Nick Fenton

Nick Fenton

Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Leonard Fenton[1]
Date of birth	23 November 1979 (1979-11-23) (age 31)
Place of birth	Preston, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Morecambe
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2001	Manchester City	15	(0)
1999–2000	→ Notts County (loan)	13	(1)
2000	→ Bournemouth (loan)	8	(0)
2000	→ Bournemouth (loan)	5	(0)
2000	→ Notts County (loan)	8	(0)
2000–2004	Notts County	147	(9)
2004–2006	Doncaster Rovers	63	(4)
2006–2008	Grimsby Town	80	(6)
2008–2011	Rotherham United	115	(4)
2011–	Morecambe	16	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:00, 6 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Nicholas Leonard "Nick" Fenton (born 23 November 1979) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Morecambe, having previously played for Manchester City, Notts County, A.F.C. Bournemouth, Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town and Rotherham United.

Club career

Manchester City

Preston born Fenton came through the youth ranks of Premiership side Manchester City, however he was promoted to the clubs first team squad a few months after the clubs relegation in the summer of 1996. By the time Fenton was given his first team debut City had suffered a further relegation into the third tier of English football. On 19 August 1998 Fenton earned his first appearance for City when he started the match in a 7–1 English League Cup victory over Notts County at Maine Road. City earned promotion back to the First Division in May 1999 via the play-offs following a penalty shootout victory over Gillingham at Wembley Stadium, however Fenton although a squad member had not been involved in first team action since February. During the 1999–2000 season Fenton made his final appearance for City in a 4–3 League Cup defeat against Southampton when he came on as a 91st minute substitute for Richard Edghill. In October 1999 he joined Notts County on loan where he made 13 appearances and scoring his first career goal against Wycombe Wanderers. In March 2000 he signed on loan with A.F.C. Bournemouth where he played 8 times where his performances proved himself worthy of a fresh bid by the club in the 2000–01 season and he returned on loan to Bournemouth in August. Fenton returned to Notts County on loan a month later and on 10 November he joined the club on a permanent deal.

Notts County

Fenton signed for County for £150,000. Fenton played over 150 appearances for The Magpies until his departure at the end of the 2003–04 season.

Doncaster Rovers

His next port of call was to sign with Doncaster Rovers who had previously earned two back to back promotions that had seen the Yorkshire club rise from the Conference National to the Football League One. Fenton played out the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons Rovers and after playing in the clubs first round League Cup game against Rochdale at the beginning of the 2006–07 season he departed the club.

Grimsby Town

Fenton was signed for Grimsby on 25 August 2006 by Graham Rodger from Doncaster Rovers, the same day that centre half Ben Futcher left the club for Peterborough United. Fenton was joined at Blundell Park by Rovers team mate Ricky Ravenhill. He slotted in at centre half along with Justin Whittle, as the season progressed manager Rodger was replaced by Alan Buckley but he continued to feature as a regular. On the final day of the season he had the distinction of scoring the last ever goal at Shrewsbury Town's Gay Meadow stadium.^[2] During the 2007–08 season Fenton was a part of the Grimsby team that made it to the Football League Trophy final at Wembley Stadium, however the club were beaten 2–0 by the Milton Keynes Dons. In the summer of 2008 Fenton was told that he would not be offered a new contract with Grimsby and that he was free to leave the club.

Rotherham United

Fenton was signed by Rotherham United on 8 August 2008 on a free transfer He made his Rotherham United debut away to local rivals Sheffield Wednesday. He had a brilliant game and was given a 9 rating in most match reports. He made his league debut for the Millers away to Morecambe. He scored his first goal for the club when Rotherham caused an upset by beating Championship side Southampton in the League Cup.^[3] Fenton kept up his goal scoring form by scoring further goals against Leeds United in the Football League Trophy^[4] and Barnet in the league.^[5] He was released by the club in May 2011.

Morecambe FC

He joined league two side Morecambe in summer 2011.

International career

As a youngster Fenton made appearances for various England youth sides.

Honours

Grimsby Town

• Football League Trophy runner up: 2007–08

Manchester City

• Second Division Play-off winner: 1998–99
• First Division Runner up: 1999-00

References

1. ^ "Search 1837 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
2. ^ "Shrewsbury 2–2 Grimsby". BBC. 5 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6602933.stm. Retrieved 1 May 2010. 
3. ^ "Rotherham 3–1 Southampton". BBC. 23 September 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7626746.stm. Retrieved 4 May 2010. 
4. ^ "Rotherham 4–2 Leeds". BBC. 8 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7646307.stm. Retrieved 4 May 2010. 
5. ^ "Rotherham 3–4 Barnet". BBC. 18 October 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7665166.stm. Retrieved 4 May 2010. 

External links

• Nick Fenton career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile of Nick Fenton at codalmighty.com

Persondata
Name	Fenton, Nick
Alternative names
Short description	English Footballer
Date of birth	23 November 1979
Place of birth	Preston, England
Date of death
Place of death