hove Albion's reserves, was given a month's contract by managerBrian Horton , who described the player as someone who "uses the ball well, ... gets forward and is quite aggressive". Injury prevented him playing for the first team during that period, or during another month at the start of the 1998–99 season; much to Horton's displeasure, Wormull rejected the offer of a further month, [cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/1998/9/2/199598.html |title=Albion release Wormull |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=1998-09-02 |accessdate=2008-07-07] preferring to drop down to the Conference with Dover Athletic.Dover Athletic
His performance with Dover earned him international selection, chosen for England's National Game XI for the first time in March 1999. [cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990305/ai_n14209601 |title=Grayson sparks England win |work=
The Independent |author=Rupert Metcalf |date=1999-03-05 |accessdate=2008-07-07] [cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990524/ai_n14237705 |title=Pitcher brims with dashing flair |work=The Independent |author=Christian Bright |date=1999-05-24 |accessdate=2008-07-07] He maintained the standard the following season; Dover's best player against rivals Rushden & Diamonds, he was eventually stretchered off with a damagedAchilles tendon after three opponents were booked for fouling him. [cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LSNB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F933F28289E4308&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Da Souza'sa real Diamond |work=The Sun |date=2000-02-14 |accessdate=2008-07-07] [cite web |url=http://doverathletic.com/season9900/12_2_00.html |title=Dover Athletic v Rushden & Diamonds |publisher=Dover Athletic F.C. |quote=The only unsavoury aspect of the afternoon was the disgraceful tactics employed by the visitors to deal with the threat of Simon Womull ("sic"). Three Diamonds players were booked for deliberate and dangerous challenges on the England winger, and at least two of them were lucky not to be dismissed. At Nene Park in November, Wormull and Dave Clarke both limped off the pitch before the end of the game as a result of similar tactics and Neil Le Bihan had his arm broken. At Crabble, the Rushden players repeatedly fouled Wormull, who needed three lengthy spells of treatment from the physio before eventually leaving the field on a stretcher. |date=2000-02-12 |accessdate=2008-07-13] Sidelined for a month due to injuries sustained in that match, Wormull returned to play 20 minutes as a substitute [cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=10630&seasonid=129 |title=Games played by Simon Wormull in 1999/2000 |work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post |accessdate=2008-07-13] before joining Rushden for a fee of £50,000 later that same week.cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rushden_and_diamonds/1083522.stm |title=Rushden reject Wormull bid |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2000-12-22 |accessdate=2008-07-13]BBC Sport 's 2000–01 Conference preview said that Dover would miss him, [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/882632.stm |title=Will Rushden's nerve hold? |author=Howard Nurse |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2000-08-16 |accessdate=2008-07-13] a view later echoed by then assistant manager Clive Walker, who described the 1999–2000 season as "a year when we had players like Simon Wormull,Joe Dunne and Dave Clarke in the team. In all honesty, we weren't far away from having a side good enough to win the division. We needed perhaps two more players to compete at the top - but sadly we ended up selling Dunne and Wormull halfway through the season." [cite web |url=http://doverathletic.com/index.php?id=85&link=&p=news |title=Clive's hand dealt a boost |author=Justin Allen |publisher=Dover Athletic F.C. |date=2005-11-20 |accessdate=2008-07-13]Rushden & Diamonds
He helped Rushden to runners-up spot in the Conference in 2000, [cite web |url=http://www.fchd.info/RUSHDEND.HTM |title=Rushden & Diamonds |work=Football Club History Database |publisher=Richard Rundle |accessdate=2008-08-12] and retained his place in England's semi-professional side. [cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2000/05/2619.htm |title=Watkins spot on for England |publisher=The FA |date=2000-05-04 |accessdate=2008-08-12] In the 2000–01 season, his appearances were infrequent, and in December 2000, Dover made an unsuccessful attempt to buy him back. He played his part in Rushden's Conference title, and consequent promotion to the Football League.cite news |url=http://www.thediamondsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10784~880686,00.html |title=Where are they now? |author=Mark Taylor |publisher=
Rushden & Diamonds F.C. |date=2006-09-14 |accessdate=2008-08-12] After five games for the club in Division Three, managerBrian Talbot sold Wormull together withstriker Jean-Michel Sigere to Conference club Stevenage Borough for "a five-figure sum".cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/1580758.stm |title=Boro's double Diamonds raid |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2001-10-05 |accessdate=2008-08-12]tevenage Borough
Wormull helped Stevenage to reach the final of the
