Alex Nicholls (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Alex Nicholls


fullname = Alex Nicholls
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|12|09
cityofbirth = Stourbridge
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Walsall
clubnumber = 17
position = Midfielder / striker
youthyears = Walsall
youthclubs =
years = 2005–
2007
clubs = Walsall
→ Burton Albion (loan)
caps(goals) = 35 (2)
14 (0)
pcupdate = October 4, 2008
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
ntupdate =

Alex Nicholls (born December 09, 1987 in Stourbridge) is an English footballer who can play as both a midfielder and a striker. He is currently playing for Walsall where he started his career.

Career in years

2005/2006

After impressing in reserve and youth team games the local youngster broke into Walsall's first team in the 2005/2006 season, making his debut in December 2005 in a FA Cup clash with Yeovil Town, in that same season Nicholls went on to make 13 appearances which included a Football League Trophy clash with Swansea City, it was in this game that he scored his first professional goal for the club. However, disaster struck for the youngster when his season ended prematurely as he broke his leg while playing in an important youth cup tie with Hednesford Town.

2006/2007

He left Walsall to go on loan and link up with Nigel Clough's Burton Albion. After making 14 appearances for Burton Albion. Nicholls returned to Bescot Stadium towards the end of the 2006/2007 season but was unable to break into Richard Money's League Two title winning side.

2007/2008

Pre-season 2007/2008 now turned into one of the most important in the players career, with a new manager in charge whom he had never played for before, he desperately needed to impress and earn himself a new contract at his local club or he could have been looking for another club. He did enough to earn a one-year contract extension with an option of another.

In this season he played as both a right winger and a striker, making 24 appearances and bagging himself 3 goals, which included an FA Cup goal in a away replay with Millwall.

2008/2009

The Saddlers took the option of an extra year in pre-season 2008/2009, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2009.

External links

* [http://www.saddlers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10428~35747,00.html Alex Nicholls Profile (Official Walsall Website)]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/4759028.stm Saddlers Youth Suffers Broken Leg(BBC)]
* [http://www.saddlers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10428~1053979,00.html Nicholls Ready To Kick On (Official Walsall Website)]