Nathan Abbey

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Nathan Abbey
Personnel
Surname Nathanael Abbey
birthday July 11, 1978
place of birth Islington ,  England
position goal
Juniors
Years station
Luton Town
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-2001 Luton Town 55 (0)
1996 →  Worcester City  (loan)
1996-1997 →  Basingstoke Town  (loan) 10 (0)
1998 →  FC Woking  (loan) 4 (0)
2001-2002 Chesterfield FC 46 (0)
2002-2003 Northampton Town 5 (0)
2003 Stevenage Borough 6 (0)
2003 Luton Town 0 (0)
2003 →  St Albans City  (loan) 1 (0)
2003 Macclesfield Town 0 (0)
2003 FC Hayes 1 (0)
2003-2004 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2004 Burnley FC 0 (0)
2004-2006 Boston United 61 (0)
2005 →  Leyton Orient  (loan) 0 (0)
2006 Bristol City 1 (0)
2006 Torquay United 24 (0)
2006-2007 Brentford FC 16 (0)
2007-2009 Milton Keynes Dons 1 (0)
2009 Rushden & Diamonds 10 (0)
2010 Kettering Town 28 (0)
2011-2013 Arlesey Town 56 (0)
2013-2014 St Neots Town 37 (0)
2014-2015 Dunstable Town 1 (0)
2018 Bedford Town 0 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2015-2018 Arlesey Town (together with Z. Abbey )
2019– Bedford Town (with J. Taylor)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 30, 2019

Nathanael "Nathan" Abbey (born July 11, 1978 in Islington ) is an English football player . The goalkeeper played a total of 209 games in the Football League for eight different clubs in his more than ten-year professional career .

Career

Started his career at Luton Town (1995-2003)

Abbey was a trainee at Luton Town before he received his first professional contract in August 1995. In the 1996/97 season he gained his first competitive game experience on loan at Worcester City (5 competitive appearances) in the Southern League and Basingstoke Town in the Isthmian League Division One. After several goalkeeper failures Abbey made his debut for Luton on August 26, 1997 in the League Cup against Colchester United . Despite a good performance, Lennie Lawrence signed more goalkeepers and Abbey initially returned to the reserve team. In February 1998 he was briefly loaned to the fifth division club FC Woking , for which he played a few games. In the 1998/99 season Abbey started as a substitute goalkeeper behind Kelvin Davis and came to three missions during the season, including his league debut in a 2-1 away win against Burnley FC . Originally, his expiring contract was not extended during the summer break and Abbey was about to move to the Belgian first division club Germinal Beerschot , after the player and club could not agree on a contract, he returned to Luton, who had sold goalkeeper Davis in the meantime.

Abbey began the 1999/2000 season as Lutons goalkeeper and stood in the first 40 competitive games between the posts. After a few mistakes, which also caused displeasure on the stadium ranks, Ben Roberts was loaned from Middlesbrough FC and Abbey was only used again on the last day of the game as a substitute. The following season Ricky Hill took over the coaching post and Abbey received a new one-year contract, but was only intended as a replacement behind the newly signed Mark Ovendale . Ovendale's weak form ensured that Abbey came back twice for longer periods and played 23 competitive games during the season. Still, Abbey was one of five Luton players in April 2001 who were released early from their contracts by Hill's successor Joe Kinnear ; a few weeks later, the club rose to the third division .

Abbey found a new club with third division promoted Chesterfield FC , where he signed a one-year contract. He played all 46 league games over the course of the season and achieved almost hero status with the fans when he was successfully relegated. Abbey nevertheless declined an offered contract extension and left the club at the end of the season. It was not until January 2003 that a legal battle between Abbey and Chesterfield before the English Football Association's disciplinary committee came to an end over the question of whether the club was bound by a contract offer made in February beyond a March deadline. The decision was made in favor of the association.

His career continued for the 2002/03 season at Northampton Town , another third division club. Abbey had already trained during his time at Luton Town under the coach there, Kevan Broadhurst . Initially only equipped with a three-month contract, he received an extension in October until the end of the season. During the season he stayed behind Lee Harper substitute goalkeeper and came so only to eight competitive appearances when the club was relegated to the fourth division as bottom of the table.

