5’11” 13st.3lb.

b. Southwark 18 May 1982

Debut 1 October 2006 (24y 136d) Final Game 28 March 2010 (27y 314d)

CAREER: Riverdale Primary School;Fisher Athletic;Deptford Green Secondary Modern; Sydenham;Charlton Athletic (trainee);Gillingham Mar’01[126];Blackburn Rovers Jun’06 (free);Leeds United Sep’10-Nov’10 (loan)[3+1];Leyton Orient Nov’10 (loan)[3];Cardiff City Feb’11 (loan);Aberdeen Jul’11-Jan’13 (free);Ipswich Town Feb’13-Jun’13;Cambridge United Nov’13;Sutton United Jan’14;Dartford Jul’14.

INTERNATIONALS   Wales 2 apps

’06 v Tri.’07 v Lie.

SQUAD NUMBER     23 Aug’06.

PL     6 + 3 apps                              127 ns

FAC   2 app                                          4 ns

FLC   4 + 1 apps                               10 ns

UEFA                                                   8 ns

IT                                                         1 ns

Total 12 + 4 apps     + 233m         150 ns

Penalty record F 5 Sc 3 Sv 2

Minutes per goal 77 Clean sheet % 25

Longest unbeaten run 173m  First conceded 173m

Most goals one game  3

LC    1 app

Clean sheet % 100

A strongly built goalkeeper, who worked his way back into the league after being rejected at Charlton. His displays for Gillingham brought him Welsh under 21 recognition and contact with Mark Hughes which led to the offer of a contract in 2006, just as he was about to sign for Swansea. He made a spectacular debut for the Rovers, coming on as a half time substitute and saving a penalty kick against Wigan. He saw little action afterwards as Brad Friedel was always fit and although he had to deputise for his successor, Paul Robinson, an old back complaint flared up at an inopportune moment and he missed his opportunity to push for a first team place. When he played for Dartford he was coaching part time at Arsenal and Millwall. In the summer of 2015 he agreed to play for Sutton but gave up the chance when he was offered the position of goalkeeping coach at Gillingham. After admitting that he was suffering from depression he got his life back on track as goalkeeper coach at the Arsenal academy and coaching spells in Vietnam and Thailand.