FA Trophy in 2002, where they lost 2–0 to full-time professional club Yeovil Town. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1980104.stm |title=Yeovil lift FA Trophy |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2002-05-12 |accessdate=2008-08-12] [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/806382.stm |title=Yeovil make full-time switch |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2000-06-28 |accessdate=2008-08-12] While with the club he won his seventh international cap, and maintained his reputation as a good crosser of the ball [cite web |title=The Playing Squad |url=http://www.stevenageborofc.com/content/playingsquad.shtml |publisher=Stevenage Borough F.C. |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20031205044632/www.stevenageborofc.com/content/playingsquad.shtml|archivedate=2003-12-05] [cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/05/11938.htm |title=Wales clinch Four Nations |publisher=The FA |date=2002-05-20 |accessdate=2008-08-12] who was willing to shoot; in his first two seasons with the club he contributed more shots than any of his team-mates, [cite web |url=http://www.bfcsa.co.uk/0203/articles/release020815.htm |title=Press Release |publisher=Nationwide Conference |date=2002-08-15 |accessdate=2008-08-12] cite web |url=http://www.bfcsa.co.uk/0203/articles/release030430.htm |title=Press Release |publisher=Nationwide Conference |date=2003-04-30 |accessdate=2008-08-12] and in his second and third seasons he made most assists. [cite web |url=http://www.bfcsa.co.uk/0304/articles/release_040427.htm |title=Press Release |publisher=Nationwide Conference |date=2004-04-27 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Stevenage began to move towards full-time status before the 2002–03 season. [cite news |title=Stevenage to step up |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/1910303.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2002-04-04 |accessdate=2008-08-12] At the end of that season, Wormull submitted a transfer request, because he was struggling to balance work and football commitments. ManagerGraham Westley rejected the request, [cite web |title=Latest from Broadhall Way |url=http://www.stevenageborofc.com/content/news/290503b.shtml |author=Steve Watkins |publisher=Stevenage Borough F.C. |date=2003-05-29 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040307033129/www.stevenageborofc.com/content/news/290503b.shtml |archivedate=2004-03-07] but in April 2004 his contract was cancelled by mutual consent, citing the player's injury record and his difficulties adjusting to the demands of full-time football. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/3672847.stm |title=Stevenage duo released |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2004-04-30 |accessdate=2008-08-12]Hornchurch and Crawley Town
Home-town club Crawley Town's manager Francis Vines hoped to sign Wormull, describing him as a good all-round player who "can play in the middle or wide right and passes the ball well, as well as being useful with set-pieces. He is also good in the tackle", capable of strengthening an already strong midfield. [cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=17387 |title=Vines keen on Wormull |work=Non-League Daily |date=2004-05-06 |accessdate=2008-09-02] They were unable to match the offer – believed to be £800 a weekcite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=22164 |title=Wormull signs – but only short-term |work=Non-League Daily |date=2004-11-18 |accessdate=2008-09-02] – from
Conference South club Hornchurch,cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2004/11/17/107867.html |title=Conference: Wormull gets short-term deal with Reds |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=2004-11-17 |accessdate=2008-08-12] dubbed the "Chelsea of the Conference" because they had a well-paid full-time professional squad despite playing in the sixth tier of English football.cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-14667059-details/Hill+fights+back+after+cash+shock/article.do |title=Hill fights back after cash shock |author=Ken Dyer |work=Evening Standard |publisher=Associated Newspapers Ltd |date=2004-11-12 |accessdate=2008-08-12] A back injury restricted his Hornchurch appearances, and he had not played for several weeks when, in November 2004, the owner's business collapsed, the players' pay cheques were stopped, and most of the squad left.Wormull returned home to join Crawley, on much reduced wages, but he failed his medical examination; the club initially offered him a short-term deal while he proved his fitness. At the end of the 2004–05 season he agreed a two-year contract. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/4076636.stm |title=Crawley midfielders pen new deals |publisher=
BBC Sport |date=2005-06-09 |accessdate=2008-08-12] He turned down offers of full-time football, preferring to stay near home and combine his playing role with running the club's new youth coaching scheme in local schools. [cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=27595 |title=Wormull takes on new role |work=Non-League Daily |date=2005-06-17 |accessdate=2008-09-02] A succession of managerial changes following the club's takeover resulted in Wormull acting ascaretaker manager for four matches in November 2005, [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/4379912.stm |title=Jones makes mutual Crawley exit |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2005-10-26 |accessdate=2008-08-12] [cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2005/11/18/205299.html |title=Wormull emerges as contender for Reds job |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=2005-11-18 |accessdate=2008-08-12] a role in which he made a positive start. [cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article589799.ece |title=Wormull makes it look so easy |author=Walter Gammie |work=The Times |date=2005-11-14 |accessdate=2008-08-12] During this period he agreed a new contract, but the offer was later withdrawn, and he was given permission to speak to other clubs. [cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2006/1/16/206965.html |title=Skipper Simon may leave Crawley |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=2006-01-16 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Unwilling to leave the Sussex area, he decided to stay with Crawley, [cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2006/1/30/207433.html |title=Match report: Crawley 1 Morecambe 3 |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=2006-01-30 |accessdate=2008-08-12] but when the club halved the players' wages, thereby breaching their contracts and allowing them to leave on free transfers, Wormull chose to join Conference South club Lewes. