Nicky Eaden
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Nicky Eaden | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Nicholas Eaden | |
Date of birth | 12/12/1972 | |
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | |
Position | Defender | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Lincoln City
(on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
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Number | 12 | |
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
1991-2000 2000-2002 2002-2005 2005- 2006- |
Barnsley Birmingham City Wigan Athletic Nottingham Forest Lincoln City (loan) |
293 (10) 74 (4) 122 (0) 28 (0) 5 (0) |
* Professional club appearances and goals |
Nicky Eaden (born December 12, 1972) is a football defender currently on loan to Lincoln City from Nottingham Forest. He joined Forest in the summer of 2005, signed by the now-departed Gary Megson as a replacement for Mattieu Louis-Jean - a summer signing by Norwich City.
Born in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, Eaden started his career at local Barnsley F.C.; contributing to their shock promotion to the Premiership before joining Birmingham City. Eaden also had a successful spell with Wigan Athletic; winning promotion from the then Division Two and then into the Premiership.
Despite his being successful with most of his previous clubs, he has not been a favourite with the Forest faithful and the caretaker managers Frank Barlow and Ian McParland did not include Nicky Eaden in a matchday squad after a disappointing season in the East Midlands.
He had been promoted with every club he had been at although, despite not playing a consistent role in the Forest squad in the 05-06 season, he and his team missed out on the playoffs by two points. On August 31, 2006 he joined Lincoln on loan.
Lincoln City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Marriott | 2 Beevers | 3 Mayo | 4 Moses | 5 Morgan | 7 Frecklington | 9 Stallard | 11 Kerr | 12 Eaden | 13 Rayner | 14 Amoo | 15 Gritton | 16 Semple | 17 Cryan | 18 Ryan | 20 Warlow | 22 Forrester | 23 Brown | 24 Hughes | 25 Wilkinson | 26 Clarke | 27 Mettam | 28 Sherlock | 29 Toyne | 30 Watt | Manager: Schofield |