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Simon Yeo
(2002/03-2004/05, 2005/06)
Full Name: Yeo, Simon John
Date Of Birth :
20/10/1973
Birthplace : Stockport
LCFC career record :
Apps : 99 ;
Subs : 58 ;
Goals : 51
LCFC Football League record :
Apps : 84 ;
Subs : 50 ;
Goals : 42
LCFC Debut : 10/08/2002, Kidderminster Harriers (a) 1-1, FL Division 3
Last Match : 16/05/2006, Grimsby Town (a) 1-2, FL League 2 Play-Off SF2
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Striker Yeo returned to Sincil Bank less than six months after
leaving the Imps for the New Zealand Knights after having netted 46
goals in 142 appearances in all competitions for the Imps. He
returned to England in December 2005 after financial pressures forced
him to move back 'home'.
Simon first arrived at Sincil Bank in the summer of 2002 with an
impressive record in front of goal at non-League level, having found
the net over 100 times in four seasons with Hyde United in the
Unibond League.
It took him just two games to open his City account but the goals
quickly dried up for the former soldier, who also had a spell with
Northern Ireland outfit Coleraine during his time in the Army and he
soon found himself a regular on the substitute's bench.
Despite this, the former postman delivered when it mattered when he
ended a seven-month goal drought by coming off the bench to notch the
goal that clinched City's place in the 2003 Third Division play-offs.
He then scored three goals in the thrilling 6-3 two-legged semi-final
success over Scunthorpe which booked the Imps' place at the
Millennium Stadium for the first time in their history.
A regular marksman during the following two seasons, Simon quickly
become a cult hero at Sincil Bank with his scoring exploits seeing
him become the all-time goalscoring substitute in the Club's history.
Simon became the first Lincoln player since Gareth Ainsworth in
1996/97 to score over 20 League goals in a season when he netted 21
times in 2004/05 and looked set to have played his final game for the
Club in the 2005 League 2 Play-Off Final defeat to Southend United.
That was, of course, until his return on the re-opening of the
transfer window on January 1st 2006.
After scoring five times in 11 matches following his return to the
Imps, a medial ligament injury to his right knee, sustained in the
2-1 defeat at Boston United on March 18th, kept him out of action
until the final day of the season.
Named as City's "Cult Hero" in a poll run by BBC's Football
Focus programme, Simon's final game for City came as they missed out
on a third Play-Off Final experience at the hands of Grimsby Town as,
despite being offered a new contract at Sincil Bank, he decided to
follow Keith Alexander to Peterborough United.
After netting on his first two games for his new club, a serious
facial injury sustained just a month into the 2006/07 season
restricted his appearances at London Road somewhat and following
Alexander's depature from the Posh hot-seat, Simon moved to Chester
City on January 30th 2007 on a deal which will run until the summer
of 2008.
Yeo's final appearance in a Posh shirt was ironically at Sincil Bank
when he came on as a late substitute for another ex-Imp Peter Gain.
He joined Chester City from Peterborough United in January 2007 and a
year later he joined Keith Alexander at Bury on loan. The duo linked
up again in the summer of 2008 at Macclesfield Town.
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