Wandering through England's football leagues (2003-2007)

As a result, Abbey wandered from club to club almost monthly. In August and September 2003 he played six games for fifth division Stevenage Borough , then he was signed by his ex-club Luton Town in October for a month, which gave him on loan for a game at sixth division St Albans City . From mid-November he was on a contract-free basis with Macclesfield Town , in December 2003 he was used in a game for FC Hayes in the Isthmian League .

Also in December 2003 he played a friendly against the Wycombe Wanderers with the national soccer team of St. Vincent and the Grenadines . This was followed by a one-month contract with Ipswich Town from December to January , where he was supposed to compensate for Lewis Price's injury-related loss . The commitment came on the recommendation of Ipswich goalkeeper and former teammate Kelvin Davis. His odyssey continued in January 2004 at Burnley FC , where he was substitute goalkeeper behind Brian Jensen and remained so until the end of the season without a contract.

In July 2004 he signed with fourth division Boston United and was the goalkeeper for the entire season. He impressed with his control of the penalty area and reflexive parades, displacing record player Paul Bastock . At the beginning of the season he played for the first time with his brother, striker Zema Abbey , who was on loan with Boston for a month. During the season he was the target of racist comments in the English fourth division, as did his teammate Danny Thomas ; first at Mansfield Town , shortly afterwards also at Rochdale AFC .

The Boston Standard characterized Abbey as follows in the lead-up to the 2005/06 season : “a straight goalkeeper. Stubborn, frank, foul and fearless ”. At the start of the season, he continued to be a regular goalkeeper, losing his place in goal in November 2005 after a 3-0 defeat in the Football League Trophy against the Kidderminster Harriers . A little later, he was briefly loaned to league rivals Leyton Orient before his contract was terminated in late January 2006 after he was only the third goalkeeper behind Conrad Logan and Chris Wright in the ranking.

In mid-February 2006 he signed a contract until the end of the season with the third division team Bristol City , but behind regular goalkeeper Adriano Basso he only came on the last day of play against Southend United as a substitute. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season Abbey was the goalkeeper of the fourth division Torquay United , but at the end of the year he rejected a contract extension at the club, which was at risk of relegation and plagued by personal quarrels. By then Abbey had commuted from Luton to Torquay to train (a distance of over 300 kilometers), a contract extension would have provided for his family to move. His refusal to renew his contract resulted in a bizarre scene on his last appearance when he was replaced by coach Luboš Kubík for Martin Horsell with a score of 2-0 seven minutes before the end .

The third division FC Brentford , which is also in danger of relegation , signed Abbey with an "emergency loan" at the end of December 2006 after the goalkeepers Stuart Nelson and Clark Masters were both injured. After the "loan phase" had been extended three times a week, he received a contract until the end of the season at the end of January and played as one of the "few successes in a weak season" a total of 16 league appearances, but the club rose from bottom of the table at the end of the season.

After a successful test phase, the ambitious fourth division team Milton Keynes equipped Dons Abbey with a one-year contract. Under coach Paul Ince , the newly signed Willy Guéret was preferred. In the league, which was completed with the championship title, he remained completely without commitment. For this he completed three cup games, where he was able to parry a penalty in the first round win in the League Cup 2007/08 against the higher-class club Ipswich Town on penalties. Also in the season 2008/09 Abbey started under the new coach Roberto Di Matteo as a substitute keeper behind Guéret, to his only league appearance during the season he came at the end of October, when Guéret was sent off against Cheltenham Town after 30 minutes of the field. During the game that Abbey played without conceding a goal, he suffered an ankle injury and thus fell out during the suspension of Guéret and remained without further use until the end of the season. The club failed in the play-offs on renewed promotion, Abbey did not receive a new contract offer at the end of the season.

Non-League football and coaching (since 2009)

With his move to the fifth division Rushden & Diamonds in September 2009, Abbey's career in the divisions of the Football League ended and the goalkeeper was henceforth active in non-league football . At Rushden, he temporarily ousted Dale Roberts , who had been voted Player of the Season last year, from the team. After his contract, which expired at the end of the year, was not renewed, he continued his career with league rivals Kettering Town in January 2010 . The engagement ended in November 2010 when he was dismissed for "gross misconduct".

From 2012 he played under his brother Zema for Arlesey Town and reached the first main round with the club in the FA Cup 2012/13 , in which they lost 3-0 at third division Coventry City ; in addition, he won the Southern League Cup in 2013 . At Arlesey, in addition to his role as a player, he also acted as an assistant coach, in November 2013 he left the club with his brother to join league rivals St Neots Town . While his brother took over the role of head coach, Nathan was again assistant coach and was still active as a player. In September 2014, Zema and Nathan Abbey were sacked at St Neots Town, although the previous year they won the Southern League Cup for the first time and had also been victorious in the Huntingdonshire Senior Cup - Nathan Abbey had guarded the goal in both finals.

