Nigel Jemson

Nigel Bradley Jemson (born 10 August 1969) is an English footballer, who represented his country at under-21 level and was the player-manager of Ilkeston Town until May 2008.[2] He finished his career at Rainworth Miners Welfare in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division.

Nigel Jemson
Personal information
Full name Nigel Bradley Jemson[1]
Date of birth (1969-08-10) 10 August 1969
Place of birth Hutton, Lancashire, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Preston North End 32 (8)
1988–1991 Nottingham Forest 47 (13)
1989 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 5 (0)
1989 → Preston North End (loan) 9 (2)
1991–1994 Sheffield Wednesday 51 (9)
1993 → Grimsby Town (loan) 6 (2)
1994–1996 Notts County 14 (1)
1995 → Watford (loan) 4 (0)
1995 → Coventry City (loan) 0 (0)
1996 → Rotherham United (loan) 16 (5)
1996–1998 Oxford United 68 (27)
1998–1999 Bury 29 (1)
1999–2000 Ayr United 12 (5)
2000 Oxford United 18 (0)
2000–2003 Shrewsbury Town 109 (36)
2003–2004 Ballymena United 22 (7)
2004–2008 Ilkeston Town
2008–2009 Halifax Town
2009 Arnold Town 6 (1)
2009–2010 Rainworth Miners Welfare
National team
1990 England U21 1 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2008 Ilkeston Town (player-manager)
2009 Halifax Town (caretaker manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Jemson played for a total of 12 English league clubs, most notably for Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday, one Scottish league club and one Northern Irish league club during his career, rarely lasting more than a season in each club.

Arguably, the highlight of his career was the winning goal he scored in the 1990 League Cup Final for Nottingham Forest against Oldham Athletic, the only goal of the game.

In July 1996, Jemson joined Oxford United for a fee of £60,000.[3] During his time there, he had loan spells with Watford,[4] Coventry City,[5] and Rotherham United.[6] In April 1996 he scored both Rotherham's goals in a 2–1 win over Shrewsbury Town, for whom he later played 109 games, in the Football League Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium.[7]

Jemson also gained national fame in January 2003, after scoring the Shrewsbury goals that knocked Everton out of the FA Cup third round. He put the Shrews into a first-half lead with a free kick and, after Niclas Alexandersson had equalised for Everton, glanced a last-minute header past Richard Wright,[8] to give Shrewsbury a famous giant-killing victory. Having earlier scored once against Stafford Rangers[9] and twice against Barrow,[10] his two goals against Everton took his tally to 5 in the competition meaning he ended up as top scorer.

In 2010, he replaced Eoin Jess in the Nottingham Forest's Masters team for the 2010 HKFC International Soccer Sevens tournament.[11]

International career

Jemson was capped once for the England under-21s, in a 0–0 friendly against Wales under-21s in December 1990.[12]

Personal life

In 2011, Jemson was reportedly training as a fireman in Bingham, Nottinghamshire.[13] He also maintains his interest in football and Nottingham Forest, starting a blog about his former team in October 2011.[14]

Honours
Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United

References
  1. "Nigel Jemson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. "Players: J". ilsonfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. "Football". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 11 July 1996. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Sporting Digest: Football". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 13 January 1995. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  5. Shaw, Phil (24 March 1995). "Blackburn stage coup with Witschge loan". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  6. "David Speedie sacked by Crawley". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. 17 February 1996. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  7. Wood, Greg (15 April 1996). "Familiar role for Jemson". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  8. "Shrews shock Everton". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 January 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  9. "Shrewsbury 4–0 Stafford". BBC. 16 November 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  10. "Shrewsbury 3–1 Barrow". BBC. 7 December 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  11. "Jemson drafted in". Thisisnottingham.co.uk/. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  12. Barrie Courtney. "England – U-21 International Results 1986–1995 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  13. "From football to fireman – ex Shrewsbury Town ace's new career". Shropshirestar.com. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  14. "About Nigel Jemson's Blog". Nigel Jemson's Blog. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
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