Full name Fitzroy Simpson Name Fitzroy Simpson Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.71 m 1988–1992 Swindon Town Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1970-02-26) 26 February 1970 (age 45) Place of birth Bradford-on-Avon, England | ||
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Fitzroy Simpson (born 26 February 1970) is an English-born Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left back from 1988 to 2008.
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Simpson notably played in the Premier League for Manchester City, Scottish Premier League for Hearts and the Irish IFA Premiership for Linfield. He also played in the Football League for Swindon Town, Bristol City, Portsmouth and Walsall before ending his career in non-league football with Telford United, Havant & Waterlooville and Eastleigh.
Club career
He joined the youth team at English club Swindon Town in 1987, and signed a professional contract the next year. In his debut match he was sent off for punching an opponent. Before the 1992–93 season he was sold to Premier League outfit Manchester City for £500,000. After a couple of seasons he struggled to stay in the first eleven, went on loan to Bristol City and was finally transferred to Portsmouth, where he played until 1999.
Heart of Midlothian signed Simpson soon after the World Cup, but it was an unhappy move, and he was offered the chance to reignite his career under Ray Graydon at Walsall. Simpson helped to revive the club's season, helping them to reach the Football League Second Division play-off final, which they went on to win. However, Simpson missed this game after picking up an injury during the semi-final. He left Walsall in the summer of 2003.
In 2003–04 he played non-league football with Telford United. He then went to play for Linfield in Northern Ireland but was released in the end of June 2005, at 35 years old.
He then announced his intention to retire from football, moving to the Costa del Sol, taking a directorship in a property firm, but in the 2005–06 season he resumed his football career with Havant & Waterlooville. The experienced midfielder arrived at Eastleigh in October 2007 from Havant. He left the club at the end of the season and retired from football.
International career
Simpson won 36 caps for Jamaica from 1997 to 2002 and scored 3 goals. He represented the 'Reggae Boyz' in all three group stage matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.