Nathan Abbey
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| Nathan ABBEY | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan Abbey | |
| Date of birth | 11/07/1978 | |
| Place of birth | Islington, England | |
| Position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Torquay United | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| -1995 | Luton Town | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1995-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003 2003 2003 2003-2004 2004 2004-2006 2005-2006 2006 2006- |
Luton Town Chesterfield Northampton Town Stevenage Borough Luton Town Macclesfield Town Ipswich Town Burnley Boston United Leyton Orient (loan) Bristol City Torquay United |
55 (0) 46 (0) 5 (0) 6 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 61 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 17 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Nathan Abbey (Born 11 July 1978 in Islington, London) is an English professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for Torquay United.
Abbey began his career as a trainee with Luton Town, turning professional in August 1995. His first team debut came on August 26, 1997 in the League Cup first round second leg tie at home to Colchester United, a 1-1 draw taking the Hatters into the second round. Later that season he had a spell on loan to Football Conference side Woking. He had to wait until January 1999 for this next first team appearance for Luton, playing in the 3-0 defeat at home to Walsall in the Auto Windscreens Shield. His league debut came the following month, on the 6th of February, playing in the 2-1 win away to Burnley.
He began the 1999-2000 season as Luton's first choice goalkeeper, previous first choice Kelvin Davis having been sold to Wimbledon to aid Luton's financial problems, and remained a regular throughout the season. In the summer of 2000, Luton manager Ricky Hill signed Mark Ovendale and chose him to start the season in place of Abbey. However, Abbey soon regained his place in the side, though spent most of the season in and out of the side as first Lil Fuccillo and then Joe Kinnear took over as Luton manager.
With Luton relegated to the bottom flight of the English Football League, Abbey was released by Luton and joined Chesterfield in August 2001. He was an ever-present the following season and won the Chesterfield Player of the Year Award, but left after failing to agree a new contract.
He joined Northampton Town in August 2002, but struggled to establish himself and was released at the end of the season having played only eight games. He returned to Luton on trial, but in July 2003 signed for Conference side Stevenage Borough. He played six conference games before returning to Luton Town in October 2003. He was released by Luton manager Mike Newell the following month, joining Macclesfield Town where he again failed to make the first team. Abbey had similar experiences on moving to Ipswich Town in December 2003 and Burnley in January 2004, although at least at Burnley he remained at the club until the end of the season.
In July 2004, Abbey signed for Boston United, playing 61 league games over the next season and a half. He had a spell on loan with Leyton Orient in December 2005 and moved to Bristol City on a free transfer in January 2006. He made just one appearance for City, as a substitute, before being released at the end of the season.
He signed for Torquay United in July 2006 and was soon installed as first choice goalkeeper by Torquay manager Ian Atkins.
His brother Zema is also a professional footballer.
| Torquay United F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Abbey | 2 Andrews | 3 Reed | 4 Hockley | 5 Taylor | 6 Villis | 7 Ward | 8 Evans | 9 Thorpe | 10 Mansell | 11 Hill | 12 Hewlett | 14 Phillips | 15 Robertson | 16 Motteram | 17 Angus | 18 Woods | 19 McPhee | 20 Horsell | 21 Murray | 22 Leary | 23 Critchell | Manager: Atkins |
Categories: 1978 births | Living people | People from Islington | English footballers | Luton Town F.C. players | Woking F.C. players | Chesterfield F.C. players | Northampton Town F.C. players | Stevenage Borough F.C. players | Macclesfield Town F.C. players | Ipswich Town F.C. players | Burnley F.C. players | Boston United F.C. players | Leyton Orient F.C. players | Bristol City F.C. players | Torquay United F.C. players
