Dominic Blizzard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dominic John Blizzard | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | High Wycombe, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2007 | Watford | 29 | (2) |
| 2007 | → (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | 58 | (4) | |
| 2009–2011 | Bristol Rovers | 39 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Port Vale (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Yeovil Town | 54 | (4) |
| 2013–2015 | Plymouth Argyle | 57 | (2) |
| Total | 253 | (13) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 4 May 2015 (UTC). |
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Dominic John Blizzard (born 2 September 1983) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Working his way through the Watford youth side, he turned professional at the club in 2002. In 2007 he joined and then Milton Keynes Dons on loan, before signing with the Dons permanently later in the year. He left the Dons after just a few months, and then signed with Stockport. In 2009, he transferred to Bristol Rovers, before leaving the club following a brief period on loan at Port Vale in 2011. He signed with Yeovil Town in July 2011, who were promoted out of League One via the play-offs in May 2013. He switched to Plymouth Argyle for a two-year spell in June 2013.
Blizzard started his career with Watford, signing his first professional contract in April 2002. He made his debut for the club against Norwich City on 24 April 2004 at Vicarage Road, scoring the consolation goal in a 2–1 defeat. This was enough to win him a new contract at the end of the season. After making a number of appearances in 2004–05, he signed a new deal in February 2005 that would keep him at the club until summer 2007. The following month he became a first-team regular when Aidy Boothroyd replaced Ray Lewington as manager.
He started the 2005–06 season in the first-team, but contracted the Epstein–Barr virus in late September and did not play a first-team game for Watford again. He returned to the bench for a single game, on 14 April 2006, wearing a goalkeeper's kit. With second choice goalkeeper Alec Chamberlain out ill, the semi-fit Blizzard took the substitute goalkeeper spot, having played the position as a child. Having made just one first-team appearance in 2006–07, Blizzard spent the second half of the season on loan at and Milton Keynes Dons. He played in both of the "Dons" play-off games, which saw them lose 2–1 on aggregate to Shrewsbury Town.
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