Geoff Horsfield
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| Geoff Horsfield | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Malcolm Horsfield | |
| Date of birth | 1 November 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | -- | |
| Number | -- | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992–1994 1997–1998 1998–2000 2000–2003 2003 2003–2006 2006 2006–2008 2006–2007 2007 2008 |
Scarborough Halifax Town Fulham Birmingham City Wigan Athletic West Bromwich Albion → Sheffield United (loan) Sheffield United → Leeds United (loan) → Leicester City (loan) → Scunthorpe United (loan) |
12 (1) 10 (7) 59 (22) 108 (23) 16 (7) 67 (14) 3 (0) 0 (0) 14 (2) 13 (2) 12 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Geoffrey Malcolm "Geoff" Horsfield (born 1 November 1973 in Barnsley) is an English footballer who is currently not attached to a football club after being released by Sheffield United of the Football League Championship.
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[edit] Playing Career
[edit] Early Career: Scarborough and Halifax
Horsfield started his footballing career at Scarborough before moving to Halifax Town in April 1994. His first stint with Halifax was less than successful and he was released after just one season. He rejoined the club from Witton Albion in October 1996 and helped them prevent relegation to the Unibond League with a goal on the final day of the season. The following season saw Halifax promoted from the Conference with Horsfield scoring 30 goals in 40 league games, including hat-tricks against Yeovil Town, Telford United and Hereford United.
[edit] Fulham
In October 1998 Horsfield moved to Fulham for £300,000. Although never as prolific as during his non-league days, he still found the net regularly, scoring 22 goals in the league, and nine in cup competitions, during his two seasons at the club.
[edit] Birmingham City
In July 2000 Birmingham City manager Trevor Francis, bought Horsfield for a club record fee of £2.25m.[1] Horsfield helped Birmingham in their climb to the Premiership in 2001–02. In March 2003 he scored in Birmingham's 2–0 victory against rivals Aston Villa, and played the last few minutes of the game in goal following an injury to goalkeeper Nico Vaesen.[2] He moved on to Wigan Athletic on 5 September 2003.[3]
[edit] Wigan Athletic
Horsfield scored on his debut for Wigan, but never settled at the club and in December moved to West Bromwich Albion for £1m.[4]
[edit] West Bromwich Albion
Horsfield made his Albion debut in a 1–0 defeat away to Coventry City on 20 December 2003. He scored seven goals in the season which saw them promoted to the Premiership. He also scored a vital goal on the final day of the 2004–05 season against Portsmouth, which, combined with results from elsewhere, ensured Albion's survival from relegation.[5] At the time, he said it was the best moment of his career.[6]
Horsfield enjoyed a good start to the 2005–06 season, signing a new two year contract and scoring twice in both of Albion's first two home games.[7] However, they proved to be the last goals he would score for the club.
[edit] Sheffield United
Horsfield signed for Sheffield United on loan in 2006,[8] although he made just 3 appearances in the four month spell, the last of which was in March. Nonetheless, West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United had already agreed that the player would move permanently to United at the end of the season, and the deal went through in May 2006 for a fee of £1.2 million.
On 3 August 2006, Horsfield signed for Leeds United on loan until Christmas with a view to a permanent move.[9] He made his debut on the opening Championship game of the season against Norwich at Elland Road on 5 August 2006 and scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw away at Queens Park Rangers three days later. When Dennis Wise took over the managerial reigns at Elland Road, Horsfield was in and out of the Leeds side and his loan was terminated in January 2007.[10]
On 31 January 2007 Leicester City confirmed that they had taken Horsfield on loan for the rest of the season.[11] He made his debut for the club in their 1–1 draw with Luton Town on 3 February 2007, and scored his first goals for the club in their 3–0 victory over local rivals Coventry City on 17 February 2007.
Horsfield's former West Bromwich Albion manager Bryan Robson became manager at Sheffield United at the start of the 2007–08 season, but Horsfield remained out of the side. His only appearances came in the League Cup, playing against Chesterfield in the first round and scoring against Milton Keynes Dons in the second. On 31 January 2008 he moved to Scunthorpe United on loan for the remainder of the season.[11] Horsfield went straight into the Scunthorpe squad and made his debut against Charlton Athletic at Glanford Park. He won the sponsors' Man of the Match award in a 1–0 win.[12] Having played twelve games whilst on loan he was subsequently released from his contract by Sheffield United at the end of the season.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ "Blues bag £2.25m Horsfield", BBC Sport, 2000-07-10. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
- ^ "Blues win fierce derby", BBC Sport, 2003-03-03. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Wigan sign Horsfield", BBC Sport, 2003-09-05. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Horsfield joins West Brom", BBC Sport, 2003-12-18. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "West Brom 2-0 Portsmouth", BBC Sport, 2005-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Boss Robson hails fantastic feat", BBC Sport, 2005-05-16. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Horsfield signs new Albion deal", BBC Sport, 2005-05-28. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Horsfield makes Sheff Utd switch", BBC Sport, 2006-02-13. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Horsfield moves to Leeds on loan", BBC Sport, 2006-08-03. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Leeds release Horsfield & Butler", BBC Sport, 2007-01-02. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ a b "Leicester make triple loan swoop", BBC Sport, 2007-01-31. Retrieved on 2007-05-03.
- ^ "Scunthorpe vs Charlton", Scunthorpe United F.C., 2008-02-02. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
- ^ "Just two seniors released", sufc.co.uk, 2008-05-09. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
[edit] External links
- Profile on official Scunthorpe United site
- Profile on official Sheffield United site
- Geoff Horsfield career stats at Soccerbase
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoff Horsfield |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1 November 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barnsley, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