In November 2014 Abbey joined the club Dunstable Town , also playing in the Southern League, for a short time , in February 2015 he left the club again to return to Arlesey Town with his brother and take over the coaching post together. The team could not prevent the club's relegation from the Premier Division of the Southern League. In 2018, the pair of brothers suffered relegation of the club as bottom of the table in the Spartan South Midlands Football League , the club separated from both at the end of the season.

In June 2018 Abbey joined the Southern League club Bedford Town , where, in addition to his role as a player, he was supposed to support the coaching team with game analysis and player recruitment. During the preparation for the season he moved to the position of assistant coach, he was no longer part of the team. For the 2019/20 season he formed an equal coaching duo together with the previous head coach Jon Taylor .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nathan Abbey in the database of barryhugmansfootballers.com (English). Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d lutonfc.com: Nathan Abbey - Goalkeeper ( Memento of May 21, 2003 in the Internet Archive ), accessed October 8, 2017
  3. ^ Bill Cook, Julian Pugh: The Official History of Worcester City FC . Britesport Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-904103-99-5 , pp. 219 .
  4. ↑ basingstokefc.co.uk: Nathan Abbey ( memento October 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed October 8, 2017
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 9 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 9 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 9 .
  8. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Hill explains why he axed Ovendale (October 19, 2000) , accessed October 8, 2017
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers' Factfile . Exxus Ltd, London 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. XX .
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  16. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Abbey stays with Cobblers (Oct. 7, 2002) , accessed Oct. 8, 2017
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  20. ↑ saintsstatistics.co.uk: Nathan Abbey (No Longer With Club) , accessed on October 8, 2017
  21. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Abbey arrives at Moss Rose (Nov. 15, 2003) , accessed October 8, 2017
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  23. ↑ chairboys.co.uk: Wycombe Wanderers v. St Vincent and Grenadines (Dec. 17, 2003) , accessed October 8, 2017
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  25. ↑ eadt.co.uk: Abbey gets blessing (Dec. 18, 2003) , accessed October 8, 2017
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  27. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Spin doctor to help Burnley (Jan. 19, 2004) , accessed October 8, 2017
  28. ↑ a b Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 13 .
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  30. ↑ theguardian.com: Rochdale reported for fans' racist behavior (Nov. 29, 2004) , accessed October 8, 2017
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  33. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2006, ISBN 1-84596-111-0 , pp. 13 .
  34. ↑ bostonstandard.co.uk: Abbey and Whelan leave (Feb. 1, 2006) , accessed on 8 October 2017
  35. ↑ bbc.co.uk: City recruit McCammon and Abbey (Feb. 17, 2006) , accessed October 8, 2017
  36. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Goalkeeper Abbey leaves Torquay (December 28, 2006) , accessed October 8, 2017
  37. ↑ a b Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-08 . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 13 .
  38. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Goalkeeper Abbey joins Brentford (December 29, 2006) , accessed October 8, 2017
  39. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Abbey signs contract at Brentford (Jan. 26, 2007) , accessed October 8, 2017
  40. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Dons sign Abbey, Navarro & Howell (12 Aug 2007) , accessed on 8 October 2017
  41. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 13 .
  42. ↑ miltonkeynes.co.uk: MK Dons 3-3 Ipswich (aet: Dons win 5-3 on penalties) (Aug 14, 2007) , accessed October 8, 2017
  43. ↑ miltonkeynes.co.uk: Gueret drops Dons into goalkeeper crisis (Oct. 27, 2008) , accessed Oct. 8, 2017
  44. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10 . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 13 .
  45. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Six players shown Dons exit door (May 19, 2009) , accessed October 8, 2017
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  47. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Abbey wants to return to League (October 29, 2009) , accessed October 8, 2017
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  50. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Kettering Town sack goalkeeper Nathan Abbey (Nov. 16, 2010) , accessed October 8, 2017
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  52. ↑ biggleswadetoday.co.uk: Abbey leaves Blues for Saints (Nov. 8, 2013) , accessed October 8, 2017
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personal data
SURNAME Abbey, Nathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbey, Nathanael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Islington