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/4779696.stm |title=Crawley squad have wages slashed |author=Pete Oliver |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2006-03-06 |accessdate=2008-08-12] [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/4776012.stm |title=Wormull leaves Crawley for Lewes |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2006-03-05 |accessdate=2008-08-12]Lewes
In his first full season with Lewes, Wormull was used in a number of different positions, but in 2007–08, he usually played in central midfield, and felt that the continuity helped his performance. [cite news |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2007/11/9/245444.html |title=FA Cup: Wormull rallies Rooks |work=The Argus |publisher=
Newsquest |date=2007-11-09 |accessdate=2008-08-12] He scored the winning goal against Sutton United in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup, [cite news |url=http://www.lewesfc.com/07-10-14.htm |title=Lewes 2 Grays 0 |publisher=Lewes F.C. |date=2007-10-14 |accessdate=2008-08-12] and made an assist for one goal and was involved in the second in the fourth qualifying round, to take the club through to the first round proper for the second year running. [cite news |url=http://www.lewesfc.com/07-10-31.htm |title=Lewes 1 Sutton Utd 0 |publisher=Lewes F.C. |date=2007-10-31 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Wormull contributed five goals from midfield towards his club winning the Conference South title, though an injured ankle meant he missed the last few weeks of the season. [cite news |url=http://www.confsouth.co.uk/07/lewes.htm |title=Lewes |work=Blue Square South Guide |accessdate=2008-08-12] [cite news |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/2210429.lewes_celebrate_clinching_title/ |title=Lewes celebrate clinching title |author=Howard Griggs |work=The Argus |publisher=Newsquest |date=2008-04-19 |accessdate=2008-08-12]Following the departure of manager Steven King, the vast majority of the title-winning side left the club. [cite news |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2380929.0.why_barness_deal_is_great_for_lewes.php |title=Why Barness deal is great for Lewes |author=Howard Griggs |work=The Argus |publisher=
Newsquest |date=2008-07-05 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Despite new Lewes manager Kevin Keehan's view that "if I could have had only one player I could keep from last season, it would be Simon" [cite news |url=http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/39Wormull-is-my-first-choice.4093280.jp |title='Wormull is my first choice to keep at Pan' |work=Sussex Express |publisher=Johnston Press |date=2008-05-16 |accessdate=2008-08-12] being reflected in the club offering him better terms than did Eastbourne Borough, [cite news |url=http://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/article.asp?aid=3784&iid=78&sud=1035 |title=Simon Wormull (Eastbourne Borough): Glad To Be Back In The Big Time |author=Craig Chisnall |work=The Non-League Paper |date=2008-06-08 |accessdate=2008-08-12] Wormull, together with team-mate Jean-Michel Sigere, joined their local rivals in June 2008. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/eastbourne_borough/7432715.stm |title= Two in and two out for Eastbourne |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2008-06-03 |accessdate=2008-08-12]Eastbourne Borough
Wormull and Sigere made their debuts in the opening-day defeat to former club Rushden & Diamonds, [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7541360.stm |title=Eastbourne 0-1 Rushden |publisher=
BBC Sport |date=2008-08-09 |accessdate=2008-08-11] making Eastbourne the fifth club – following Rushden,cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/1554262.stm |title=Rushden 1-0 Cheltenham |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2001-09-22 |accessdate=2008-08-15] Stevenage, Hornchurch [cite web |url=http://www.afchornchurch.com/2004/reports/13.shtml |title=Match Report Hornchurch 6 Basingstoke Town 0 |publisher=A.F.C. Hornchurch |date=2004-09-06 |accessdate=2008-08-12] and Lewes [cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=210672&cc=9999 |title=Lewes 1 - 4 Darlington |publisher=ESPNSoccernet |date=2006-11-11 |accessdate=2008-08-15] – where they played alongside each other.Honours
*with Tottenham Hotspur
**FA Youth Cup finalist: 1995
*with Rushden & Diamonds
**Football Conference champions: 2000–01
**Football Conference runners-up: 1999–2000
*with Stevenage Borough
**FA Trophy finalist: 2002
*with Lewes
**Conference South champions: 2007–08References
External links
*soccerbase|10630|Simon Wormull
*cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/simonwormull.htm |title=Simon Wormull |work=A-Z UK Transfers |publisher=Neil BrownPersondata
NAME = Wormull, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =1977-01-26
PLACE OF BIRTH =Crawley ,West Sussex ,England
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