Nicky Cross
English footballer (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicholas Jeremy Rowland Cross (born 7 February 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He scored 128 goals in 481 league games in a sixteen-year career in the Football League, playing for five different clubs.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicholas Jeremy Rowland Cross[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1961-02-07) 7 February 1961 (age 63)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
West Bromwich Albion | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1985 | West Bromwich Albion | 105 | (15) |
1985–1987 | Walsall | 109 | (45) |
1987–1989 | Leicester City | 58 | (15) |
1989–1994 | Port Vale | 144 | (39) |
1994–1996 | Hereford United | 65 | (14) |
Solihull Borough | |||
Total | 481 | (128) | |
Managerial career | |||
Redditch United | |||
Studley KBL | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He began his career at top-flight West Bromwich Albion in 1980, and played more than 100 games in a five-year spell, before moving on to Walsall for a £48,000 fee. He also played more than 100 games for Walsall, scoring 45 league goals, before he was sold on to Leicester City for a £80,000 fee in January 1988. He was sold on to Port Vale for a £125,000 fee in June 1989, and would play a total of 176 games for the club in league and cup competitions, winning the Football League Trophy in 1993, and helping the club to promotion out of the Third Division in 1993–94. After this success he spent two years with Hereford United, before heading into non-League football with Solihull Borough in 1996. He later managed Redditch United and Studley KBL, before heading into the financial sector.