Simon Downer

Simon Downer
Personal information
Full name Simon Downer[1]
Date of birth (1981-10-19) 19 October 1981[1]
Place of birth Romford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Sutton United
Youth career
000?–1998 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Leyton Orient 79 (0)
2004Aldershot Town (loan) 8 (0)
2005–2006 Weymouth 17 (2)
2006–2008 Grays Athletic 38 (1)
2008 Wivenhoe Town 1 (0)
2008 Sutton United 7 (0)
2009–2010 Rushden & Diamonds 48 (1)
2010–2014 Sutton United 97 (4)
2014–2015 Maidenhead United 27 (0)
2015– Sutton United 22 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:00, 9 September 2016 (UTC).


Simon Downer (born 19 October 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Sutton United as a central defender or right back.

Club career

Downer's previous clubs include Leyton Orient, Aldershot Town (loan), Weymouth, Grays Athletic, Wivenhoe Town, Rushden & Diamonds and Sutton United.

Having played for the West Ham youth academy, Downer, who at the time was playing for Leyton Orient, went on trial with Newcastle United. However, Bobby Robson decided against signing the 19-year-old Downer, as he had a recurring problem with his left knee that needed an operation. This has hampered his career and at one point he retired from football. In between his 'retirement', Downer worked as a bricklayer.[2]

On 26 May 2009, Downer signed a one-year contract to remain at Rushden & Diamonds for the duration of the 2009–10 season. During the close-season after, he decided not to renew his contract offered and signed with Sutton United,[3] with whom he won the Isthmian League Premier Division at the end of the 2010–11 season.[4] He scored his first Sutton league goal in a 4–3 home victory over Wealdstone on 27 November 2010.[5] He won the Players' Player of the Year award for the 2011–12 season.

Downer rejoined Sutton in 2015 for a third spell after spending the previous campaign at Maidenhead. He made his 200th career appearance for Sutton in September 2015 and was part of the team which won the National League South title.[6]

Honours

Sutton United

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 121. ISBN 1-85291-651-6.
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisbevan/2011/12/downer.html
  3. Amos, Stuart (13 July 2010). "Fulham friendly fiasco creates £30,000 shortfall in Sutton budget". Surrey Comet. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  4. "Sutton United 2-0 Carshalton Athletic: Match report". Sutton United F.C. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. http://www.suttonunited.net/matchreport.html?id=358
  6. http://www.suttonunited.net/firstteam_squad.html#112

External links

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