Nigel Crouch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nigel John Crouch | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Ardleigh, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1978 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1980 | Ipswich Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1979 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Colchester United | 10 | (0) |
| Harwich & Parkeston | |||
| Brantham Athletic | |||
| Mistley | |||
| Total | 17 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nigel John Crouch (born 24 November 1958) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Lincoln City on loan from Ipswich Town, and for Colchester United.
Crouch began his career with Ipswich, where he progressed through the youth team. He earned a professional contract in 1978, but failed to make a first-team appearance for the Suffolk club. He was loaned out to Lincoln City in 1979, where he made his professional debut, going on to make seven appearances. Following his release from Ipswich in the summer of 1980, he joined local rivals Colchester United, where he became the club's first-ever player to be sent off on his debut. He went on to make ten further league appearances for the U's, but he was released at the end of the season. He would later go on to represent non-League clubs Harwich & Parkeston, Brantham Athletic and Mistley.
Crouch, born in Ardleigh, Essex, began his career with Ipswich Town in 1976, joining up with the youth team at the age of 17. He made 17 reserve team appearances for the club during the 1976–77 season and made 33 appearances in the 1977–78 season.
Crouch signed his first professional deal with Ipswich in November 1978, making a further 34 reserve team appearances that season in addition to appearing alongside first-team regulars in Trevor Whymark's testimonial match on 5 February 1979 against Norwich City in a team managed by Bobby Robson.
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