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Simon Briggs
Appearances: 12+1 Goals: 2
Date / Year of birth: 28th November 1957
Position: Midfielder / Striker
Season of first appearance: 1982/83
Season of last appearance: 1982/83
Also played for:
Versatile Hammersmith-born player who spent his early years in Nottingham before moving to Margate with his parents in 1970. Simon first featured in junior football in the Thanet area during the 1976/77 season.
He was playing locally for Westcliff in the Thanet League and Lloyds Bank in the Thanet Works League when Thanet United's reserve team manager Peter Donnelly asked him to join the club for the 1981/82 campaign. Simon played exclusively for the reserves during the season and scored 15 goals for them. He also turned out for Sunday side Margate Athletic along with many other Thanet players.
Simon stayed with United for the 1982/83 campaign and made his first team debut in a Southern League game at Salisbury on 20.11.82. Although Thanet lost 6-1 Simon had the distinction of scoring the side's consolation goal. Thanet's manager Terry Morris resigned in the wake of the defeat. Simon went on to make 13 appearances (one as sub) during the remainder of the 1982/83 season and scored once more - in a 3-0 win at Andover on 18.12.82. He usually played as a striker but also featured in midfield and at right-back. Simon was described as being "tenacious" by the local press and was praised for his "strong front running" during a 5-0 defeat at Hillingdon on 1.1.83.
Simon stayed with United for the 1983/84 season but spent the entire campaign in the reserves before dropping back into local football.
In 1988 he left the Thanet area and moved to Heathfield in East Sussex. Simon carried on playing Saturday / Sunday football in local leagues there until retiring in 1995.
He was a prominent local cricketer in the Thanet area and after moving to East Sussex Simon carried on his cricket career with Heathfield Park. He also played for Sussex County Cricket Club's Over 50's side in the National Championship during the late 2000's.
In 2011 Simon was still living in Heathfield and his cricket career was still going strong. At that time he was in charge of a Crawley-based branch of the Swedish bank Handelsbanken and had worked in the banking industry for over 35 years by then.
Simon's sister was once married to Thanet United player Clive Haywood.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
| |
|
1982/83 (TUFC) |
12 (44) |
1 |
2 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (14TH OF 18) |
3QR |
1QR |
1R |
2R |