Gareth Seddon

Football player infobox
playername = Gareth Seddon


fullname = Gareth Seddon
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=9
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|5|23
cityofbirth = Burnley
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Kettering Town
clubnumber = 19
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001–2004
2003
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006
2006–2008
2008–
clubs = Bury
→ Northwich Victoria (loan)
Rushden & Diamonds
Padiham
Worcester City
Hyde United
Kettering Town
caps(goals) = 79 (18)
01 0(0)
00 0(0)
0? (18)
01 0(1)
80 (58)
00 0(0)cite web
title = Gareth Seddon
url = http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=26876
publisher = Soccerbase
accessdate = 2007-07-27] cite web
title = Seddon poised to sign on next season
url = http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2006/6/24/416351.html
publisher = Worcester News
date = 2006-04-06
accessdate = 2007-07-27] cite web
title = Player Statistics: Gareth Seddon
url = http://www.hydeunited.com/playerstats.php?p=346
publisher = hydeunited.com
accessdate = 2007-07-27] cite web
title = Seddon Back In Big Time?
url = http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/template/burnley-sport?articleid=2921154
publisher = Seddon Back In Big Time?
date= 2007-05-31
accessdate = 2007-07-27]
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = England C
nationalcaps(goals) = 02 0(2)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Gareth Seddon (born May 23, 1980) is an English football player who plays as a striker for Kettering Town.

Career

Seddon was a fitness instructor in the RAF when he came close to joining Reading in 2001.cite web | title = Royals deserve to go up with us | url = http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/0/258/royals_deserve_to_go_up_with_us | publisher = get Reading | date = 2001-05-02 | accessdate = 2007-07-27] When he failed to win a deal with the Berkshire club Gareth still chose to quit the forces in order to begin a football career at Bury. While at Bury he scored the club's 6000th goal. [cite web | title=Bury Football Club Official Website: "Stepping Into History - " | url=http://www.buryfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TriviaDetail/0,,10422~443071,00.html/|accessdate= 2006-01-04] He was Bury's joint leading scorer in the 2001–02 season with seven goals but made just a handful of appearances in the next season, and joined Northwich Victoria on loan in January 2003. After three seasons at the club he rejected a new deal and instead joined Rushden & Diamonds on a Bosman free transfer in 2004.cite web | title = Seddon heads south | url = http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2004/5/29/487918.html | publisher Lancashire Evening Telegraph | date = 2004-05-29 | accessdate = 2007-07-27] However Seddon was plagued by the onset of reactive arthritis, a condition brought on by the rigours of full-time training. He never gained fitness to play for his new team and doctors advised him to retire from the professional game.cite web | title = Rushden & Diamonds Club History | url = http://www.thediamondsfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10784,00.html | publisher = RDFC | accessdate = 2007-07-27] cite web | title = Seddon says no to City transfer | url = http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2006/6/5/414258.html | publisher = Worcester News | date = 2006-06-05 | accessdate = 2007-07-27]

Following this setback and the loss of his livelihood Seddon drifted into gambling and drink.cite web | title = Saturday Interview: Gareth Seddon | url = http://archive.chorleycitizen.co.uk/2007/6/2/996263.html
publisher = Chorley Citizen | date = 2006-06-02 | accessdate = 2007-07-27] In 2005 he returned to football and completed an entire season with North West Counties League side Padiham. This extended break from the professional game allowed Seddon to recuperate and by March 2006 the illness had left his system. He joined up with his former Bury manager Andy Preece at Worcester City and played one match for the team on a non-contract basis in April 2006, scoring in a 3-2 win against Stalybridge Celtic. He was set to sign for the Midlands team and agreed personal terms but baulked at the distance he would have to commute from his Accrington home. Despite interest from several fully professional Conference National clubs such as Morecambe Seddon chose to continue his recuperation at part-time level and joined Hyde United in the summer of 2006.

Seddon has gained a reputation for scoring spectacular goals and on January 1, 2007 scored 5 goals in a 7-3 local derby win away at Stalybridge Celtic. [cite web | title=Stalybridge Celtic: "Match report - Mon, 1st January" | url=http://www.stalybridgeceltic.co.uk/report.php?fixid=8856|accessdate= 2006-01-04] This achievement won him the "Hyde United Magic Moment of the Season" award along with the "Fans' and Players' Player of the Season" titles during his first year with the club. [cite web | title=nonleaguezone.com :: "View Topic - End of season bash!" | url=http://www.nonleaguezone.com/viewtopic.php?t=40523&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15|accessdate= 2006-12-05] He also shared the Conference North golden boot award having scored 37 times in 47 appearances across all competitions.

During the summer of 2007 Gareth was called up to the England National Game XI squad for the Four Nations Tournament, winning his first cap against the Republic of Ireland before scoring his first goals for England - a brace in a 3-0 win over Wales. [cite web | title=TheFA.com - Cole is on fire | url=http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/05/NGXI_vRepIreland_22May.htm|accessdate= 2006-05-22]

Seddon scored 62 goals in 87 appearances for Hyde over the two seasons and in July 2008 Gareth joined Blue Square Premier side Kettering Town on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=51348|title=Poppies swoop for Seddon|date=2008-07-14|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-07-14]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=26876 Seddon's profile at soccerbase.com]
* [http://www.hydeunited.com/playerstats.php?p=346 Hyde United Player Statistics: Gareth Seddon]